Photography businesses per 100,000 residents, by state

US rate 76.2. Lowest: Mississippi 49.4. Highest: Montana 124.0.

Mississippi: 49.4 photography businesses per 100k residents (rank 1 of 51, lowest first)MS49West Virginia: 53.5 photography businesses per 100k residents (rank 2 of 51, lowest first)WV53New Mexico: 55.1 photography businesses per 100k residents (rank 3 of 51, lowest first)NM55Kentucky: 56.9 photography businesses per 100k residents (rank 4 of 51, lowest first)KY57Arkansas: 59.9 photography businesses per 100k residents (rank 5 of 51, lowest first)AR60Delaware: 61.2 photography businesses per 100k residents (rank 6 of 51, lowest first)DE61Alabama: 61.5 photography businesses per 100k residents (rank 7 of 51, lowest first)AL62Indiana: 64.0 photography businesses per 100k residents (rank 8 of 51, lowest first)IN64Pennsylvania: 65.8 photography businesses per 100k residents (rank 9 of 51, lowest first)PA66Arizona: 65.8 photography businesses per 100k residents (rank 10 of 51, lowest first)AZ66Louisiana: 65.8 photography businesses per 100k residents (rank 11 of 51, lowest first)LA66Oklahoma: 67.1 photography businesses per 100k residents (rank 12 of 51, lowest first)OK67Illinois: 67.8 photography businesses per 100k residents (rank 13 of 51, lowest first)IL68Ohio: 69.7 photography businesses per 100k residents (rank 14 of 51, lowest first)OH70Texas: 70.9 photography businesses per 100k residents (rank 15 of 51, lowest first)TX71New Jersey: 71.7 photography businesses per 100k residents (rank 16 of 51, lowest first)NJ72Kansas: 72.7 photography businesses per 100k residents (rank 17 of 51, lowest first)KS73North Carolina: 73.0 photography businesses per 100k residents (rank 18 of 51, lowest first)NC73Iowa: 73.1 photography businesses per 100k residents (rank 19 of 51, lowest first)IA73Connecticut: 73.2 photography businesses per 100k residents (rank 20 of 51, lowest first)CT73Virginia: 73.6 photography businesses per 100k residents (rank 21 of 51, lowest first)VA74Massachusetts: 74.0 photography businesses per 100k residents (rank 22 of 51, lowest first)MA74Nevada: 74.0 photography businesses per 100k residents (rank 23 of 51, lowest first)NV74Missouri: 74.7 photography businesses per 100k residents (rank 24 of 51, lowest first)MO75Michigan: 74.7 photography businesses per 100k residents (rank 25 of 51, lowest first)MI75Maryland: 75.2 photography businesses per 100k residents (rank 26 of 51, lowest first)MD75South Carolina: 76.7 photography businesses per 100k residents (rank 27 of 51, lowest first)SC77Nebraska: 77.7 photography businesses per 100k residents (rank 28 of 51, lowest first)NE78Wisconsin: 77.9 photography businesses per 100k residents (rank 29 of 51, lowest first)WI78Florida: 78.3 photography businesses per 100k residents (rank 30 of 51, lowest first)FL78Rhode Island: 79.3 photography businesses per 100k residents (rank 31 of 51, lowest first)RI79Tennessee: 79.8 photography businesses per 100k residents (rank 32 of 51, lowest first)TN80District of Columbia: 80.0 photography businesses per 100k residents (rank 33 of 51, lowest first)DC80California: 80.1 photography businesses per 100k residents (rank 34 of 51, lowest first)CA80Washington: 81.3 photography businesses per 100k residents (rank 35 of 51, lowest first)WA81North Dakota: 81.4 photography businesses per 100k residents (rank 36 of 51, lowest first)ND81Georgia: 81.7 photography businesses per 100k residents (rank 37 of 51, lowest first)GA82Alaska: 83.6 photography businesses per 100k residents (rank 38 of 51, lowest first)AK84New Hampshire: 86.6 photography businesses per 100k residents (rank 39 of 51, lowest first)NH87Minnesota: 87.0 photography businesses per 100k residents (rank 40 of 51, lowest first)MN87New York: 87.8 photography businesses per 100k residents (rank 41 of 51, lowest first)NY88Maine: 91.1 photography businesses per 100k residents (rank 42 of 51, lowest first)ME91Oregon: 93.5 photography businesses per 100k residents (rank 43 of 51, lowest first)OR93South Dakota: 95.9 photography businesses per 100k residents (rank 44 of 51, lowest first)SD96Idaho: 95.9 photography businesses per 100k residents (rank 45 of 51, lowest first)ID96Vermont: 97.0 photography businesses per 100k residents (rank 46 of 51, lowest first)VT97Wyoming: 108.4 photography businesses per 100k residents (rank 47 of 51, lowest first)WY108Colorado: 111.1 photography businesses per 100k residents (rank 48 of 51, lowest first)CO111Utah: 112.4 photography businesses per 100k residents (rank 49 of 51, lowest first)UT112Hawaii: 117.6 photography businesses per 100k residents (rank 50 of 51, lowest first)HI118Montana: 124.0 photography businesses per 100k residents (rank 51 of 51, lowest first)MT124

Photography businesses per 100k residents

  • Under 60
  • 60–70
  • 70–76.2
  • 76.2–90
  • 90–105
  • 105 and over

Warm tiles are below the US rate of 76.2 per 100k; cool tiles are above it. Each tile is one state, equal size, roughly in its geographic position.

Tile map of photography businesses per 100,000 residents by state

Source: Photographer deserts, Photo Intelligence Lab by Narkis. Data: U.S. Census Bureau CBP 2023, NES 2024, PopEst 2024. Businesses = studios with payroll plus self-employed photographers (NAICS 54192). CC BY 4.0.