US states by nonemployer business receipts: wholesale trade

California had the highest nonemployer business receipts: wholesale trade of 51 states in 2018, at $6.66 billion. District of Columbia had the lowest, at $22.09 million. The median was $391.66 million and the figure for the United States was $37.98 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest6,664.1California

Lowest22.1District of Columbia

Median391.751 states

United States37,978History

Map of states, 2018

Under 100
100 to 230
230 to 390
390 to 530
530 to 1,000
1,000 and over

USD million, 2018. 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, 2018

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	2018 USD million	Change on 2017
1	California Series break	6,664.1	-0.8%
2	Florida Series break	4,041.8	+4.8%
3	New York Series break	3,564.2	+1.8%
4	Texas Series break	3,423.5	+3.1%
5	New Jersey Series break	1,831.8	+1.3%
6	Pennsylvania Series break	1,247.4	-0.2%
7	Illinois Series break	1,125.8	-0.5%
8	Ohio Series break	1,064.7	-0.4%
9	Georgia Series break	1,031.8	-0.9%
10	Michigan Series break	955.5	-0.9%
11	North Carolina Series break	911.3	+4.7%
12	Massachusetts Series break	692.1	-3.3%
13	Arizona Series break	686.8	+2.5%
14	Tennessee Series break	645.9	+0.5%
15	Washington Series break	596.6	-5.1%
16	Colorado Series break	553.5	+1.3%
17	Virginia Series break	539.7	-0.9%
18	Connecticut Series break	523.2	+4.4%
19	Wisconsin Series break	499.3	+1.9%
20	Missouri Series break	494.6	-0%
21	Minnesota Series break	481.3	-0.6%
22	Indiana Series break	465.7	-1.4%
23	Maryland Series break	450.9	-2.4%
24	South Carolina Series break	436	+3.4%
25	Alabama Series break	410.5	+4.3%
26	Louisiana Series break	391.7	+1.5%
27	Nevada Series break	368.6	+5.3%
28	Oregon Series break	359.3	-3.6%
29	Kentucky Series break	321.5	-3.4%
30	Utah Series break	305.7	+2%
31	Oklahoma Series break	275.5	-1.1%
32	Iowa Series break	243.5	+10.6%
33	Kansas Series break	234.5	-3.4%
34	Mississippi Series break	230.5	+3.2%
35	Arkansas Series break	225.1	+2.4%
36	New Hampshire Series break	219.1	-1.7%
37	Hawaii Series break	190.5	+2.9%
38	Delaware Series break	160.4	+4.7%
39	Idaho Series break	141.1	+11.1%
40	New Mexico Series break	138.2	-5.8%
41	Maine Series break	126.2	+2.3%
42	Nebraska Series break	114.4	-1.2%
43	Rhode Island Series break	100.2	+2.7%
44	West Virginia Series break	95.9	+0.3%
45	Montana Series break	89	+6.9%
46	Vermont Series break	70	+1.9%
47	South Dakota Series break	68	+8.4%
48	Wyoming Series break	64.4	+4.6%
49	North Dakota Series break	50.5	+9.9%
50	Alaska Series break	34.2	+13.3%
51	District of Columbia Series break	22.1	-10.1%

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/2018/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2020). 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, 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), wholesale trade (NAICS 42), all legal forms and receipts sizes, US states by nonemployer business receipts: wholesale trade, 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-wholesale-trade/us-states?period=2018. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2020. 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, 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-wholesale-trade/us-states?period=2018.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2020) 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, 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2018/historical-datasets/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-wholesale-trade/us-states?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  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, 2018}},
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  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2018/historical-datasets/},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-wholesale-trade/us-states?period=2018. 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/2018/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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

California, with $6.66 billion in 2018, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

District of Columbia, with $22.09 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), wholesale trade (NAICS 42), all legal forms and receipts sizes. Retrieved 2026-10-12.