Which states have the most campground and RV-park businesses — places you pay to pitch a tent or park a camper overnight? Tap them most-to-least.
Tapping assigns 1→4 in order
I bet… Colorado! Mountains, pine trees, campfires 🐾
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The real order is…
Texas — not the mountain state you pictured. Colorado is not even in the top 10, and Maine, which is not among the 40 most populous states, has more of these businesses than Colorado does. Here is the big catch: this table counts businesses with paid staff, so a campground run by a national forest, a national park or most state parks is mostly not in it.
📚 BackgroundSay “camping” and most people picture mountains and pine trees — but Texas has the most campground businesses, and Colorado is not even in the top 10. Maine, which is not among the 40 most populous states, has more of them than Colorado does. One honest catch that matters a lot here: this table counts businesses with paid staff, so campgrounds run by the government — national forests, national parks, most state parks — are mostly not in it.(U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns)
Note: counts campground and RV-park business locations with paid staff — each counted once, whether it is a big RV resort or a small field with a few tent spots. Campgrounds run by federal, state or local government are mostly not in this table. 2022, U.S. Census Bureau. Only states where the Census published a count for this industry are shown — the rest have no published count for it.
Census County Business Patterns 2022: RV parks and campgrounds (NAICS 721211), establishments by state (2026-08-02) — 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). CBP does not cover most government employers, so campgrounds run by federal, state or local agencies are largely outside this count.
↳ On the Census CBP data (data.census.gov or api.census.gov/data/2022/cbp), filter NAICS 721211 (RV Parks and Campgrounds) and read ESTAB (number of establishments) for 2022 by state.