US states by nonemployer business receipts: manufacturing

California had the highest nonemployer business receipts: manufacturing of 51 states in 2015, at $2.88 billion. District of Columbia had the lowest, at $9.61 million. The median was $194.25 million and the figure for the United States was $17.47 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest2,881.7California

Lowest9.6District of Columbia

Median194.251 states

United States17,472.8History

Map of states, 2015

Under 60
60 to 120
120 to 190
190 to 320
320 to 480
480 and over

USD million, 2015. 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, 2015

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	2015 USD million	Change on 2014
1	California	2,881.7	+1.9%
2	Texas	1,678.5	+2.1%
3	Florida	1,239	+4.8%
4	New York	930.3	-0.1%
5	Pennsylvania	792.8	+4.4%
6	Ohio	725.5	+4.1%
7	Michigan	590.7	+1%
8	Illinois	531.3	+2.9%
9	Georgia	488.7	+0.2%
10	North Carolina	459.8	+7.4%
11	New Jersey	437.5	-2.6%
12	Washington	363.7	+1.8%
13	Wisconsin	357.1	-1.6%
14	Arizona	342.6	+3.3%
15	Indiana	342.3	+2%
16	Colorado	337	+4.7%
17	Massachusetts	330.7	-2.4%
18	Minnesota	317	+1.1%
19	Oregon	309.6	+6.4%
20	Tennessee	309.3	+0.2%
21	Missouri	297.5	+1.3%
22	Virginia	238.2	+8.8%
23	Connecticut	223.3	-1.2%
24	Oklahoma	198.5	-5.8%
25	Louisiana	196	-3.7%
26	Alabama	194.2	-4%
27	South Carolina	190.2	+1.1%
28	Maryland	187.6	+0.5%
29	Utah	185.9	+5.1%
30	Kentucky	182.5	+8.3%
31	Nevada	158.1	+8.1%
32	Arkansas	122.8	-2.7%
33	Iowa	118.9	+5.7%
34	New Hampshire	117	+2.5%
35	Kansas	113.2	-5.4%
36	Idaho	104.9	+6.8%
37	Mississippi	103	-2.2%
38	Hawaii	91.7	-4.8%
39	New Mexico	90.8	-1.9%
40	Maine	89.5	+4.4%
41	Montana	74.2	+2.3%
42	Vermont	63.3	+3.6%
43	Nebraska	63.2	+4.1%
44	Rhode Island	60.1	+6.9%
45	Delaware	43.9	+0.7%
46	Wyoming	41	+4.4%
47	West Virginia	40.5	-1.1%
48	Alaska	40.4	+14.4%
49	South Dakota	36.3	-2.5%
50	North Dakota	31.3	+7.6%
51	District of Columbia	9.6	-31%

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/2015/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, 2015) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2015/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, 2015. U.S. Census Bureau, 7 July 2017, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2015/historical-datasets/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-manufacturing/us-states?period=2015. 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, 2015. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2015/historical-datasets/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-manufacturing/us-states?period=2015.

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, 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2015/historical-datasets/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-manufacturing/us-states?period=2015 (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=2015. 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/2015/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which state has the highest nonemployer business receipts: manufacturing?

California, with $2.88 billion in 2015, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which state has the lowest nonemployer business receipts: manufacturing?

District of Columbia, with $9.61 million in 2015.

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.