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Where to eat in California

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Eating out in California, by the numbers

Across the 34 counties these cities sit in, the median works out at 21.7 food businesses per 10,000 residents against a national median of 19.4. California is better supplied than the country as a whole.

The densest of them is San Francisco at 42.1 per 10,000; the thinnest is Madera at 11.9.

US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns (2022), counted at county level by NAICS code. Business counts, not a quality ranking.

California cities

• Alameda — 22.7 per 10k
• Alhambra — 22 per 10k
• Aliso Viejo — 24.6 per 10k
• Anaheim — 24.6 per 10k
• Antioch — 17.1 per 10k
• Apple Valley — 17.1 per 10k
• Arcadia — 22 per 10k
• Azusa — 22 per 10k
• Bakersfield — 15.2 per 10k
• Baldwin Park — 22 per 10k
• Beaumont — 16.4 per 10k
• Bell Gardens — 22 per 10k
• Bellflower — 22 per 10k
• Berkeley — 22.7 per 10k
• Brea — 24.6 per 10k
• Brentwood — 17.1 per 10k
• Buena Park — 24.6 per 10k
• Burbank — 22 per 10k
• Calexico — 13 per 10k
• Camarillo — 18.4 per 10k
• Campbell — 21.7 per 10k
• Carlsbad — 21.5 per 10k
• Carson — 22 per 10k
• Cathedral City — 16.4 per 10k
• Ceres — 16.3 per 10k
• Cerritos — 22 per 10k
• Chico — 18.6 per 10k
• Chino — 17.1 per 10k
• Chino Hills — 17.1 per 10k
• Chula Vista — 21.5 per 10k
• Citrus Heights — 18.6 per 10k
• Clovis — 16.1 per 10k
• Coachella — 16.4 per 10k
• Colton — 17.1 per 10k
• Compton — 22 per 10k
• Concord — 17.1 per 10k
• Corona — 16.4 per 10k
• Costa Mesa — 24.6 per 10k
• Covina — 22 per 10k
• Culver City — 22 per 10k
• Cupertino — 21.7 per 10k
• Cypress — 24.6 per 10k
• Daly City — 23.1 per 10k
• Danville — 17.1 per 10k
• Davis — 17.7 per 10k
• Delano — 15.2 per 10k
• Diamond Bar — 22 per 10k
• Downey — 22 per 10k
• Dublin — 22.7 per 10k
• Eastvale — 16.4 per 10k
• El Cajon — 21.5 per 10k
• El Centro — 13 per 10k
• El Monte — 22 per 10k
• Elk Grove — 18.6 per 10k
• Encinitas — 21.5 per 10k
• Escondido — 21.5 per 10k
• Fairfield — 16.3 per 10k
• Folsom — 18.6 per 10k
• Fontana — 17.1 per 10k
• Fountain Valley — 24.6 per 10k
• Fremont — 22.7 per 10k
• Fresno — 16.1 per 10k
• Fullerton — 24.6 per 10k
• Garden Grove — 24.6 per 10k
• Gardena — 22 per 10k
• Gilroy — 21.7 per 10k
• Glendale — 22 per 10k
• Glendora — 22 per 10k
• Hanford — 12.7 per 10k
• Hawthorne — 22 per 10k
• Hayward — 22.7 per 10k
• Hemet — 16.4 per 10k
• Hesperia — 17.1 per 10k
• Highland — 17.1 per 10k
• Huntington Beach — 24.6 per 10k
• Huntington Park — 22 per 10k
• Indio — 16.4 per 10k
• Inglewood — 22 per 10k
• Irvine — 24.6 per 10k
• Jurupa Valley — 16.4 per 10k
• La Habra — 24.6 per 10k
• La Mesa — 21.5 per 10k
• La Mirada — 22 per 10k
• La Puente — 22 per 10k
• La Quinta — 16.4 per 10k
• Laguna Niguel — 24.6 per 10k
• Lake Elsinore — 16.4 per 10k
• Lake Forest — 24.6 per 10k
• Lakewood — 22 per 10k
• Lancaster — 22 per 10k
• Lincoln — 22.6 per 10k
• Livermore — 22.7 per 10k
• Lodi — 14.9 per 10k
• Lompoc — 23 per 10k
• Long Beach — 22 per 10k
• Los Angeles — 22 per 10k
• Lynwood — 22 per 10k
• Madera — 11.9 per 10k
