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The big game: barbecue, cheesesteaks, and sports bars

February 06, 2025

Got plans for the big game this weekend? A few hours of TV watching are on tap for many. While all sorts of eating and drinking establishments might be showing the event, a sports bar is a sure thing.

The highest concentration of establishments in the United States with “sports bar” in the name was in the St. Cloud, Minnesota, metropolitan area in first quarter 2024. With a location quotient of 10.1, the area had more than 10 times the average concentration of sports bars for the nation.

For those that want to be around the festivities but not inside the stadium, the New Orleans-Metairie, Louisiana, metropolitan area had more than twice the average concentration of sports bars from which they can watch. The Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington (location quotient of 1.3), and Kansas City (location quotient of 0.7), metropolitan areas’ concentrations were nearer the U.S. average.

Concentration of establishments with "sports bar" in name (location quotient), selected metropolitan areas, first quarter 2024
Metropolitan area Location quotient

Abilene, TX

1.6

Akron, OH

1.9

Albany, GA

1.9

Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY

1.4

Albuquerque, NM

0.5

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ

2.2

Amarillo, TX

2.0

Anchorage, AK

0.6

Appleton, WI

6.2

Asheville, NC

0.4

Athens-Clarke County, GA

1.1

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

1.0

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ

1.3

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC

0.5

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX

0.9

Bakersfield-Delano, CA

1.6

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD

0.6

Barnstable Town, MA

0.7

Baton Rouge, LA

0.5

Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX

0.9

Beckley, WV

2.0

Bellingham, WA

3.1

Bend, OR

1.6

Binghamton, NY

2.7

Bismarck, ND

3.9

Bloomington, IL

2.2

Boise City, ID

0.4

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

0.5

Bowling Green, KY

1.2

Brownsville-Harlingen, TX

4.0

Burlington-South Burlington, VT

0.6

Canton-Massillon, OH

2.2

Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL

1.3

Cape Girardeau, MO-IL

4.6

Carson City, NV

7.1

Casper, WY

1.8

Cedar Rapids, IA

1.6

Champaign-Urbana, IL

1.5

Charleston, WV

1.0

Charleston-North Charleston, SC

0.5

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC

1.0

Charlottesville, VA

0.8

Chattanooga, TN-GA

0.4

Chico, CA

0.8

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN

2.1

Coeur d'Alene, ID

0.9

College Station-Bryan, TX

1.2

Colorado Springs, CO

0.5

Columbia, SC

0.9

Columbus, GA-AL

3.8

Columbus, OH

1.7

Corpus Christi, TX

4.1

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL

0.6

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

1.2

Dalton, GA

2.2

Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL

4.9

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL

1.8

Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA

2.4

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

1.4

Duluth, MN-WI

5.7

Durham-Chapel Hill, NC

0.4

Eau Claire, WI

4.2

El Centro, CA

0.8

El Paso, TX

1.7

Erie, PA

2.2

Eugene-Springfield, OR

1.6

Fargo, ND-MN

1.3

Farmington, NM

2.4

Fayetteville, NC

4.5

Flint, MI

1.8

Fond du Lac, WI

2.9

Fort Collins-Loveland, CO

0.5

Gainesville, FL

0.7

Goldsboro, NC

2.9

Grand Forks, ND-MN

1.9

Grand Island, NE

8.8

Grand Junction, CO

2.4

Grants Pass, OR

2.5

Great Falls, MT

2.3

Greeley, CO

1.4

Green Bay, WI

4.0

Greensboro-High Point, NC

1.0

Gulfport-Biloxi, MS

6.3

Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV

1.9

Hammond, LA

5.9

Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA

1.9

Harrisonburg, VA

1.9

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT

0.7

Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC

0.8

Homosassa Springs, FL

2.0

Hot Springs, AR

2.2

Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA

2.6

Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH

0.7

Huntsville, AL

0.9

Idaho Falls, ID

1.1

Iowa City, IA

1.2

Ithaca, NY

2.6

Jackson, MI

2.1

Jackson, MS

0.4

Jackson, TN

1.5

Jacksonville, FL

0.7

Jacksonville, NC

3.4

Janesville-Beloit, WI

5.6

Johnson City, TN

1.4

Johnstown, PA

2.2

Kalamazoo-Portage, MI

1.1

