US states by nonemployer business receipts: information

California had the highest nonemployer business receipts: information of 51 states in 2014, at $2.75 billion. North Dakota had the lowest, at $14.36 million. The median was $118.65 million and the figure for the United States was $12.58 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest2,754.2California

Lowest14.4North Dakota

Median118.651 states

United States12,584.6History

Map of states, 2014

Under 40
40 to 60
60 to 120
120 to 220
220 to 290
290 and over

USD million, 2014. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), information (NAICS 51), all legal forms and receipts sizes. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, 2014

USD million. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), information (NAICS 51), all legal forms and receipts sizes. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	States	2014 USD million	Change on 2013
1	California	2,754.2	+5.3%
2	New York	1,326.4	+4%
3	Florida	1,011	+10.5%
4	Texas	897.8	+5.5%
5	New Jersey	480.5	+5%
6	Illinois	383.6	+1.1%
7	Georgia	342.8	+5.4%
8	Pennsylvania	338.2	+5.5%
9	Colorado	294	+12.1%
10	Massachusetts	281.7	+2.8%
11	Virginia	278.7	+5.4%
12	Ohio	276.7	+5.3%
13	North Carolina	260.3	+7.2%
14	Maryland	250.7	+2.3%
15	Tennessee	249.5	+8.3%
16	Washington	245.4	+10.8%
17	Michigan	235.8	+3.4%
18	Arizona	217	+4.2%
19	Nevada	197.1	+5.4%
20	Connecticut	188.7	+2.4%
21	Minnesota	163	+1.2%
22	Oregon	151.9	+8.5%
23	Utah	128.7	-2.2%
24	Missouri	126.9	+3%
25	Indiana	124.7	+2.3%
26	Wisconsin	118.6	+6.3%
27	Louisiana	105.6	+2.8%
28	South Carolina	101.6	+7.5%
29	Alabama	87.6	-0.9%
30	Oklahoma	81.9	-0.5%
31	Kentucky	80.6	+2.2%
32	Delaware	66.2	+12.7%
33	Kansas	65.2	+2.7%
34	New Hampshire	61.8	-12.3%
35	District of Columbia	61.3	+5%
36	Iowa	60.4	+12.9%
37	Arkansas	48.7	+5.3%
38	Hawaii	46.4	+14.6%
39	Idaho	45.4	+6.9%
40	New Mexico	44.5	+3.4%
41	Wyoming	40.1	+57.2%
42	Mississippi	39.7	+10.5%
43	Maine	35.6	+5.6%
44	Nebraska	34.8	+13.3%
45	Rhode Island	30.3	-3.5%
46	Vermont	25.9	+0.5%
47	West Virginia	25.3	+1.4%
48	Montana	25.1	-7%
49	South Dakota	16.2	-4.1%
50	Alaska	15.9	+4%
51	North Dakota	14.4	-5.9%

Other periods

About this ranking

Receipts of businesses without paid employees in information (publishing, media, telecommunications and data processing) (NAICS 51), in millions of current US dollars, from the U.S. Census Bureau Nonemployer Statistics.

Nonemployer Statistics: businesses with no paid employees that are subject to federal income tax, mostly the self-employed, counted from tax records, with receipts above small minimum amounts. Census says some years are not comparable with earlier ones, and they are marked as series breaks: 2018 in every sector (businesses were reclassified from their descriptions, which moved many out of other services), 2022 in every sector (new receipts cutoffs) and 2017 in utilities (the same reclassification). Most nonemployers are sole proprietors whose business may be a side activity. Published about 18 months after the reference year. Receipts are published in thousands of dollars with noise added to protect individual businesses, and are not adjusted for inflation.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the states are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), information (NAICS 51), all legal forms and receipts sizes. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2014/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2017). Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), information (NAICS 51), all legal forms and receipts sizes (US states by nonemployer business receipts: information, 2014) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2014/historical-datasets/

MLA 9

Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), information (NAICS 51), all legal forms and receipts sizes, US states by nonemployer business receipts: information, 2014. U.S. Census Bureau, 6 June 2017, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2014/historical-datasets/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-information/us-states?period=2014. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2017. Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), information (NAICS 51), all legal forms and receipts sizes. US states by nonemployer business receipts: information, 2014. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2014/historical-datasets/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-information/us-states?period=2014.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2017) Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), information (NAICS 51), all legal forms and receipts sizes, US states by nonemployer business receipts: information, 2014 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2014/historical-datasets/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-information/us-states?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), information (NAICS 51), all legal forms and receipts sizes: US states by nonemployer business receipts: information, 2014}},
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  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2014/historical-datasets/},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-information/us-states?period=2014. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), information (NAICS 51), all legal forms and receipts sizes. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2014/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which state has the highest nonemployer business receipts: information?

California, with $2.75 billion in 2014, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which state has the lowest nonemployer business receipts: information?

North Dakota, with $14.36 million in 2014.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), information (NAICS 51), all legal forms and receipts sizes. Retrieved 2026-10-12.