US states by nonemployer business receipts: real estate, rental and leasing
California had the highest nonemployer business receipts: real estate, rental and leasing of 51 states in 2018, at $44 billion. Alaska had the lowest, at $562.78 million. The median was $3.29 billion and the figure for the United States was $289.87 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
Map of states, 2018
- Under 1,100
- 1,100 to 1,700
- 1,700 to 3,300
- 3,300 to 5,000
- 5,000 to 7,600
- 7,600 and over
All states, 2018
Full ranking
| Rank | States | 2018 | Change on 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California Series break | 44,004.7 | +2.3% |
| 2 | New York Series break | 27,216.4 | +4.2% |
| 3 | Florida Series break | 21,834.2 | +6.3% |
| 4 | Texas Series break | 21,604.7 | +5.8% |
| 5 | New Jersey Series break | 11,349.1 | +4.1% |
| 6 | Illinois Series break | 10,050.1 | +1.9% |
| 7 | Pennsylvania Series break | 9,633.5 | +3.1% |
| 8 | Ohio Series break | 8,283.7 | +2.6% |
| 9 | Michigan Series break | 7,627 | +2.3% |
| 10 | North Carolina Series break | 7,489.2 | +5.5% |
| 11 | Georgia Series break | 7,134.2 | +5.7% |
| 12 | Massachusetts Series break | 7,075 | +3.6% |
| 13 | Washington Series break | 6,859.3 | +1.7% |
| 14 | Colorado Series break | 6,611.6 | +4.7% |
| 15 | Virginia Series break | 6,495.8 | +2% |
| 16 | Arizona Series break | 5,374 | +4.4% |
| 17 | Maryland Series break | 5,209.6 | +0.1% |
| 18 | Minnesota Series break | 4,890.5 | +1.8% |
| 19 | Tennessee Series break | 4,820 | +5% |
| 20 | Missouri Series break | 4,628.5 | +2.3% |
| 21 | Wisconsin Series break | 4,311.2 | +2.5% |
| 22 | Indiana Series break | 4,166.3 | +2.5% |
| 23 | Oregon Series break | 3,909 | +2.7% |
| 24 | Connecticut Series break | 3,834.8 | +1.4% |
| 25 | South Carolina Series break | 3,451.6 | +6% |
| 26 | Louisiana Series break | 3,288.4 | +4.9% |
| 27 | Utah Series break | 3,256.8 | +4.5% |
| 28 | Alabama Series break | 3,074.9 | +3.9% |
| 29 | Nevada Series break | 2,998.7 | +3% |
| 30 | Kentucky Series break | 2,697.6 | +4.4% |
| 31 | Oklahoma Series break | 2,485.1 | +4.8% |
| 32 | Iowa Series break | 2,296.5 | +2.6% |
| 33 | Kansas Series break | 2,141.9 | +4% |
| 34 | Arkansas Series break | 1,749.9 | +2% |
| 35 | Nebraska Series break | 1,648.2 | +4.5% |
| 36 | Idaho Series break | 1,604.9 | +7.2% |
| 37 | Mississippi Series break | 1,481.2 | +1.7% |
| 38 | New Hampshire Series break | 1,372.6 | +3.9% |
| 39 | Hawaii Series break | 1,281.2 | +1% |
| 40 | New Mexico Series break | 1,132.1 | +3.7% |
| 41 | Delaware Series break | 1,121.4 | +5% |
| 42 | Maine Series break | 1,113.2 | +3.3% |
| 43 | Montana Series break | 1,085 | +5.1% |
| 44 | Rhode Island Series break | 975.5 | +3.6% |
| 45 | South Dakota Series break | 917.3 | +5.5% |
| 46 | North Dakota Series break | 903.3 | +5% |
| 47 | District of Columbia Series break | 795.4 | +1.7% |
| 48 | Wyoming Series break | 726.2 | +8.4% |
| 49 | West Virginia Series break | 725.3 | +2.4% |
| 50 | Vermont Series break | 566.2 | +3.7% |
| 51 | Alaska Series break | 562.8 | +6% |
Other periods
About this ranking
Receipts of businesses without paid employees in real estate and rental and leasing (NAICS 53), 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), real estate and rental and leasing (NAICS 53), all legal forms and receipts sizes. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2018/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.Citation styles
APA 7
U.S. Census Bureau. (2020). Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), real estate and rental and leasing (NAICS 53), all legal forms and receipts sizes (US states by nonemployer business receipts: real estate, rental and leasing, 2018) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2018/historical-datasets/
MLA 9
Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), real estate and rental and leasing (NAICS 53), all legal forms and receipts sizes, US states by nonemployer business receipts: real estate, rental and leasing, 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-real-estate/us-states?period=2018. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
U.S. Census Bureau. 2020. Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), real estate and rental and leasing (NAICS 53), all legal forms and receipts sizes. US states by nonemployer business receipts: real estate, rental and leasing, 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-real-estate/us-states?period=2018.
Harvard
U.S. Census Bureau (2020) Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), real estate and rental and leasing (NAICS 53), all legal forms and receipts sizes, US states by nonemployer business receipts: real estate, rental and leasing, 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2018/historical-datasets/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-real-estate/us-states?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
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Which state has the highest nonemployer business receipts: real estate, rental and leasing?
California, with $44 billion in 2018, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which state has the lowest nonemployer business receipts: real estate, rental and leasing?
Alaska, with $562.78 million 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), real estate and rental and leasing (NAICS 53), all legal forms and receipts sizes. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
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