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West Hollywood has one place licensed to serve alcohol for every 184 residents

Published 2026-11-07 · By Pushbuild · Data: Liquor License API – Bars, Restaurants, Stores in 9 States

184West Hollywood has one place licensed to serve alcohol for every · as of 2026-11-07

West Hollywood, California has the most places licensed to serve alcohol per resident of any city of 25,000+ people in the nine states we cover: 191 on-premise licensed premises for 35,090 residents, 54.4 per 10,000. Monterey (50.7), Saratoga Springs, NY (47.3) and Palm Springs (45.3) follow. Among big cities, Portland, Oregon is highest at 34.1, ahead of San Francisco at 30.4.

West Hollywood35,090Monterey29,772Saratoga Springs28,542Palm Springs44,998Galveston53,348Littleton45,092Poughkeepsie31,778Beverly Hills31,955Santa Barbara88,024Ithaca31,792

Most on-premise alcohol licenses per resident, cities of 25,000 or more

CityStateLicensed placesResidentsPer 10,000
West HollywoodCA19135,09054.4
MontereyCA15129,77250.7
Saratoga SpringsNY13528,54247.3
Palm SpringsCA20444,99845.3
GalvestonTX21953,34841.1
LittletonCO18045,09239.9
PoughkeepsieNY12231,77838.4
Beverly HillsCA12131,95537.9
Santa BarbaraCA33488,02437.9
IthacaNY12031,79237.7
EurekaCA9226,30235.0
BurlingameCA10630,52634.7
PortlandOR2,194642,71534.1
San Luis ObispoCA16248,03933.7
BendOR326101,47232.1
Palm DesertCA16451,55131.8
Santa CruzCA19360,95331.7
NewburghNY8928,64931.1
San FranciscoCA2,544836,32130.4
Los GatosCA9832,77329.9

Caveats

Licenses are counted by the city on the license address, which is the postal city. Where a postal city reaches past the city limits (Littleton, Colorado is one), the rate runs high. Big cities whose neighborhoods use their own postal names (Los Angeles, New York) are undercounted, and New York City is left out. Only nine states are covered.

Sources

  • Liquor License API – Bars, Restaurants, Stores in 9 States: the primary sources are listed on the API page, read on 2026-11-07

Data as of 2026-11-07. Every figure in this post is in the table above and the CSV below.

Download the data behind this post: liquor-wells-bar-density-by-city.csv

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Every number in this post comes from the Liquor License API – Bars, Restaurants, Stores in 9 States. $0.0008 per row returned; every key gets $1 of free usage each month.

curl -X POST https://api.pushbuild.com/liquor-licenses/run \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"maxItems": 20}'
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