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Skateparks per capita by city, 2026

Name: Skateparks per capita by city 2026
Creator: Skatedex
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Every US incorporated place with at least 50,000 residents (824 cities), ranked by public, open skateparks per 100,000 residents. The top 100 are below; the CSV has all of them.

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Rank	City	State	Parks	Population	Per 100k
1	Santa Cruz	CA	4	61,797	6.47
2	Gardena	CA	3	58,460	5.13
3	Carson City	NV	3	58,571	5.12
4	Encinitas	CA	3	60,736	4.94
5	Eagle Mountain	UT	3	66,557	4.51
6	East Orange	NJ	3	72,159	4.16
7	Lake Elsinore	CA	3	75,067	4.00
8	Watsonville	CA	2	50,716	3.94
9	Flagstaff	AZ	3	77,260	3.88
10	Boulder	CO	4	105,689	3.78
11	Olympia	WA	2	56,724	3.53
12	Bozeman	MT	2	58,814	3.40
13	Eugene	OR	6	178,618	3.36
14	San Clemente	CA	2	62,226	3.21
15	Lynwood	CA	2	63,512	3.15
16	Inglewood	CA	3	101,662	2.95
17	Oceanside	CA	5	170,483	2.93
18	Waukesha	WI	2	70,872	2.82
19	Anchorage	AK	8	287,155	2.79
20	Grand Junction	CO	2	71,827	2.78
21	Pleasanton	CA	2	74,556	2.68
22	Johnson City	TN	2	74,943	2.67
23	Bolingbrook	IL	2	74,803	2.67
24	Hammond	IN	2	75,712	2.64
25	Noblesville	IN	2	76,111	2.63
26	Naperville	IL	4	153,114	2.61
27	Napa	CA	2	76,562	2.61
28	Rocklin	CA	2	76,821	2.60
29	Marysville	WA	2	77,686	2.57
30	Plymouth	MN	2	78,942	2.53
31	Knoxville	TN	5	202,021	2.47
32	Lynchburg	VA	2	81,347	2.46
33	Arvada	CO	3	122,901	2.44
34	Redmond	WA	2	82,506	2.42
35	Farmington Hills	MI	2	83,291	2.40
36	Whittier	CA	2	85,815	2.33
37	Minneapolis	MN	10	430,324	2.32
38	Citrus Heights	CA	2	86,348	2.32
39	Auburn	WA	2	86,301	2.32
40	Baytown	TX	2	86,561	2.31
41	South Jordan	UT	2	87,614	2.28
42	Westminster	CA	2	88,966	2.25
43	Troy	MI	2	88,733	2.25
44	Kent	WA	3	134,871	2.22
45	Santa Monica	CA	2	90,082	2.22
46	Mission Viejo	CA	2	90,484	2.21
47	Champaign	IL	2	91,195	2.19
48	Chula Vista	CA	6	275,533	2.18
49	Bryan	TX	2	91,996	2.17
50	Folsom	CA	2	91,983	2.17
51	Nashua	NH	2	92,435	2.16
52	Tempe	AZ	4	190,571	2.10
53	Meridian	ID	3	142,988	2.10
54	Portsmouth	VA	2	96,777	2.07
55	Yakima	WA	2	97,458	2.05
56	Beaverton	OR	2	97,842	2.04
57	Gainesville	FL	3	148,671	2.02
58	Kenosha	WI	2	99,239	2.02
59	Columbia	TN	1	50,072	2.00
60	Stillwater	OK	1	50,046	2.00
61	San Angelo	TX	2	100,640	1.99
62	Enid	OK	1	50,297	1.99
63	Holly Springs	NC	1	50,288	1.99
64	El Cajon	CA	2	101,755	1.97
65	Boca Raton	FL	2	101,582	1.97
66	Hoffman Estates	IL	1	50,858	1.97
67	Harrisonburg	VA	1	50,839	1.97
68	La Crosse	WI	1	50,784	1.97
69	Paramount	CA	1	50,755	1.97
70	Draper	UT	1	50,652	1.97
71	Tracy	CA	2	101,901	1.96
72	Newark	OH	1	51,473	1.94
73	Novato	CA	1	51,947	1.93
74	Ocoee	FL	1	51,932	1.93
75	Diamond Bar	CA	1	51,884	1.93
76	Burien	WA	1	51,859	1.93
77	Dunwoody	GA	1	51,792	1.93
78	Fort Pierce	FL	1	51,737	1.93
79	Middletown	OH	1	52,146	1.92
80	Battle Creek	MI	1	52,021	1.92
81	Suffolk	VA	2	104,699	1.91
82	Sherman	TX	1	52,417	1.91
83	Delano	CA	1	52,334	1.91
84	Columbus	IN	1	52,655	1.90
85	Fayetteville	AR	2	106,623	1.88
86	Rialto	CA	2	106,554	1.88
87	Normal	IL	1	53,275	1.88
88	Washington	DC	13	693,645	1.87
89	Sugar Land	TX	2	107,726	1.86
90	Galveston	TX	1	53,636	1.86
91	Corona	CA	3	161,734	1.85
92	Jeffersonville	IN	1	54,134	1.85
93	Arcadia	CA	1	54,117	1.85
94	Elkhart	IN	1	54,092	1.85
95	Rockwall	TX	1	53,980	1.85
96	Grand Island	NE	1	53,943	1.85
97	Joplin	MO	1	53,930	1.85
98	Edina	MN	1	54,356	1.84
99	Salt Lake City	UT	4	218,428	1.83
100	Kentwood	MI	1	54,776	1.83

Cities with zero parks are listed on the skatepark deserts page.

Methodology

Parks. Only skateparks in the Skatedex directory marked public and open are counted: entries flagged private or permanently closed are excluded, as are parks without a map location. Directory as of 2026-09-16.

Population. Census Bureau Vintage 2025 Population Estimates (resident population as of July 1, 2025): state totals and incorporated-place totals. Cities are Census places (incorporated cities, towns and villages), not metro areas; a park counts for the place named in its address, or, when the address does not name a Census place, for the place whose boundary-equivalent circle contains it. Parks in unincorporated areas count for their state but no city.

Rates. Parks per 100,000 residents = parks divided by population times 100,000. States are ranked 1 to 50 (District of Columbia is shown with cities). Cities are ranked among all 824 incorporated places with at least 50,000 residents. Ties are broken by park count, then population.

Skatepark deserts. Places of at least 50,000 residents with no public, open skatepark listed in the Skatedex directory inside them by either test above. A listing gap and a real gap look the same here, so each desert shows the nearest listed public park; if you know of a park inside a listed city, submit it and the next edition will count it.

Change since last year. This is the first edition; the 2027 edition will show movement against these numbers.

How this differs from the Skatedex Annual Index. The Annual Index 2026 counts every listed park, uses the prior Census vintage, and scores cities by parks within a 10-mile radius of the center. These rankings use the newest vintage, public and open parks only, and place boundaries, so ranks differ. Both are free to cite with a link.