Percent of Workers Who Are Self-Employed by State, 2013

State

Women

Men

Alabama

5.3%

10.2%

Alaska

7.8%

9.9%

Arizona

7.8%

11.5%

Arkansas

6.2%

11.4%

California

9.6%

13.1%

Colorado

9.8%

12.4%

Connecticut

7.2%

12.7%

Delaware

4.8%

10.1%

District of Columbia

5.5%

7.4%

Florida

8.4%

13.9%

Georgia

6.6%

12.0%

Hawaii

8.4%

10.5%

Idaho

9.4%

13.6%

Illinois

6.1%

9.8%

Indiana

5.6%

9.8%

Iowa

6.7%

12.2%

Kansas

6.6%

10.9%

Kentucky

5.9%

10.6%

Louisiana

6.7%

11.3%

Maine

9.1%

14.4%

Maryland

6.3%

9.1%

Massachusetts

6.4%

11.2%

Michigan

6.5%

10.6%

Minnesota

6.7%

11.5%

Mississippi

5.4%

11.0%

Missouri

5.9%

10.7%

Montana

10.1%

17.4%

Montana

6.6%

12.8%

Nevada

7.0%

8.9%

New Hampshire

6.8%

13.0%

New Jersey

5.9%

10.7%

New Mexico

7.4%

11.7%

New York

6.9%

11.6%

North Carolina

6.7%

10.9%

North Dakota

7.0%

14.9%

Ohio

5.4%

9.5%

Oklahoma

6.5%

11.3%

Oregon

9.8%

12.8%

Pennsylvania

5.1%

10.1%

Rhode Island

6.1%

10.4%

South Carolina

6.1%

10.5%

South Dakota

7.7%

17.9%

Tennessee

6.3%

10.7%

Texas

7.0%

11.1%

Utah

6.8%

10.2%

Vermont

12.1%

16.6%

Virginia

6.1%

9.0%

Washington

8.4%

10.2%

West Virginia

5.8%

8.2%

Wisconsin

5.4%

10.4%

Wyoming

8.4%

11.3%

United States

7.0%

11.3%

Note: Aged 16 and older.
Source: IWPR analysis of American Community Survey microdata (Integrated Public Use Microdata Series, Version 5.0).