US states by nonemployer business receipts: information

California had the highest nonemployer business receipts: information of 51 states in 2019, at $3.14 billion. Alaska had the lowest, at $15.94 million. The median was $140.89 million and the figure for the United States was $14.61 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest3,138.4California

Lowest15.9Alaska

Median140.951 states

United States14,606.8History

Map of states, 2019

Under 40
40 to 70
70 to 140
140 to 250
250 to 320
320 and over

USD million, 2019. 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, 2019

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	2019 USD million	Change on 2018
1	California	3,138.4	+1.1%
2	New York	1,508	-1.2%
3	Florida	1,265.5	+9.8%
4	Texas	1,089.8	+7.9%
5	New Jersey	564.9	+7.1%
6	Georgia	444.8	+11.7%
7	Illinois	410.6	+0.6%
8	Pennsylvania	391.4	+5%
9	Virginia	317.2	+7%
10	Tennessee	315.8	+11.9%
11	Massachusetts	314.1	+6.4%
12	Ohio	300.4	+1.4%
13	Colorado	294.2	+5.7%
14	North Carolina	290.8	+4.9%
15	Washington	286.4	+3.3%
16	Michigan	284.6	+4%
17	Maryland	259.6	+2.2%
18	Arizona	244.4	+1.7%
19	Nevada	231.7	+5.7%
20	Connecticut	196.2	+6.2%
21	Minnesota	178.7	-0.4%
22	Oregon	176.5	-1.5%
23	Utah	175.6	+14.5%
24	Missouri	150.8	+1.1%
25	Indiana	141	+1.6%
26	South Carolina	140.9	+15%
27	Wisconsin	132.3	+0.8%
28	Delaware	113.9	+2.5%
29	Louisiana	111.1	-2.6%
30	Alabama	103.3	+3.8%
31	Oklahoma	97.1	+5.9%
32	Kentucky	93.5	+3.6%
33	Kansas	71.8	-3.6%
34	District of Columbia	66.2	+4%
35	New Hampshire	65.6	+11.4%
36	Idaho	60.2	+20.9%
37	Arkansas	59.2	+3.9%
38	Iowa	58.8	-3.9%
39	Wyoming	55.2	+25%
40	Hawaii	50.5	+12.3%
41	New Mexico	49.6	+13.1%
42	Mississippi	43.1	+20.7%
43	Maine	39.9	+0.1%
44	Nebraska	37.6	+1.6%
45	Rhode Island	36.6	+8.1%
46	Montana	34.3	+6%
47	Vermont	32.1	+20.4%
48	West Virginia	28.2	+4.4%
49	South Dakota	22.4	+10.6%
50	North Dakota	16.3	-0.3%
51	Alaska	15.9	+0.7%

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/2019/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), information (NAICS 51), all legal forms and receipts sizes (US states by nonemployer business receipts: information, 2019) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2019/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, 2019. U.S. Census Bureau, 8 Oct. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2019/historical-datasets/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-information/us-states?period=2019. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), information (NAICS 51), all legal forms and receipts sizes. US states by nonemployer business receipts: information, 2019. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2019/historical-datasets/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-information/us-states?period=2019.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2026) Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), information (NAICS 51), all legal forms and receipts sizes, US states by nonemployer business receipts: information, 2019 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2019/historical-datasets/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-information/us-states?period=2019 (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, 2019}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-information/us-states?period=2019. 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/2019/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which state has the highest nonemployer business receipts: information?

California, with $3.14 billion in 2019, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which state has the lowest nonemployer business receipts: information?

Alaska, with $15.94 million in 2019.

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.