US states by nonemployer business receipts: manufacturing

California had the highest nonemployer business receipts: manufacturing of 51 states in 2022, at $3.21 billion. District of Columbia had the lowest, at $13.7 million. The median was $273.55 million and the figure for the United States was $23.35 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest3,213.1California

Lowest13.7District of Columbia

Median273.651 states

United States23,349.1History

Map of states, 2022

Under 80
80 to 160
160 to 270
270 to 410
410 to 640
640 and over

USD million, 2022. 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, 2022

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	2022 USD million	Change on 2021
1	California Series break	3,213.1	+9.3%
2	Texas Series break	2,451	+16.1%
3	Florida Series break	2,129.7	+18.9%
4	New York Series break	1,201.7	+15.8%
5	Pennsylvania Series break	1,000.9	+10.7%
6	Ohio Series break	953.8	+12.2%
7	Georgia Series break	780.2	+25%
8	Michigan Series break	765.6	+16.1%
9	Illinois Series break	648.9	+14.6%
10	North Carolina Series break	632.2	+16.9%
11	New Jersey Series break	553.6	+15.9%
12	Arizona Series break	509.4	+18.6%
13	Colorado Series break	468.5	+13.5%
14	Wisconsin Series break	459.6	+12.1%
15	Indiana Series break	450.6	+12.1%
16	Tennessee Series break	425	+16.6%
17	Washington Series break	412	+10.2%
18	Massachusetts Series break	406.4	+12.6%
19	Missouri Series break	387.5	+18.2%
20	Oregon Series break	382.1	+9.9%
21	Minnesota Series break	380.8	+10.2%
22	Virginia Series break	320.1	+9.4%
23	Utah Series break	297	+18.7%
24	Alabama Series break	288	+17.4%
25	Oklahoma Series break	276.2	+15%
26	South Carolina Series break	273.6	+14.6%
27	Connecticut Series break	268.8	+15.7%
28	Kentucky Series break	268.6	+15.2%
29	Maryland Series break	263.3	+12.6%
30	Louisiana Series break	258.3	+15.4%
31	Nevada Series break	223.7	+18.9%
32	Iowa Series break	175.6	+14%
33	Kansas Series break	165.2	+15.6%
34	Arkansas Series break	162.1	+13.6%
35	Idaho Series break	156.8	+2.3%
36	Mississippi Series break	150.4	+13.1%
37	New Mexico Series break	123.9	+22.8%
38	New Hampshire Series break	121.5	+5.3%
39	Maine Series break	120.3	+4.1%
40	Montana Series break	113.5	+4.5%
41	Hawaii Series break	111.5	+16.8%
42	Nebraska Series break	87.8	+21.7%
43	Vermont Series break	77.5	+19.8%
44	Delaware Series break	77.1	+9.6%
45	Wyoming Series break	73.3	+21.9%
46	Rhode Island Series break	67.4	+13.3%
47	Alaska Series break	56.3	+25.4%
48	West Virginia Series break	52.2	+0.5%
49	South Dakota Series break	47.1	+10.6%
50	North Dakota Series break	46.1	+11.3%
51	District of Columbia Series break	13.7	+15.9%

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/2022/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, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2022/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, 2022. U.S. Census Bureau, 12 Dec. 2024, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2022/historical-datasets/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-manufacturing/us-states?period=2022. 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, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2022/historical-datasets/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-manufacturing/us-states?period=2022.

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, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2022/historical-datasets/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-manufacturing/us-states?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-manufacturing/us-states?period=2022. 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/2022/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which state has the highest nonemployer business receipts: manufacturing?

California, with $3.21 billion in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which state has the lowest nonemployer business receipts: manufacturing?

District of Columbia, with $13.7 million in 2022.

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.