Employment - Self-employment rate
(Proprietors as percent of total employment)
(2020)
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| Name | Self-employment Rate
Rank | Self-employment Rate |
| Wyoming | 1 | 27.5 |
| Montana | 2 | 27.2 |
| Florida | 3 | 26.7 |
| Texas | 4 | 25.8 |
| Colorado | 5 | 25.6 |
| Vermont | 6 | 25.2 |
| Oklahoma | 7 | 25.1 |
| Connecticut | 8 | 24.7 |
| Idaho | 9 | 24.7 |
| Louisiana | 10 | 24.5 |
| Georgia | 11 | 24.5 |
| South Dakota | 12 | 24.5 |
| New Jersey | 13 | 24.1 |
| California | 14 | 24.0 |
| Maryland | 15 | 24.0 |
| Mississippi | 16 | 23.8 |
| Maine | 17 | 23.6 |
| Tennessee | 18 | 23.5 |
| Nevada | 19 | 23.1 |
| New York | 20 | 22.9 |
| Utah | 21 | 22.8 |
| New Hampshire | 22 | 22.7 |
| Oregon | 23 | 22.5 |
| Arizona | 24 | 22.4 |
| Massachusetts | 25 | 22.4 |
| Alaska | 26 | 22.0 |
| Hawaii | 27 | 22.0 |
| Kansas | 28 | 21.9 |
| North Dakota | 29 | 21.8 |
| Alabama | 30 | 21.7 |
| Michigan | 31 | 21.6 |
| Arkansas | 32 | 21.5 |
| North Carolina | 33 | 21.4 |
| South Carolina | 34 | 21.3 |
| Missouri | 35 | 21.2 |
| Rhode Island | 36 | 21.1 |
| Nebraska | 37 | 21.0 |
| Iowa | 38 | 21.0 |
| New Mexico | 39 | 20.9 |
| Virginia | 40 | 20.9 |
| Illinois | 41 | 20.8 |
| Delaware | 42 | 20.7 |
| Kentucky | 43 | 20.4 |
| Washington | 44 | 20.3 |
| Minnesota | 45 | 20.1 |
| Pennsylvania | 46 | 20.0 |
| Ohio | 47 | 19.9 |
| West Virginia | 48 | 18.7 |
| Wisconsin | 49 | 18.5 |
| Indiana | 50 | 18.5 |
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