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Comic shop capitals

Where comic shops are thickest on the ground, counted per person. Grand Island, NE has 5 listed shops for 53,250 residents, or 9.4 per 100,000, the most of any US city with 50,000+ people and at least 3 shops. Among the states, New Hampshire leads with 1.35 per 100,000.

9.4per 100k in Grand Island
1.35per 100k in New Hampshire
0.74per 100k, whole US
148cities ranked

Cities with the most comic shops per person

Shops per 100,000 residents, for cities with at least 50,000 people and 3 or more listed shops. The top 25 of 148; the CSV has them all.

#CityShopsPopulationPer 100kAvg rating
1 Grand Island, NE 5 53,250 9.4 4.6
2 Pensacola, FL 4 53,898 7.4 4.6
3 Marietta, GA 4 63,122 6.3 4.4
4 Savannah, GA 9 148,808 6.0 4.7
5 Clermont, FL 3 50,851 5.9 4.7
6 Fort Pierce, FL 3 50,805 5.9 4.3
7 Palm Desert, CA 3 53,147 5.6 4.4
8 St Charles, MO 4 72,458 5.5 4.7
9 Bradenton, FL 3 58,184 5.2 4.5
10 Roanoke, VA 5 97,912 5.1 4.4
11 Lancaster, PA 3 58,441 5.1 4.7
12 La Mesa, CA 3 60,767 4.9 4.6
13 Kyle, TX 3 65,833 4.6 4.5
14 Muncie, IN 3 65,320 4.6 4.7
15 Springfield, IL 5 112,949 4.4 4.5
16 Rochester, NY 9 207,282 4.3 4.7
17 Idaho Falls, ID 3 69,523 4.3 4.8
18 Portland, ME 3 69,568 4.3 3.8
19 Asheville, NC 4 94,992 4.2 4.8
20 Harlingen, TX 3 72,234 4.2 4.6
21 Johnson City, TN 3 73,635 4.1 4.7
22 Wilmington, DE 3 73,176 4.1 4.5
23 Fort Myers, FL 4 99,918 4.0 4.7
24 Greenville, SC 3 74,371 4.0 4.5
25 Bethlehem, PA 3 79,453 3.8 4.7

Download: comic-capitals.csv. Small cities rank high easily: a few shops go a long way in a city of 50,000.

Cities with the most comic shops

Raw count of listed shops by the city in each shop's address, any city size.

New York City shops are split by address: New York (Manhattan), Brooklyn, Bronx, Staten Island and Queens neighborhood names each count on their own.

Comic shops per 100,000 residents, every state

#StateShopsCitiesPopulationPer 100kResidents per shopAvg rating
1 New Hampshire 19 17 1,409,032 1.35 74,200 4.71
2 North Dakota 9 5 796,568 1.13 88,500 4.54
3 Rhode Island 12 9 1,112,308 1.08 92,700 4.61
4 Missouri 65 38 6,245,466 1.04 96,100 4.66
5 Wyoming 6 5 587,618 1.02 97,900 4.63
6 Pennsylvania 129 94 13,078,751 0.99 101,400 4.67
7 Indiana 67 44 6,924,275 0.97 103,300 4.69
8 South Dakota 9 7 924,669 0.97 102,700 4.58
9 Illinois 122 78 12,710,158 0.96 104,200 4.65
10 Nebraska 19 7 2,005,465 0.95 105,600 4.64
11 Ohio 111 83 11,883,304 0.93 107,100 4.70
12 Maine 13 10 1,405,012 0.93 108,100 4.55
13 Nevada 30 8 3,267,467 0.92 108,900 4.50
14 Tennessee 66 43 7,227,750 0.91 109,500 4.71
15 Massachusetts 65 53 7,136,171 0.91 109,800 4.63
16 Oklahoma 37 19 4,095,393 0.90 110,700 4.71
17 Connecticut 33 32 3,675,069 0.90 111,400 4.62
18 Michigan 88 69 10,140,459 0.87 115,200 4.61
19 Kentucky 39 22 4,588,372 0.85 117,700 4.62
20 West Virginia 15 13 1,769,979 0.85 118,000 4.48
21 Washington 67 39 7,958,180 0.84 118,800 4.54
22 Virginia 73 43 8,811,195 0.83 120,700 4.66
23 New York 163 104 19,867,248 0.82 121,900 4.62
24 North Carolina 90 53 11,046,024 0.81 122,700 4.69
25 Iowa 26 22 3,241,488 0.80 124,700 4.72
26 Oregon 33 20 4,272,371 0.77 129,500 4.63
27 Vermont 5 5 648,493 0.77 129,700 4.56
28 New Jersey 72 66 9,500,851 0.76 132,000 4.63
29 Colorado 45 24 5,957,493 0.76 132,400 4.58
30 Delaware 8 5 1,051,917 0.76 131,500 4.69
31 New Mexico 15 5 2,130,256 0.70 142,000 4.72
32 Idaho 14 9 2,001,619 0.70 143,000 4.72
33 Montana 8 5 1,137,233 0.70 142,200 4.65
34 Florida 152 87 23,372,215 0.65 153,800 4.55
35 California 249 140 39,431,263 0.63 158,400 4.59
36 Texas 198 101 31,290,831 0.63 158,000 4.64
37 Arkansas 19 14 3,088,354 0.62 162,500 4.64
38 Georgia 68 41 11,180,878 0.61 164,400 4.63
39 Minnesota 35 29 5,793,151 0.60 165,500 4.69
40 Arizona 44 20 7,582,384 0.58 172,300 4.48
41 South Carolina 32 18 5,478,831 0.58 171,200 4.38
42 Wisconsin 34 26 5,960,975 0.57 175,300 4.64
43 Maryland 34 27 6,263,220 0.54 184,200 4.71
44 Alabama 28 24 5,157,699 0.54 184,200 4.70
45 Kansas 15 8 2,970,606 0.50 198,000 4.58
46 Hawaii 6 4 1,446,146 0.41 241,000 4.62
47 Alaska 3 3 740,133 0.41 246,700 4.73
48 Louisiana 18 13 4,597,740 0.39 255,400 4.57
49 Utah 13 9 3,503,613 0.37 269,500 4.51
50 District of Columbia 2 1 702,250 0.28 351,100 4.65
51 Mississippi 7 6 2,943,045 0.24 420,400 4.63

Cities = cities with at least one listed shop. Download: comic-shops-per-capita.csv

How we count

Shop counts include only shops listed in this directory: Google files them as comic book stores and their name, reviews or website back that up, or, for other kinds of stores, there is stronger proof that they sell comics. Big multi-category chains are left out. Population is the US Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 population estimates (July 1, 2024).

A shop counts for the city in its mailing address. Shops in a suburb count for the suburb, not the big city next door, and some big-city neighborhoods have their own postal names. That is one reason a smaller city can outrank a much bigger one. Data as of 2026-11-08. More on our method on the stats page.

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