Kansas City, MO-KS

0.7

Kennewick-Richland, WA

1.9

Knoxville, TN

0.3

La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN

1.5

Lafayette, LA

2.7

Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN

4.3

Lake Charles, LA

2.1

Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ

1.4

Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL

0.8

Lancaster, PA

1.5

Lansing-East Lansing, MI

1.2

Laredo, TX

1.2

Las Cruces, NM

2.5

Lebanon, PA

2.5

Lewiston, ID-WA

3.6

Lewiston-Auburn, ME

2.1

Lexington-Fayette, KY

0.7

Lincoln, NE

2.8

Longview, TX

1.0

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

0.4

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN

1.0

Lubbock, TX

4.5

Lynchburg, VA

1.8

Madison, WI

3.0

Manchester-Nashua, NH

4.6

Manhattan, KS

4.1

Mansfield, OH

2.5

McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX

2.1

Medford, OR

0.8

Memphis, TN-MS-AR

0.9

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

0.6

Michigan City-La Porte, IN

8.7

Midland, TX

1.1

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

1.3

Mobile, AL

1.2

Modesto, CA

0.4

Montgomery, AL

0.7

Morgantown, WV

1.5

Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA

2.0

Napa, CA

1.1

Naples-Marco Island, FL

0.8

Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN

0.7

New Haven, CT

0.4

New Orleans-Metairie, LA

2.3

North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL

1.2

Ocala, FL

0.7

Odessa, TX

1.7

Oklahoma City, OK

0.1

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL

0.5

Oshkosh-Neenah, WI

5.0

Owensboro, KY

1.9

Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA

0.9

Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL

2.7

Parkersburg-Vienna, WV

2.7

Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL

2.0

Peoria, IL

5.6

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

1.3

Pittsburgh, PA

1.8

Pocatello, ID

4.6

Port St. Lucie, FL

0.9

Portland-South Portland, ME

1.1

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA

1.4

Providence-Warwick, RI-MA

0.9

Punta Gorda, FL

1.2

Raleigh-Cary, NC

0.8

Rapid City, SD

2.0

Reno, NV

4.9

Richmond, VA

0.5

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA

1.1

Roanoke, VA

0.7

Rochester, MN

4.9

Rochester, NY

1.8

Rockford, IL

3.2

Rome, GA

2.9

Saginaw, MI

1.6

Salem, OR

2.8

San Angelo, TX

2.3

San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX

2.6

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA

0.5

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

0.7

Sandusky, OH

2.2

Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA

0.4

Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA

0.3

Savannah, GA

2.2

Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA

3.7

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

1.3

Shreveport-Bossier City, LA

1.2

Sioux City, IA-NE-SD

1.5

South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI

1.9

Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA

0.5

Springfield, IL

2.8

Springfield, MA

0.8

Springfield, MO

1.0

Springfield, OH

8.4

St. Cloud, MN

10.1

St. George, UT

1.8

St. Joseph, MO-KS

2.0

St. Louis, MO-IL

2.1

Stockton-Lodi, CA

1.0

Syracuse, NY

0.9

Tallahassee, FL

1.1

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

1.4

Terre Haute, IN

1.9

Texarkana, TX-AR

2.0

Toledo, OH

1.9

Topeka, KS

3.4

Tucson, AZ

0.3

Tulsa, OK

0.4

Twin Falls, ID

3.0

Urban Honolulu, HI

1.8

Utica-Rome, NY

2.2

Victoria, TX

2.8

Waco, TX

2.1

Walla Walla, WA

4.2

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

0.4

Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA

2.9

Wausau, WI

5.6

Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH

7.6

Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA

3.5

Wichita, KS

2.1

Williamsport, PA

2.4

Wilmington, NC

1.3

Winston-Salem, NC

0.8

Yakima, WA

3.6

York-Hanover, PA

2.3

Yuma, AZ

9.0

What’s a sporting event without food? For the second time in three years, teams from Kansas City and Philadelphia will be squaring off for the big game. We all know how famous Philly is for cheesesteaks, though in that area they are sometimes just referred to as steaks. Establishments with the words “cheesesteak” or “cheese steak” in the name were highly concentrated in some metropolitan areas in the state of Pennsylvania, including Gettysburg (location quotient of 18.9), Lebanon (14.6), and State College (11.7).