• Manteca — 14.9 per 10k
• Martinez — 17.1 per 10k
• Menifee — 16.4 per 10k
• Merced — 12.3 per 10k
• Milpitas — 21.7 per 10k
• Mission Viejo — 24.6 per 10k
• Modesto — 16.3 per 10k
• Monrovia — 22 per 10k
• Montclair — 17.1 per 10k
• Montebello — 22 per 10k
• Monterey Park — 22 per 10k
• Moreno Valley — 16.4 per 10k
• Morgan Hill — 21.7 per 10k
• Mountain View — 21.7 per 10k
• Murrieta — 16.4 per 10k
• Napa — 21.6 per 10k
• National City — 21.5 per 10k
• Newark — 22.7 per 10k
• Newport Beach — 24.6 per 10k
• Norwalk — 22 per 10k
• Novato — 22.8 per 10k
• Oakland — 22.7 per 10k
• Oakley — 17.1 per 10k
• Oceanside — 21.5 per 10k
• Ontario — 17.1 per 10k
• Orange — 24.6 per 10k
• Oxnard — 18.4 per 10k
• Pacifica — 23.1 per 10k
• Palm Desert — 16.4 per 10k
• Palm Springs — 16.4 per 10k
• Palmdale — 22 per 10k
• Palo Alto — 21.7 per 10k
• Paramount — 22 per 10k
• Pasadena — 22 per 10k
• Perris — 16.4 per 10k
• Petaluma — 22 per 10k
• Pico Rivera — 22 per 10k
• Pittsburg — 17.1 per 10k
• Placentia — 24.6 per 10k
• Pleasanton — 22.7 per 10k
• Pomona — 22 per 10k
• Porterville — 13.6 per 10k
• Poway — 21.5 per 10k
• Rancho Cordova — 18.6 per 10k
• Rancho Cucamonga — 17.1 per 10k
• Rancho Palos Verdes — 22 per 10k
• Rancho Santa Margarita — 24.6 per 10k
• Redding — 19.2 per 10k
• Redlands — 17.1 per 10k
• Redondo Beach — 22 per 10k
• Redwood City — 23.1 per 10k
• Rialto — 17.1 per 10k
• Richmond — 17.1 per 10k
• Riverside — 16.4 per 10k
• Rocklin — 22.6 per 10k
• Rohnert Park — 22 per 10k
• Rosemead — 22 per 10k
• Roseville — 22.6 per 10k
• Sacramento — 18.6 per 10k
• Salinas — 19.1 per 10k
• San Bernardino — 17.1 per 10k
• San Bruno — 23.1 per 10k
• San Buenaventura (Ventura) — 18.4 per 10k
• San Clemente — 24.6 per 10k
• San Diego — 21.5 per 10k
• San Francisco — 42.1 per 10k
• San Gabriel — 22 per 10k
• San Jacinto — 16.4 per 10k
• San Jose — 21.7 per 10k
• San Leandro — 22.7 per 10k
• San Luis Obispo — 28.5 per 10k
• San Marcos — 21.5 per 10k
• San Mateo — 23.1 per 10k
• San Rafael — 22.8 per 10k
• San Ramon — 17.1 per 10k
• Santa Ana — 24.6 per 10k
• Santa Barbara — 23 per 10k
• Santa Clara — 21.7 per 10k
• Santa Clarita — 22 per 10k
• Santa Cruz — 22.6 per 10k
• Santa Maria — 23 per 10k
• Santa Monica — 22 per 10k
• Santa Rosa — 22 per 10k
• Santee — 21.5 per 10k
• Simi Valley — 18.4 per 10k
• South Gate — 22 per 10k
• South San Francisco — 23.1 per 10k
• Stanton — 24.6 per 10k
• Stockton — 14.9 per 10k
• Sunnyvale — 21.7 per 10k
• Temecula — 16.4 per 10k
• Thousand Oaks — 18.4 per 10k
• Torrance — 22 per 10k
• Tracy — 14.9 per 10k
• Tulare — 13.6 per 10k
• Turlock — 16.3 per 10k
• Tustin — 24.6 per 10k
• Union City — 22.7 per 10k
• Upland — 17.1 per 10k
• Vacaville — 16.3 per 10k
• Vallejo — 16.3 per 10k
• Victorville — 17.1 per 10k
• Visalia — 13.6 per 10k
• Vista — 21.5 per 10k
• Walnut Creek — 17.1 per 10k
• Watsonville — 22.6 per 10k
• West Covina — 22 per 10k
• West Sacramento — 17.7 per 10k
• Westminster — 24.6 per 10k
• Whittier — 22 per 10k
• Woodland — 17.7 per 10k
• Yorba Linda — 24.6 per 10k
• Yuba City — 16.1 per 10k
• Yucaipa — 17.1 per 10k

Guides

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