# US states by nonemployer business receipts: retail trade, 2024

All 51 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `nonemployer_receipts_usd_retail_trade`
- Unit: USD million
- Definition: Receipts of businesses without paid employees in retail trade (NAICS 44-45), in millions of current US dollars, from the U.S. Census Bureau Nonemployer Statistics.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), retail trade (NAICS 44-45), all legal forms and receipts sizes (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2024/historical-datasets/)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), retail trade (NAICS 44-45), all legal forms and receipts sizes. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2024/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-retail-trade/us-states

| Rank | Place | USD million |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | California | 17,278.8 |
| 2 | Texas | 14,290.6 |
| 3 | Florida | 14,077.1 |
| 4 | New York | 9,790.8 |
| 5 | New Jersey | 5,303.1 |
| 6 | Pennsylvania | 4,963.1 |
| 7 | Georgia | 4,738.7 |
| 8 | Ohio | 4,417.7 |
| 9 | North Carolina | 3,928.9 |
| 10 | Illinois | 3,815.4 |
| 11 | Michigan | 3,511.4 |
| 12 | Tennessee | 3,354 |
| 13 | Arizona | 2,690.9 |
| 14 | Virginia | 2,480.7 |
| 15 | Colorado | 2,421.1 |
| 16 | Missouri | 2,386.7 |
| 17 | Massachusetts | 2,353.3 |
| 18 | Indiana | 2,141.6 |
| 19 | Washington | 2,139.8 |
| 20 | South Carolina | 2,058 |
| 21 | Alabama | 1,976.7 |
| 22 | Wisconsin | 1,936.1 |
| 23 | Maryland | 1,935.2 |
| 24 | Minnesota | 1,776.1 |
| 25 | Oklahoma | 1,757.1 |
| 26 | Connecticut | 1,753.6 |
| 27 | Utah | 1,725.1 |
| 28 | Kentucky | 1,702.7 |
| 29 | Nevada | 1,568.9 |
| 30 | Louisiana | 1,510.8 |
| 31 | Oregon | 1,473.4 |
| 32 | Arkansas | 1,196 |
| 33 | Delaware | 1,176.6 |
| 34 | Mississippi | 1,136 |
| 35 | Kansas | 1,136 |
| 36 | Iowa | 986.3 |
| 37 | Wyoming | 771.5 |
| 38 | Idaho | 732 |
| 39 | Nebraska | 704.4 |
| 40 | New Hampshire | 658.7 |
| 41 | New Mexico | 640.7 |
| 42 | Hawaii | 585.9 |
| 43 | Maine | 518.8 |
| 44 | West Virginia | 502.6 |
| 45 | Montana | 431.5 |
| 46 | South Dakota | 354.4 |
| 47 | Rhode Island | 344.1 |
| 48 | North Dakota | 251.4 |
| 49 | Vermont | 237 |
| 50 | Alaska | 210.1 |
| 51 | District of Columbia | 127.4 |