Concentration of establishments with "cheesesteak" or "cheese steak" in name (location quotient), selected metropolitan areas, first quarter 2024
Metropolitan area Location quotient

Anchorage, AK

3.7

Ann Arbor, MI

3.8

Asheville, NC

2.4

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

1.9

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ

3.7

Charleston-North Charleston, SC

2.8

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC

4.8

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN

5.1

Colorado Springs, CO

4.5

Columbus, OH

0.7

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

2.6

Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL

9.8

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

3.7

Durham-Chapel Hill, NC

2.1

Fort Collins-Loveland, CO

2.6

Gettysburg, PA

18.9

Greeley, CO

4.2

Greensboro-High Point, NC

1.9

Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA

2.7

Harrisonburg, VA

11.2

Idaho Falls, ID

6.3

Jacksonville, FL

0.8

Kennewick-Richland, WA

11.4

Knoxville, TN

1.5

Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL

2.4

Lebanon, PA

14.6

Lexington-Fayette, KY

2.0

Lincoln, NE

4.1

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

0.2

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN

14.0

Lubbock, TX

4.4

Merced, CA

5.1

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

0.5

Naples-Marco Island, FL

2.3

New Haven, CT

4.3

New Orleans-Metairie, LA

4.5

North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL

3.5

Oklahoma City, OK

0.9

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL

1.8

Owensboro, KY

22.5

Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL

6.7

Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL

5.9

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

1.4

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA

2.4

Port St. Lucie, FL

5.2

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA

0.3

Roanoke, VA

4.2

St. George, UT

5.2

St. Louis, MO-IL

0.4

San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX

2.2

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA

3.6

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

2.0

Savannah, GA

3.2

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

0.7

Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA

2.7

Springfield, MO

8.4

State College, PA

11.7

Stockton-Lodi, CA

1.9

Syracuse, NY

7.5

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

3.2

Terre Haute, IN

11.3

Tucson, AZ

1.8

Tulsa, OK

1.3

Warner Robins, GA

10.2

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

0.6

Wilmington, NC

2.5

Philly is to cheesesteak what KC is to BBQ (or is it). The Kansas City metropolitan area had a slightly higher than average concentration of establishments with “barbecue”, “barbeque”, “BBQ”, or “bar-b-q” in the name. Many metropolitan areas in the south had more than twice the average concentration of barbecue locations.

Concentration of establishments with "barbecue", "barbeque", "bbq", or "bar-b-q" in name (location quotient), selected metropolitan areas, first quarter 2024
Metropolitan area Location quotient

