Junkyards in the United States — the numbers
We maintain 8,707 auto salvage yards across the country. Below is what that looks like by state: raw count, count per 100,000 residents, and how complete the listings are. Updated September 2026.
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Density: junkyards per 100,000 residents
Population is the 2020 Census count. Density says more than a raw count: Oklahoma has 5.5 per 100,000 — 13.8× the rate of Washington DC.
| State | Junkyards | Per 100k | With a website | With a phone |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 221 | 4.4 | 63% | 98% |
| Alaska | 15 | 2.0 | 67% | 100% |
| Arizona | 146 | 2.0 | 62% | 98% |
| Arkansas | 153 | 5.1 | 56% | 99% |
| California | 672 | 1.7 | 71% | 99% |
| Colorado | 109 | 1.9 | 68% | 100% |
| Connecticut | 46 | 1.3 | 74% | 98% |
| Delaware | 17 | 1.7 | 59% | 100% |
| Florida | 649 | 3.0 | 68% | 99% |
| Georgia | 386 | 3.6 | 63% | 99% |
| Hawaii | 15 | 1.0 | 67% | 100% |
| Idaho | 50 | 2.7 | 66% | 98% |
| Illinois | 293 | 2.3 | 70% | 99% |
| Indiana | 253 | 3.7 | 70% | 99% |
| Iowa | 117 | 3.7 | 62% | 100% |
| Kansas | 98 | 3.3 | 62% | 99% |
| Kentucky | 149 | 3.3 | 62% | 100% |
| Louisiana | 136 | 2.9 | 55% | 100% |
| Maine | 35 | 2.6 | 69% | 100% |
| Maryland | 98 | 1.6 | 76% | 99% |
| Massachusetts | 132 | 1.9 | 70% | 98% |
| Michigan | 266 | 2.6 | 68% | 99% |
| Minnesota | 132 | 2.3 | 77% | 98% |
| Mississippi | 110 | 3.7 | 58% | 99% |
| Missouri | 208 | 3.4 | 57% | 99% |
| Montana | 40 | 3.7 | 58% | 98% |
| Nebraska | 46 | 2.3 | 65% | 100% |
| Nevada | 37 | 1.2 | 73% | 97% |
| New Hampshire | 46 | 3.3 | 61% | 100% |
| New Jersey | 184 | 2.0 | 69% | 99% |
| New Mexico | 51 | 2.4 | 57% | 98% |
| New York | 280 | 1.4 | 69% | 99% |
| North Carolina | 364 | 3.5 | 59% | 99% |
| North Dakota | 19 | 2.4 | 79% | 100% |
| Ohio | 345 | 2.9 | 61% | 99% |
| Oklahoma | 216 | 5.5 | 62% | 99% |
| Oregon | 81 | 1.9 | 72% | 100% |
| Pennsylvania | 337 | 2.6 | 66% | 99% |
| Rhode Island | 34 | 3.1 | 68% | 100% |
| South Carolina | 144 | 2.8 | 58% | 97% |
| South Dakota | 21 | 2.4 | 81% | 100% |
| Tennessee | 288 | 4.2 | 60% | 99% |
| Texas | 1044 | 3.6 | 64% | 99% |
| Utah | 36 | 1.1 | 72% | 100% |
| Vermont | 19 | 3.0 | 37% | 100% |
| Virginia | 178 | 2.1 | 65% | 98% |
| Washington | 109 | 1.4 | 72% | 100% |
| Washington DC | 3 | 0.4 | 67% | 100% |
| West Virginia | 68 | 3.8 | 60% | 99% |
| Wisconsin | 191 | 3.2 | 70% | 98% |
| Wyoming | 20 | 3.5 | 60% | 100% |
Cities with the most junkyards
| City | State | Junkyards |
|---|---|---|
| Houston | Texas | 172 |
| Los Angeles | California | 69 |
| Phoenix | Arizona | 68 |
| Chicago | Illinois | 64 |
| San Diego | California | 62 |
| Tampa | Florida | 59 |
| Orlando | Florida | 56 |
| Indianapolis | Indiana | 55 |
| Dallas | Texas | 46 |
| San Antonio | Texas | 44 |
| Miami | Florida | 41 |
| Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 41 |
| Cleveland | Ohio | 37 |
| Denver | Colorado | 36 |
| Charlotte | North Carolina | 34 |
| Memphis | Tennessee | 34 |
| Jacksonville | Florida | 32 |
| Atlanta | Georgia | 32 |
| Detroit | Michigan | 31 |
| Fort Worth | Texas | 30 |
| Milwaukee | Wisconsin | 30 |
| Oklahoma City | Oklahoma | 27 |
| New York | New York | 26 |
| Newark | New Jersey | 25 |
| Austin | Texas | 25 |
How this is built
Locations come from Overture Maps (open data), filtered to junkyards in the US and cleaned: duplicates merged, dead entries dropped, phone numbers normalized. Websites, opening hours and amenities are checked against each business's own site. We keep monthly snapshots, so the counts above are a point in time, not a running total — ask if you need an earlier one.