US states by nonemployer business receipts: manufacturing, 2024

California had the highest nonemployer business receipts: manufacturing of 51 states in 2024, at $3.18 billion. District of Columbia had the lowest, at $15.02 million. The median was $285.49 million and the figure for the United States was $24.28 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest3,180California

Lowest15District of Columbia

Median285.551 states

United States24,275.9History

Map of states, 2024

Under 100
100 to 170
170 to 290
290 to 400
400 to 650
650 and over

USD million, 2024. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), all legal forms and receipts sizes. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, 2024

USD million. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), all legal forms and receipts sizes. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	States	2024 USD million	Change on 2023
1	California	3,180	+0.6%
2	Texas	2,659.9	+7.1%
3	Florida	2,340.8	+8.6%
4	New York	1,285.2	+2.8%
5	Pennsylvania	1,018.8	-0.4%
6	Ohio	983.2	-1.1%
7	Georgia	778.4	+3.6%
8	Michigan	760.2	+0.1%
9	North Carolina	655	+3.7%
10	Illinois	649.5	-2.4%
11	New Jersey	589.5	+1.1%
12	Arizona	544.4	+5.1%
13	Indiana	485.5	+2.6%
14	Wisconsin	478.3	+2.5%
15	Colorado	462.8	+0.7%
16	Tennessee	453.8	+1.3%
17	Missouri	401.2	+0.7%
18	Washington	400.1	-2.5%
19	Massachusetts	397.7	-1.5%
20	Minnesota	390.8	+0.8%
21	Oregon	372.9	-0%
22	Virginia	353.7	+2.7%
23	Utah	317.8	+1.2%
24	Oklahoma	299.8	+4.2%
25	South Carolina	294.1	+8%
26	Connecticut	285.5	+5.2%
27	Alabama	283.9	-0.9%
28	Maryland	277.1	+2.5%
29	Kentucky	276.6	-2.3%
30	Louisiana	248.2	+5.9%
31	Nevada	236.7	+9.9%
32	Iowa	188.4	+3.1%
33	Mississippi	177.6	+10.2%
34	Kansas	173.6	-4%
35	Idaho	173.5	+2%
36	Arkansas	168.5	+3.1%
37	New Mexico	126.2	-1.5%
38	Montana	122.2	-1.2%
39	Maine	119.2	+2.7%
40	New Hampshire	118.1	0%
41	Hawaii	109.4	-1.5%
42	Delaware	98.9	+12.8%
43	Nebraska	98.6	+9.2%
44	Wyoming	75.1	+2.7%
45	Vermont	70.1	+1.3%
46	Rhode Island	61.6	-3.3%
47	West Virginia	59.8	+5.2%
48	Alaska	58.1	-9.1%
49	South Dakota	52.1	+3.3%
50	North Dakota	48.8	+0.6%
51	District of Columbia	15	+13.6%

Other periods

About this ranking

Receipts of businesses without paid employees in manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), 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), manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), all legal forms and receipts sizes. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2024/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), all legal forms and receipts sizes (US states by nonemployer business receipts: manufacturing, 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2024/historical-datasets/

MLA 9

Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), all legal forms and receipts sizes, US states by nonemployer business receipts: manufacturing, 2024. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Sept. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2024/historical-datasets/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-manufacturing/us-states. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), all legal forms and receipts sizes. US states by nonemployer business receipts: manufacturing, 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2024/historical-datasets/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-manufacturing/us-states.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2026) Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), all legal forms and receipts sizes, US states by nonemployer business receipts: manufacturing, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2024/historical-datasets/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-manufacturing/us-states (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which state has the highest nonemployer business receipts: manufacturing?

California, with $3.18 billion in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which state has the lowest nonemployer business receipts: manufacturing?

District of Columbia, with $15.02 million in 2024.

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), manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), all legal forms and receipts sizes. Retrieved 2026-10-12.