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Which state has the most candy stores? 🍬

1Guess
Which states have the most candy stores? Tap them most-to-least.

Tapping assigns 1→4 in order

I bet… New York — a candy shop on every corner!
2Answer
The real order is…
    California is sweet-tooth central with about 2.24× as many candy stores as #2 New York!
    📚 Background California is candy-store country: about 575 of them, more than double #2 New York. With lots of people, lots of tourists and lots of shopping streets, California has room for more sweet shops than anywhere else. (U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns)
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    I bet… New York — a candy shop on every corner!
    3Compare
    Candy & nut stores (by state, 2022)
    California #1 575 candy stores
    Highest: California (575 candy stores); lowest shown here: West Virginia (3 candy stores).

    Note: stores that mainly sell candy, chocolate and nuts, each location counted once — 2022, U.S. Census Bureau.

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    : 2022
    Census County Business Patterns 2022: confectionery and nut stores (NAICS 445292), 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 445292 (Confectionery and Nut Stores) and read ESTAB (number of establishments) for 2022 by state.