Self-employed businesses without employees by state

Name: Self-employed businesses without employees by state (United States)
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics
License: https://www.usa.gov/government-copyright

Nonemployer businesses in 2023: businesses with no paid employees and at least $1,000 in annual receipts (most are self-employed individuals, sole proprietorships and gig work filed on tax returns), per 1,000 residents and average receipts per business (both derived by Quadranac), with the number of businesses and total receipts.

Reference period: 2023
Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).

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Nonemployer businesses per 1,000 residents (derived), 2023, sorted high to low. 51 areas ranked by Nonemployer businesses per 1,000 residents (derived). Highest: Florida (136); lowest: West Virginia (53.5); national value 90.4. Full data in the table below.Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics.

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United States	90.4	57,611	30,427,808	1,752,978
Alabama	76	52,216	388,978	20,311
Alaska	83.5	54,688	61,337	3,354
Arizona	80.3	56,640	598,126	33,878
Arkansas	79.7	53,337	244,688	13,051
California	90.3	64,415	3,537,469	227,867
Colorado	102.8	58,736	607,592	35,688
Connecticut	89.5	67,690	326,020	22,068
Delaware	89.8	92,227	93,022	8,579
District of Columbia	95.2	59,643	64,986	3,876
Florida	136	54,735	3,117,327	170,628
Georgia	105.2	48,833	1,163,944	56,839
Hawaii	84.1	57,742	120,656	6,967
Idaho	83.8	55,967	165,145	9,243
Illinois	88.7	53,174	1,120,413	59,577
Indiana	70.7	51,338	486,290	24,965
Iowa	71.2	56,622	228,781	12,954
Kansas	74.3	56,690	219,072	12,419
Kentucky	73.8	54,530	335,592	18,300
Louisiana	91	47,654	418,516	19,944
Maine	90.7	56,317	127,173	7,162
Maryland	96.5	50,879	599,050	30,479
Massachusetts	89.6	62,525	633,439	39,606
Michigan	81	51,756	815,013	42,182
Minnesota	78.8	56,533	453,181	25,620
Mississippi	86.1	48,611	253,350	12,316
Missouri	78.2	54,017	485,486	26,225
Montana	97	59,040	109,660	6,474
Nebraska	77.9	56,801	154,971	8,803
Nevada	93.4	61,660	299,815	18,487
New Hampshire	82.9	72,055	116,209	8,373
New Jersey	94	68,183	883,628	60,248
New Mexico	66.1	49,822	140,015	6,976
New York	100.3	66,463	1,985,320	131,949
North Carolina	84.6	51,282	920,236	47,192
North Dakota	76.7	65,672	60,342	3,963
Ohio	77	54,421	909,227	49,481
Oklahoma	80.6	57,343	327,441	18,776
Oregon	77.5	55,963	329,262	18,426
Pennsylvania	73.4	58,451	955,359	55,842
Rhode Island	86.5	52,704	95,241	5,020
South Carolina	82.7	51,128	445,689	22,787
South Dakota	82.5	59,810	75,686	4,527
Tennessee	90.8	59,733	649,168	38,777
Texas	100.7	57,719	3,092,631	178,504
Utah	88.2	59,767	304,287	18,186
Vermont	100.4	55,003	65,028	3,577
Virginia	84.8	51,266	740,321	37,953
Washington	69.6	59,207	545,903	32,322
West Virginia	53.5	46,154	94,681	4,370
Wisconsin	67	57,037	397,269	22,659
Wyoming	112.5	79,197	65,773	5,209

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics, Nonemployer Statistics 2023 (API dataset 2023/nonemp), all sectors (NAICS 00)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2023 resident population (denominator). Reference period: 2023.

Cite this table

Source agency: U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics
Dataset: Nonemployer Statistics 2023 (API dataset 2023/nonemp), all sectors (NAICS 00)
Table: Self-employed businesses without employees by state
Data last updated: 2026-11-09
Page: https://quadranac.com/tables/us-nonemployer-businesses/

Self-employed businesses without employees by state (United States, 2023). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics, Nonemployer Statistics 2023 (API dataset 2023/nonemp), all sectors (NAICS 00). Retrieved 2026-11-09 via Quadranac, https://quadranac.com/tables/us-nonemployer-businesses/