It’s no secret that people enjoy the warmth and flavors of freshly baked goods, but are there enough bakeries to meet everyone’s dessert needs? Looking at the population of US cities and the number of bakeries per 10,000 people, we’ve uncovered the locations in the country with the most bakeries available to the locals.
Rank
|
City
|
State
|
Population
|
Number of bakeries
|
Number of bakeries per 10,000 people
|
1
|
Miami
|
Florida
|
435,919
|
8,267
|
190
|
2
|
Portland
|
Oregon
|
619,286
|
4,825
|
78
|
3
|
Baltimore
|
Maryland
|
563,455
|
4,277
|
76
|
4
|
Atlanta
|
Georgia
|
490,270
|
3,547
|
72
|
5
|
Boston
|
Massachusetts
|
617,459
|
4,171
|
68
|
6
|
San Diego
|
California
|
1,374,076
|
8,920
|
65
|
7
|
Minneapolis
|
Minnesota
|
418,075
|
2,492
|
60
|
8
|
Milwaukee
|
Wisconsin
|
555,640
|
3,085
|
56
|
9
|
Nashville
|
Tennessee
|
658,525
|
2,656
|
40
|
10
|
Washington
|
District of Columbia
|
631,693
|
2,421
|
38
|
Miami, Florida has the highest number of bakeries per 10,000 people at 190, as well as the fourth highest number of bakeries in the U.S. (8,267). The vibrant and diverse city sees a mix of bakeries inspired by Latin American influences, particularly Cuban. You’ll also find artisan bakeries like Zak the Baker (280.2k hashtag views) and B Bistro + (196.6k hashtag views).
Over on the East Coast, Portland, Oregon follows in second with 78 bakeries per 10,000 people. Portland may not have as many bakeries as Miami, but you’ll find just as much diversity. Standard Baking Co. (126k hashtag views) and Ken’s Artisan Bakery (6.2k hashtag views) are the city’s most popular on TikTok, specializing in artisanal bread and pastries.
Baltimore, Maryland follows in third with 76 bakeries per 10,000 people, including Harmony Bakery (12.3k hashtag views). Atlanta, Georgia comes in fourth with 72, followed by Boston, Massachusetts with 68 bakeries per 10,000 people.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, New York City is home to the highest number of bakeries overall (18,793), followed by Chicago (8,937) and San Diego (8,920).
Are you a lover of sweet treats, and have you ever visited any of these bakeries Now that you have so much choice in front of you, which where will you visit first?
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Sources & Methodology
Strawberry Shortcake created a seedlist of 130 bakeries in the US, from various published lists. Using this list, they created a ranking of the most popular bakeries using TikTok data. To do this, they looked at the number of views for the relevant hashtag #[Bakery name]bakery, before ranking this from highest to lowest.
We then took the top 50 most populated cities in the US and the total number of bakeries in each city, dividing the number of bakeries by the population figure before multiplying this by 10,000, revealing the number of bakeries per 10,000 capita.
Data correct as of 10/12/2023.
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