US states by nonemployer business receipts: manufacturing

California had the highest nonemployer business receipts: manufacturing of 51 states in 2014, at $2.83 billion. District of Columbia had the lowest, at $13.92 million. The median was $202.42 million and the figure for the United States was $17.13 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest2,828.4California

Lowest13.9District of Columbia

Median202.451 states

United States17,131.7History

Map of states, 2014

Under 60
60 to 110
110 to 200
200 to 320
320 to 470
470 and over

USD million, 2014. 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, 2014

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	2014 USD million	Change on 2013
1	California	2,828.4	+6.3%
2	Texas	1,643.5	+6.8%
3	Florida	1,182	+8.2%
4	New York	930.9	+6.3%
5	Pennsylvania	759.7	+2.5%
6	Ohio	697.2	+4.1%
7	Michigan	585.1	+2.1%
8	Illinois	516.2	+5.5%
9	Georgia	487.5	+9%
10	New Jersey	449.1	+5.1%
11	North Carolina	428	+5.3%
12	Wisconsin	362.8	+7.7%
13	Washington	357.2	+6.9%
14	Massachusetts	338.9	+4.3%
15	Indiana	335.7	+4.7%
16	Arizona	331.8	+7.7%
17	Colorado	321.8	+11.2%
18	Minnesota	313.6	+5.4%
19	Tennessee	308.7	+5.2%
20	Missouri	293.6	+2.9%
21	Oregon	291.1	+6.2%
22	Connecticut	226.1	+3.1%
23	Virginia	219	+3.1%
24	Oklahoma	210.6	+7.6%
25	Louisiana	203.6	-0.2%
26	Alabama	202.4	+4.1%
27	South Carolina	188.2	+1.9%
28	Maryland	186.6	+1.1%
29	Utah	176.8	+9%
30	Kentucky	168.6	-2.9%
31	Nevada	146.3	+7.9%
32	Arkansas	126.3	+7%
33	Kansas	119.7	-0.9%
34	New Hampshire	114.1	-3%
35	Iowa	112.4	+3.3%
36	Mississippi	105.3	+5.4%
37	Idaho	98.2	+6.9%
38	Hawaii	96.3	+9.4%
39	New Mexico	92.6	+7.2%
40	Maine	85.7	-0.7%
41	Montana	72.5	+3.8%
42	Vermont	61.1	+7.2%
43	Nebraska	60.7	+3%
44	Rhode Island	56.3	+4.1%
45	Delaware	43.6	-2.2%
46	West Virginia	40.9	-0.8%
47	Wyoming	39.3	+2%
48	South Dakota	37.3	+12.2%
49	Alaska	35.3	-7.2%
50	North Dakota	29.1	+6.3%
51	District of Columbia	13.9	+17.2%

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/2014/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2017). 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, 2014) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2014/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, 2014. U.S. Census Bureau, 6 June 2017, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2014/historical-datasets/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-manufacturing/us-states?period=2014. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2017. 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, 2014. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2014/historical-datasets/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-manufacturing/us-states?period=2014.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2017) 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, 2014 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2014/historical-datasets/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-manufacturing/us-states?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-manufacturing/us-states?period=2014. Publisher attribution: 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/2014/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which state has the highest nonemployer business receipts: manufacturing?

California, with $2.83 billion in 2014, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which state has the lowest nonemployer business receipts: manufacturing?

District of Columbia, with $13.92 million in 2014.

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.