Industry · NAICS 7139

Other amusement and recreation industries

The United States has 81,659 employer establishments in other amusement and recreation industries (2.4 per 10,000 residents), employing 1,426,535 people at an average annual pay of $26,185, plus 148,543 nonemployer businesses.

In the United States

Establishments
81,659
148,543 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents
2.4
Paid employees
1,426,535
Average annual pay
$26,185

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
Other amusement and recreation industries by residents per establishment
#Placevs US
1Corbin, KY149,5931212,4660.80.33×157$16,70763
2McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX901,0967911,4060.90.36×1,815$17,316267
3Visalia, CA480,8164311,1820.90.37×677$27,73199
4Anderson Creek, NC141,7721310,9060.90.38×155$15,08462
5Las Cruces, NM225,9662110,7600.90.38×351$14,89249
6Yuma, AZ214,2282010,7110.90.39×248$19,37544
7Hanford-Corcoran, CA153,1971510,21310.40×318$24,47226
8Merced, CA294,3192910,14910.41×546$32,73147
9El Centro, CA180,6831810,03810.41×195$22,99029
10Alexandria, LA148,419159,89510.42×143$13,05661
11Wildwood-The Villages, FL151,889169,4931.10.43×224$15,75964
12Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL824,794909,1641.10.45×1,241$21,998271
13Brownsville-Harlingen, TX428,906498,7531.10.47×684$17,329158
14Richmond-Berea, KY127,624158,5081.20.48×185$10,70844
15Lumberton, NC118,005148,4291.20.49×119$14,99219
16Bakersfield-Delano, CA917,5991108,3421.20.49×1,868$24,208153
17Stockton-Lodi, CA806,055978,3101.20.50×1,705$24,464213
18Clarksville, TN-KY340,083418,2951.20.50×615$16,702107
19Lawton, OK127,338167,9591.30.52×173$14,43930
20Wichita Falls, TX149,635197,8761.30.52×393$16,89357
21Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ124,716167,7951.30.53×156$13,19250
22Salisbury, MD130,620177,6841.30.54×430$14,09565
23Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH368,327487,6731.30.54×839$17,490124
24Fresno, CA1,188,9361567,6211.30.54×2,131$25,281245
25Decatur, AL158,918217,5681.30.54×215$17,38164

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 7139 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)