15 Cities With the Most Self-Employed Workers
These metros seem to be the most popular choices for people who work remotely.
This story originally appeared on HireAHelper.
Nationally, self-employed workers total over 15.3 million, according to the most recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau. While the COVID-19 pandemic has had drastic impacts on the economy as a whole, many small-business owners and other self-employed workers have been particularly hard hit.
Two different data sources—the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)—pegged the national self-employment rate in the range of 9.6% to 10% for 2019. While recently updated data from the BLS reported a jump from 10% to 10.5% in 2020, the total number of self-employed workers actually decreased from 2019 to 2020.