Abilene, TX

2.1

Akron, OH

0.8

Albany, GA

0.4

Albany, OR

1.2

Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY

0.7

Albuquerque, NM

0.5

Alexandria, LA

1.9

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ

0.6

Altoona, PA

1.0

Amarillo, TX

2.5

Ames, IA

1.7

Anchorage, AK

1.0

Ann Arbor, MI

1.2

Anniston-Oxford, AL

1.7

Appleton, WI

0.5

Asheville, NC

1.5

Athens-Clarke County, GA

1.5

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

1.4

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ

0.7

Auburn-Opelika, AL

3.2

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC

1.3

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX

1.8

Bakersfield-Delano, CA

0.9

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD

0.9

Bangor, ME

0.6

Barnstable Town, MA

0.7

Baton Rouge, LA

0.9

Battle Creek, MI

0.6

Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX

3.3

Beckley, WV

0.9

Bellingham, WA

1.6

Bend, OR

0.6

Billings, MT

0.2

Binghamton, NY

1.2

Bismarck, ND

0.6

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA

1.4

Bloomington, IL

1.0

Bloomington, IN

1.3

Boise City, ID

1.4

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

0.5

Boulder, CO

0.7

Bowling Green, KY

1.3

Brownsville-Harlingen, TX

0.7

Burlington, NC

2.3

Burlington-South Burlington, VT

0.6

Canton-Massillon, OH

1.5

Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL

0.5

Cape Girardeau, MO-IL

3.1

Carson City, NV

3.2

Casper, WY

0.8

Cedar Rapids, IA

0.7

Champaign-Urbana, IL

1.6

Charleston, WV

0.4

Charleston-North Charleston, SC

1.3

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC

1.0

Charlottesville, VA

1.3

Chattanooga, TN-GA

2.2

Cheyenne, WY

0.7

Chico, CA

0.5

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN

0.8

Clarksville, TN-KY

1.9

Cleveland, TN

1.2

Coeur d'Alene, ID

1.0

College Station-Bryan, TX

3.8

Colorado Springs, CO

0.6

Columbia, MO

0.6

Columbia, SC

1.5

Columbus, GA-AL

5.1

Columbus, IN

0.8

Columbus, OH

1.0

Corpus Christi, TX

2.3

Corvallis, OR

1.0

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL

1.0

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

1.9

Dalton, GA

2.5

Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL

0.6

Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL

0.6

Decatur, AL

4.2

Decatur, IL

1.6

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL

1.2

Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA

0.8

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

0.7

Dothan, AL

1.7

Dover, DE

0.6

Dubuque, IA

0.9

Duluth, MN-WI

0.6

Durham-Chapel Hill, NC

1.0

Eau Claire, WI

0.3

El Centro, CA

0.3

Elizabethtown, KY

1.2

Elkhart-Goshen, IN

0.9

El Paso, TX

1.3

Enid, OK

2.8

Erie, PA

1.2

Eugene-Springfield, OR

1.2

Fargo, ND-MN

0.5

Farmington, NM

3.2

Fayetteville, NC

1.6

Flagstaff, AZ

1.6

Flint, MI

1.0

Florence, SC

2.3

Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL

5.1

Fond du Lac, WI

1.3

Fort Collins-Loveland, CO

0.8

Fort Smith, AR-OK

1.7

Fort Wayne, IN

1.5

Fresno, CA

0.6

Gadsden, AL

1.3

Gainesville, FL

2.0

Gainesville, GA

1.4

Gettysburg, PA

0.7

Glens Falls, NY

0.9

Goldsboro, NC

4.5

Grand Junction, CO

0.5

Grants Pass, OR

1.1

Great Falls, MT

0.5

Greeley, CO

0.5

Green Bay, WI

0.5

Greensboro-High Point, NC

1.7

Greenville, NC

2.9

Gulfport-Biloxi, MS

2.0

Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV

1.1

Hammond, LA

1.8

Hanford-Corcoran, CA

0.3

Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA

1.6

Harrisonburg, VA

0.4

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT

0.4

Hattiesburg, MS

2.6

Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC

3.0

Homosassa Springs, FL

1.3

Hot Springs, AR

0.5

Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA

0.6

Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH

0.9

Huntsville, AL

3.4

Idaho Falls, ID

0.7

Iowa City, IA

0.8

Ithaca, NY

0.6

Jackson, MI

0.9

Jackson, MS

1.9

Jackson, TN

4.4

Jacksonville, FL

1.6

Jacksonville, NC

3.1

Jefferson City, MO

0.8

Johnson City, TN

1.9

Johnstown, PA

1.0

Jonesboro, AR

3.8

Kalamazoo-Portage, MI

0.7

Kankakee, IL

0.7

Kansas City, MO-KS

1.3

Kennewick-Richland, WA

0.9

Killeen-Temple, TX

3.5

Kingston, NY

0.8

Knoxville, TN

1.4

Kokomo, IN

0.9

La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN

0.3

Lafayette, LA

0.3

Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN

1.3

Lake Charles, LA

0.7

Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ

1.0

Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL

2.2

Lancaster, PA

0.9

Lansing-East Lansing, MI

1.1

Laredo, TX

1.9

Las Cruces, NM

0.9

Lawrence, KS

1.8

Lawton, OK

2.3

Lewiston-Auburn, ME

1.4

Lexington-Fayette, KY

0.7

Lincoln, NE

0.8

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR

1.3

