{"id":7766,"date":"2024-02-29T12:55:16","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T17:55:16","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-04-23T23:58:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T03:58:56","slug":"most-americans-now-live-in-a-legal-marijuana-state-and-most-have-at-least-one-dispensary-in-their-county","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2024\/02\/29\/most-americans-now-live-in-a-legal-marijuana-state-and-most-have-at-least-one-dispensary-in-their-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Most Americans now live in a legal marijuana state \u2013 and most have at least one dispensary in their county"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-640-wide\"><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/SR_24.02.29_dispensaries_feature-jpg.webp?w=640\" alt=\"A cannabis dispensary lines the street of the small town of Bristow, Oklahoma. (RJ Sangosti\/MediaNews Group\/The Denver Post via Getty Images)\" class=\"wp-image-452086\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A cannabis dispensary lines the street of the small town of Bristow, Oklahoma. (RJ Sangosti\/MediaNews Group\/The Denver Post via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marijuana is <a href=\"https:\/\/crsreports.congress.gov\/product\/pdf\/IN\/IN11204\">illegal under federal law<\/a>, but most Americans now live in a state that has legalized the drug. And most also have at least one cannabis dispensary in their county, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"border-width:1px;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);--block-gap: inherit\" class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible has-background has-ui-beige-very-light-background-color has-border-color has-ui-beige-dark-border-color\" id=\"how-we-did-this\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/collapsible&quot;}\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;collapsibleId&quot;:&quot;how-we-did-this&quot;,&quot;isOpen&quot;:false}\" data-wp-class--is-open=\"context.isOpen\" data-wp-init--scroll-into-view=\"callbacks.onInitScrollIntoView\"><div class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__title\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"><div>How we did this<\/div><button class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__icon\"><span data-wp-bind--hidden=\"context.isOpen\"><i class=\"icon icon-library__light icon__circle-plus\"><svg style=\"width: 1em; height: 1em;\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/plugins\/prc-icon-library\/build\/icons\/sprites\/light.svg#circle-plus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i><\/span><span data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!context.isOpen\" hidden><i class=\"icon icon-library__light icon__circle-minus\"><svg style=\"width: 1em; height: 1em;\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/plugins\/prc-icon-library\/build\/icons\/sprites\/light.svg#circle-minus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__content\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pew Research Center conducted this analysis to examine how many Americans now live in a jurisdiction where marijuana is legal under state law, as well as how many Americans have a marijuana dispensary in their county.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For information about state marijuana laws, we consulted the <a href=\"https:\/\/norml.org\/laws\/\">National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws<\/a> and individual state legislation. All information is current as of February 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For population estimates at the state, county and census tract levels, we relied on the U.S. Census Bureau \u2013 specifically, <a href=\"https:\/\/data.census.gov\/table?q=B01003:%20TOTAL%20POPULATION&amp;y=2019\">Table B01003<\/a> of the American Community Survey\u2019s 5-year estimates for 2019. County-level estimates include counties and county equivalents (such as Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska). For median household incomes at the state and census tract levels, we used <a href=\"https:\/\/data.census.gov\/table\/ACSST5Y2019.S1901?q=S1901:%20Income%20in%20the%20Past%2012%20Months%20(in%202022%20Inflation-Adjusted%20Dollars)&amp;tid=ACSST1Y2022.S1901\">Table S1901<\/a> of the same publication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To measure the concentration of dispensaries at the census tract level, researchers calculated the state-level percentile rank of each census tract using the number of dispensaries in each tract. High concentration areas are census tracts in the top 3rd percentile of their respective state, while low concentration areas are those in the bottom 3rd percentile of their respective state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For information about cannabis dispensaries \u2013 including geolocation details \u2013 we used data provided by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.safegraph.com\/\">SafeGraph<\/a>, which curates information about millions of places of interest around the globe.&nbsp;When we collected this data on June 23, 2023, SafeGraph had records for 123,330 drug and pharmacy-related businesses under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naics.com\/\">North American Industry Classification System<\/a> (NAICS) tags <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naics.com\/naics-code-description\/?code=424210&amp;v=2022\">424210<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naics.com\/naics-code-description\/?code=446110\">446110<\/a> nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We arrived at our estimated number of cannabis dispensaries using the following <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.safegraph.com\/docs\/places-rich-attributes#category_tags)\">SafeGraph category tags<\/a> to identify locations that operate as dispensaries, collectives, clinics and\/or medical referrals: \u201cCannabis Clinic,\u201d \u201cMedical Cannabis Referrals,\u201d \u201cCannabis Dispensary\u201d and \u201cCannabis Collective.\u201d For the purposes of this analysis, we excluded businesses tagged only as medical referrals, since cannabis is typically not sold on-site at these locations. We included businesses under all other cannabis-related tags, resulting in 14,932 dispensaries.