Which state has the most amusement park businesses?
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Which states have the most amusement- and theme-park businesses? Tap them most-to-least.
Tapping assigns 1→4 in order
I bet… Florida — Disney World, easy!
Answer
The real order is…
Texas wins — and Florida, home of the giants, is only #3! This counts places, not size: every park location counts once, with no extra points for being huge.
📚 Background Everyone shouts Florida — but Texas has the most amusement-park businesses, and Florida is only #3. The lesson: this counts places, not size. Florida's parks are giants — but every business location counts once, with no extra points for size or visitors — while Texas has lots of separate parks. How you count changes who wins! (U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns) (opens in a new tab)
🔍 Explore more: 🎢『Why Texas beats Florida at theme parks』→ I bet… Florida — Disney World, easy!
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Amusement & theme park businesses (by state, 2022)
Highest: Texas (84 park businesses); lowest shown here: West Virginia (3 park businesses).
Note: counts business locations, not size or visitors — a giant resort counts once. 2022, U.S. Census Bureau. Only states where the Census published a count for this industry are shown.
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| Rank | State | Value |
|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | 84 park businesses |
| #2 | California | 79 park businesses |
| #3 | Florida | 69 park businesses |
| #4 | New York | 36 park businesses |
| #5 | New Jersey | 33 park businesses |
| #6 | Georgia | 22 park businesses |
| #7 | Arizona | 21 park businesses |
| #7 | Missouri | 21 park businesses |
| #9 | Pennsylvania | 19 park businesses |
| #9 | Tennessee | 19 park businesses |
| #11 | Virginia | 18 park businesses |
| #12 | Ohio | 17 park businesses |
| #13 | Maryland | 16 park businesses |
| #13 | North Carolina | 16 park businesses |
| #15 | Illinois | 15 park businesses |
| #16 | Colorado | 14 park businesses |
| #17 | Michigan | 13 park businesses |
| #18 | Utah | 12 park businesses |
| #19 | Minnesota | 10 park businesses |
| #19 | New Hampshire | 10 park businesses |
| #19 | South Carolina | 10 park businesses |
| #19 | Wisconsin | 10 park businesses |
| #23 | Alabama | 9 park businesses |
| #23 | Idaho | 9 park businesses |
| #23 | Louisiana | 9 park businesses |
| #26 | Connecticut | 8 park businesses |
| #26 | Kentucky | 8 park businesses |
| #26 | Massachusetts | 8 park businesses |
| #26 | Oklahoma | 8 park businesses |
| #30 | Indiana | 6 park businesses |
| #30 | Iowa | 6 park businesses |
| #32 | Delaware | 5 park businesses |
| #32 | Nevada | 5 park businesses |
| #32 | Washington | 5 park businesses |
| #35 | Arkansas | 4 park businesses |
| #35 | Kansas | 4 park businesses |
| #35 | Nebraska | 4 park businesses |
| #35 | South Dakota | 4 park businesses |
| #39 | Maine | 3 park businesses |
| #39 | Mississippi | 3 park businesses |
| #39 | Montana | 3 park businesses |
| #39 | West Virginia | 3 park businesses |
Only states where the Census published a count for this industry are shown.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau (2022)
Sources
Data as of: 2022
Census County Business Patterns 2022: amusement and theme parks (NAICS 713110), establishments by state (opens in a new tab) (2026-07-26) — Official published establishment counts (a business location with paid employees counts once, whatever its size; the committed raw file holds the API values verbatim with the NAICS code).
↳ On the Census CBP data (data.census.gov or api.census.gov/data/2022/cbp), filter NAICS 713110 (Amusement and Theme Parks) and read ESTAB (number of establishments) for 2022 by state.