Logan, UT-ID

0.3

Longview, TX

2.7

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

0.9

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN

1.0

Lubbock, TX

1.9

Lynchburg, VA

1.0

Macon-Bibb County, GA

2.9

Madison, WI

0.7

Manchester-Nashua, NH

0.8

Manhattan, KS

1.9

Mansfield, OH

0.6

McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX

2.4

Medford, OR

0.6

Memphis, TN-MS-AR

2.3

Merced, CA

0.6

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

0.4

Michigan City-La Porte, IN

0.7

Midland, MI

1.1

Midland, TX

2.0

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

0.6

Missoula, MT

1.0

Mobile, AL

1.6

Modesto, CA

1.3

Monroe, LA

1.4

Monroe, MI

0.6

Montgomery, AL

2.2

Morgantown, WV

0.7

Morristown, TN

0.6

Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA

2.2

Muncie, IN

1.4

Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI

1.4

Napa, CA

1.5

Naples-Marco Island, FL

0.4

Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN

1.7

New Haven, CT

0.1

New Orleans-Metairie, LA

0.7

North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL

0.7

Ocala, FL

1.4

Odessa, TX

2.7

Oklahoma City, OK

1.3

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL

0.9

Oshkosh-Neenah, WI

0.8

Owensboro, KY

0.9

Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA

1.4

Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL

1.3

Parkersburg-Vienna, WV

0.6

Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL

1.1

Peoria, IL

1.7

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

0.7

Pittsburgh, PA

1.0

Pittsfield, MA

0.3

Pocatello, ID

1.0

Portland-South Portland, ME

0.7

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA

0.8

Port St. Lucie, FL

1.0

Providence-Warwick, RI-MA

0.4

Pueblo, CO

0.8

Raleigh-Cary, NC

0.9

Rapid City, SD

0.5

Reading, PA

1.5

Redding, CA

0.6

Reno, NV

1.1

Richmond, VA

0.9

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA

1.0

Roanoke, VA

1.3

Rochester, MN

1.4

Rochester, NY

0.8

Rockford, IL

1.7

Rocky Mount, NC

1.9

Rome, GA

1.3

Saginaw, MI

0.7

St. Cloud, MN

0.3

St. George, UT

1.0

St. Joseph, MO-KS

0.9

St. Louis, MO-IL

0.9

Salem, OR

0.7

Salinas, CA

0.7

Salisbury, MD

0.5

San Angelo, TX

3.1

San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX

1.3

Sandusky, OH

2.0

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA

1.0

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

1.2

Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA

0.8

Santa Fe, NM

0.5

Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA

0.8

Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA

0.8

Savannah, GA

0.9

Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA

1.0

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

1.2

Sebring, FL

1.2

Sheboygan, WI

1.1

Sherman-Denison, TX

2.5

Shreveport-Bossier City, LA

1.5

Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ

4.4

Sioux City, IA-NE-SD

0.3

South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI

1.1

Spartanburg, SC

1.9

Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA

0.9

Springfield, IL

1.6

Springfield, MA

0.3

Springfield, MO

2.4

Springfield, OH

0.6

State College, PA

0.5

Stockton-Lodi, CA

1.6

Sumter, SC

1.4

Syracuse, NY

0.5

Tallahassee, FL

0.9

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

0.9

Terre Haute, IN

1.3

Texarkana, TX-AR

2.7

Toledo, OH

1.3

Topeka, KS

0.5

Tucson, AZ

1.3

Tulsa, OK

1.8

Tuscaloosa, AL

1.6

Twin Falls, ID

0.3

Tyler, TX

2.1

Urban Honolulu, HI

3.6

Utica-Rome, NY

0.5

Valdosta, GA

0.8

Victoria, TX

1.3

Waco, TX

2.4

Walla Walla, WA

0.9

Warner Robins, GA

2.3

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

0.9

Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA

1.3

Watertown-Fort Drum, NY

0.6

Wausau, WI

0.4

Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH

1.7

Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA

2.0

Wheeling, WV-OH

0.8

Wichita, KS

1.9

Wichita Falls, TX

2.6

Williamsport, PA

1.1

Wilmington, NC

1.0

Winchester, VA-WV

1.6

Winston-Salem, NC

2.2

Yakima, WA

0.8

York-Hanover, PA

0.9

Yuba City, CA

0.5

Yuma, AZ

2.0

Whether you are in Kansas City, Philadelphia, New Orleans, or anywhere else in the country, we hope you enjoyed this (tasty) preview!

These data are from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. We also have charts and maps on the latest QCEW data release. QCEW Location Quotient Details provides more information on location quotients and how they are calculated.

SUGGESTED CITATION

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, The big game: barbecue, cheesesteaks, and sports bars at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2025/the-big-game-barbecue-cheesesteaks-and-sports-bars.htm (visited March 20, 2025).

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