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Skating rinks per capita

Where skating rinks are thickest on the ground, counted per person. Wyoming leads the states with 2.38 listed rinks per 100,000 residents; Hawaii has the fewest, 0.14. Nationwide it's 0.76.

Every state, rinks per 100,000 residents

Roller and ice columns count a rink with both on each side, so they can add up to more than the total.

#StateRinksPopulationPer 100kRoller / 100kIce / 100k
1 Wyoming 14 587,618 2.38 0.85 1.70
2 Alaska 16 740,133 2.16 0.14 2.03
3 Minnesota 121 5,793,151 2.09 0.07 2.00
4 North Dakota 16 796,568 2.01 0.25 1.76
5 South Dakota 17 924,669 1.84 0.22 1.62
6 Massachusetts 129 7,136,171 1.81 0.13 1.71
7 New Hampshire 24 1,409,032 1.70 0.14 1.63
8 Maine 22 1,405,012 1.57 0.28 1.21
9 Vermont 10 648,493 1.54 0.00 1.54
10 Wisconsin 89 5,960,975 1.49 0.45 1.09
11 Colorado 84 5,957,493 1.41 0.79 0.76
12 Michigan 132 10,140,459 1.30 0.49 0.89
13 Montana 14 1,137,233 1.23 0.18 1.06
14 Connecticut 41 3,675,069 1.12 0.16 0.98
15 Idaho 22 2,001,619 1.10 0.45 0.75
16 Illinois 138 12,710,158 1.09 0.38 0.72
17 Utah 35 3,503,613 1.00 0.31 0.71
18 Missouri 62 6,245,466 0.99 0.64 0.38
19 Rhode Island 11 1,112,308 0.99 0.27 0.90
20 Pennsylvania 128 13,078,751 0.98 0.47 0.56
21 Ohio 112 11,883,304 0.94 0.50 0.45
22 Kansas 27 2,970,606 0.91 0.67 0.24
23 Indiana 62 6,924,275 0.90 0.55 0.36
24 New York 170 19,867,248 0.86 0.23 0.67
25 Oklahoma 35 4,095,393 0.85 0.61 0.22
26 District of Columbia 6 702,250 0.85 0.14 0.71
27 Iowa 25 3,241,488 0.77 0.52 0.34
28 New Jersey 71 9,500,851 0.75 0.18 0.59
29 Mississippi 22 2,943,045 0.75 0.68 0.07
30 New Mexico 16 2,130,256 0.75 0.42 0.33
31 Arkansas 22 3,088,354 0.71 0.58 0.16
32 Nebraska 14 2,005,465 0.70 0.35 0.40
33 West Virginia 12 1,769,979 0.68 0.51 0.23
34 Maryland 40 6,263,220 0.64 0.24 0.42
35 Georgia 68 11,180,878 0.61 0.39 0.20
36 North Carolina 65 11,046,024 0.59 0.41 0.20
37 Tennessee 42 7,227,750 0.58 0.43 0.18
38 Alabama 30 5,157,699 0.58 0.48 0.14
39 Kentucky 26 4,588,372 0.57 0.41 0.15
40 Virginia 46 8,811,195 0.52 0.26 0.27
41 Oregon 21 4,272,371 0.49 0.23 0.30
42 Washington 38 7,958,180 0.48 0.25 0.26
43 Delaware 5 1,051,917 0.48 0.29 0.19
44 South Carolina 26 5,478,831 0.47 0.38 0.09
45 Texas 145 31,290,831 0.46 0.33 0.16
46 Nevada 15 3,267,467 0.46 0.21 0.28
47 California 169 39,431,263 0.43 0.17 0.28
48 Louisiana 18 4,597,740 0.39 0.33 0.09
49 Florida 80 23,372,215 0.34 0.23 0.12
50 Arizona 21 7,582,384 0.28 0.13 0.16
51 Hawaii 2 1,446,146 0.14 0.07 0.14

Download: skating-rinks-per-capita.csv

Most roller rinks and most ice rinks per person

#StateRollerPer 100k
1Wyoming50.85
2Colorado470.79
3Mississippi200.68
4Kansas200.67
5Missouri400.64
6Oklahoma250.61
7Arkansas180.58
8Indiana380.55
9Iowa170.52
10West Virginia90.51
#StateIcePer 100k
1Alaska152.03
2Minnesota1162.00
3North Dakota141.76
4Massachusetts1221.71
5Wyoming101.70
6New Hampshire231.63
7South Dakota151.62
8Vermont101.54
9Maine171.21
10Wisconsin651.09

Nationwide: 0.33 roller and 0.45 ice rinks per 100,000 people. More in roller vs ice.

Big cities with the most rinks per person

Cities with at least 100,000 residents and 3 or more listed rinks, by rinks per 100,000 people. Top 25 of 95 cities that qualify. A rink counts for the city in its address, so suburbs just over the line count for themselves.

#CityRinksRollerIcePopulationPer 100k
1 Fargo, ND 7 1 6 136,285 5.14
2 Ann Arbor, MI 5 0 5 122,925 4.07
3 Buffalo, NY 10 2 9 276,617 3.62
4 Westminster, CO 4 3 1 115,302 3.47
5 Sioux Falls, SD 7 1 6 209,289 3.34
6 Pittsburgh, PA 10 1 9 307,668 3.25
7 Grand Rapids, MI 6 1 5 200,117 3.00
8 St. Paul, MN 9 0 9 307,465 2.93
9 Boca Raton, FL 3 2 2 102,238 2.93
10 New Haven, CT 4 1 4 137,562 2.91
11 San Mateo, CA 3 1 2 103,006 2.91
12 Burbank, CA 3 2 1 103,533 2.90
13 Quincy, MA 3 0 3 103,434 2.90
14 South Bend, IN 3 0 3 103,713 2.89
15 Stamford, CT 4 1 3 139,134 2.87
16 Anchorage, AK 8 1 7 289,600 2.76
17 Syracuse, NY 4 0 4 146,097 2.74
18 Pueblo, CO 3 2 2 111,166 2.70
19 Manchester, NH 3 2 2 116,386 2.58
20 Clearwater, FL 3 1 2 116,811 2.57
21 Knoxville, TN 5 2 3 198,722 2.52
22 Odessa, TX 3 2 3 119,748 2.51
23 Cambridge, MA 3 0 3 121,186 2.48
24 Arvada, CO 3 2 1 121,873 2.46
25 Rochester, NY 5 2 3 207,282 2.41

264 of the 342 US cities with 100,000+ residents have at least one listed rink with that city in its address.

Cities with the most skating rinks

Raw count of listed rinks by the city in their address, any city size.

Download: skating-rink-cities.csv

About these numbers

We count only the 2,576 rinks listed in this directory, each checked against its Google listing, reviews and website. Population is the US Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 population estimates (July 1, 2024). How we count.

Data as of November 8, 2026. More: Roller vs ice · Rink programs · All rink stats