US states by nonemployer business receipts: mining

Texas had the highest nonemployer business receipts: mining of 51 states in 2017, at $2.44 billion. District of Columbia had the lowest, at $156,000. The median was $16.89 million and the figure for the United States was $5.63 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest2,440.4Texas

Lowest0.2District of Columbia

Median16.951 states

United States5,630.3History

Map of states, 2017

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USD million, 2017. 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, 2017

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	2017 USD million	Change on 2016
1	Texas	2,440.4	+24.6%
2	Oklahoma	798.8	+14.2%
3	Kansas	278.4	+4.5%
4	Colorado	273.9	+27.7%
5	Louisiana	250.8	-12.4%
6	Pennsylvania	163.8	+9%
7	California	141.2	+8.8%
8	New Mexico	97.4	+22.4%
9	Wyoming	87.7	+16.8%
10	West Virginia	81.7	+14.7%
11	Arkansas	77.6	+28.1%
12	Kentucky	77.3	+5.7%
13	North Dakota	74.6	+30.4%
14	Illinois	72.9	+0.6%
15	Michigan	70.8	+5.3%
16	Ohio	70.3	-33.5%
17	Florida	56	+25.6%
18	Mississippi	53.4	-46%
19	Arizona	50	+133.8%
20	New York	46.7	-1.4%
21	Montana	45.8	+1.9%
22	Utah	30	+19.7%
23	Nevada	29.5	+37.2%
24	Alabama	23.4	-1.1%
25	Indiana	22.1	-10.9%
26	Tennessee	16.9	-7%
27	Alaska	15.3	-16.1%
28	Virginia	14.8	+25.3%
29	Washington	14.5	-0.4%
30	Missouri	13.6	+11.9%
31	Georgia	13.4	+34.2%
32	Wisconsin	13.2	+25.1%
33	Nebraska	12.6	+12.1%
34	Minnesota	10.9	-2.9%
35	Idaho	10.2	+13.1%
36	Oregon	10.1	-25.4%
37	North Carolina	9.9	+25.5%
38	Massachusetts	8.6	+16.7%
39	Connecticut	6.9	+66%
40	Vermont	6.9	+40%
41	South Carolina	6.3	+3.8%
42	Maine	5.8	+1.1%
43	Maryland	5.5	-19.3%
44	South Dakota	5.4	-15.6%
45	New Jersey	4.1	+26.4%
46	Iowa	3.9	+41.1%
47	New Hampshire	3.2	+56.4%
48	Hawaii	2	-0.4%
49	Rhode Island	1	+20.2%
50	Delaware	0.8	+15.7%
51	District of Columbia	0.2	n/a

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/2017/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2019). 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, 2017) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2017/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, 2017. U.S. Census Bureau, 27 June 2019, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2017/historical-datasets/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-mining/us-states?period=2017. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2019. 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, 2017. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2017/historical-datasets/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-mining/us-states?period=2017.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2019) 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, 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2017/historical-datasets/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-mining/us-states?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which state has the highest nonemployer business receipts: mining?

Texas, with $2.44 billion in 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which state has the lowest nonemployer business receipts: mining?

District of Columbia, with $156,000 in 2017.

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.