Updated map of Chinese restaurants throughout the United States:
Number and Distribution of Chinese Restaurants in the United States
Chinese Restaurant Distribution and Count in the US
Map of Chinese Restaurants in the United States (Updated 2026)
*The data on this page is derived from publicly available restaurant location information from Google Maps in the United States as of January 2026.The data were also manually de-duplicated and address normalized.
How many Chinese restaurants are there in the United States?
As of January 2026, there were 30,470 Chinese restaurants in the U.S., concentrated in large cities and coastal areas.
What is the distribution of Chinese restaurants in the United States?
Metropolitan areas such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Seattle on the West Coast, New York City and Boston on the East Coast, and Chicago in the center of the country are densely populated with Chinese restaurants. In addition, in the southern state of Florida, as well as major cities in Texas such as Houston and Dallas, the distribution of Chinese restaurants is also relatively dense. In contrast, the Midwest and some remote areas have significantly fewer Chinese restaurants.
Top 5 States with the Largest Number of Chinese Restaurants in the U.S.
- California (CA) accounts for 14.57% (4441) of the nation's Chinese restaurants
- New York State (NY) accounts for 12.35% (3,763) of the nation's Chinese restaurants
- Texas (TX) has 6.44% (1,963) of the nation's Chinese restaurants
- Florida (FL) accounts for 5.95% (1,812) of the nation's Chinese restaurants
- Pennsylvania (PA) accounts for 4.93% (1,502) of the nation's Chinese restaurants
The number of Chinese restaurants in the above five states combined accounted for 44.241 TP3T of the nation's total.
This distribution pattern reflects the influence of population density, degree of urbanization, and immigrant concentration on the location and number of Chinese restaurants.
