The United States had 15,166 breweries in 2024, according to the TTB Brewery Count by State 2024. The state-level figures show a wide range: California had 1,624 breweries, while North Dakota had 33. These counts describe breweries by state for 2024 and provide a snapshot of where commercial brewing activity was concentrated during that measurement period.
Contents
- The national brewery count
- States with the largest brewery counts
- The middle tier of brewing markets
- Smaller state brewery counts
- Brewing across the Mountain West and Pacific
- Every state count in the 2024 snapshot
The national brewery count
The TTB Brewery Count by State 2024 lists 15,166 breweries across the United States. This is a count of breweries, not a measure of beer production, sales, taproom visits, employment, or the number of home brewers. A state with more breweries is not automatically a state producing more beer by volume. The figure is best read as a measure of the breadth of the brewery landscape during 2024.
The state totals also cover a broad geographic range. The dataset includes 50 states plus the District of Columbia. California, Pennsylvania, New York, Michigan, Texas, Washington, Colorado, Florida, Ohio, and North Carolina are among the largest counts in the snapshot. At the other end, North Dakota, Mississippi, West Virginia, Hawaii, and Rhode Island appear among the smallest totals.
The spread between the highest and lowest reported counts is especially pronounced. California’s 1,624 breweries and the District of Columbia’s 22 breweries represent very different scales of local commercial brewing. The same is true among states: Pennsylvania had 854 breweries, while North Dakota had 33. Those contrasts are useful for describing concentration, but they should not be converted into per-capita conclusions because the supplied count does not include population figures.
The list also shows that a large national total can be made up of many different local patterns. Some states appear in the four-digit or high-three-digit range, while others have fewer than 100 breweries. A count of 80 appears for both Alaska and Louisiana, even though the states have different locations and brewing contexts. Similar numerical proximity does not mean the underlying industry conditions are the same; it only means the reported brewery totals match in this snapshot.
Because the source is a 2024 count, these figures should not be treated as a current real-time directory. They are also not a forecast. The source label for each figure is the TTB Brewery Count by State 2024, and the period is explicitly 2024.
States with the largest brewery counts
California led the state list with 1,624 breweries in 2024. New York recorded 822, and Pennsylvania recorded 854. Michigan and Washington each had 719 breweries. Texas had 688, while Colorado had 641. Ohio had 625, Florida had 618, and North Carolina had 613.
These numbers show that the largest brewery counts were spread across several regions rather than limited to one coast. California was the clear leader in the TTB count, but the next group included states in the Northeast, Great Lakes, Pacific Northwest, South, and Mountain West.
| State | Breweries in 2024 |
|---|---|
| California | 1,624 |
| Pennsylvania | 854 |
| New York | 822 |
| Michigan | 719 |
| Washington | 719 |
| Texas | 688 |
| Colorado | 641 |
| Ohio | 625 |
| Florida | 618 |
| North Carolina | 613 |
Source for every figure in the table: TTB Brewery Count by State 2024.
Several of these leading states were close to one another in the count. Michigan and Washington both had 719 breweries. Texas, Colorado, Ohio, Florida, and North Carolina each fell between 613 and 688. The figures indicate substantial brewery presence in each of those markets, but they do not establish rankings for production volume or consumer demand.
The middle tier of brewing markets
A second group of states recorded between 200 and 552 breweries in the 2024 TTB count. Virginia had 552 breweries, Illinois had 463, Oregon had 459, Wisconsin had 419, and Massachusetts had 367. Minnesota had 331, Indiana had 311, Missouri had 275, and Georgia had 265.
Maine recorded 241 breweries, while Tennessee had 243. New Jersey had 232, Maryland had 218, and Arizona had 197. Connecticut had 179, South Carolina had 178, New Mexico had 169, and New Hampshire had 161.
| State | Breweries in 2024 |
|---|---|
| Virginia | 552 |
| Illinois | 463 |
| Oregon | 459 |
| Wisconsin | 419 |
| Massachusetts | 367 |
| Minnesota | 331 |
| Indiana | 311 |
| Missouri | 275 |
| Georgia | 265 |
| Tennessee | 243 |
| Maine | 241 |
| New Jersey | 232 |
| Maryland | 218 |
| Arizona | 197 |
Source for every figure in the table: TTB Brewery Count by State 2024.
