Which state has the most bowling centers?
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I bet… Wisconsin — bowling is life in the Midwest!
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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) (opens in a new tab)
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Bowling centers (by state, 2022)
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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| Rank | State | Value |
|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | 215 bowling centers |
| #2 | Ohio | 212 bowling centers |
| #3 | Wisconsin | 210 bowling centers |
| #4 | Illinois | 197 bowling centers |
| #5 | Michigan | 194 bowling centers |
| #6 | California | 184 bowling centers |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | 166 bowling centers |
| #8 | Texas | 137 bowling centers |
| #9 | Indiana | 112 bowling centers |
| #10 | Minnesota | 106 bowling centers |
| #11 | Missouri | 100 bowling centers |
| #12 | Florida | 98 bowling centers |
| #13 | Iowa | 85 bowling centers |
| #14 | North Carolina | 75 bowling centers |
| #15 | Massachusetts | 68 bowling centers |
| #16 | Georgia | 65 bowling centers |
| #17 | Virginia | 62 bowling centers |
| #18 | Washington | 61 bowling centers |
| #19 | Colorado | 57 bowling centers |
| #19 | Nebraska | 57 bowling centers |
| #21 | New Jersey | 56 bowling centers |
| #22 | Tennessee | 52 bowling centers |
| #23 | Maryland | 49 bowling centers |
| #24 | Oregon | 48 bowling centers |
| #25 | Arizona | 45 bowling centers |
| #26 | Kansas | 44 bowling centers |
| #27 | Kentucky | 41 bowling centers |
| #28 | Oklahoma | 39 bowling centers |
| #29 | Utah | 37 bowling centers |
| #30 | Montana | 36 bowling centers |
| #31 | South Dakota | 34 bowling centers |
| #32 | Alabama | 32 bowling centers |
| #33 | South Carolina | 31 bowling centers |
| #34 | Maine | 30 bowling centers |
| #34 | West Virginia | 30 bowling centers |
| #36 | Idaho | 29 bowling centers |
| #37 | Arkansas | 28 bowling centers |
| #38 | Connecticut | 26 bowling centers |
| #39 | New Mexico | 21 bowling centers |
| #40 | North Dakota | 18 bowling centers |
| #41 | Mississippi | 17 bowling centers |
| #41 | New Hampshire | 17 bowling centers |
| #43 | Louisiana | 15 bowling centers |
| #44 | Nevada | 14 bowling centers |
| #45 | Rhode Island | 13 bowling centers |
| #45 | Wyoming | 13 bowling centers |
| #47 | Delaware | 9 bowling centers |
| #48 | Vermont | 8 bowling centers |
| #49 | Alaska | 6 bowling centers |
| #49 | Hawaii | 6 bowling centers |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau (2022)
Sources
Data as of: 2022
Census County Business Patterns 2022: bowling centers (NAICS 713950), 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 713950 (Bowling Centers) and read ESTAB (number of establishments) for 2022 by state.