US states by nonemployer business receipts: information

California had the highest nonemployer business receipts: information of 51 states in 2018, at $3.11 billion. Alaska had the lowest, at $15.84 million. The median was $131.15 million and the figure for the United States was $14.02 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest3,105.7California

Lowest15.8Alaska

Median131.251 states

United States14,019.2History

Map of states, 2018

Under 40
40 to 60
60 to 130
130 to 240
240 to 300
300 and over

USD million, 2018. 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, 2018

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	2018 USD million	Change on 2017
1	California Series break	3,105.7	+3.5%
2	New York Series break	1,526	+3.1%
3	Florida Series break	1,152.6	+7.7%
4	Texas Series break	1,010.1	+4.1%
5	New Jersey Series break	527.5	+6.1%
6	Illinois Series break	408.3	+6%
7	Georgia Series break	398.2	+5.8%
8	Pennsylvania Series break	372.9	+5.9%
9	Virginia Series break	296.4	+6.6%
10	Ohio Series break	296.2	+5.5%
11	Massachusetts Series break	295.2	+3.3%
12	Tennessee Series break	282.2	+4.9%
13	Colorado Series break	278.3	-4%
14	Washington Series break	277.3	+4%
15	North Carolina Series break	277.2	+3.6%
16	Michigan Series break	273.7	+4.5%
17	Maryland Series break	254.1	+4.4%
18	Arizona Series break	240.4	+0.8%
19	Nevada Series break	219.2	+0.4%
20	Connecticut Series break	184.8	+0.1%
21	Minnesota Series break	179.4	-1.5%
22	Oregon Series break	179.3	+5.6%
23	Utah Series break	153.3	+4.2%
24	Missouri Series break	149.2	+7.9%
25	Indiana Series break	138.7	+4.9%
26	Wisconsin Series break	131.2	+3.5%
27	South Carolina Series break	122.5	+9.4%
28	Louisiana Series break	114	+3.5%
29	Delaware Series break	111.1	+9.4%
30	Alabama Series break	99.5	+11.4%
31	Oklahoma Series break	91.7	+5.6%
32	Kentucky Series break	90.2	+4.8%
33	Kansas Series break	74.5	-6.7%
34	District of Columbia Series break	63.6	-3.1%
35	Iowa Series break	61.2	-2.5%
36	New Hampshire Series break	58.9	-2.9%
37	Arkansas Series break	57	+5.6%
38	Idaho Series break	49.9	+5.4%
39	Hawaii Series break	44.9	+3.2%
40	Wyoming Series break	44.2	-4.3%
41	New Mexico Series break	43.9	-3.6%
42	Maine Series break	39.9	+11.5%
43	Nebraska Series break	37	+9.5%
44	Mississippi Series break	35.7	-15.5%
45	Rhode Island Series break	33.8	-3.4%
46	Montana Series break	32.4	+9.6%
47	West Virginia Series break	27	+13.4%
48	Vermont Series break	26.6	+2.8%
49	South Dakota Series break	20.2	+16.4%
50	North Dakota Series break	16.4	+18.4%
51	Alaska Series break	15.8	+1%

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/2018/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2020). Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), information (NAICS 51), all legal forms and receipts sizes (US states by nonemployer business receipts: information, 2018) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2018/historical-datasets/

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Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), information (NAICS 51), all legal forms and receipts sizes, US states by nonemployer business receipts: information, 2018. U.S. Census Bureau, 21 May 2020, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2018/historical-datasets/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-information/us-states?period=2018. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2020. Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), information (NAICS 51), all legal forms and receipts sizes. US states by nonemployer business receipts: information, 2018. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2018/historical-datasets/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-information/us-states?period=2018.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2020) Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), information (NAICS 51), all legal forms and receipts sizes, US states by nonemployer business receipts: information, 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2018/historical-datasets/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-information/us-states?period=2018 (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, 2018}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-information/us-states?period=2018. 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/2018/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which state has the highest nonemployer business receipts: information?

California, with $3.11 billion in 2018, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which state has the lowest nonemployer business receipts: information?

Alaska, with $15.84 million in 2018.

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.