Industry · NAICS 713

Amusement, gambling and recreation industries

The United States has 89,540 employer establishments in amusement, gambling and recreation industries (2.7 per 10,000 residents), employing 1,794,693 people at an average annual pay of $28,539, plus 171,828 nonemployer businesses.

In the United States

Establishments
89,540
171,828 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents
2.7
Paid employees
1,794,693
Average annual pay
$28,539

Places ranked by residents per establishment

Places ranked by residents per establishment: more residents for each business, fewer competitors per resident. A count, not a measure of demand: retirement areas, low incomes or tourism change what a business needs.

Places
State
Size
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries by residents per establishment
#Placevs US
1Anderson Creek, NC141,7721410,12710.37×156$15,56466
2Visalia, CA480,8164810,01710.38×1,389$38,222112
3Corbin, KY149,593159,97310.38×310$26,18474
4Wildwood-The Villages, FL151,889169,4931.10.40×224$15,75974
5McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX901,096989,1951.10.41×2,226$19,067310
6Las Cruces, NM225,966259,0391.10.42×488$14,71757
7Hanford-Corcoran, CA153,197179,0121.10.42×350$23,37433
8Yuma, AZ214,228248,9261.10.42×290$21,30749
9Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL824,794938,8691.10.42×2,670$26,779331
10Merced, CA294,319348,6561.20.43×596$33,20660
11El Centro, CA180,683218,6041.20.44×305$30,02637
12Richmond-Berea, KY127,624158,5081.20.44×185$10,70851
13Alexandria, LA148,419188,2461.20.46×184$12,28880
14Bakersfield-Delano, CA917,5991227,5211.30.50×2,329$25,303176
15Elkhart-Goshen, IN207,133287,3981.40.51×318$23,30573
16Stockton-Lodi, CA806,0551097,3951.40.51×2,017$26,592256
17Lumberton, NC118,005167,3751.40.51×127$14,31531
18Salisbury, MD130,620187,2571.40.52×465$14,41774
19Decatur, AL158,918227,2241.40.52×215$17,56765
20Brownsville-Harlingen, TX428,906607,1481.40.53×916$18,360174
21Springfield, OH135,342197,1231.40.53×308$21,49042
22Clarksville, TN-KY340,083487,0851.40.53×738$17,159122
23Lawton, OK127,338187,0741.40.53×240$18,70449
24Sumter, SC104,396156,9601.40.54×233$15,05231
25Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ124,716186,9291.40.54×165$13,01254

1–25 of 398 places

Sources: County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024).

  • Residents per establishment is the place's population estimate for 2023 divided by its establishments; more residents per business means fewer competitors per resident. Places with fewer than the minimum establishments are left out because a handful of businesses makes the ratio jump around.
  • Metro areas are made of whole counties and their figures are the exact sums of those counties'. A metro area is listed under its principal state.
  • This compares counts of businesses with counts of residents. It does not measure demand, spending power, visitors, the size or quality of the businesses, or whether a market is open. Employment and payroll carry the Census Bureau's noise infusion.
  • County Business Patterns 2023 uses NAICS 2017 codes; the nonemployer figures use NAICS 2022. Industries are matched by name between editions.
  • Growth needs a second reference year of County Business Patterns in the same industry classification; only 2023 is loaded, so there is no growth column yet.

Federal contracts in this industry

Federal agencies obligated $20.8M on contracts under NAICS 713 in fiscal year 2026, nationwide (338 awards, each counted once per county where it was performed).

Metro areas

  1. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$4.1M20%
    6 awards
  2. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$3M14%
    27 awards
  3. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$2.8M13%
    8 awards
  4. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$2.1M10%
    15 awards
  5. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$1.6M7.6%
    6 awards
  6. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$845.5K4.1%
    9 awards
  7. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$762K3.7%
    5 awards
  8. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$490.3K2.4%
    5 awards
  9. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$443.6K2.1%
    7 awards
  10. Kill Devil Hills, NC$430.5K2.1%
    1 award

Counties

  1. Collin County, TX$3.6M17%
    2 awards
  2. Hennepin County, MN$2.7M13%
    4 awards
  3. Miami-Dade County, FL$2M9.5%
    12 awards
  4. District of Columbia, DC$1.8M8.6%
    8 awards
  5. DeKalb County, GA$1.1M5.4%
    2 awards
  6. Denton County, TX$477.1K2.3%
    3 awards
  7. Nassau County, NY$448.7K2.2%
    2 awards
  8. Los Angeles County, CA$445.3K2.1%
    4 awards
  9. Fairfax County, VA$434.9K2.1%
    5 awards
  10. Dare County, NC$430.5K2.1%
    1 award

Cities and towns

  1. Plymouth city, MN$2.7M13%
    3 awards
  2. Miami city, FL$1.9M9.2%
    9 awards
  3. Washington city, DC$1.8M8.6%
    8 awards
  4. Lucas city, TX$1.5M7.0%
    2 awards
  5. Allen city, TX$1.1M5.3%
    2 awards
  6. Parker city, TX$753.9K3.6%
    2 awards
  7. North Druid Hills CDP, GA$410K2.0%
    1 award
  8. Kings Point village, NY$339.8K1.6%
    1 award
  9. Springfield CDP, VA$313.6K1.5%
    2 awards
  10. Juneau city and borough, AK$303.7K1.5%
    5 awards

Where the work was performed, as agencies report it (often the contractor's office). Metro areas are the exact sums of their counties. Cities are estimated: each action's county money split by the share of its ZIP code's land inside the city, so a city's figure is part of its county's.

USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS)