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Pawn shop capitals

Where pawn shops are thickest on the ground, counted per person. Arkansas leads the states with 4.95 listed shops per 100,000 residents; Vermont has the fewest, at 0.15.

Cities with the most pawn shops per person #

Listed shops per 100,000 residents, for cities with at least 50,000 people and 3 or more listed shops (361 cities qualify; the top 25 are shown).

#CityShopsIndependentPopulationPer 100kMedian rating
1 Marietta, GA 13 8 63,122 20.6 4.7
2 Pensacola, FL 9 4 53,898 16.7 3.8
3 Sarasota, FL 9 6 57,764 15.6 4.8
4 Flint, MI 11 8 79,735 13.8 4.3
5 Bradenton, FL 8 4 58,184 13.7 4.8
6 Fort Myers, FL 13 11 99,918 13.0 4.6
7 Miami, FL 60 41 487,014 12.3 4.9
8 Springdale, AR 11 8 89,368 12.3 4.7
9 Kissimmee, FL 10 0 84,756 11.8 4.8
10 Margate, FL 7 4 60,650 11.5 4.9
11 Huntington Park, CA 6 6 52,166 11.5 4.3
12 West Palm Beach, FL 14 3 127,744 11.0 4.8
13 North Little Rock, AR 7 7 64,498 10.9 4.2
14 Victoria, TX 7 3 66,020 10.6 4.3
15 National City, CA 6 3 58,460 10.3 4.8
16 Orlando, FL 34 14 334,854 10.2 4.7
17 Hollywood, FL 16 12 159,073 10.1 4.8
18 Pasadena, TX 15 3 149,617 10.0 4.3
19 Rapid City, SD 8 6 79,894 10.0 4.3
20 Winter Haven, FL 6 4 59,975 10.0 4.8
21 Davie, FL 11 6 112,052 9.8 4.9
22 Boca Raton, FL 10 9 102,238 9.8 4.8
23 Burlington, NC 6 4 61,365 9.8 4.8
24 Harlingen, TX 7 0 72,234 9.7 4.5
25 Longview, TX 8 3 83,668 9.6 3.9

A shop counts for the city in its mailing address. Mailing addresses often cover land outside city limits, which lifts some smaller cities. Download: pawn-shop-capitals.csv

Pawn shops per 100,000 residents, every state #

#StateShopsPopulationPer 100k
1 Arkansas 153 3,088,354 4.95
2 Montana 47 1,137,233 4.13
3 Wyoming 22 587,618 3.74
4 Texas 1,064 31,290,831 3.40
5 Oklahoma 136 4,095,393 3.32
6 Mississippi 89 2,943,045 3.02
7 Kentucky 136 4,588,372 2.96
8 Alabama 152 5,157,699 2.95
9 Florida 661 23,372,215 2.83
10 Georgia 305 11,180,878 2.73
11 West Virginia 45 1,769,979 2.54
12 Louisiana 115 4,597,740 2.50
13 South Dakota 22 924,669 2.38
14 North Carolina 256 11,046,024 2.32
15 Alaska 17 740,133 2.30
16 Tennessee 164 7,227,750 2.27
17 Nevada 74 3,267,467 2.26
18 Idaho 40 2,001,619 2.00
19 Arizona 149 7,582,384 1.97
20 Connecticut 72 3,675,069 1.96
21 Colorado 114 5,957,493 1.91
22 North Dakota 15 796,568 1.88
23 Missouri 114 6,245,466 1.83
24 South Carolina 100 5,478,831 1.83
25 Maine 25 1,405,012 1.78
26 Utah 61 3,503,613 1.74
27 Kansas 50 2,970,606 1.68
28 Virginia 140 8,811,195 1.59
29 Indiana 110 6,924,275 1.59
30 Illinois 193 12,710,158 1.52
31 Ohio 172 11,883,304 1.45
32 Oregon 62 4,272,371 1.45
33 Rhode Island 16 1,112,308 1.44
34 New Mexico 30 2,130,256 1.41
35 Nebraska 27 2,005,465 1.35
36 New York 264 19,867,248 1.33
37 Washington 105 7,958,180 1.32
38 Iowa 42 3,241,488 1.30
39 Maryland 79 6,263,220 1.26
40 California 459 39,431,263 1.16
41 New Hampshire 16 1,409,032 1.14
42 Delaware 12 1,051,917 1.14
43 Michigan 113 10,140,459 1.11
44 Minnesota 47 5,793,151 0.81
45 Hawaii 10 1,446,146 0.69
46 Massachusetts 47 7,136,171 0.66
47 District of Columbia 4 702,250 0.57
48 New Jersey 49 9,500,851 0.52
49 Wisconsin 29 5,960,975 0.49
50 Pennsylvania 63 13,078,751 0.48
51 Vermont 1 648,493 0.15

Download: pawn-shops-by-state.csv (also has gold buyers, chain and independent counts and Sunday opening per state).

Cities with the most pawn shops #

Raw count of listed shops, any city size. Independent shops in brackets.

How we count

Shop counts include only the pawn shops listed in this directory: Google files each one as a pawn shop, and its name, reviews or website confirm it makes pawn loans. Population comes from the US Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 population estimates (July 1, 2024). New York City shops are addressed by borough (Bronx, Brooklyn and so on), so New York City has no per-capita figure. Shops in a suburb count for the suburb, not the big city next door. Last updated 2026-11-08.

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