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Department Stores (except Discount Department Stores)

Department Stores (except Discount Department Stores) aren't as prevalent as as many other business types in the United States. Still, across the entire nation, there are more than 3,000 Department Stores (except Discount Department Stores). In other words, each one of those Department Stores (except Discount Department Stores) serves about 100,000 citizens on average.

Our analysis suggests that Department Stores (except Discount Department Stores) will typically employ 100 to 249 employees. Hence, Department Stores (except Discount Department Stores) play an important role in the national economy.

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States with Department Stores (except Discount Department Stores)
(Ordered by # per 100,000 Residents)

#
State
Businesses
Businesses per 100K Residents
1.
North Dakota
15
2.34
2.
New Hampshire
27
2.18
3.
Delaware
16
2.04
4.
Montana
18
2.00
5.
Iowa
52
1.78
6.
Idaho
22
1.70
7.
Utah
37
1.66
8.
33
1.66
9.
Florida
263
1.65
10.
Pennsylvania
201
1.64
11.
Arizona
83
1.62
12.
Virginia
114
1.61
13.
North Carolina
129
1.60
14.
Colorado
68
1.58
15.
South Carolina
63
1.57
16.
19
1.57
17.
West Virginia
28
1.56
18.
Ohio
172
1.52
19.
New Mexico
27
1.49
20.
Texas
308
1.48
21.
Maryland
78
1.47
22.
Georgia
118
1.46
23.
Nebraska
25
1.46
24.
39
1.45
25.
Tennessee
82
1.44
26.
California
484
1.43
27.
Wyoming
7
1.42
28.
Alabama
61
1.37
29.
Wisconsin
73
1.36
30.
South Dakota
10
1.33
31.
Washington
78
1.33
32.
163
1.31
33.
Mississippi
37
1.31
34.
Louisiana
58
1.30
35.
Indiana
75
1.23
36.
Oklahoma
42
1.22
37.
Minnesota
59
1.20
38.
New Jersey
101
1.20
39.
Massachusetts
74
1.17
40.
65
1.16
41.
Michigan
115
1.16
42.
Kentucky
45
1.11
43.
Oregon
38
1.11
44.
Connecticut
37
1.11
45.
Maine
14
1.10
46.
Vermont
6
0.99
47.
New York
185
0.97
48.
23
0.86
49.
Rhode Island
9
0.86
50.
Alaska
4
0.64
51.
District of Columbia
3
0.53

Number of Department Stores (except Discount Department Stores) by Number of Employees
(Data for Entire United States)

Range
Number of Employees
1 to 4
188
5 to 9
55
10 to 19
24
20 to 49
151
50 to 99
957
100 to 249
2087
250 to 499
414
500 to 999
30
1000 or more
5

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