US states by nonemployer business receipts: manufacturing

California had the highest nonemployer business receipts: manufacturing of 51 states in 2020, at $2.84 billion. District of Columbia had the lowest, at $10.91 million. The median was $220.95 million and the figure for the United States was $18.92 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest2,842.1California

Lowest10.9District of Columbia

Median220.951 states

United States18,920.7History

Map of states, 2020

Under 70
70 to 130
130 to 220
220 to 330
330 to 520
520 and over

USD million, 2020. 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, 2020

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	2020 USD million	Change on 2019
1	California	2,842.1	-6.2%
2	Texas	1,966.4	-0.1%
3	Florida	1,601.4	+5.4%
4	New York	925.8	-6.4%
5	Pennsylvania	828.2	+1.7%
6	Ohio	786	-0.4%
7	Michigan	616.5	-4.6%
8	Georgia	575	+3%
9	Illinois	524.6	-4.4%
10	North Carolina	497.5	-0.4%
11	New Jersey	448.6	-1.5%
12	Arizona	393.4	+1.2%
13	Colorado	390.9	-0.6%
14	Wisconsin	379.8	-1.7%
15	Indiana	359.9	+3.9%
16	Washington	354.4	-3.7%
17	Tennessee	327.5	+0.8%
18	Oregon	326.3	-3.3%
19	Minnesota	321.5	-1.9%
20	Massachusetts	321.3	-2.1%
21	Missouri	300.1	+0.1%
22	Virginia	267.8	+4%
23	Utah	231.6	+0.7%
24	Alabama	224.4	+1.4%
25	Connecticut	224	-4.2%
26	Oklahoma	220.9	+4%
27	South Carolina	219.9	-0.6%
28	Kentucky	218.2	+1.6%
29	Maryland	214.1	-2.3%
30	Louisiana	205.8	-5.3%
31	Nevada	178	-1.4%
32	Iowa	141.9	+2.3%
33	Idaho	141.6	+9.8%
34	Arkansas	135.4	+7.5%
35	Kansas	128.5	-7.6%
36	Mississippi	117.6	+4.3%
37	New Hampshire	111.1	+2.8%
38	Maine	100	+5%
39	Montana	92.7	-0.2%
40	New Mexico	88.2	-13.3%
41	Hawaii	85.8	-10%
42	Nebraska	71.3	+2.2%
43	Delaware	66	+0.2%
44	Vermont	62.4	-0.4%
45	Wyoming	57.5	+8.6%
46	Rhode Island	53.6	-3.7%
47	Alaska	41.9	-8.8%
48	West Virginia	41.7	-4.2%
49	North Dakota	40.2	+8.2%
50	South Dakota	40	-3.4%
51	District of Columbia	10.9	-19.2%

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/2020/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2023). 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, 2020) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2020/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, 2020. U.S. Census Bureau, 17 Aug. 2023, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2020/historical-datasets/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-manufacturing/us-states?period=2020. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2023. 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, 2020. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2020/historical-datasets/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-manufacturing/us-states?period=2020.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2023) 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, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2020/historical-datasets/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-manufacturing/us-states?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-manufacturing/us-states?period=2020. 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/2020/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which state has the highest nonemployer business receipts: manufacturing?

California, with $2.84 billion in 2020, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which state has the lowest nonemployer business receipts: manufacturing?

District of Columbia, with $10.91 million in 2020.

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.