US states by nonemployer business receipts: mining

Texas had the highest nonemployer business receipts: mining of 51 states in 2023, at $2.93 billion. Rhode Island had the lowest, at $671,000. The median was $23.25 million and the figure for the United States was $6.66 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest2,931.9Texas

Lowest0.7Rhode Island

Median23.251 states

United States6,657.9History

Map of states, 2023

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120 and over

USD million, 2023. 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, 2023

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	2023 USD million	Change on 2022
1	Texas	2,931.9	-9.7%
2	Oklahoma	880.7	-8.5%
3	Kansas	373.6	-8.9%
4	Louisiana	340.5	-10.9%
5	Colorado	185.8	-35.6%
6	Pennsylvania	172.8	-7.2%
7	California	146.1	-14.3%
8	New Mexico	127.8	-0.4%
9	Mississippi	125.2	-10.4%
10	Ohio	116.6	-15.2%
11	Wyoming	108.2	+5.8%
12	Illinois	99	-7.3%
13	North Dakota	96.9	+4.4%
14	Arkansas	93.4	-14.5%
15	Kentucky	81.2	-24.9%
16	Michigan	69	-15.2%
17	West Virginia	65.5	-5.1%
18	Arizona	61.3	-2.8%
19	Montana	57.2	-8.3%
20	Florida	56.6	-23.3%
21	New York	53.9	+8.9%
22	Utah	48.1	-15.7%
23	Nevada	34.6	-2.3%
24	Indiana	27.5	-14%
25	Tennessee	25.9	-4.3%
26	Washington	23.2	+5%
27	Alabama	20.8	-8.4%
28	Wisconsin	18.4	+2.3%
29	Alaska	18.4	+16.9%
30	Oregon	17.9	+3.2%
31	Georgia	17.7	-15.4%
32	Missouri	16.8	-12.3%
33	Virginia	16.8	-4.8%
34	North Carolina	14.2	-16%
35	Idaho	13.7	-9%
36	Minnesota	13.3	+2.8%
37	Nebraska	12	+10%
38	South Carolina	10.4	-5.5%
39	Massachusetts	9.8	+18.3%
40	Maine	8.1	+2.4%
41	Connecticut	7.7	-7.3%
42	Vermont	7.6	-0.2%
43	Iowa	6	+78.9%
44	South Dakota	6	-6.7%
45	Maryland	5.7	-14.6%
46	New Hampshire	3.6	-11%
47	New Jersey	3.3	+12.9%
48	Delaware	2.5	-47.9%
49	District of Columbia	2.4	+323.6%
50	Hawaii	1.5	+30.6%
51	Rhode Island	0.7	+57.1%

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/2023/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). 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, 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2023/historical-datasets/

MLA 9

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, 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 15 May 2025, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2023/historical-datasets/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-mining/us-states?period=2023. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. 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, 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2023/historical-datasets/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-mining/us-states?period=2023.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) 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, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2023/historical-datasets/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-mining/us-states?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which state has the highest nonemployer business receipts: mining?

Texas, with $2.93 billion in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which state has the lowest nonemployer business receipts: mining?

Rhode Island, with $671,000 in 2023.

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.