Rice rankings: where is there the most rice per person?

RiceMaps counts the places that serve rice dishes in and around each big city and divides by its 2020 Census population. Cities of 100,000 people or more.

Most rice per person

#	City	Rice places	People	Per 100,000
1	Orlando, Florida	1,061	307,785	344.7
2	Miami, Florida	1,408	442,244	318.4
3	Berkeley, California	307	124,320	246.9
4	Orange, California	326	139,930	233.0
5	San Francisco, California	2,004	878,392	228.1
6	Garden Grove, California	381	171,976	221.5
7	McAllen, Texas	314	142,188	220.8
8	Richardson, Texas	251	119,465	210.1
9	Santa Clara, California	268	127,863	209.6
10	Tampa, Florida	783	385,288	203.2
11	Pasadena, California	283	139,622	202.7
12	Cambridge, Massachusetts	222	118,379	187.5
13	Costa Mesa, California	209	112,187	186.3
14	San Mateo, California	193	105,663	182.7
15	Torrance, California	262	146,946	178.3
16	West Palm Beach, Florida	207	117,321	176.4
17	Carrollton, Texas	229	133,440	171.6
18	Fremont, California	395	230,497	171.4
19	Tempe, Arizona	313	184,208	169.9
20	Sugar Land, Texas	188	111,040	169.3
21	Ann Arbor, Michigan	205	123,892	165.5
22	Sunnyvale, California	253	155,631	162.6
23	Plano, Texas	461	285,464	161.5
24	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	488	302,960	161.1
25	Temecula, California	175	109,990	159.1

Rice deserts: the fewest rice places per person

Large cities where RiceMaps finds the fewest rice places for their size. A low number can also mean OpenStreetMap has few restaurants mapped there.

#	City	Rice places	People	Per 100,000
1	New Bedford, Massachusetts	5	101,079	4.9
2	Paterson, New Jersey	11	159,759	6.9
3	Waterbury, Connecticut	8	114,457	7.0
4	Springfield, Massachusetts	12	155,927	7.7
5	South Fulton, Georgia	10	108,074	9.3
6	Montgomery, Alabama	21	200,588	10.5
7	Lynn, Massachusetts	11	101,261	10.9
8	Elizabeth, New Jersey	16	137,310	11.7
9	Brockton, Massachusetts	13	105,654	12.3
10	Jackson, Mississippi	20	153,703	13.0
11	Stamford, Connecticut	18	135,453	13.3
12	Memphis, Tennessee	94	628,546	15.0
13	North Las Vegas, Nevada	42	259,472	16.2
14	Hartford, Connecticut	20	121,631	16.4
15	Kenosha, Wisconsin	19	100,005	19.0
16	Macon-Bibb County, Georgia	30	157,345	19.1
17	Mobile, Alabama	40	206,932	19.3
18	Lee's Summit, Missouri	20	101,122	19.8
19	Shreveport, Louisiana	38	187,540	20.3
20	Lowell, Massachusetts	25	115,560	21.6
21	Independence, Missouri	27	122,926	22.0
22	Wichita, Kansas	94	397,572	23.6
23	Little Rock, Arkansas	53	202,531	26.2
24	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	52	192,721	27.0
25	Columbus, Georgia	56	206,918	27.1

States

#	State	Rice places	People	Per 100,000
1	California	41,158	39,555,674	104.1
2	District of Columbia	636	689,545	92.2
3	New York	16,910	20,203,772	83.7
4	Texas	24,307	29,149,458	83.4
5	Arizona	5,310	7,158,110	74.2
6	Florida	15,502	21,538,192	72.0
7	Illinois	8,740	12,821,814	68.2
8	Delaware	655	989,955	66.2
9	North Carolina	6,495	10,441,499	62.2
10	Oregon	2,501	4,237,224	59.0
11	Hawaii	810	1,455,252	55.7
12	Washington	4,179	7,707,586	54.2
13	Utah	1,592	3,271,608	48.7
14	Indiana	3,293	6,786,587	48.5
15	Pennsylvania	6,309	13,002,909	48.5
16	Colorado	2,687	5,775,324	46.5
17	Ohio	5,413	11,799,453	45.9
18	Kentucky	2,052	4,506,302	45.5
19	Virginia	3,898	8,631,388	45.2
20	Michigan	4,529	10,079,338	44.9
21	Nevada	1,220	3,105,595	39.3
22	New Mexico	719	2,117,555	34.0
23	Maryland	2,014	6,181,629	32.6
24	South Carolina	1,617	5,118,252	31.6
25	West Virginia	566	1,793,736	31.6
26	Alaska	224	733,395	30.5
27	New Hampshire	403	1,377,546	29.3
28	Wyoming	158	576,844	27.4
29	Idaho	491	1,839,140	26.7
30	Montana	287	1,084,216	26.5
31	Vermont	170	643,082	26.4
32	Massachusetts	1,858	7,033,132	26.4
33	Nebraska	504	1,961,996	25.7
34	Kansas	744	2,937,745	25.3
35	Connecticut	901	3,607,701	25.0
36	Georgia	2,633	10,713,755	24.6
37	Oklahoma	934	3,959,405	23.6
38	New Jersey	2,173	9,289,014	23.4
39	Minnesota	1,331	5,706,692	23.3
40	Wisconsin	1,337	5,894,170	22.7
41	Iowa	695	3,190,546	21.8
42	South Dakota	193	886,729	21.8
43	Tennessee	1,473	6,912,347	21.3
44	Missouri	1,290	6,154,854	21.0
45	Alabama	1,020	5,025,369	20.3
46	Arkansas	606	3,011,553	20.1
47	Maine	257	1,363,196	18.9
48	Rhode Island	191	1,097,354	17.4
49	Louisiana	789	4,657,874	16.9
50	North Dakota	121	779,046	15.5
51	Mississippi	340	2,961,278	11.5

How to read this. "In and around" means every rice place inside a circle around the city's centre that has the same area as the city (between 3 and 20 km in radius), or, if larger, the places labeled with the city's name, so a small dense city next to a large one counts its neighbour's places too, and a downtown that serves a whole region scores high. Rice places are restaurants whose cuisine or name points to rice, not a checked menu. Population: 2020 Census (U.S. Census Bureau). Places: OpenStreetMap contributors.