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Roller vs ice: where America skates

We list 1,130 roller rinks and 1,532 ice rinks (107 have both). Where you live decides which one is down the road. In the South, 66.5% of rinks are roller rinks; in the Northeast, 23.4%.

By region

RegionRollerIceRoller shareRoller / 100kIce / 100k
Northeast 147 481 23.4% 0.25 0.83
Midwest 315 520 37.7% 0.45 0.75
South 469 236 66.5% 0.35 0.18
West 199 295 40.3% 0.25 0.37

US Census Bureau regions. A rink with both roller and ice counts on each side.

Every state

18 states lean roller (60% or more of their rinks are roller), 22 lean ice (40% or less roller) and 10 are mixed. 1 has fewer than 5 rinks to call. Mississippi leans furthest to roller (20 roller, 2 ice). Vermont leans furthest to ice (10 ice, 0 roller).

#StateRegionRollerIceRoller shareLeans
1 Mississippi South 20 2 90.9% Leans roller
2 South Carolina South 21 5 80.8% Leans roller
3 Louisiana South 15 4 78.9% Leans roller
4 Arkansas South 18 5 78.3% Leans roller
5 Alabama South 25 7 78.1% Leans roller
6 Kansas Midwest 20 7 74.1% Leans roller
7 Oklahoma South 25 9 73.5% Leans roller
8 Kentucky South 19 7 73.1% Leans roller
9 Tennessee South 31 13 70.5% Leans roller
10 West Virginia South 9 4 69.2% Leans roller
11 North Carolina South 45 22 67.2% Leans roller
12 Texas South 102 50 67.1% Leans roller
13 Georgia South 44 22 66.7% Leans roller
14 Florida South 53 29 64.6% Leans roller
15 Missouri Midwest 40 24 62.5% Leans roller
16 Iowa Midwest 17 11 60.7% Leans roller
17 Indiana Midwest 38 25 60.3% Leans roller
18 Delaware South 3 2 60.0% Leans roller
19 New Mexico West 9 7 56.2% Mixed
20 Ohio Midwest 60 53 53.1% Mixed
21 Colorado West 47 45 51.1% Mixed
22 Virginia South 23 24 48.9% Mixed
23 Washington West 20 21 48.8% Mixed
24 Nebraska Midwest 7 8 46.7% Mixed
25 Pennsylvania Northeast 61 73 45.5% Mixed
26 Arizona West 10 12 45.5% Mixed
27 Nevada West 7 9 43.8% Mixed
28 Oregon West 10 13 43.5% Mixed
29 California West 67 109 38.1% Leans ice
30 Idaho West 9 15 37.5% Leans ice
31 Maryland South 15 26 36.6% Leans ice
32 Michigan Midwest 50 90 35.7% Leans ice
33 Illinois Midwest 48 92 34.3% Leans ice
34 Wyoming West 5 10 33.3% Leans ice
35 Hawaii West 1 2 33.3% Too few
36 Utah West 11 25 30.6% Leans ice
37 Wisconsin Midwest 27 65 29.3% Leans ice
38 New York Northeast 45 134 25.1% Leans ice
39 New Jersey Northeast 17 56 23.3% Leans ice
40 Rhode Island Northeast 3 10 23.1% Leans ice
41 Maine Northeast 4 17 19.0% Leans ice
42 District of Columbia South 1 5 16.7% Leans ice
43 Connecticut Northeast 6 36 14.3% Leans ice
44 Montana West 2 12 14.3% Leans ice
45 North Dakota Midwest 2 14 12.5% Leans ice
46 South Dakota Midwest 2 15 11.8% Leans ice
47 New Hampshire Northeast 2 23 8.0% Leans ice
48 Massachusetts Northeast 9 122 6.9% Leans ice
49 Alaska West 1 15 6.2% Leans ice
50 Minnesota Midwest 4 116 3.3% Leans ice
51 Vermont Northeast 0 10 0.0% Leans ice

Roller share = roller rinks ÷ (roller + ice rinks). Download: roller-vs-ice-by-state.csv

Cities with the most roller rinks and the most ice rinks

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About these numbers

A rink counts as roller or ice when Google lists it in that category, its name says so, its reviews mostly describe that kind of skating, or its own website does. 21 listed rinks have no roller or ice proof yet and are left out of these shares. How we count.

Data as of November 8, 2026. More: Rinks per capita · Rink programs · All rink stats