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Junkyard capitals

Where junkyards are thickest on the ground, counted per person. Wyoming leads the states with 3.57 listed yards per 100,000 residents; District of Columbia has the fewest, at 0.14.

Cities with the most junkyards per person #

Listed yards per 100,000 residents, for cities with at least 50,000 people and 3 or more listed yards (236 cities qualify; the top 25 are shown).

#	City	Yards	Pull your own	Population	Per 100k	Median rating
1	Rancho Cordova, CA	40	6	84,113	47.6	4.2
2	Waterloo, IA	8	0	67,477	11.9	4.5
3	Apopka, FL	7	0	62,777	11.2	4.1
4	Paramount, CA	5	0	51,169	9.8	3.9
5	Lancaster, CA	16	1	167,426	9.6	4.2
6	Kissimmee, FL	8	1	84,756	9.4	4.3
7	Elyria, OH	5	0	53,604	9.3	4.2
8	Joplin, MO	5	0	53,605	9.3	4.2
9	Chicopee, MA	5	2	55,381	9.0	4.2
10	Twin Falls, ID	5	2	55,589	9.0	4.4
11	Trenton, NJ	8	0	91,193	8.8	4.2
12	Ocala, FL	6	0	70,251	8.5	4.1
13	Grand Prairie, TX	17	1	207,331	8.2	3.9
14	Yakima, WA	8	6	97,390	8.2	4.1
15	Orlando, FL	27	11	334,854	8.1	4.4
16	Cleveland, TN	4	0	50,232	8.0	3.2
17	Fort Pierce, FL	4	2	50,805	7.9	4.3
18	Lebanon, TN	4	1	51,501	7.8	4.2
19	Middletown, OH	4	0	52,291	7.6	3.8
20	Pharr, TX	6	0	81,142	7.4	4.0
21	Pensacola, FL	4	1	53,898	7.4	4.3
22	Olympia, WA	4	0	56,271	7.1	4.2
23	Homestead, FL	6	0	85,796	7.0	3.4
24	Albany, OR	4	1	57,156	7.0	4.0
25	Caldwell, ID	5	4	73,088	6.8	4.1

A yard counts for the city in its mailing address. Yards need a lot of room for vehicles, so many sit in industrial areas outside big-city centers, and mailing addresses often cover land outside city limits. That lifts some smaller cities. Download: junkyard-capitals.csv

Junkyards per 100,000 residents, every state #

#	State	Yards	Population	Per 100k
1	Wyoming	21	587,618	3.57
2	Wisconsin	148	5,960,975	2.48
3	New Hampshire	35	1,409,032	2.48
4	Oklahoma	100	4,095,393	2.44
5	Maine	34	1,405,012	2.42
6	Iowa	78	3,241,488	2.41
7	Montana	26	1,137,233	2.29
8	Arkansas	69	3,088,354	2.23
9	Missouri	137	6,245,466	2.19
10	Kansas	65	2,970,606	2.19
11	Mississippi	64	2,943,045	2.17
12	Rhode Island	24	1,112,308	2.16
13	Pennsylvania	280	13,078,751	2.14
14	Nebraska	43	2,005,465	2.14
15	Indiana	146	6,924,275	2.11
16	Kentucky	94	4,588,372	2.05
17	Michigan	206	10,140,459	2.03
18	Ohio	234	11,883,304	1.97
19	North Carolina	212	11,046,024	1.92
20	Idaho	37	2,001,619	1.85
21	Tennessee	132	7,227,750	1.83
22	South Dakota	16	924,669	1.73
23	Vermont	11	648,493	1.70
24	Alabama	83	5,157,699	1.61
25	Texas	488	31,290,831	1.56
26	Georgia	174	11,180,878	1.56
27	New Mexico	33	2,130,256	1.55
28	Massachusetts	110	7,136,171	1.54
29	New Jersey	144	9,500,851	1.52
30	Minnesota	88	5,793,151	1.52
31	Oregon	65	4,272,371	1.52
32	Florida	349	23,372,215	1.49
33	West Virginia	26	1,769,979	1.47
34	Delaware	15	1,051,917	1.43
35	Louisiana	61	4,597,740	1.33
36	Connecticut	49	3,675,069	1.33
37	California	503	39,431,263	1.28
38	Alaska	9	740,133	1.22
39	Illinois	153	12,710,158	1.20
40	Washington	93	7,958,180	1.17
41	Arizona	88	7,582,384	1.16
42	Colorado	69	5,957,493	1.16
43	South Carolina	61	5,478,831	1.11
44	Virginia	96	8,811,195	1.09
45	Maryland	67	6,263,220	1.07
46	North Dakota	8	796,568	1.00
47	New York	192	19,867,248	0.97
48	Utah	34	3,503,613	0.97
49	Nevada	21	3,267,467	0.64
50	Hawaii	4	1,446,146	0.28
51	District of Columbia	1	702,250	0.14

Download: junkyards-by-state.csv (also has pull-your-own, full-service, junk car buyers, chain and independent counts and weekend opening per state).

Cities with the most junkyards #

Raw count of listed yards, any city size.

How we count

Yard counts include only the junkyards and salvage yards listed in this directory: Google files each one as a salvage yard, junkyard, auto wrecker or used auto parts store, and its name, reviews or website confirm it is a yard of vehicles or used parts. Population comes from the US Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 population estimates (July 1, 2024). New York City yards are addressed by borough (Bronx, Brooklyn and so on), so New York City has no per-capita figure. Yards in a suburb count for the suburb, not the big city next door. Last updated 2026-11-08.

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