Employment - Self-employment rate
(Proprietors as percent of total employment)
(2018)
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| Name | Self-employment Rate
Rank | Self-employment Rate |
| Wyoming | 1 | 28.0 |
| Montana | 2 | 27.9 |
| Florida | 3 | 26.6 |
| Texas | 4 | 26.3 |
| Colorado | 5 | 26.2 |
| Oklahoma | 6 | 26.2 |
| Idaho | 7 | 25.7 |
| Vermont | 8 | 25.3 |
| South Dakota | 9 | 25.0 |
| Connecticut | 10 | 24.8 |
| Louisiana | 11 | 24.7 |
| Georgia | 12 | 24.7 |
| California | 13 | 24.4 |
| Mississippi | 14 | 24.1 |
| New Jersey | 15 | 24.1 |
| Maryland | 16 | 24.0 |
| Tennessee | 17 | 23.9 |
| Maine | 18 | 23.9 |
| Utah | 19 | 23.5 |
| Arizona | 20 | 23.3 |
| Nevada | 21 | 23.2 |
| New Hampshire | 22 | 23.1 |
| Kansas | 23 | 22.9 |
| Oregon | 24 | 22.8 |
| New York | 25 | 22.8 |
| Massachusetts | 26 | 22.6 |
| Alaska | 27 | 22.4 |
| North Dakota | 28 | 22.4 |
| Alabama | 29 | 22.1 |
| Arkansas | 30 | 22.1 |
| North Carolina | 31 | 21.7 |
| Missouri | 32 | 21.5 |
| New Mexico | 33 | 21.5 |
| Nebraska | 34 | 21.5 |
| Michigan | 35 | 21.4 |
| South Carolina | 36 | 21.4 |
| Iowa | 37 | 21.4 |
| Hawaii | 38 | 21.3 |
| Illinois | 39 | 21.2 |
| Rhode Island | 40 | 21.1 |
| Virginia | 41 | 21.1 |
| Washington | 42 | 20.8 |
| Delaware | 43 | 20.7 |
| Kentucky | 44 | 20.6 |
| Minnesota | 45 | 20.4 |
| Pennsylvania | 46 | 20.2 |
| Ohio | 47 | 20.1 |
| West Virginia | 48 | 19.2 |
| Wisconsin | 49 | 18.9 |
| Indiana | 50 | 18.8 |
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