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The State of Vinyl, 2026
We mapped every record store in America — 3,661 shops with 834,253 customer reviews between them. Here's where the crates actually are. (Journalists & bloggers: cite freely with a link.)
Record stores per million residents, by state
| # | State | Stores | Per million people |
| 1 | Maine | 29 | 20.6 |
| 2 | Vermont | 13 | 20 |
| 3 | Oregon | 82 | 19.2 |
| 4 | Rhode Island | 21 | 18.9 |
| 5 | New Hampshire | 26 | 18.5 |
| 6 | Massachusetts | 114 | 16 |
| 7 | Washington | 122 | 15.3 |
| 8 | District of Columbia | 10 | 14.2 |
| 9 | Pennsylvania | 175 | 13.4 |
| 10 | Wisconsin | 80 | 13.4 |
| 11 | Minnesota | 77 | 13.3 |
| 12 | Connecticut | 49 | 13.3 |
| 13 | Delaware | 14 | 13.3 |
| 14 | West Virginia | 23 | 13 |
| 15 | Illinois | 163 | 12.8 |
America's densest vinyl cities
Record stores per 100k residents, cities over 50k population with 3+ shops.
| # | City | Stores | Per 100k |
| 1 | Lancaster, PA | 10 | 17.1 |
| 2 | Pensacola, FL | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | Portland, ME | 9 | 12.9 |
| 4 | Sarasota, FL | 6 | 10.4 |
| 5 | Asheville, NC | 7 | 7.4 |
| 6 | Pittsburgh, PA | 21 | 6.8 |
| 7 | Wilmington, DE | 5 | 6.8 |
| 8 | Greenville, SC | 5 | 6.7 |
| 9 | West Allis, WI | 4 | 6.7 |
| 10 | Santa Fe, NM | 6 | 6.6 |
| 11 | Grand Rapids, MI | 13 | 6.5 |
| 12 | Corvallis, OR | 4 | 6.5 |
| 13 | Santa Cruz, CA | 4 | 6.4 |
| 14 | Flint, MI | 5 | 6.3 |
| 15 | St. Louis, MO | 17 | 6.1 |
The best small-town record stores in America
Shops in towns under 30,000 people that still pull 200+ reviews — destination stores worth the drive.
- McKay's Mebane — Mebane, NC ★ 4.5
- 2nd & Charles — Auburn Hills, MI ★ 4.5
- Bull Moose — Waterville, ME ★ 4.7
- Used Book Superstore — Burlington, MA ★ 4.7
- The Exchange — Parma Heights, OH ★ 4.4
- 2nd & Charles — Oxford, AL ★ 4.4
- Down In The Valley — Golden Valley, MN ★ 4.6
- RINK Gallery, A Vintage Marketplace — Bethany, OK ★ 4.6
- Bull Moose — Scarborough, ME ★ 4.7
- 2nd & Charles — Highland, IN ★ 4.4
- EntertainMART — Kerrville, TX ★ 4.4
- Disc Replay Grandville — Grandville, MI ★ 4.5
- Vintage Stock — Yukon, OK ★ 4.3
- Rock of Ages — Garden City, MI ★ 4.5
- Corner Record Shop — Grandville, MI ★ 4.7
More data
Deeper cuts from the same dataset — each with a downloadable CSV.
- America's Vinyl Capitals — the 25 best record store cities, ranked by density × rating.
- Where to sell records — the share of stores that buy used vinyl, state by state.
- America's vinyl deserts — the 30 largest US cities with one record store or none.