US states by nonemployer business receipts: manufacturing

California had the highest nonemployer business receipts: manufacturing of 51 states in 2018, at $3.01 billion. District of Columbia had the lowest, at $12.77 million. The median was $211.89 million and the figure for the United States was $18.64 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest3,009.5California

Lowest12.8District of Columbia

Median211.951 states

United States18,641.2History

Map of states, 2018

Under 60
60 to 120
120 to 210
210 to 330
330 to 500
500 and over

USD million, 2018. 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, 2018

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	2018 USD million	Change on 2017
1	California Series break	3,009.5	+2.4%
2	Texas Series break	1,911.2	+6.6%
3	Florida Series break	1,411.6	+6.2%
4	New York Series break	953.8	+1.5%
5	Pennsylvania Series break	824.3	+3.8%
6	Ohio Series break	768.5	+2.3%
7	Michigan Series break	628.9	+0.5%
8	Illinois Series break	532.1	+4.4%
9	Georgia Series break	520.1	+4.1%
10	North Carolina Series break	469.1	+3%
11	New Jersey Series break	458.4	+3.6%
12	Wisconsin Series break	381.6	+3.6%
13	Colorado Series break	379.4	+5.2%
14	Washington Series break	375.5	+3.7%
15	Arizona Series break	370.3	+7.1%
16	Indiana Series break	352	+1.9%
17	Oregon Series break	332.6	+6.4%
18	Massachusetts Series break	327.3	-1.4%
19	Tennessee Series break	323.8	+3.3%
20	Minnesota Series break	313.3	+0.1%
21	Missouri Series break	291	+1.5%
22	Virginia Series break	253	+0.8%
23	Connecticut Series break	228.9	+5.5%
24	South Carolina Series break	226.9	+8.8%
25	Kentucky Series break	212.1	+7.6%
26	Utah Series break	211.9	+4.5%
27	Alabama Series break	211.7	+9.1%
28	Louisiana Series break	211.2	+5.3%
29	Maryland Series break	203.9	+3.5%
30	Oklahoma Series break	202	+1.8%
31	Nevada Series break	175	+2.4%
32	Iowa Series break	135.5	+8%
33	Kansas Series break	127	+8.3%
34	Arkansas Series break	123.3	-2.8%
35	Idaho Series break	122	+4.1%
36	Mississippi Series break	120.8	+11.2%
37	New Hampshire Series break	116.2	+3%
38	New Mexico Series break	98.2	+14.1%
39	Hawaii Series break	93.5	+1.4%
40	Maine Series break	90	+1.8%
41	Montana Series break	87	+3.1%
42	Nebraska Series break	68.1	+5.3%
43	Vermont Series break	61.3	-0%
44	Delaware Series break	56.2	+17.3%
45	Rhode Island Series break	54.8	-4.6%
46	Wyoming Series break	46.9	+5.3%
47	West Virginia Series break	42.1	-5.4%
48	Alaska Series break	41.1	+3.5%
49	South Dakota Series break	38.1	-6.8%
50	North Dakota Series break	35.3	+8.4%
51	District of Columbia Series break	12.8	-4.8%

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/2018/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2020). 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, 2018) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2018/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, 2018. U.S. Census Bureau, 21 May 2020, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2018/historical-datasets/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-manufacturing/us-states?period=2018. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2020. 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, 2018. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2018/historical-datasets/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-manufacturing/us-states?period=2018.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2020) 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, 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2018/historical-datasets/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-manufacturing/us-states?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-manufacturing/us-states?period=2018. 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/2018/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which state has the highest nonemployer business receipts: manufacturing?

California, with $3.01 billion in 2018, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which state has the lowest nonemployer business receipts: manufacturing?

District of Columbia, with $12.77 million in 2018.

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.