Diners in the United States — the numbers

We maintain 17,361 diners 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 November 2026.

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Density: diners per 100,000 residents

Population is the 2020 Census count. Density says more than a raw count: Oklahoma has 9.8 per 100,000 — 3.5× the rate of Texas.

StateDinersPer 100kWith a websiteWith a phone
Alabama 2955.9 71%95%
Alaska 456.1 64%98%
Arizona 2253.1 69%94%
Arkansas 1936.4 62%97%
California 11713 73%96%
Colorado 2163.7 69%98%
Connecticut 2667.4 69%95%
Delaware 707.1 79%91%
Florida 9644.5 67%94%
Georgia 5695.3 82%97%
Hawaii 674.6 78%93%
Idaho 914.9 74%98%
Illinois 5834.6 62%96%
Indiana 3865.7 55%96%
Iowa 1966.1 57%97%
Kansas 1495.1 57%97%
Kentucky 2986.6 55%97%
Louisiana 2024.3 71%98%
Maine 1239 63%93%
Maryland 2103.4 64%94%
Massachusetts 4125.9 69%97%
Michigan 8658.6 63%98%
Minnesota 1903.3 64%96%
Mississippi 1876.3 61%97%
Missouri 4176.8 55%94%
Montana 968.9 62%98%
Nebraska 974.9 56%99%
Nevada 1043.3 68%93%
New Hampshire 1269.1 67%95%
New Jersey 6657.2 64%93%
New Mexico 924.3 53%90%
New York 16278.1 59%94%
North Carolina 6246 67%96%
North Dakota 465.9 65%100%
Ohio 7406.3 62%96%
Oklahoma 3899.8 60%93%
Oregon 1934.6 62%99%
Pennsylvania 10418 59%96%
Rhode Island 948.6 68%95%
South Carolina 3306.4 72%95%
South Dakota 515.7 59%96%
Tennessee 4376.3 62%96%
Texas 8022.8 64%93%
Utah 1263.9 70%96%
Vermont 578.9 67%98%
Virginia 3984.6 68%95%
Washington 2693.5 71%96%
Washington DC 294.2 76%97%
West Virginia 1548.6 32%99%
Wisconsin 3435.8 60%97%
Wyoming 417.1 71%95%

Cities with the most diners

CityStateDiners
New York New York253
Chicago Illinois95
Brooklyn New York84
Philadelphia Pennsylvania75
Detroit Michigan73
Los Angeles California65
Rochester New York58
Houston Texas54
Atlanta Georgia51
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania51
San Francisco California50
Dallas Texas40
Orlando Florida39
Columbus Ohio39
Las Vegas Nevada37
Jacksonville Florida35
Nashville Tennessee35
Charlotte North Carolina34
Tulsa Oklahoma34
Louisville Kentucky33
Bronx New York33
Oklahoma City Oklahoma33
Phoenix Arizona32
San Antonio Texas32
Tucson Arizona30

How this is built

Locations come from Overture Maps (open data), filtered to diners 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.