US states by nonemployer business receipts: wholesale trade, 2024

California had the highest nonemployer business receipts: wholesale trade of 51 states in 2024, at $9.94 billion. Alaska had the lowest, at $40.11 million. The median was $610.62 million and the figure for the United States was $63.73 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest9,942.6California

Lowest40.1Alaska

Median610.651 states

United States63,733.6History

Map of states, 2024

Under 170
170 to 340
340 to 610
610 to 800
800 to 1,500
1,500 and over

USD million, 2024. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), wholesale trade (NAICS 42), all legal forms and receipts sizes. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, 2024

USD million. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), wholesale trade (NAICS 42), all legal forms and receipts sizes. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	States	2024 USD million	Change on 2023
1	California	9,942.6	+0.2%
2	Florida	9,240.9	+8.6%
3	New York	6,692.1	-0.4%
4	Texas	6,208.9	+4.3%
5	New Jersey	3,089.9	+0.7%
6	Pennsylvania	1,962.2	0%
7	Illinois	1,890.7	+2%
8	Georgia	1,796.9	+7.3%
9	Ohio	1,507.1	-3.5%
10	Michigan	1,421.2	+2.9%
11	North Carolina	1,346.7	+6.5%
12	Arizona	1,046.2	-1.7%
13	Tennessee	971	-1.2%
14	Massachusetts	862.8	-6.2%
15	Washington	851.2	-0.4%
16	Colorado	851.2	+9.2%
17	Virginia	820.9	-0.1%
18	Nevada	789.2	+1.7%
19	Indiana	737.2	+2.4%
20	Maryland	734.8	+2.5%
21	Missouri	705	-2.9%
22	Wisconsin	694.3	-2.2%
23	Minnesota	674	+1.6%
24	South Carolina	669.1	+9.1%
25	Connecticut	658	-1.1%
26	Alabama	610.6	+3.6%
27	Delaware	574.9	+10.4%
28	Louisiana	560.2	+7.2%
29	Oregon	538.9	-2.3%
30	Utah	531.7	+5.9%
31	Kentucky	487.3	+0.4%
32	Oklahoma	487	+0.5%
33	Iowa	395.3	+2.9%
34	Arkansas	339.9	-4.6%
35	Mississippi	329.4	-9.7%
36	Kansas	301.6	+3%
37	New Hampshire	269.3	-0.7%
38	Wyoming	267.3	+14.6%
39	Hawaii	246.3	+1.8%
40	Idaho	237.2	+1.5%
41	New Mexico	185.6	+2.2%
42	Maine	170.1	-3.7%
43	Montana	167.5	+16.4%
44	Nebraska	166.7	+1.1%
45	West Virginia	155.8	+1.9%
46	Rhode Island	145.1	+1.1%
47	South Dakota	125.7	+0.5%
48	North Dakota	110.3	+1%
49	Vermont	85.1	+3.8%
50	District of Columbia	40.5	+4.3%
51	Alaska	40.1	-13.5%

Other periods

About this ranking

Receipts of businesses without paid employees in wholesale trade (NAICS 42), 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), wholesale trade (NAICS 42), all legal forms and receipts sizes. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2024/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), wholesale trade (NAICS 42), all legal forms and receipts sizes (US states by nonemployer business receipts: wholesale trade, 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2024/historical-datasets/

MLA 9

Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), wholesale trade (NAICS 42), all legal forms and receipts sizes, US states by nonemployer business receipts: wholesale trade, 2024. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Sept. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2024/historical-datasets/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-wholesale-trade/us-states. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), wholesale trade (NAICS 42), all legal forms and receipts sizes. US states by nonemployer business receipts: wholesale trade, 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2024/historical-datasets/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-wholesale-trade/us-states.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2026) Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), wholesale trade (NAICS 42), all legal forms and receipts sizes, US states by nonemployer business receipts: wholesale trade, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2024/historical-datasets/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-wholesale-trade/us-states (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2024/historical-datasets/},
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  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-wholesale-trade/us-states. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), wholesale trade (NAICS 42), all legal forms and receipts sizes. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2024/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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Which state has the highest nonemployer business receipts: wholesale trade?

California, with $9.94 billion in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which state has the lowest nonemployer business receipts: wholesale trade?

Alaska, with $40.11 million in 2024.

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), wholesale trade (NAICS 42), all legal forms and receipts sizes. Retrieved 2026-10-12.