The distribution in this group is also geographically varied. It includes established brewing regions such as Oregon and Wisconsin, large population centers such as Illinois and Virginia, and states with distinct local brewing scenes such as Maine, Tennessee, and New Mexico. The counts describe the number of breweries in the source’s 2024 snapshot; they do not measure how long each brewery operated, how large it was, or how much beer it made.
Smaller state brewery counts
The TTB count includes many states with fewer than 200 breweries. Arkansas had 94 breweries, Alabama had 99, Kansas had 112, Vermont had 118, and Oklahoma had 114. Montana had 142, Idaho had 138, and Kentucky had 152. Louisiana had 80, Alaska had 80, Nevada had 81, and Nebraska had 87.
Other states in this range included Wyoming with 64 breweries, Delaware with 60, Utah with 66, South Dakota with 70, and Hawaii with 53. Rhode Island had 54 breweries. West Virginia had 45, Mississippi had 38, and North Dakota had 33. The District of Columbia had 22 breweries.
| State or district | Breweries in 2024 |
|---|---|
| Arkansas | 94 |
| Alabama | 99 |
| Kansas | 112 |
| Oklahoma | 114 |
| Vermont | 118 |
| Idaho | 138 |
| Montana | 142 |
| Kentucky | 152 |
| Alaska | 80 |
| Louisiana | 80 |
| Nevada | 81 |
| Nebraska | 87 |
| Hawaii | 53 |
| Rhode Island | 54 |
| Delaware | 60 |
| Utah | 66 |
| South Dakota | 70 |
| Wyoming | 64 |
| West Virginia | 45 |
| Mississippi | 38 |
| North Dakota | 33 |
| District of Columbia | 22 |
Source for every figure in the table: TTB Brewery Count by State 2024.
A smaller count does not describe the quality, variety, or popularity of beer made in that state. It simply places the state or district lower on this particular brewery-count measure. For readers comparing brewing markets, the distinction matters: brewery count is one indicator of industry presence, while production, distribution, taproom traffic, and local demand would require different data.
Brewing across the Mountain West and Pacific
The western states in the 2024 count illustrate a broad spread of brewery totals. California had 1,624 breweries, Washington had 719, Oregon had 459, and Colorado had 641. Arizona had 197, New Mexico had 169, Idaho had 138, Montana had 142, and Wyoming had 64.
The Pacific and noncontiguous states also varied considerably. Alaska had 80 breweries and Hawaii had 53. Nevada had 81, Utah had 66, and South Dakota had 70. These figures place states with very different geography and population patterns in the same national snapshot, but the dataset does not provide population-adjusted rates or regional production comparisons.
The range within this broad area is therefore substantial. California’s count was more than twenty times North Dakota’s count of 33, while Washington and Colorado were both above 600. That comparison is a direct difference between reported brewery counts, not a claim about relative beer output or per-capita brewing activity.
Every state count in the 2024 snapshot
The remaining state figures complete the TTB Brewery Count by State 2024 list. Connecticut had 179 breweries; Delaware had 60; Georgia had 265; Iowa had 181; Kansas had 112; Maryland had 218; Massachusetts had 367; Minnesota had 331; Missouri had 275; New Hampshire had 161; New Jersey had 232; and Oklahoma had 114.
The source also reported 178 breweries in South Carolina, 243 in Tennessee, 66 in Utah, 118 in Vermont, 552 in Virginia, 419 in Wisconsin, 45 in West Virginia, and 64 in Wyoming. New York had 822, Pennsylvania had 854, Ohio had 625, and North Carolina had 613. Together with the larger and smaller groups above, these reported figures account for the full state and district snapshot supplied by the TTB source.
For home brewers, the practical takeaway is that brewery counts reveal the scale and geographic reach of the commercial brewing ecosystem, but they do not prescribe a brewing style or predict a recipe’s result. A state’s count can provide context for local brewery density in 2024; questions about ingredients, equipment, fermentation, and technique require more specific brewing information.