US states by nonemployer business receipts: information

California had the highest nonemployer business receipts: information of 51 states in 2021, at $3.14 billion. North Dakota had the lowest, at $14.02 million. The median was $158.08 million and the figure for the United States was $16 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest3,141.3California

Lowest14North Dakota

Median158.151 states

United States16,003.9History

Map of states, 2021

Under 50
50 to 80
80 to 160
160 to 290
290 to 370
370 and over

USD million, 2021. 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, 2021

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	2021 USD million	Change on 2020
1	California	3,141.3	+19.6%
2	New York	1,628.6	+20.8%
3	Florida	1,522.3	+16.5%
4	Texas	1,261.1	+21.1%
5	New Jersey	606.5	+17.9%
6	Georgia	521.6	+23.8%
7	Illinois	448.4	+17.6%
8	Pennsylvania	421	+20.1%
9	Tennessee	374.2	+25.9%
10	Virginia	349.8	+16.5%
11	North Carolina	334	+18.8%
12	Washington	333.3	+25.6%
13	Ohio	331.9	+16%
14	Colorado	327.2	+17.4%
15	Massachusetts	322.4	+18.7%
16	Michigan	298.6	+20.5%
17	Arizona	294.4	+19.5%
18	Maryland	287.1	+16.2%
19	Nevada	254.7	+18.6%
20	Connecticut	208.4	+16.4%
21	Oregon	195.1	+27.6%
22	Utah	191.8	+15.4%
23	Minnesota	191.5	+18.5%
24	Missouri	168.5	+19.5%
25	Indiana	159.9	+20.1%
26	Delaware	158.1	+17%
27	South Carolina	155.1	+15.9%
28	Wisconsin	137.5	+22%
29	Alabama	113.2	+11.4%
30	Louisiana	108.9	+11.1%
31	Oklahoma	103.9	+17.9%
32	Kentucky	97.9	+7.5%
33	Wyoming	86	+27.8%
34	Kansas	78.4	+19.7%
35	Iowa	74.8	+20.6%
36	New Hampshire	71.3	+26.8%
37	District of Columbia	68.4	+12.1%
38	Idaho	64.6	+12.7%
39	Arkansas	63.3	+21.5%
40	Mississippi	54.1	+35.1%
41	New Mexico	50.5	+21.4%
42	Hawaii	47.6	+29.6%
43	Montana	44.7	+23.1%
44	Nebraska	42.9	+24.5%
45	Maine	41.8	+17.6%
46	Rhode Island	41.8	+22.5%
47	West Virginia	31.7	+26.6%
48	Vermont	31.1	+29.8%
49	South Dakota	30	+33.4%
50	Alaska	18.8	+20.5%
51	North Dakota	14	-8.2%

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/2021/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2024). Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), information (NAICS 51), all legal forms and receipts sizes (US states by nonemployer business receipts: information, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2021/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, 2021. U.S. Census Bureau, 14 Mar. 2024, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2021/historical-datasets/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-information/us-states?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2024. Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), information (NAICS 51), all legal forms and receipts sizes. US states by nonemployer business receipts: information, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2021/historical-datasets/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-information/us-states?period=2021.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2024) Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), information (NAICS 51), all legal forms and receipts sizes, US states by nonemployer business receipts: information, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2021/historical-datasets/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-information/us-states?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which state has the highest nonemployer business receipts: information?

California, with $3.14 billion in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which state has the lowest nonemployer business receipts: information?

North Dakota, with $14.02 million in 2021.

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.