US states by nonemployer business receipts: utilities

Texas had the highest nonemployer business receipts: utilities of 51 states in 2017, at $106.62 million. Alaska had the lowest, at $2.14 million. The median was $9.78 million and the figure for the United States was $855.32 million. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest106.6Texas

Lowest2.1Alaska

Median9.851 states

United States855.3History

Map of states, 2017

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USD million, 2017. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), utilities (NAICS 22), all legal forms and receipts sizes. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, 2017

USD million. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), utilities (NAICS 22), all legal forms and receipts sizes. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	States	2017 USD million	Change on 2016
1	Texas Series break	106.6	-2%
2	California Series break	86	-4.2%
3	Florida Series break	51.7	-16%
4	New York Series break	48.5	-15.3%
5	Massachusetts Series break	42.6	-12%
6	New Jersey Series break	36.1	-18.9%
7	North Carolina Series break	33.4	-25.8%
8	Georgia Series break	29.6	-10.8%
9	Pennsylvania Series break	27.9	-6.5%
10	Illinois Series break	23.3	-17.3%
11	Maryland Series break	21.2	-19.6%
12	Colorado Series break	21.1	-36.7%
13	Arizona Series break	19.8	-3.9%
14	Iowa Series break	17.7	-5.7%
15	Ohio Series break	17.6	-29.3%
16	Washington Series break	17.4	+2.2%
17	Michigan Series break	17.1	-1.3%
18	Hawaii Series break	15.2	+1.3%
19	Vermont Series break	12.8	+4.4%
20	Minnesota Series break	12.7	-31.6%
21	Idaho Series break	11.7	+17.6%
22	Tennessee Series break	11.4	-26.9%
23	Oregon Series break	10.8	+33.8%
24	Utah Series break	10.4	+11%
25	Mississippi Series break	10.1	-11.6%
26	Kentucky Series break	9.8	+2.8%
27	Oklahoma Series break	9.2	-24.6%
28	Louisiana Series break	9.1	-19.8%
29	Virginia Series break	9	-44%
30	Missouri Series break	8.6	-22.8%
31	Connecticut Series break	8.4	-6.9%
32	Kansas Series break	8	-4.4%
33	Alabama Series break	7.7	-26.1%
34	South Carolina Series break	7.5	-33.6%
35	Indiana Series break	6.6	-27.9%
36	Maine Series break	6.1	+28%
37	Wisconsin Series break	5.4	-24.5%
38	District of Columbia Series break	5	+115.1%
39	Arkansas Series break	4.6	-25.4%
40	Nebraska Series break	4.2	+18.4%
41	Wyoming Series break	3.9	+5%
42	West Virginia Series break	3.9	+4.5%
43	Montana Series break	3.8	+1.1%
44	Nevada Series break	3.4	-48.2%
45	New Mexico Series break	3.3	-23.2%
46	Delaware Series break	3.2	-21.4%
47	South Dakota Series break	2.6	+5.7%
48	New Hampshire Series break	2.5	-33.5%
49	North Dakota Series break	2.4	+134.7%
50	Rhode Island Series break	2.2	-56.9%
51	Alaska Series break	2.1	+6.8%

Other periods

About this ranking

Receipts of businesses without paid employees in utilities (NAICS 22), 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), utilities (NAICS 22), all legal forms and receipts sizes. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2017/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2019). Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), utilities (NAICS 22), all legal forms and receipts sizes (US states by nonemployer business receipts: utilities, 2017) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2017/historical-datasets/

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Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), utilities (NAICS 22), all legal forms and receipts sizes, US states by nonemployer business receipts: utilities, 2017. U.S. Census Bureau, 27 June 2019, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2017/historical-datasets/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-utilities/us-states?period=2017. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2019. Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), utilities (NAICS 22), all legal forms and receipts sizes. US states by nonemployer business receipts: utilities, 2017. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2017/historical-datasets/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-utilities/us-states?period=2017.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2019) Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), utilities (NAICS 22), all legal forms and receipts sizes, US states by nonemployer business receipts: utilities, 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2017/historical-datasets/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-utilities/us-states?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-utilities/us-states?period=2017. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), utilities (NAICS 22), all legal forms and receipts sizes. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2017/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which state has the highest nonemployer business receipts: utilities?

Texas, with $106.62 million in 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which state has the lowest nonemployer business receipts: utilities?

Alaska, with $2.14 million in 2017.

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), utilities (NAICS 22), all legal forms and receipts sizes. Retrieved 2026-10-12.