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Craving Coffee? These States Are The Most Reliant on Coffee

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Which U.S. states need caffeine the most to get through the day?


Americans love their coffee.  From early-morning commutes in New York to lazy weekend refills in Seattle, coffee is an inseparable part of American life. But have you ever wondered which state runs on coffee the most?

🧮 How the Rankings Were Calculated

To find out where coffee is most essential to daily life, our study ranked all 50 U.S. states using four key indicators of coffee reliance:”

  • 🕒 Average hours worked per week — from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025)

  • ☕ Coffee shops per capita — total number of cafés and chains per 100,000 people

  • 💤 Insufficient sleep rates — percentage of residents sleeping under 7 hours nightly (CDC data)

  • 🔍 ‘Coffee near me’ search frequency — Google Trends interest across 12 months

Top 5 States running on caffeine

  1. Rank State Coffee Reliance
    1 Louisiana ☕☕☕☕☕☕
    2 West Virginia ☕☕☕☕☕☕
    3 Alaska ☕☕☕☕☕
    4 Alabama ☕☕☕☕☕
    5 Arkansas ☕☕☕☕
    6 Texas ☕☕☕☕
    7 Kentucky ☕☕☕☕
    8 Tennessee ☕☕☕
    9 Hawaii ☕☕☕
    10 Nevada ☕☕

 Bottom 5 States running on coffee.

  1. Rank State Composite Coffee Reliance
    46 Vermont ☕
    47 Colorado ☕
    48 Nebraska ☕
    49 Wisconsin
    50 Minnesota

Full Ranking

Rank State Hours Worked Number of coffee shops per capita Insufficient Sleep Data Coffee near me search Normalized Hours Worked Normalized Coffee Shops Normalized Poor Sleep Normalized Coffee Search Composite Score
1 Louisiana 36.5 21.4 40.5 55 1.00 0.18 0.66 0.34 0.58
2 West Virginia 35.1 20.3 42.6 32 0.68 0.16 0.79 0.00 0.43
3 Alaska 33.9 73.5 37.6 58 0.41 1.00 0.48 0.38 0.40
4 Alabama 34.7 18.2 41.4 49 0.59 0.13 0.72 0.25 0.38
5 Arkansas 34.9 21 39.9 47 0.64 0.17 0.62 0.22 0.37
6 Texas 35.8 20.9 37.1 53 0.84 0.17 0.45 0.31 0.37
7 Kentucky 35 17.8 39.6 41 0.66 0.12 0.60 0.13 0.36
8 Tennessee 34.6 24.2 39.8 64 0.57 0.22 0.62 0.47 0.36
9 Hawaii 33 10.3 45.9 100 0.20 0.00 1.00 1.00 0.35
10 Nevada 34.2 32.4 39.3 50 0.48 0.35 0.58 0.26 0.35
11 Mississippi 34.9 15.4 38.6 44 0.64 0.08 0.54 0.18 0.33
12 Ohio 34.1 23.4 39.9 48 0.45 0.21 0.62 0.24 0.33
13 Arizona 35.1 29.4 36.1 57 0.68 0.30 0.38 0.37 0.33
14 Florida 34.2 23.9 38.8 57 0.48 0.22 0.55 0.37 0.32
15 Georgia 34.3 20.7 38.8 47 0.50 0.16 0.55 0.22 0.32
16 Oklahoma 35 23.3 36.2 41 0.66 0.21 0.39 0.13 0.31
17 North Dakota 35.2 35.7 34 49 0.70 0.40 0.25 0.25 0.31
18 Pennsylvania 34.1 25.6 38.1 47 0.45 0.24 0.51 0.22 0.30
19 Indiana 33.8 21.6 38.6 43 0.39 0.18 0.54 0.16 0.29
20 Washington 34.2 57.3 32.8 63 0.48 0.74 0.18 0.46 0.28
21 Wyoming 34.5 43.5 33.4 54 0.55 0.53 0.21 0.32 0.28
22 New Jersey 33.5 29.4 37.9 47 0.32 0.30 0.50 0.22 0.27
23 Virginia 33.9 24.4 36.9 46 0.41 0.22 0.43 0.21 0.27
24 Michigan 34 25.8 36.4 53 0.43 0.25 0.40 0.31 0.27
25 Maryland 33.3 22.6 38.7 42 0.27 0.19 0.55 0.15 0.26
26 California 33.8 36.1 35.2 50 0.39 0.41 0.33 0.26 0.26
27 New York 32.8 31.3 38.8 44 0.16 0.33 0.55 0.18 0.26
28 Connecticut 33.5 31.4 36.4 45 0.32 0.33 0.40 0.19 0.25
29 South Carolina 33.8 22.4 36.6 62 0.39 0.19 0.42 0.44 0.25
30 Rhode Island 33.2 37.7 36.2 65 0.25 0.43 0.39 0.49 0.24
31 Idaho 34.1 39.7 33.2 64 0.45 0.47 0.20 0.47 0.24
32 Missouri 33.2 24.3 37.7 56 0.25 0.22 0.48 0.35 0.24
33 Illinois 33.4 27.3 36.7 50 0.30 0.27 0.42 0.26 0.24
34 Oregon 33.9 53.4 31.8 63 0.41 0.68 0.11 0.46 0.24
35 Kansas 33.3 27.2 36.7 44 0.27 0.27 0.42 0.18 0.23
36 Iowa 34 29.4 34.2 47 0.43 0.30 0.26 0.22 0.23
37 North Carolina 33.9 25 35 58 0.41 0.23 0.31 0.38 0.23
38 New Hampshire 33.3 40.7 33.8 50 0.27 0.48 0.24 0.26 0.21
39 Maine 33.3 39.1 33.4 56 0.27 0.46 0.21 0.35 0.20
40 Massachusetts 33.4 37.5 33.2 55 0.30 0.43 0.20 0.34 0.20
41 New Mexico 33.4 27.8 34.1 48 0.30 0.28 0.26 0.24 0.19
42 Montana 32.7 49.2 32.9 62 0.14 0.62 0.18 0.44 0.18
43 South Dakota 33.3 33.9 32.9 47 0.27 0.37 0.18 0.22 0.18
44 Delaware 32.1 27.3 37.3 40 0.00 0.27 0.46 0.12 0.18
45 Utah 33.2 21.4 34.3 53 0.25 0.18 0.27 0.31 0.17
46 Vermont 33.6 38.8 30 55 0.34 0.45 0.00 0.34 0.15
47 Colorado 33.3 40.9 30.6 69 0.27 0.48 0.04 0.54 0.15
48 Nebraska 33.2 32.1 31.5 46 0.25 0.34 0.09 0.21 0.14
49 Wisconsin 32.6 26.2 33.9 54 0.11 0.25 0.25 0.32 0.14
50 Minnesota 33.1 28.4 30.3 55 0.23 0.29 0.02 0.34 0.11