US states by nonemployer business receipts: manufacturing

California had the highest nonemployer business receipts: manufacturing of 51 states in 2021, at $2.94 billion. District of Columbia had the lowest, at $11.82 million. The median was $238.66 million and the figure for the United States was $20.44 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest2,939.2California

Lowest11.8District of Columbia

Median238.751 states

United States20,435.1History

Map of states, 2021

Under 70
70 to 140
140 to 240
240 to 360
360 to 560
560 and over

USD million, 2021. 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, 2021

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	2021 USD million	Change on 2020
1	California	2,939.2	+3.4%
2	Texas	2,111.3	+7.4%
3	Florida	1,790.5	+11.8%
4	New York	1,037.5	+12.1%
5	Pennsylvania	904.3	+9.2%
6	Ohio	850.4	+8.2%
7	Michigan	659.4	+7%
8	Georgia	623.9	+8.5%
9	Illinois	566.1	+7.9%
10	North Carolina	540.9	+8.7%
11	New Jersey	477.7	+6.5%
12	Arizona	429.4	+9.1%
13	Colorado	412.6	+5.6%
14	Wisconsin	410	+8%
15	Indiana	401.9	+11.7%
16	Washington	374	+5.5%
17	Tennessee	364.5	+11.3%
18	Massachusetts	360.8	+12.3%
19	Oregon	347.5	+6.5%
20	Minnesota	345.6	+7.5%
21	Missouri	327.7	+9.2%
22	Virginia	292.7	+9.3%
23	Utah	250.2	+8%
24	Alabama	245.3	+9.3%
25	Oklahoma	240.3	+8.7%
26	South Carolina	238.7	+8.6%
27	Maryland	233.7	+9.2%
28	Kentucky	233.2	+6.9%
29	Connecticut	232.4	+3.8%
30	Louisiana	223.9	+8.8%
31	Nevada	188.2	+5.7%
32	Iowa	154.1	+8.6%
33	Idaho	153.2	+8.2%
34	Kansas	143	+11.3%
35	Arkansas	142.6	+5.4%
36	Mississippi	132.9	+13%
37	Maine	115.5	+15.6%
38	New Hampshire	115.4	+3.9%
39	Montana	108.6	+17.1%
40	New Mexico	100.9	+14.3%
41	Hawaii	95.5	+11.3%
42	Nebraska	72.2	+1.2%
43	Delaware	70.4	+6.6%
44	Vermont	64.7	+3.7%
45	Wyoming	60.1	+4.5%
46	Rhode Island	59.5	+11.1%
47	West Virginia	51.9	+24.5%
48	Alaska	44.9	+7%
49	South Dakota	42.5	+6.2%
50	North Dakota	41.4	+3%
51	District of Columbia	11.8	+8.3%

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/2021/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2024). 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, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2021/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, 2021. U.S. Census Bureau, 14 Mar. 2024, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2021/historical-datasets/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-manufacturing/us-states?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2024. 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, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2021/historical-datasets/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-manufacturing/us-states?period=2021.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2024) 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, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2021/historical-datasets/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-manufacturing/us-states?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-manufacturing/us-states?period=2021. 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/2021/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which state has the highest nonemployer business receipts: manufacturing?

California, with $2.94 billion in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which state has the lowest nonemployer business receipts: manufacturing?

District of Columbia, with $11.82 million in 2021.

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.