Employment - Self-employment rate
(Proprietors as percent of total employment)
(2021)
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| Name | Self-employment Rate
Rank | Self-employment Rate |
| Wyoming | 1 | 30.5 |
| Florida | 2 | 29.7 |
| Montana | 3 | 28.5 |
| Texas | 4 | 27.9 |
| Georgia | 5 | 27.0 |
| Colorado | 6 | 27.0 |
| Oklahoma | 7 | 26.7 |
| Connecticut | 8 | 26.6 |
| Vermont | 9 | 26.5 |
| Louisiana | 10 | 26.1 |
| Idaho | 11 | 26.1 |
| New Jersey | 12 | 25.9 |
| Maryland | 13 | 25.8 |
| South Dakota | 14 | 25.6 |
| Mississippi | 15 | 25.4 |
| Tennessee | 16 | 25.3 |
| California | 17 | 25.2 |
| Nevada | 18 | 24.9 |
| New York | 19 | 24.8 |
| Maine | 20 | 24.4 |
| Utah | 21 | 24.3 |
| Arizona | 22 | 24.1 |
| Delaware | 23 | 23.9 |
| Oregon | 24 | 23.7 |
| New Hampshire | 25 | 23.6 |
| South Carolina | 26 | 23.5 |
| Alabama | 27 | 23.4 |
| Massachusetts | 28 | 23.4 |
| Michigan | 29 | 23.3 |
| North Dakota | 30 | 23.2 |
| Kansas | 31 | 23.2 |
| Arkansas | 32 | 23.1 |
| North Carolina | 33 | 23.0 |
| Hawaii | 34 | 23.0 |
| Alaska | 35 | 22.9 |
| Virginia | 36 | 22.8 |
| Missouri | 37 | 22.7 |
| Rhode Island | 38 | 22.6 |
| Nebraska | 39 | 22.5 |
| Illinois | 40 | 22.3 |
| Iowa | 41 | 22.2 |
| New Mexico | 42 | 22.1 |
| Ohio | 43 | 21.8 |
| Kentucky | 44 | 21.7 |
| Pennsylvania | 45 | 21.3 |
| Minnesota | 46 | 21.3 |
| Washington | 47 | 21.3 |
| Indiana | 48 | 19.7 |
| Wisconsin | 49 | 19.6 |
| West Virginia | 50 | 19.3 |
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