Coffee shops by state, 2026 Q1
The United States has 89,512 coffee shops with employees, 26.3 per 100,000 residents; jobs +5.6% over the year. Hawaii is the densest market at 48.1 per 100,000 and Michigan the thinnest at 13.8. Every state below links to its own page. Official BLS and Census figures, refreshed each quarter.
Every state, densest first
Density is coffee shops with employees per 100,000 residents. Rows marked n/a are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or have no published population.
| # | State | Per 100k | Locations | Jobs | Jobs YoY | Avg weekly wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawaii | 48.1 | 695 | 6,018 | +5.2% | $519 |
| 2 | Rhode Island | 44.9 | 499 | 5,813 | +4.0% | $466 |
| 3 | Maine | 42.4 | 596 | 5,731 | +6.2% | $443 |
| 4 | New Hampshire | 41.8 | 589 | 6,537 | +0.9% | $428 |
| 5 | Alaska | 41.1 | 304 | 2,298 | +2.3% | $432 |
| 6 | Montana | 37.9 | 431 | 4,483 | +6.9% | $386 |
| 7 | Oregon | 37.6 | 1,607 | 16,796 | -0.5% | $514 |
| 8 | Washington | 37.6 | 2,991 | 30,228 | +3.1% | $581 |
| 9 | California | 36.1 | 14,247 | 161,605 | +5.1% | $590 |
| 10 | Idaho | 35.4 | 709 | 7,603 | +5.5% | $362 |
| 11 | New York | 34.2 | 6,786 | 68,052 | +1.9% | $572 |
| 12 | Connecticut | 33.5 | 1,231 | 13,582 | +4.1% | $483 |
| 13 | Massachusetts | 32.9 | 2,347 | 29,879 | -1.2% | $496 |
| 14 | North Dakota | 32.5 | 259 | 2,766 | +12.7% | $333 |
| 15 | Louisiana | 30.7 | 1,410 | 11,281 | +11.3% | $363 |
| 16 | South Dakota | 30.7 | 284 | 3,155 | +5.5% | $347 |
| 17 | Wyoming | 29.8 | 175 | 1,833 | +11.1% | $336 |
| 18 | Nebraska | 29.4 | 590 | 7,964 | +8.6% | $371 |
| 19 | Colorado | 29.1 | 1,735 | 20,680 | +4.2% | $512 |
| 20 | New Jersey | 28.9 | 2,747 | 25,536 | +3.7% | $483 |
| 21 | Mississippi | 27.3 | 804 | 5,745 | +16.9% | $309 |
| 22 | Texas | 26.7 | 8,361 | 91,239 | +8.3% | $430 |
| 23 | Iowa | 26.3 | 853 | 9,372 | +7.2% | $313 |
| 24 | Tennessee | 26 | 1,876 | 20,714 | +8.7% | $405 |
| 25 | Nevada | 25.6 | 836 | 11,071 | +6.3% | $507 |
| 26 | Utah | 25.6 | 896 | 11,026 | +0.6% | $365 |
| 27 | Arkansas | 24.6 | 761 | 7,328 | +15.5% | $410 |
| 28 | Delaware | 24.6 | 259 | 2,739 | +0.9% | $480 |
| 29 | Pennsylvania | 24.2 | 3,162 | 36,121 | +4.8% | $392 |
| 30 | Arizona | 23.9 | 1,813 | 25,802 | +5.4% | $494 |
| 31 | New Mexico | 23.6 | 502 | 6,150 | +7.4% | $453 |
| 32 | Kansas | 23.4 | 696 | 9,110 | +8.3% | $345 |
| 33 | Georgia | 23.1 | 2,588 | 29,941 | +8.7% | $476 |
| 34 | North Carolina | 23.1 | 2,556 | 27,931 | +4.2% | $412 |
| 35 | Wisconsin | 23 | 1,374 | 15,271 | +9.0% | $356 |
| 36 | Ohio | 22.7 | 2,695 | 34,202 | +9.0% | $362 |
| 37 | Missouri | 22.2 | 1,385 | 15,619 | +9.9% | $401 |
| 38 | Alabama | 21.5 | 1,110 | 11,234 | +17.7% | $387 |
| 39 | Oklahoma | 21.3 | 872 | 9,877 | +10.7% | $372 |
| 40 | Indiana | 21 | 1,451 | 17,927 | +7.9% | $366 |
| 41 | Florida | 19.7 | 4,614 | 52,649 | +6.7% | $498 |
| 42 | Illinois | 19.6 | 2,493 | 31,451 | +5.6% | $482 |
| 43 | Vermont | 19.1 | 124 | 1,025 | +5.3% | $520 |
| 44 | Minnesota | 18.6 | 1,078 | 11,771 | +2.6% | $457 |
| 45 | Kentucky | 17.6 | 809 | 8,998 | +9.8% | $387 |
| 46 | Maryland | 17.4 | 1,091 | 12,745 | +0.2% | $504 |
| 47 | Virginia | 16.3 | 1,436 | 17,702 | +2.7% | $440 |
| 48 | South Carolina | 15.8 | 865 | 11,093 | +10.3% | $395 |
| 49 | West Virginia | 15 | 265 | 2,735 | +5.7% | $388 |
| 50 | Michigan | 13.8 | 1,398 | 15,726 | +4.2% | $408 |
Fastest job growth
Alabama (+17.7%), Mississippi (+16.9%), Arkansas (+15.5%), North Dakota (+12.7%), Louisiana (+11.3%). Slowest: Massachusetts (-1.2%), Oregon (-0.5%), Maryland (+0.2%).
What counts
Snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars: coffee shops, cafés, juice and smoothie bars, ice cream parlors and bakery-cafés that serve to go. Full restaurants are counted separately. NAICS 722515. BLS counts establishments with payroll, so owner-only businesses are not in these figures.
Other business types
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, private sector, NAICS 722515, 2026 Q1; U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 1-year population estimates. All 14 business types ranked by state.