US states by nonemployer business receipts: manufacturing

California had the highest nonemployer business receipts: manufacturing of 51 states in 2019, at $3.03 billion. District of Columbia had the lowest, at $13.5 million. The median was $221.27 million and the figure for the United States was $19.16 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest3,031.6California

Lowest13.5District of Columbia

Median221.351 states

United States19,156.2History

Map of states, 2019

Under 70
70 to 130
130 to 220
220 to 330
330 to 530
530 and over

USD million, 2019. 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, 2019

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	2019 USD million	Change on 2018
1	California	3,031.6	+0.7%
2	Texas	1,968	+3%
3	Florida	1,519.2	+7.6%
4	New York	988.9	+3.7%
5	Pennsylvania	814.3	-1.2%
6	Ohio	789.4	+2.7%
7	Michigan	646	+2.7%
8	Georgia	558.3	+7.4%
9	Illinois	548.7	+3.1%
10	North Carolina	499.5	+6.5%
11	New Jersey	455.4	-0.7%
12	Colorado	393.1	+3.6%
13	Arizona	388.6	+5%
14	Wisconsin	386.5	+1.3%
15	Washington	367.9	-2%
16	Indiana	346.6	-1.5%
17	Oregon	337.6	+1.5%
18	Massachusetts	328.3	+0.3%
19	Minnesota	327.8	+4.6%
20	Tennessee	325	+0.4%
21	Missouri	299.8	+3%
22	Virginia	257.5	+1.8%
23	Connecticut	233.8	+2.1%
24	Utah	230.1	+8.6%
25	Alabama	221.3	+4.5%
26	South Carolina	221.3	-2.5%
27	Maryland	219.2	+7.5%
28	Louisiana	217.4	+2.9%
29	Kentucky	214.6	+1.2%
30	Oklahoma	212.5	+5.2%
31	Nevada	180.6	+3.2%
32	Kansas	139	+9.4%
33	Iowa	138.8	+2.4%
34	Idaho	129	+5.7%
35	Arkansas	125.9	+2.1%
36	Mississippi	112.7	-6.7%
37	New Hampshire	108.1	-7%
38	New Mexico	101.8	+3.6%
39	Hawaii	95.4	+2%
40	Maine	95.2	+5.7%
41	Montana	93	+6.8%
42	Nebraska	69.8	+2.5%
43	Delaware	65.9	+17.2%
44	Vermont	62.6	+2.1%
45	Rhode Island	55.6	+1.5%
46	Wyoming	52.9	+12.9%
47	Alaska	46	+11.9%
48	West Virginia	43.5	+3.4%
49	South Dakota	41.5	+8.7%
50	North Dakota	37.2	+5.5%
51	District of Columbia	13.5	+5.7%

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/2019/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, 2019) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2019/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, 2019. U.S. Census Bureau, 8 Oct. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2019/historical-datasets/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-manufacturing/us-states?period=2019. 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, 2019. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2019/historical-datasets/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-manufacturing/us-states?period=2019.

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, 2019 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2019/historical-datasets/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-manufacturing/us-states?period=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-manufacturing/us-states?period=2019. 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/2019/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which state has the highest nonemployer business receipts: manufacturing?

California, with $3.03 billion in 2019, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which state has the lowest nonemployer business receipts: manufacturing?

District of Columbia, with $13.5 million in 2019.

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.