US states by nonemployer business receipts: mining

Texas had the highest nonemployer business receipts: mining of 51 states in 2020, at $1.51 billion. District of Columbia had the lowest, at $135,000. The median was $15.6 million and the figure for the United States was $4.04 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest1,508.6Texas

Lowest0.1District of Columbia

Median15.651 states

United States4,041.7History

Map of states, 2020

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USD million, 2020. 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, 2020

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	2020 USD million	Change on 2019
1	Texas	1,508.6	-31.9%
2	Oklahoma	555	-27.2%
3	Louisiana	242.2	-25%
4	Kansas	221.6	-20.7%
5	Colorado	211.2	-19.4%
6	Pennsylvania	120	-9.3%
7	California	115.7	-22.1%
8	Mississippi	81.4	+10.9%
9	New Mexico	78.4	-24.1%
10	Wyoming	64.7	-25.2%
11	North Dakota	56.3	-32%
12	Arkansas	55.7	-30.6%
13	Ohio	51.5	-43%
14	Michigan	51.3	-20.7%
15	Kentucky	50.5	-13.9%
16	Florida	48.8	-21.9%
17	Illinois	48.3	-32.6%
18	West Virginia	44.1	-29.5%
19	Montana	39.7	-12.8%
20	New York	38.6	-7.5%
21	Arizona	38	-22.1%
22	Utah	28.2	-18.9%
23	Nevada	25.3	-0.5%
24	Alaska	17.6	+0.1%
25	Indiana	15.8	-36.5%
26	North Carolina	15.6	+31%
27	Alabama	15.5	-27%
28	Tennessee	15.5	-21.5%
29	Georgia	15.4	-1.3%
30	Oregon	15	+9.8%
31	Minnesota	14.6	+9%
32	Wisconsin	14.2	-5.5%
33	Missouri	14.1	-8%
34	Virginia	13.4	+10.7%
35	Washington	13.1	-18.9%
36	Connecticut	10.6	+84.3%
37	Idaho	10.5	-11.4%
38	Nebraska	9.5	-1.4%
39	South Carolina	8.9	-8.3%
40	Maine	8	+7.8%
41	Massachusetts	7.4	+29.4%
42	Maryland	5.6	-22.3%
43	Iowa	5.5	+40.2%
44	South Dakota	5.4	-19.4%
45	Vermont	5	+6%
46	New Hampshire	3.5	-30%
47	New Jersey	3.1	-31.6%
48	Hawaii	1.8	+0.8%
49	Delaware	1.7	-19.5%
50	Rhode Island	0.3	+23.2%
51	District of Columbia	0.1	+87.5%

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/2020/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2023). 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, 2020) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2020/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, 2020. U.S. Census Bureau, 17 Aug. 2023, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2020/historical-datasets/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-mining/us-states?period=2020. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2023. 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, 2020. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2020/historical-datasets/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-mining/us-states?period=2020.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2023) 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, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2020/historical-datasets/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-mining/us-states?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which state has the highest nonemployer business receipts: mining?

Texas, with $1.51 billion in 2020, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which state has the lowest nonemployer business receipts: mining?

District of Columbia, with $135,000 in 2020.

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.