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Hardware Stores aren't as popular as some other kinds of businesses that dominate the nation's shopping malls. Still, across the entire country, there are more than 10,000 Hardware Stores. Based on some simple math, it appears that each one of those Hardware Stores serves about 30,000 citizens on average.

Our analysis suggests that Hardware Stores will typically employ 1 to 4 employees. As such, Hardware Stores account for substantial employment of workers across the country.

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States with Hardware Stores
(Ordered by # per 100,000 Residents)

#
State
Businesses
Businesses per 100K Residents
1.
North Dakota
98
15.30
2.
Vermont
88
14.45
3.
Montana
126
13.99
4.
South Dakota
103
13.73
5.
63
12.82
6.
Maine
138
10.85
7.
Nebraska
170
9.94
8.
Minnesota
486
9.89
9.
Iowa
279
9.53
10.
New Hampshire
105
8.50
11.
Kansas
210
7.81
12.
West Virginia
135
7.52
13.
396
7.38
14.
Alaska
46
7.36
15.
Idaho
90
6.97
16.
Michigan
692
6.96
17.
South Carolina
241
6.01
18.
New York
1,108
5.84
19.
Indiana
351
5.77
20.
Arkansas
153
5.73
21.
193
5.65
22.
Ohio
620
5.47
23.
North Carolina
436
5.42
24.
Alabama
237
5.33
25.
Louisiana
237
5.31
26.
Kentucky
211
5.23
27.
Illinois
636
5.12
28.
Missouri
282
5.04
29.
91
5.02
30.
Pennsylvania
613
4.99
31.
Washington
290
4.95
32.
Mississippi
139
4.90
33.
Tennessee
273
4.80
34.
Connecticut
160
4.78
35.
Georgia
383
4.75
36.
Colorado
202
4.70
37.
292
4.60
38.
Rhode Island
45
4.29
39.
Oklahoma
147
4.26
40.
Delaware
32
4.08
41.
Florida
636
3.98
42.
New Jersey
331
3.93
43.
Arizona
201
3.92
44.
Hawaii
46
3.80
45.
267
3.77
46.
California
1,146
3.38
47.
Texas
704
3.38
48.
Maryland
174
3.29
49.
Utah
73
3.27
50.
Nevada
57
2.86
51.
District of Columbia
16
2.82

Number of Hardware Stores by Number of Employees
(Data for Entire United States)

Range
Number of Employees
1 to 4
5774
5 to 9
3599
10 to 19
3105
20 to 49
1485
50 to 99
251
100 to 249
40
250 to 499
3
500 to 999
0
1000 or more
0

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