US states by nonemployer business receipts: mining

Texas had the highest nonemployer business receipts: mining of 51 states in 2015, at $2.53 billion. District of Columbia had the lowest, at $123,000. The median was $22.07 million and the figure for the United States was $6.11 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest2,528.8Texas

Lowest0.1District of Columbia

Median22.151 states

United States6,111.5History

Map of states, 2015

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110 and over

USD million, 2015. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (NAICS 21), all legal forms and receipts sizes. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, 2015

USD million. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (NAICS 21), all legal forms and receipts sizes. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	States	2015 USD million	Change on 2014
1	Texas	2,528.8	-24.8%
2	Oklahoma	854.1	-24.5%
3	Louisiana	369.7	-28.8%
4	Kansas	318.2	-23.1%
5	Colorado	245.4	-20.5%
6	Pennsylvania	183.2	-22.2%
7	California	146	-29.5%
8	Ohio	139.5	-26.3%
9	Mississippi	110.5	-24.1%
10	Wyoming	101.2	-29.9%
11	New Mexico	97.9	-23.1%
12	West Virginia	97.6	-26.6%
13	Illinois	89.3	-31%
14	Michigan	85.1	-26.5%
15	Kentucky	82.8	-22.3%
16	Arkansas	78.9	-27.3%
17	North Dakota	71.7	-30.5%
18	Montana	54.4	-10.4%
19	Florida	49.5	-14.6%
20	New York	48	-22.8%
21	Indiana	33.4	-16.5%
22	Utah	32.5	-22.1%
23	Alabama	28.4	-34.8%
24	Tennessee	24.5	+8.4%
25	Nevada	23.7	-10.6%
26	Arizona	22.1	-14.2%
27	Alaska	21.1	-5.1%
28	Washington	19.8	+8.2%
29	Wisconsin	14.9	+15.5%
30	Missouri	12.4	-28.7%
31	Nebraska	12.3	-3.2%
32	Oregon	11.3	-13.7%
33	Virginia	11	-18.5%
34	Georgia	10.6	+0.8%
35	Minnesota	10.4	-8.4%
36	Idaho	9.2	-15.5%
37	North Carolina	8.7	+15.8%
38	Maryland	6.4	+7.6%
39	Connecticut	6.4	-5.2%
40	South Dakota	5.8	-14.7%
41	South Carolina	5.7	+5.3%
42	Maine	5.5	-13%
43	New Jersey	5.4	+17.9%
44	Massachusetts	5.1	+0.3%
45	Vermont	4.2	-23.4%
46	Iowa	3	-12.8%
47	New Hampshire	3	-40.5%
48	Hawaii	1.1	+28.7%
49	Delaware	0.9	-3.3%
50	Rhode Island	0.7	+29.9%
51	District of Columbia	0.1	+83.6%

Other periods

About this ranking

Receipts of businesses without paid employees in mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (NAICS 21), 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), mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (NAICS 21), all legal forms and receipts sizes. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2015/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2017). Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (NAICS 21), all legal forms and receipts sizes (US states by nonemployer business receipts: mining, 2015) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2015/historical-datasets/

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Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (NAICS 21), all legal forms and receipts sizes, US states by nonemployer business receipts: mining, 2015. U.S. Census Bureau, 7 July 2017, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2015/historical-datasets/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-mining/us-states?period=2015. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2017. Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (NAICS 21), all legal forms and receipts sizes. US states by nonemployer business receipts: mining, 2015. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2015/historical-datasets/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-mining/us-states?period=2015.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2017) Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (NAICS 21), all legal forms and receipts sizes, US states by nonemployer business receipts: mining, 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2015/historical-datasets/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-mining/us-states?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which state has the highest nonemployer business receipts: mining?

Texas, with $2.53 billion in 2015, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which state has the lowest nonemployer business receipts: mining?

District of Columbia, with $123,000 in 2015.

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), mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (NAICS 21), all legal forms and receipts sizes. Retrieved 2026-10-12.