Thrift Stores in the United States — the numbers
We maintain 34,628 thrift stores across the country. Below is what that looks like by state: raw count, count per 100,000 residents, and how complete the listings are. Updated October 2026.
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· thrift_cities.csv
(every city with three or more thrift stores). Updated October 2026.
Density: thrift stores per 100,000 residents
Population is the U.S. Census Bureau's 2024 estimate. Density says more than a raw count: Vermont has 20.2 per 100,000 — 6.7× the rate of Washington DC.
| State | Thrift Stores | Per 100k | With a website | With a phone |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 727 | 14.1 | 50% | 85% |
| Alaska | 104 | 14.1 | 75% | 90% |
| Arizona | 739 | 9.7 | 67% | 92% |
| Arkansas | 474 | 15.3 | 45% | 88% |
| California | 2757 | 7 | 67% | 92% |
| Colorado | 562 | 9.4 | 65% | 93% |
| Connecticut | 347 | 9.4 | 65% | 90% |
| Delaware | 86 | 8.2 | 60% | 90% |
| Florida | 2398 | 10.3 | 60% | 90% |
| Georgia | 1309 | 11.7 | 54% | 87% |
| Hawaii | 122 | 8.4 | 68% | 80% |
| Idaho | 263 | 13.1 | 63% | 95% |
| Illinois | 1180 | 9.3 | 56% | 89% |
| Indiana | 852 | 12.3 | 61% | 83% |
| Iowa | 515 | 15.9 | 56% | 90% |
| Kansas | 373 | 12.6 | 46% | 86% |
| Kentucky | 645 | 14.1 | 49% | 84% |
| Louisiana | 505 | 11 | 50% | 87% |
| Maine | 240 | 17.1 | 53% | 87% |
| Maryland | 480 | 7.7 | 65% | 88% |
| Massachusetts | 594 | 8.3 | 64% | 87% |
| Michigan | 1101 | 10.9 | 60% | 92% |
| Minnesota | 673 | 11.6 | 60% | 93% |
| Mississippi | 413 | 14 | 43% | 88% |
| Missouri | 783 | 12.5 | 52% | 92% |
| Montana | 177 | 15.6 | 58% | 94% |
| Nebraska | 277 | 13.8 | 55% | 89% |
| Nevada | 272 | 8.3 | 68% | 89% |
| New Hampshire | 190 | 13.5 | 56% | 90% |
| New Jersey | 582 | 6.1 | 58% | 93% |
| New Mexico | 246 | 11.5 | 55% | 91% |
| New York | 1240 | 6.2 | 58% | 90% |
| North Carolina | 1640 | 14.8 | 55% | 91% |
| North Dakota | 116 | 14.6 | 55% | 95% |
| Ohio | 1264 | 10.6 | 64% | 86% |
| Oklahoma | 568 | 13.9 | 51% | 88% |
| Oregon | 588 | 13.8 | 66% | 90% |
| Pennsylvania | 1445 | 11 | 63% | 89% |
| Rhode Island | 97 | 8.7 | 58% | 89% |
| South Carolina | 757 | 13.8 | 57% | 89% |
| South Dakota | 120 | 13 | 48% | 91% |
| Tennessee | 913 | 12.6 | 53% | 87% |
| Texas | 2576 | 8.2 | 54% | 90% |
| Utah | 224 | 6.4 | 60% | 95% |
| Vermont | 131 | 20.2 | 51% | 93% |
| Virginia | 1045 | 11.9 | 62% | 86% |
| Washington | 751 | 9.4 | 66% | 91% |
| Washington DC | 21 | 3 | 43% | 100% |
| West Virginia | 256 | 14.5 | 45% | 86% |
| Wisconsin | 780 | 13.1 | 59% | 92% |
| Wyoming | 110 | 18.7 | 48% | 97% |
Cities with the most thrift stores
| City | State | Thrift Stores |
|---|---|---|
| Houston | Texas | 208 |
| New York | New York | 142 |
| Los Angeles | California | 134 |
| Phoenix | Arizona | 126 |
| Chicago | Illinois | 125 |
| San Antonio | Texas | 121 |
| Las Vegas | Nevada | 106 |
| Jacksonville | Florida | 98 |
| Tucson | Arizona | 95 |
| Portland | Oregon | 86 |
| San Diego | California | 84 |
| Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 83 |
| Austin | Texas | 80 |
| Dallas | Texas | 80 |
| Indianapolis | Indiana | 76 |
| Charlotte | North Carolina | 76 |
| Miami | Florida | 75 |
| Omaha | Nebraska | 72 |
| Cincinnati | Ohio | 71 |
| Louisville | Kentucky | 70 |
| Mesa | Arizona | 67 |
| Columbus | Ohio | 65 |
| Oklahoma City | Oklahoma | 64 |
| Sacramento | California | 63 |
| Albuquerque | New Mexico | 63 |
How this is built
Locations come from Overture Maps (open data), filtered to thrift stores in the US and cleaned: duplicates merged, dead entries dropped, phone numbers normalized. Websites, opening hours and amenities are checked against each business's own site. We keep monthly snapshots, so the counts above are a point in time, not a running total — ask if you need an earlier one.