Which state has the most candy stores?
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Which states have the most candy stores? Tap them most-to-least.
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I bet… New York — a candy shop on every corner!
Answer
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) (opens in a new tab)
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Candy & nut stores (by state, 2022)
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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| Rank | State | Value |
|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | 575 candy stores |
| #2 | New York | 257 candy stores |
| #3 | Illinois | 215 candy stores |
| #4 | Florida | 197 candy stores |
| #5 | Texas | 187 candy stores |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | 178 candy stores |
| #7 | Ohio | 133 candy stores |
| #8 | New Jersey | 127 candy stores |
| #9 | Michigan | 94 candy stores |
| #10 | Massachusetts | 79 candy stores |
| #11 | Washington | 77 candy stores |
| #12 | Colorado | 75 candy stores |
| #13 | North Carolina | 74 candy stores |
| #14 | Arizona | 68 candy stores |
| #15 | Indiana | 66 candy stores |
| #16 | Maryland | 62 candy stores |
| #17 | Oregon | 61 candy stores |
| #18 | Missouri | 58 candy stores |
| #19 | Virginia | 56 candy stores |
| #20 | Wisconsin | 55 candy stores |
| #21 | Georgia | 54 candy stores |
| #21 | Nevada | 54 candy stores |
| #23 | Tennessee | 51 candy stores |
| #24 | Minnesota | 50 candy stores |
| #25 | Utah | 40 candy stores |
| #26 | South Carolina | 34 candy stores |
| #27 | Hawaii | 33 candy stores |
| #28 | Oklahoma | 32 candy stores |
| #29 | Connecticut | 30 candy stores |
| #30 | Maine | 28 candy stores |
| #31 | New Hampshire | 25 candy stores |
| #32 | New Mexico | 24 candy stores |
| #33 | Louisiana | 22 candy stores |
| #34 | Alabama | 21 candy stores |
| #34 | Idaho | 21 candy stores |
| #36 | Arkansas | 20 candy stores |
| #37 | Kentucky | 19 candy stores |
| #38 | Iowa | 18 candy stores |
| #38 | Mississippi | 18 candy stores |
| #40 | Kansas | 16 candy stores |
| #41 | Delaware | 15 candy stores |
| #41 | Montana | 15 candy stores |
| #43 | Nebraska | 14 candy stores |
| #44 | Vermont | 10 candy stores |
| #45 | Rhode Island | 8 candy stores |
| #45 | South Dakota | 8 candy stores |
| #47 | North Dakota | 6 candy stores |
| #48 | Wyoming | 4 candy stores |
| #49 | Alaska | 3 candy stores |
| #49 | West Virginia | 3 candy stores |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau (2022)
Sources
Data as of: 2022
Census County Business Patterns 2022: confectionery and nut stores (NAICS 445292), 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 445292 (Confectionery and Nut Stores) and read ESTAB (number of establishments) for 2022 by state.