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Self-employed, not incorporated: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Self-employed, not incorporated. All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Class of worker by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-03

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National value: 5.8 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 5.1 %
RI 5 %
DE 4.4 %
CT 5.2 %
NJ 5.1 %
MD 5.3 %
MA 5.3 %
VT 8.8 %
NH 6.1 %

Lowest: 4 to 5.1 %
Group 2: 5.1 to 5.4 %
Group 3: 5.4 to 6 %
Group 4: 6 to 6.6 %
Highest: 6.6 to 9.1 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Montana	9.1
2	Vermont	8.8
3	Hawaii	7.7
4	Idaho	7.6
4	Maine	7.6
4	South Dakota	7.6
7	California	7.1
8	Tennessee	6.9
9	Wyoming	6.8
10	Arkansas	6.6
10	North Dakota	6.6
10	Oregon	6.6
13	Florida	6.5
13	Texas	6.5
15	Mississippi	6.2
16	Colorado	6.1
16	New Hampshire	6.1
16	Oklahoma	6.1
16	South Carolina	6.1
20	Alaska	6
20	Nebraska	6
22	Arizona	5.9
22	Louisiana	5.9
24	Kansas	5.8
25	Iowa	5.6
25	Missouri	5.6
25	New Mexico	5.6
28	Nevada	5.5
28	North Carolina	5.5
30	Alabama	5.4
30	Michigan	5.4
30	New York	5.4
33	Georgia	5.3
33	Kentucky	5.3
33	Maryland	5.3
33	Massachusetts	5.3
33	Washington	5.3
38	Connecticut	5.2
39	District of Columbia	5.1
39	Minnesota	5.1
39	New Jersey	5.1
39	Wisconsin	5.1
43	Ohio	5
43	Rhode Island	5
45	Pennsylvania	4.9
46	Utah	4.8
47	Virginia	4.7
48	West Virginia	4.6
49	Delaware	4.4
50	Illinois	4.3
51	Indiana	4

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table DP03: Selected Economic Characteristics. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by self-employed, not incorporated (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table DP03; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-03. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-self-employed-not-incorporated/

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