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The analysis finds:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>54% of Americans live in a state where the recreational use of marijuana is legal<\/strong> <strong>\u2013<\/strong> just a dozen years after <a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2012\/11\/07\/news\/economy\/marijuana-legalization-washington-colorado\/index.html\">Colorado and Washington became the first states to allow the drug for recreational purposes<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>74% of Americans live in a state where marijuana is legal for either recreational or medical use.<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/archives\/la-xpm-1996-11-06-mn-62740-story.html\">California was the first state to legalize medical marijuana<\/a> in 1996.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>79% of Americans live in a county with at least one cannabis dispensary.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>There are nearly 15,000 cannabis dispensaries in the United States.<\/strong> Dispensaries (businesses that sell cannabis products) are common on the West Coast and Northeast, but also in interior states like Michigan, Oklahoma and Colorado.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>California has far more dispensaries than any state:<\/strong> 3,659 at the time of this analysis, more than double the amount in the second-highest ranking state. A quarter of all marijuana dispensaries in the U.S. are in California, and nearly all Californians (99.5%) have a dispensary in their county. Los Angeles County alone has more dispensaries (1,481) than any state other than California itself.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Oklahoma has the most marijuana dispensaries <em>per capita <\/em>of any state: <\/strong>36 dispensaries for every 100,000 residents.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These findings are based on our analysis of state marijuana laws from the <a href=\"https:\/\/norml.org\/laws\/\">National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws<\/a>; U.S. population statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau; and marijuana dispensary locations from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.safegraph.com\/\">SafeGraph<\/a>, which curates information about millions of places of interest around the globe. Our analysis of dispensaries includes those that sell cannabis (including low-THC cannabis products) for medical or recreational use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Below, we\u2019ll explore these findings in more detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-640-wide is-resized\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8352\" href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2024\/02\/29\/most-americans-now-live-in-a-legal-marijuana-state-and-most-have-at-least-one-dispensary-in-their-county\/sr_24-02-29_dispensaries_1-png\/\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f3f5f4\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/02\/SR_24.02.29_dispensaries_1.png?resize=480,467 480w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/02\/SR_24.02.29_dispensaries_1.png?resize=782,760 782w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/02\/SR_24.02.29_dispensaries_1.png?resize=960,933 960w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/02\/SR_24.02.29_dispensaries_1.png?resize=1200,1166 1200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/02\/SR_24.02.29_dispensaries_1.png?resize=1280,1244 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"622\" width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/02\/SR_24.02.29_dispensaries_1.png?w=640\" alt=\"A map of the U.S. showing that cannabis dispensaries are common along the coasts and in a few specific states.\" class=\"wp-image-8352 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f3f5f4; width:640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"which-states-have-legalized-marijuana-for-recreational-or-medical-use\">Which states have legalized marijuana for recreational or medical use?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since Colorado and Washington became the first states to pass legislation in 2012, there are now 24 states (plus the District of Columbia) that have legalized the recreational use of marijuana as of February 2024. Another 14 states allow the drug for medical use only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The remaining 12 states have legalized limited access to cannabis products that contain little to no THC \u2013 the main psychoactive substance in marijuana \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/marijuana\/featured-topics\/CBD.html\">such as CBD oil<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And 27 states across all levels of legalization have <a href=\"https:\/\/norml.org\/laws\/decriminalization\/\">decriminalized recreational marijuana use<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-640-wide is-resized\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8355\" href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2024\/02\/29\/most-americans-now-live-in-a-legal-marijuana-state-and-most-have-at-least-one-dispensary-in-their-county\/sr_24-02-29_dispensaries_2-png\/\"><img data-dominant-color=\"d5dfdd\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/02\/SR_24.02.29_dispensaries_2.png?resize=480,533 480w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/02\/SR_24.02.29_dispensaries_2.png?resize=782,868 782w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/02\/SR_24.02.29_dispensaries_2.png?resize=840,932 840w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"710\" width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/02\/SR_24.02.29_dispensaries_2.png?w=640\" alt=\"A heat map of the U.S. showing that nearly half of states have legalized the recreational use of marijuana.