Pool halls by the numbers

2,119 pool halls and 4,307 bars with pool tables in 50 states and DC, with 2,188,738 Google reviews between them. Here is where pool halls are thickest on the ground, where leagues play and how many tables the halls say they have. Writers and researchers are welcome to use these numbers with a link to this page.

The short version

Pool halls listed	2,119
Bars with pool tables listed	4,307
States with a listed pool hall	50 + DC
Cities and towns with a listed place	2,348
Pool halls per 100,000 Americans	0.62
Places with proven pool leagues	600 (9.3%)
Places with snooker	171
Tables stated, all places that say	9,211 at 1,409 places
Google reviews, all places	2,188,738

Most pool halls per person

Listed pool halls per 100,000 residents, top 15 states. Arkansas leads with 1.20, about one hall for every 83,469 people.

Arkansas 1.20
Mississippi 1.02
Maine 1.00
Louisiana 0.96
North Carolina 0.93
Florida 0.86
Missouri 0.85
Kentucky 0.85
New Hampshire 0.85
Iowa 0.83
Colorado 0.81
Kansas 0.81
Tennessee 0.77
Oregon 0.77
Oklahoma 0.76

Every state, per capita

Pool halls and bars with pool tables listed in each state, sorted by pool halls per 100,000 residents.

#	State	Pool halls	Bars	Leagues	Snooker	Population	Halls per 100k
1	Arkansas	37	44	6	2	3,088,354	1.20
2	Mississippi	30	22	0	2	2,943,045	1.02
3	Maine	14	8	2	1	1,405,012	1.00
4	Louisiana	44	82	14	0	4,597,740	0.96
5	North Carolina	103	133	35	4	11,046,024	0.93
6	Florida	202	341	61	12	23,372,215	0.86
7	Missouri	53	86	10	2	6,245,466	0.85
8	Kentucky	39	28	6	1	4,588,372	0.85
9	New Hampshire	12	11	3	0	1,409,032	0.85
10	Iowa	27	51	4	2	3,241,488	0.83
11	Colorado	48	91	17	5	5,957,493	0.81
12	Kansas	24	35	10	3	2,970,606	0.81
13	Tennessee	56	91	17	2	7,227,750	0.77
14	Oregon	33	94	7	3	4,272,371	0.77
15	Oklahoma	31	85	9	4	4,095,393	0.76
16	Idaho	15	51	5	0	2,001,619	0.75
17	Connecticut	27	55	9	0	3,675,069	0.73
18	Georgia	80	109	22	5	11,180,878	0.72
19	Alabama	36	52	7	3	5,157,699	0.70
20	Texas	207	384	59	5	31,290,831	0.66
21	West Virginia	11	2	2	0	1,769,979	0.62
22	Illinois	78	173	22	10	12,710,158	0.61
23	South Carolina	33	66	19	1	5,478,831	0.60
24	Washington	47	169	17	7	7,958,180	0.59
25	Wisconsin	35	67	12	1	5,960,975	0.59
26	California	225	730	41	30	39,431,263	0.57
27	Delaware	6	7	3	0	1,051,917	0.57
28	New Jersey	53	91	17	10	9,500,851	0.56
29	Montana	6	24	1	1	1,137,233	0.53
30	New York	101	147	30	12	19,867,248	0.51
31	Virginia	45	72	15	11	8,811,195	0.51
32	Wyoming	3	8	0	0	587,618	0.51
33	Massachusetts	36	62	14	5	7,136,171	0.50
34	Hawaii	7	11	2	0	1,446,146	0.48
35	Ohio	56	155	21	1	11,883,304	0.47
36	Michigan	47	94	8	12	10,140,459	0.46
37	Vermont	3	2	1	0	648,493	0.46
38	Pennsylvania	59	106	7	3	13,078,751	0.45
39	Nebraska	9	22	2	1	2,005,465	0.45
40	Indiana	29	97	11	2	6,924,275	0.42
41	New Mexico	9	12	1	2	2,130,256	0.42
42	Alaska	3	11	1	0	740,133	0.41
43	Nevada	13	55	8	1	3,267,467	0.40
44	North Dakota	3	15	0	0	796,568	0.38
45	Maryland	23	20	12	1	6,263,220	0.37
46	Rhode Island	4	16	2	0	1,112,308	0.36
47	Utah	12	46	5	1	3,503,613	0.34
48	South Dakota	3	10	3	0	924,669	0.32
49	Arizona	23	125	10	2	7,582,384	0.30
50	Minnesota	17	34	8	1	5,793,151	0.29
51	District of Columbia	2	5	2	0	702,250	0.28

Leagues and snooker count every listed place (halls and bars) with proof in its reviews or on its website. Download: pool-halls-by-state.csv. City rankings are on the pool hall capitals page.

Pool leagues

600 of the 6,426 listed places (9.3%) host pool leagues, based on their reviews or their own website. 290 of them have proof of a named league. For 359 the proof is in reviews only, for 150 it is the place's website only, and for 91 it is both. A place that hosts leagues but never says so in its reviews or on its website is not counted, so the real number is higher.

APA 254
BCA / BCAPL 82
VNEA 6
TAP 6
CSI 1

League hotspots by state and city → · Find a league near you →

What the halls have

Share of the 2,119 listed pool halls with each feature on record, from reviews or the hall's own website. Many halls have several. A hall that has a feature but never mentions it is not counted.

Counts for bars too are in pool-hall-features.csv. All features →

How many tables

9,211tables stated by 1,409 places

5,798of them at 521 pool halls

8tables at the middle pool hall that states a count

94pool halls state 20 or more tables

These totals add up only the table counts a place states itself or a review states: 231 come from the place's website, 29 from its Google description and 1,149 from a review. Most places never state a count, so they are left out and the real number of tables is far higher. We never estimate a count.

More data

Pool hall capitals: the cities with the most pool halls per person.
Underserved cities: big US cities with the fewest listed pool halls per person.
League hotspots: the states and cities with the most places with proven pool leagues.

Download the data (CSV): pool-halls-by-state.csv · pool-hall-capitals.csv · underserved-cities.csv · pool-league-states.csv · pool-league-cities.csv · pool-hall-features.csv

How we count

We count only the places we list. Each one starts as a Google Maps listing. A pool hall is listed when Google types it as a pool hall or billiards club and its name, reviews, website or description confirm pool. A bar or other venue is listed, as a bar with pool tables, only when its reviews or its own website say it has pool tables. Places whose recent reviews say they closed are left out. A feature such as leagues, snooker or 9-foot tables counts only when the place's reviews or its own website mention it.

Population figures come from the US Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 population estimates (July 1, 2024). A place is counted in the city named in its address, so a hall with a suburban mailing address counts for that suburb. Per-capita numbers count places in this directory, so a state or city may have more pool halls than we list. Last updated 2026-11-08. Questions, or a hall we missed? Email hello@poolhalls.org.