US states by nonemployer business receipts: mining

Texas had the highest nonemployer business receipts: mining of 51 states in 2018, at $2.33 billion. District of Columbia had the lowest, at $71,000. The median was $19.4 million and the figure for the United States was $5.72 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest2,331.7Texas

Lowest0.1District of Columbia

Median19.451 states

United States5,722.7History

Map of states, 2018

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100 and over

USD million, 2018. 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, 2018

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	2018 USD million	Change on 2017
1	Texas Series break	2,331.7	-4.5%
2	Oklahoma Series break	843.9	+5.6%
3	Kansas Series break	308.6	+10.8%
4	Louisiana Series break	292.4	+16.6%
5	Colorado Series break	287.1	+4.8%
6	California Series break	161.9	+14.7%
7	Pennsylvania Series break	141.3	-13.7%
8	Ohio Series break	106.9	+52.1%
9	New Mexico Series break	105	+7.8%
10	Wyoming Series break	93.3	+6.3%
11	Arkansas Series break	84.2	+8.5%
12	Illinois Series break	80.4	+10.3%
13	North Dakota Series break	80.4	+7.7%
14	West Virginia Series break	78.1	-4.4%
15	Mississippi Series break	66	+23.5%
16	Michigan Series break	64.2	-9.3%
17	Kentucky Series break	57.5	-25.7%
18	Montana Series break	52.5	+14.8%
19	Florida Series break	51	-8.9%
20	Arizona Series break	50.2	+0.4%
21	New York Series break	48.3	+3.4%
22	Utah Series break	33.9	+12.9%
23	Nevada Series break	29.8	+0.8%
24	Alabama Series break	24.7	+5.5%
25	Tennessee Series break	21.6	+27.9%
26	Indiana Series break	19.4	-12.1%
27	Alaska Series break	18.1	+18.8%
28	Georgia Series break	15.5	+15.8%
29	Washington Series break	15.2	+4.9%
30	Wisconsin Series break	14.4	+8.7%
31	Virginia Series break	13.9	-5.7%
32	Missouri Series break	12.5	-7.6%
33	North Carolina Series break	11.9	+20.7%
34	Minnesota Series break	11.2	+2.7%
35	Idaho Series break	11.1	+8.9%
36	Oregon Series break	10.5	+4.2%
37	Nebraska Series break	9	-28.2%
38	Maine Series break	7.6	+31.2%
39	Massachusetts Series break	7.3	-15.6%
40	South Carolina Series break	6.9	+8.9%
41	New Jersey Series break	6.4	+57.9%
42	Vermont Series break	6.4	-6.8%
43	South Dakota Series break	6.2	+13.5%
44	Maryland Series break	5.9	+7.1%
45	Connecticut Series break	5.9	-14.9%
46	Iowa Series break	3.5	-8.7%
47	New Hampshire Series break	3.4	+6.6%
48	Hawaii Series break	2.4	+19.7%
49	Delaware Series break	1.7	+119.7%
50	Rhode Island Series break	1.4	+39%
51	District of Columbia Series break	0.1	-54.5%

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/2018/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2020). 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, 2018) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2018/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, 2018. U.S. Census Bureau, 21 May 2020, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2018/historical-datasets/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-mining/us-states?period=2018. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2020. 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, 2018. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2018/historical-datasets/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-mining/us-states?period=2018.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2020) 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, 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2018/historical-datasets/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-mining/us-states?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which state has the highest nonemployer business receipts: mining?

Texas, with $2.33 billion in 2018, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which state has the lowest nonemployer business receipts: mining?

District of Columbia, with $71,000 in 2018.

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.