US states by nonemployer business receipts: wholesale trade

California had the highest nonemployer business receipts: wholesale trade of 51 states in 2014, at $6.64 billion. District of Columbia had the lowest, at $22.45 million. The median was $396.17 million and the figure for the United States was $38.16 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest6,644.4California

Lowest22.4District of Columbia

Median396.251 states

United States38,157.4History

Map of states, 2014

Under 110
110 to 230
230 to 400
400 to 540
540 to 1,000
1,000 and over

USD million, 2014. 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, 2014

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	2014 USD million	Change on 2013
1	California	6,644.4	+3.4%
2	Florida	3,796.1	+5.7%
3	New York	3,551	+4.4%
4	Texas	3,479	+6.3%
5	New Jersey	1,818.3	+5.3%
6	Pennsylvania	1,307.9	0%
7	Illinois	1,207.6	+6.7%
8	Ohio	1,105.7	+2.1%
9	Georgia	1,029.5	+0.7%
10	Michigan	963.8	-0.2%
11	North Carolina	888.8	+3.9%
12	Massachusetts	708.8	+2%
13	Arizona	704.6	+4.2%
14	Washington	655	+0.8%
15	Tennessee	647.4	+4.4%
16	Virginia	549.9	+5.3%
17	Colorado	544.8	+5.3%
18	Connecticut	542.9	+5.8%
19	Wisconsin	521.6	-1.3%
20	Maryland	505.9	+5.5%
21	Missouri	505.5	+2.2%
22	Minnesota	493.2	-1.7%
23	Indiana	480.1	+0.8%
24	Alabama	405.8	+3.8%
25	South Carolina	398.4	+2.1%
26	Oregon	396.2	+6.9%
27	Louisiana	393.4	+4.9%
28	Nevada	363.2	+1.8%
29	Kentucky	346.7	+1.9%
30	Oklahoma	289.4	-3.3%
31	Utah	282.4	+12%
32	Iowa	252.3	-0.7%
33	Mississippi	252	+4.1%
34	Kansas	229.7	-6.3%
35	Arkansas	216.6	+5.9%
36	New Hampshire	214	+9.2%
37	Hawaii	183.5	+0.3%
38	New Mexico	155.3	+3%
39	Delaware	149	+12.5%
40	Idaho	135.4	+5.6%
41	Nebraska	120	+0.4%
42	Maine	112.5	-7.1%
43	West Virginia	107.5	+3.9%
44	Rhode Island	96.4	-9.5%
45	Montana	91.4	+1.9%
46	Vermont	78.9	+12.5%
47	South Dakota	65.6	-0.3%
48	North Dakota	56.5	+0.4%
49	Wyoming	55.3	+5.1%
50	Alaska	35.8	-2%
51	District of Columbia	22.4	-15.1%

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/2014/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2017). 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, 2014) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2014/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, 2014. U.S. Census Bureau, 6 June 2017, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2014/historical-datasets/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-wholesale-trade/us-states?period=2014. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2017. 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, 2014. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2014/historical-datasets/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-wholesale-trade/us-states?period=2014.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2017) 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, 2014 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2014/historical-datasets/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-wholesale-trade/us-states?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{census_us_states_by_nonemployer_2014,
  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{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, 2014}},
  year = {2017},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2014/historical-datasets/},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-wholesale-trade/us-states?period=2014. 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/2014/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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

California, with $6.64 billion in 2014, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

District of Columbia, with $22.45 million in 2014.

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.