US states by nonemployer business receipts: information

California had the highest nonemployer business receipts: information of 51 states in 2022, at $3.66 billion. North Dakota had the lowest, at $11.82 million. The median was $177.09 million and the figure for the United States was $17.99 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest3,661.2California

Lowest11.8North Dakota

Median177.151 states

United States17,987.4History

Map of states, 2022

Under 50
50 to 80
80 to 180
180 to 310
310 to 420
420 and over

USD million, 2022. 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, 2022

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	2022 USD million	Change on 2021
1	California Series break	3,661.2	+16.6%
2	New York Series break	1,870.2	+14.8%
3	Florida Series break	1,660	+9%
4	Texas Series break	1,420.2	+12.6%
5	New Jersey Series break	656.6	+8.3%
6	Georgia Series break	592.9	+13.7%
7	Illinois Series break	496.5	+10.7%
8	Pennsylvania Series break	449.6	+6.8%
9	Tennessee Series break	436.9	+16.7%
10	North Carolina Series break	390.4	+16.9%
11	Ohio Series break	374.2	+12.8%
12	Washington Series break	370	+11%
13	Virginia Series break	360.5	+3%
14	Colorado Series break	343.7	+5%
15	Massachusetts Series break	341.2	+5.8%
16	Michigan Series break	333.6	+11.7%
17	Arizona Series break	313.7	+6.6%
18	Maryland Series break	308.1	+7.3%
19	Nevada Series break	278.8	+9.5%
20	Delaware Series break	249.8	+58%
21	Connecticut Series break	235.9	+13.2%
22	Minnesota Series break	213.8	+11.6%
23	Oregon Series break	213.2	+9.2%
24	Utah Series break	204.9	+6.8%
25	Missouri Series break	185.3	+10%
26	Indiana Series break	177.1	+10.8%
27	South Carolina Series break	158.6	+2.2%
28	Wisconsin Series break	154	+11.9%
29	Louisiana Series break	127.2	+16.8%
30	Alabama Series break	126.5	+11.7%
31	Oklahoma Series break	122.2	+17.6%
32	Kentucky Series break	117.1	+19.6%
33	Wyoming Series break	105.9	+23.1%
34	New Hampshire Series break	83.1	+16.6%
35	Kansas Series break	76.9	-1.9%
36	District of Columbia Series break	76.8	+12.2%
37	Iowa Series break	76	+1.7%
38	Idaho Series break	73.5	+13.8%
39	Arkansas Series break	71.7	+13.4%
40	New Mexico Series break	54.4	+7.6%
41	Hawaii Series break	52.5	+10.3%
42	Mississippi Series break	51.1	-5.5%
43	Maine Series break	48.8	+16.7%
44	Rhode Island Series break	47.1	+12.7%
45	Nebraska Series break	46.6	+8.5%
46	Montana Series break	46	+3%
47	Vermont Series break	37.5	+20.6%
48	West Virginia Series break	34.2	+7.9%
49	South Dakota Series break	29.3	-2.5%
50	Alaska Series break	20.6	+9.1%
51	North Dakota Series break	11.8	-15.7%

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/2022/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, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2022/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, 2022. U.S. Census Bureau, 12 Dec. 2024, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2022/historical-datasets/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-information/us-states?period=2022. 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, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2022/historical-datasets/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-information/us-states?period=2022.

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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, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2022/historical-datasets/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-information/us-states?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-information/us-states?period=2022. 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/2022/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which state has the highest nonemployer business receipts: information?

California, with $3.66 billion in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which state has the lowest nonemployer business receipts: information?

North Dakota, with $11.82 million in 2022.

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.