Map Of The Most Vegetarian & Vegan-Friendly US States

Map created by Dailymint.co

The map above looks at the most vegetarian and vegan friendly US states based on the number of restaurants per million people. Just looking at the map you can see a clear coastal bias for these restaurants compared to more inland states.

Here’s the breakdown by State:

Rank	State	Population	Total vegan & vegetarian restaurants	Vegan & vegetarian restaurants per million
1	District of Columbia	705,749	38	54
2	Hawaii	1,415,872	72	51
3	Oregon	4,217,737	113	27
4	New York	19,453,561	375	19
5	California	39,512,223	697	18
6	Vermont	623,989	11	18
7	New Jersey	8,882,190	152	17
8	Massachusetts	6,892,503	114	17
9	Rhode Island	1,059,361	16	15
10	Nevada	3,080,156	43	14
11	Maine	1,344,212	16	12
12	Washington	7,614,893	89	12
13	Florida	21,477,737	228	11
14	Connecticut	3,565,287	35	10
15	Arizona	7,278,717	70	10
16	New Hampshire	1,359,711	12	9
17	Illinois	12,671,821	106	8
18	Delaware	973,764	8	8
19	Colorado	5,758,736	47	8
20	Maryland	6,045,680	48	8
21	Georgia	10,617,423	84	8
22	Pennsylvania	12,801,989	100	8
23	Utah	3,205,958	22	7
24	Michigan	9,986,857	68	7
25	Tennessee	6,829,174	46	7
26	Virginia	8,535,519	57	7
27	New Mexico	2,096,829	14	7
28	Ohio	11,689,100	76	7
29	Texas	28,995,881	188	6
30	North Carolina	10,488,084	62	6
31	West Virginia	1,792,147	10	6
32	South Carolina	5,148,714	25	5
33	Iowa	3,155,070	15	5
34	Missouri	6,137,428	29	5
35	Minnesota	5,639,632	26	5
36	Kentucky	4,467,673	20	4
37	Wisconsin	5,822,434	26	4
38	Montana	1,068,778	4	4
39	Nebraska	1,934,408	7	4
40	Louisiana	4,648,794	16	3
41	Indiana	6,732,219	23	3
42	Idaho	1,787,065	6	3
43	Alaska	731,545	2	3
44	North Dakota	762,062	2	3
45	Oklahoma	3,956,971	10	3
46	Arkansas	3,017,804	6	2
47	Wyoming	578,759	1	2
48	Kansas	2,913,314	5	2
49	Mississippi	2,976,149	5	2
50	Alabama	4,903,185	8	2
51	South Dakota	884,659	1	1