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. Vermont ranked 7th with 2.9 bartenders per 1,000 residents. Tourism-heavy Lamoille County, with Stowe Mountain Resort and Smugglers' Notch, had the highest rate in the state at 5.6 per thousand.
According to a new analysis by CareerBuilder, there are nearly 580,000 bartenders in the US, 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.
Cities and Metros with most Bartenders per Capita
Unsurprisingly, two cities with large tourism industries,Las VegasandNew 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 areasBreckenridge, CO, andJackson, 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 DakotaandMontana, 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 |
*Ratios are for total population, including residents under the federal drinking age.
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Source: CareerBuilder.CHICAGO,March 16, 2015/PRNewswire/