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Which state has the most bowling centers? 🎳

1Guess
Which states have the most bowling centers? Tap them most-to-least.

Tapping assigns 1→4 in order

I bet… Wisconsin — bowling is life in the Midwest!
2Answer
The real order is…
    Photo finish! New York takes it with 215 bowling centers — just a few lanes ahead of Ohio and Wisconsin, the heart of the Midwest bowling belt.
    📚 Background Big New York takes #1 — but only by a photo finish: Ohio and Wisconsin are just a few centers behind. The Midwest is bowling country: long winters, league nights, and bowling alleys in many towns. (U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns)
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    I bet… Wisconsin — bowling is life in the Midwest!
    3Compare
    Bowling centers (by state, 2022)
    New York #1 215 bowling centers
    Highest: New York (215 bowling centers); lowest shown here: Hawaii (6 bowling centers).

    Note: each bowling center (bowling alley) location counts once — 2022, U.S. Census Bureau.

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    : 2022
    Census County Business Patterns 2022: bowling centers (NAICS 713950), establishments by state (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 713950 (Bowling Centers) and read ESTAB (number of establishments) for 2022 by state.