King java rules West Coast

But most coffee shops per person found in Alaska
Houston Chronicle
Marketwatch

SAN FRANCISCO - Coffee drinkers in the Western United States have the most stores from which to snag a cup of joe, according to a new survey.

Anchorage, Alaska, scored the most coffee outlets per capita, while Los Angeles offered the greatest total number of stores, according to data from the NPD Group, a market research firm that tracks how Americans eat.

Anchorage has nearly three coffee shops per 10,000 people; followed by the Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Wash., region, which has 2.5 shops; and San Francisco, which has 2.2 coffee outlets for every 10,000 consumers. New York, on the other hand, has less than one coffee shop per 10,000 people, although it has the fourth-highest number of shops, at 525.

The Seattle area, home to coffee giant Starbucks, also came in second in total number of shops, tallying 628. In the No. 1 spot, California's Los Angeles-Long Beach area has 801 coffee shops, although they account for only 0.8 units per 10,000 people.

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