Total number of Starbucks across America

This map is from an article called Here's the Starbucks of America by Joe Weisenthal in 2014. It's not surprising that the South west of America has the highest percentage of Starbucks across America particularly with states such as California in that area. It is a hotspot for tourists from across the world, America being a nation of coffee lovers 3651 alone in that area is significantly larger than the Midwest. The South west has double the amount of stores to the Midwest enhancing the difference in coffee drinking across the country. The sheer total of locations across the country show that Starbucks is a vastly expanding multinational company that is on a similar level to McDonald's restaurants. The range of numbers is so significant that even areas with the lowest totals are still a high total, such as California having the highest total of 2468 compared to Vermont with as little as 4. It just goes to show that Starbucks are everywhere and it doesn't matter where you are there will be a Starbucks somewhere nearby. On a wider scale the figure at the bottom states that the total number of Starbucks is 20,068 locations across the world, yet over half of that total can be found located just in the United States with 11,407 stores. This symbolises the impact that the United States has on consumerism both nationally and on a global scale.