CHICAGO, March 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/
-- Basketball tournaments, spring break vacations and
holiday festivities make this time of March an especially busy
season for drinking establishments. Some cities and regions,
however, are better equipped to handle long lines of thirsty
patrons.
According to a new analysis by CareerBuilder, there are nearly
580,000 bartenders in the U.S., equaling 1.8 per 1,000 residents;
381 cities and metropolitan areas have ratios that exceed the
national average.
The analysis is based on data from Economic Modeling Specialists
Intl. (EMSI), CareerBuilder's labor market analysis arm that pulls
from more than 90 government and private sector resources.
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INTERACTIVE MAP
Cities and Metros with most Bartenders per Capita
Unsurprisingly, two cities with large tourism industries,
Las Vegas and New Orleans, have the highest ratio of
bartenders per 1,000 residents (5.5 and 3.4, respectively) among
major metros. Cities in the Midwest, Great Plains, Pacific
Northwest and Northeast tend to have higher ratios than cities in
the West, South and Southeast.
The following table shows the highest ratios among metros with
populations greater than 1 million:
Metro
|
Population
(2014)
|
Bartenders per
1,000 Residents
|
Las
Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
|
2,068,145
|
5.5
|
New
Orleans-Metairie, LA
|
1,274,362
|
3.4
|
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls,
NY
|
1,131,970
|
3.0
|
Cleveland-Elyria,
OH
|
2,050,186
|
3.0
|
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
|
1,580,422
|
2.9
|
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
|
4,714,645
|
2.9
|
Pittsburgh,
PA
|
2,359,851
|
2.8
|
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
|
2,346,748
|
2.8
|
Minneapolis-St.
Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
|
3,481,685
|
2.6
|
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
|
1,603,332
|
2.5
|
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
|
3,645,684
|
2.5
|
Among cities and metros of all sizes, Key West, FL, ranks No. 1; popular ski areas
Breckenridge, CO, and Jackson, WY, also cracked the top five:
MSA
|
Population
(2014)
|
Bartenders per
1,000 Residents
|
Key West,
FL
|
75,280
|
13.3
|
Spearfish,
SD
|
24,845
|
8.5
|
Williston,
ND
|
28,757
|
8.3
|
Jackson,
WY-ID
|
32,538
|
8.3
|
Breckenridge,
CO
|
28,650
|
8.1
|
States with Most and Least Bartenders per Capita
Two
northern states, North Dakota and
Montana, have the most bartenders
per 1,000 residents. Southern states, many of which contain
counties that prohibit or restrict the sale of alcohol, make up the
majority of the bottom 10.
Rank
|
State
|
Population
(2014)
|
Bartenders per
1,000 Residents
|
1
|
North
Dakota
|
716,416
|
5.2
|
2
|
Montana
|
1,020,923
|
5.2
|
3
|
Nevada
|
2,839,420
|
5.1
|
4
|
Wisconsin
|
5,777,582
|
4.0
|
5
|
Wyoming
|
590,696
|
3.9
|
6
|
South
Dakota
|
849,527
|
3.6
|
7
|
Vermont
|
628,453
|
2.9
|
8
|
Hawaii
|
1,421,570
|
2.9
|
9
|
Minnesota
|
5,447,346
|
2.9
|
10
|
Massachusetts
|
6,729,710
|
2.8
|
50
|
Arkansas
|
2,990,022
|
0.6
|
49
|
Alabama
|
4,880,870
|
0.7
|
48
|
Mississippi
|
3,007,406
|
0.8
|
47
|
Kentucky
|
4,432,028
|
0.9
|
46
|
Georgia
|
10,158,835
|
1.0
|
45
|
Utah
|
2,955,804
|
1.0
|
44
|
Virginia
|
8,365,888
|
1.1
|
43
|
North
Carolina
|
10,006,244
|
1.1
|
42
|
Tennessee
|
6,567,456
|
1.1
|
41
|
New Mexico
|
2,129,317
|
1.2
|
For the full list of states, cities and counties, take a look at
this interactive map.
*Ratios are for total population, including residents under
the federal drinking age.
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