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Specialty Food Stores

Specialty Food Stores aren't as ubiquitous as some other kinds of businesses that dominate the nation's shopping malls. Still, across the entire country, there are more than 7,000 Specialty Food Stores. Based on some simple math, it appears that each one of those Specialty Food Stores serves about 42,857 citizens on average.

Our analysis suggests that Specialty Food Stores will typically employ 1 to 4 employees. As such, Specialty Food Stores play an important role in the national economy.

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

#
State
Businesses
Businesses per 100K Residents
1.
Washington
277
4.73
2.
New York
804
4.24
3.
Oregon
143
4.19
4.
New Jersey
351
4.17
5.
South Dakota
31
4.13
6.
Vermont
25
4.11
7.
Alaska
24
3.84
8.
Pennsylvania
457
3.72
9.
Idaho
47
3.64
10.
California
1,184
3.50
11.
Nevada
69
3.46
12.
Colorado
148
3.44
13.
New Hampshire
42
3.40
14.
Arizona
174
3.39
15.
Hawaii
41
3.38
16.
New Mexico
58
3.20
17.
Massachusetts
203
3.20
18.
Michigan
311
3.13
19.
Delaware
24
3.06
20.
Florida
462
2.89
21.
Connecticut
96
2.87
22.
Wisconsin
152
2.83
23.
District of Columbia
16
2.82
24.
Wyoming
13
2.65
25.
Maine
33
2.59
26.
Maryland
128
2.42
27.
Virginia
171
2.42
28.
Nebraska
38
2.22
29.
Illinois
272
2.19
30.
North Dakota
14
2.19
31.
North Carolina
171
2.12
32.
Minnesota
99
2.01
33.
Iowa
58
1.98
34.
Rhode Island
20
1.91
35.
Utah
42
1.88
36.
Ohio
212
1.87
37.
Kentucky
72
1.78
38.
Montana
16
1.78
39.
Missouri
99
1.77
40.
Texas
340
1.63
41.
South Carolina
65
1.62
42.
Kansas
42
1.56
43.
West Virginia
26
1.45
44.
Georgia
114
1.41
45.
Indiana
79
1.30
46.
Arkansas
34
1.27
47.
Oklahoma
42
1.22
48.
Alabama
53
1.19
49.
Louisiana
50
1.12
50.
Tennessee
63
1.11
51.
Mississippi
31
1.09

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

Range
Number of Employees
1 to 4
5095
5 to 9
1172
10 to 19
844
20 to 49
382
50 to 99
41
100 to 249
7
250 to 499
1
500 to 999
0
1000 or more
0

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