\" class=\"wp-image-8355 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #d5dfdd; width:420px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These changes in state law come as a broad majority of Americans say marijuana should be legal in some way. In an <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2022\/11\/22\/americans-overwhelmingly-say-marijuana-should-be-legal-for-medical-or-recreational-use\/\">October 2022 Pew Research Center survey<\/a>, 88% of U.S. adults said the drug should be legal, either for recreational and medical use (59%) or for medical use only (30%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our analysis finds that around three-quarters of all dispensaries in the country (76%) are in states that have legalized the recreational use of marijuana. Another 23% are in medical marijuana-only states. In fact, two of the top five states with the largest number of dispensaries \u2013 Oklahoma and Florida \u2013 allow the drug for medical use only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The remaining 1% of dispensaries are in states that have made legal allowances for low-percentage THC or CBD-only products. Half of all residents of these states live in a county with at least one dispensary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"where-are-cannabis-dispensaries-located-within-states\">Where are cannabis dispensaries located within states?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-640-wide is-resized\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8358\" href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2024\/02\/29\/most-americans-now-live-in-a-legal-marijuana-state-and-most-have-at-least-one-dispensary-in-their-county\/sr_24-02-29_dispensaries_3-png\/\"><img data-dominant-color=\"edede8\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/02\/SR_24.02.29_dispensaries_3.png?resize=480,823 480w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/02\/SR_24.02.29_dispensaries_3.png?resize=782,1341 782w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/02\/SR_24.02.29_dispensaries_3.png?resize=840,1440 840w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"1097\" width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/02\/SR_24.02.29_dispensaries_3.png?w=640\" alt=\"A map showing that dispensaries often cluster near the borders of states with less permissive marijuana laws.\" class=\"wp-image-8358 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #edede8; width:420px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The patchwork of state laws governing the sale and use of marijuana means that many states have more permissive laws than their immediate neighbors do. Our analysis finds concentrations of dispensaries near these borders between more and less permissive states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overall, one in every five dispensaries in the U.S. is located within 20 miles of a state border. And 29% of these border dispensaries adjoin a neighboring state with less permissive cannabis laws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For example, Indiana, Kansas and Texas all have restrictive marijuana laws but are bordered by multiple states that have legalized the drug for recreational or medical purposes. In fact, a person residing in one of these three states can find more than 100 dispensaries within 20 miles of the state\u2019s borders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The early years of marijuana legalization were marked by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2022\/04\/07\/poor-neighborhoods-dont-need-pot-shops\/\">concerns that dispensaries would be clustered in low-income neighborhoods<\/a>. Our analysis finds that, nationwide, median incomes tend to be a bit lower in areas with a greater concentration of dispensaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But this can vary quite a bit in individual states. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In four states that have legalized marijuana for both recreational and medical purposes \u2013 Colorado, Connecticut, Maryland and Virginia \u2013 median annual household incomes are at least $20,000 lower in areas with high concentrations of dispensaries than areas in the state with low concentrations of dispensaries. In New Hampshire and New York, by contrast, median household incomes are around $20,000 or more <em>higher<\/em> in areas with many dispensaries than in areas with few dispensaries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>74% of Americans live in a state where marijuana is legal for either recreational or medical use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":658,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"sub_headline":"","sub_title":"","_crdt_document":"","_prc_public_revisions":[],"_ppp_expiration_hours":0,"_ppp_enabled":false,"ai_generated_summary":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"2024-02-29T17:55:24Z","apple_news_api_id":"6a9da755-35c6-465d-bef3-61275ec20491","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2024-04-04T15:59:37Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQ==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/Aap2nVTXGRl2-82EnXsIEkQ","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"relatedPosts":[],"_prc_fork_parent":0,"_prc_fork_status":"","_prc_active_fork":0,"datacite_doi":"","datacite_doi_citation":"","_prc_seo_qr_attachment_id":0,"spoken_article_player_enabled":true,"bylines":[{"key":"_258uid6q2","termId":660},{"key":"_3w1ga7na9","termId":691}],"acknowledgements":[],"displayBylines":true,"footnotes":"","prc_watchers":[]},"categories":[102],"bylines":[660,691],"collection":[],"datasets":[],"_post_visibility":[],"formats":[467],"_fund_pool":[],"languages":[],"regions-countries":[515],"research-teams":[521],"workflow-status":[],"class_list":["post-7766","short-read","type-short-read","status-publish","hentry","category-drug-policy","bylines-athena-chapekis","bylines-sono-shah","formats-short-read","regions-countries-united-states","research-teams-data-labs"],"label":"Short Read","post_parent":0,"word_count":1110,"canonical_url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2024\/02\/29\/most-americans-now-live-in-a-legal-marijuana-state-and-most-have-at-least-one-dispensary-in-their-county\/","art_direction":{"A1":{"id":8339,"rawUrl":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/02\/SR_24.02.29_dispensaries_feature-jpg.webp","url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/02\/SR_24.02.29_dispensaries_feature-jpg.webp?w=564&h=317&crop=1","width":564,"height":317,"caption":"A cannabis dispensary lines the street of a small town in Bristow, Oklahoma. 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