Tattoo Shops in the United States — the numbers

We maintain 34,843 studios across the country. Below is what that looks like by state: raw count, count per 100,000 residents, and how complete the listings are. Updated October 2026.

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Download the numbers. Two files, no sign-up, CC BY 4.0 — credit TattooAtlas and use them anywhere (a link is welcome, followed or nofollow): tattoo_states.csv (one row per state: count, per 100,000 residents, share with a website, phone and hours) · tattoo_cities.csv (every city with three or more tattoo shops). Updated October 2026.

Density: tattoo shops per 100,000 residents

Population is the 2020 Census count. Density says more than a raw count: Wyoming has 23.4 per 100,000 — 6× the rate of Washington DC.

StateTattoo ShopsPer 100kWith a websiteWith a phone
Alabama 4308.6 36%94%
Alaska 10714.6 45%93%
Arizona 94913.3 45%95%
Arkansas 2969.8 36%91%
California 34028.6 49%95%
Colorado 93516.2 49%94%
Connecticut 3499.7 55%94%
Delaware 10010.1 60%97%
Florida 267512.4 49%96%
Georgia 8798.2 50%95%
Hawaii 23716.3 55%99%
Idaho 36319.7 42%94%
Illinois 10017.8 49%93%
Indiana 85812.6 42%91%
Iowa 45014.1 41%89%
Kansas 1766 43%94%
Kentucky 52611.7 35%93%
Louisiana 4018.6 40%94%
Maine 20214.8 42%89%
Maryland 4667.5 56%95%
Massachusetts 5127.3 60%95%
Michigan 9849.8 45%92%
Minnesota 4788.4 59%93%
Mississippi 2087 35%95%
Missouri 81313.2 40%92%
Montana 18116.7 41%94%
Nebraska 24612.5 44%91%
Nevada 49616 49%95%
New Hampshire 20314.7 57%93%
New Jersey 6487 56%96%
New Mexico 23811.2 36%95%
New York 19119.5 47%92%
North Carolina 123611.8 44%93%
North Dakota 11815.1 59%92%
Ohio 139411.8 46%90%
Oklahoma 3559 43%93%
Oregon 71917 55%92%
Pennsylvania 159712.3 47%92%
Rhode Island 15213.9 55%93%
South Carolina 3226.3 51%98%
South Dakota 16818.9 49%96%
Tennessee 78411.3 42%93%
Texas 293010.1 42%94%
Utah 45814 47%92%
Vermont 8713.5 63%89%
Virginia 6117.1 55%94%
Washington 105813.7 47%92%
Washington DC 273.9 67%96%
West Virginia 23212.9 35%90%
Wisconsin 74012.6 49%89%
Wyoming 13523.4 37%89%

Cities with the most tattoo shops

CityStateTattoo Shops
New York New York441
Los Angeles California336
Las Vegas Nevada326
Houston Texas325
San Antonio Texas239
San Diego California229
Chicago Illinois227
Portland Oregon215
Miami Florida190
Dallas Texas190
Phoenix Arizona185
Austin Texas185
Tampa Florida162
Orlando Florida156
Denver Colorado148
Charlotte North Carolina148
Tucson Arizona145
Brooklyn New York132
Colorado Springs Colorado131
Kansas City Missouri126
Seattle Washington123
Fort Worth Texas121
Jacksonville Florida115
Columbus Ohio112
Salt Lake City Utah105

How this is built

Locations come from Overture Maps (open data), filtered to tattoo shops in the US and cleaned: duplicates merged, dead entries dropped, phone numbers normalized. Websites, opening hours and amenities are checked against each business's own site. We keep monthly snapshots, so the counts above are a point in time, not a running total — ask if you need an earlier one.