US states by nonemployer business receipts: wholesale trade

California had the highest nonemployer business receipts: wholesale trade of 51 states in 2022, at $10.15 billion. District of Columbia had the lowest, at $39.74 million. The median was $592.83 million and the figure for the United States was $61.98 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest10,153California

Lowest39.7District of Columbia

Median592.851 states

United States61,980.7History

Map of states, 2022

Under 200
200 to 300
300 to 600
600 to 800
800 to 1,500
1,500 and over

USD million, 2022. 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, 2022

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	2022 USD million	Change on 2021
1	California Series break	10,153	+51.2%
2	Florida Series break	8,467.8	+82.5%
3	New York Series break	6,590.2	+72%
4	Texas Series break	5,903.5	+57.5%
5	New Jersey Series break	3,146.5	+57.2%
6	Pennsylvania Series break	1,904.2	+44.9%
7	Illinois Series break	1,853.1	+56.9%
8	Georgia Series break	1,722.2	+50.4%
9	Ohio Series break	1,551.8	+40.5%
10	Michigan Series break	1,399.1	+33%
11	North Carolina Series break	1,242.7	+32.5%
12	Arizona Series break	1,044.2	+39.1%
13	Tennessee Series break	950	+27.7%
14	Massachusetts Series break	912.6	+29.4%
15	Washington Series break	833	+35%
16	Virginia Series break	820.1	+48.6%
17	Colorado Series break	778.3	+42.6%
18	Nevada Series break	751.4	+70.2%
19	Missouri Series break	716.2	+34.1%
20	Wisconsin Series break	707	+25.8%
21	Indiana Series break	706.3	+40.4%
22	Maryland Series break	689.5	+39.1%
23	Connecticut Series break	682.1	+31.8%
24	Minnesota Series break	675.5	+33.6%
25	South Carolina Series break	644.1	+39.7%
26	Alabama Series break	592.8	+31.9%
27	Louisiana Series break	565.6	+39.1%
28	Oregon Series break	518.1	+31.1%
29	Utah Series break	506.8	+65%
30	Kentucky Series break	474.9	+27.9%
31	Oklahoma Series break	462.8	+44.3%
32	Delaware Series break	454.7	+125.2%
33	Iowa Series break	386.3	+36.7%
34	Mississippi Series break	342.3	+20.7%
35	Arkansas Series break	325.4	+34.7%
36	Kansas Series break	311.7	+25.1%
37	New Hampshire Series break	261.9	+22.4%
38	Hawaii Series break	238.5	+27.5%
39	Idaho Series break	226.5	+44.8%
40	Maine Series break	184.7	+25.4%
41	New Mexico Series break	182.5	+26.2%
42	Wyoming Series break	170.8	+90.3%
43	Nebraska Series break	149.3	+9.8%
44	Montana Series break	145.5	+25.3%
45	West Virginia Series break	134.8	+27.8%
46	Rhode Island Series break	133	+27.3%
47	South Dakota Series break	103.5	+55%
48	North Dakota Series break	98.5	+55.5%
49	Vermont Series break	78.7	+21.2%
50	Alaska Series break	47	+17.2%
51	District of Columbia Series break	39.7	+60.5%

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/2022/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2024). 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, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2022/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, 2022. U.S. Census Bureau, 12 Dec. 2024, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2022/historical-datasets/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-wholesale-trade/us-states?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2024. 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, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2022/historical-datasets/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-wholesale-trade/us-states?period=2022.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2024) 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, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2022/historical-datasets/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-wholesale-trade/us-states?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  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, 2022}},
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  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2022/historical-datasets/},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-wholesale-trade/us-states?period=2022. 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/2022/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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

California, with $10.15 billion in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

District of Columbia, with $39.74 million in 2022.

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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.