Bars Businesses by County (2023) 40,835 establishments in this category
operate nationally (2023 U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns), a national average density of 1.2193 per 10,000 residents . Ranked below by market
density, most saturated to least, across the 45 most populous U.S. counties
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Bars — establishments and density by county, 2023 CBP Rank County Establishments Density (per 10k) 1 New York County, NY 722 4.52 2 Allegheny County, PA 308 2.515 3 Philadelphia County, PA 361 2.328 4 Travis County, TX 305 2.285 5 Clark County, NV 468 2.003 6 Cuyahoga County, OH 232 1.881 7 Franklin County, OH 246 1.855 8 Kings County, NY 474 1.851 9 Cook County, IL 901 1.771 10 Bexar County, TX 317 1.518 11 King County, WA 342 1.506 12 Queens County, NY 306 1.359 13 Fulton County, GA 145 1.344 14 Wayne County, MI 233 1.331 15 Mecklenburg County, NC 146 1.255 16 Wake County, NC 134 1.126 17 Suffolk County, NY 171 1.123 18 Harris County, TX 529 1.094 19 San Diego County, CA 348 1.064 20 Alameda County, CA 165 1.017 21 Nassau County, NY 135 0.977 22 Orange County, FL 141 0.958 23 Dallas County, TX 240 0.921 24 Pima County, AZ 97 0.912 25 Salt Lake County, UT 105 0.885 26 Tarrant County, TX 187 0.857 27 Maricopa County, AZ 373 0.813 28 Broward County, FL 156 0.795 29 Sacramento County, CA 124 0.783 30 Oakland County, MI 99 0.779 31 Hennepin County, MN 98 0.779 32 Orange County, CA 243 0.775 33 Hillsborough County, FL 119 0.775 34 Los Angeles County, CA 739 0.765 35 Santa Clara County, CA 130 0.692 36 Contra Costa County, CA 70 0.606 37 Miami-Dade County, FL 150 0.558 38 Palm Beach County, FL 80 0.522 39 Middlesex County, MA 79 0.486 40 San Bernardino County, CA 96 0.437 41 Riverside County, CA 103 0.413 42 Bronx County, NY 56 0.413 43 Montgomery County, MD 35 0.331 44 Collin County, TX 37 0.31 45 Fairfax County, VA 12 0.105
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