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Name State RGI Value Rank Population Per Capita Income Restaurant Sales per Capita Restaurant Sales as Percentage of Per Capita Income Number of Establishments Sales per Locationsort icon Persons Per Establishment
Boone NC 460 4 51,614 $18,591.23 $3,301.43 17.76% 170 $1,002,352.94 304
Atlantic City-Hammonton NJ 315 15 273,951 $25,640.36 $3,086.68 12.04% 835 $1,012,694.61 328
Fargo ND-MN 224 32 216,164 $27,078.40 $2,277.44 8.41% 477 $1,032,075.47 453
Stillwater OK 284 20 78,674 $20,478.33 $2,173.53 10.61% 165 $1,036,363.64 477
Mount Pleasant MI 302 17 70,965 $17,093.53 $1,899.53 11.11% 128 $1,053,125.00 554
Gulfport-Biloxi MS 298 18 259,015 $21,760.54 $2,384.42 10.96% 586 $1,053,924.91 442
Dothan AL 334 12 147,586 $19,798.08 $2,415.54 12.20% 336 $1,061,011.90 439
Nacogdoches TX 331 13 66,563 $18,163.51 $2,122.80 11.69% 129 $1,095,348.84 516
Ocean Pines MD 732 1 51,560 $31,697.49 $8,039.18 25.36% 371 $1,117,250.67 139
Jasper IN 409 6 55,134 $20,018.09 $2,744.22 13.71% 131 $1,154,961.83 421
Laurinburg NC 391 8 35,489 $14,627.98 $1,885.09 12.89% 57 $1,173,684.21 623
Santa Rosa-Petaluma CA 314 16 492,876 $28,583.53 $2,949.42 10.32% 1,233 $1,178,994.32 400
Liberal KS 565 3 23,771 $16,714.80 $2,881.66 17.24% 54 $1,268,518.52 440
Findlay OH 623 2 75,345 $23,415.12 $3,705.62 15.83% 183 $1,525,683.06 412
Astoria OR 139 209 37,420 $24,294.90 $2,648.32 10.90% 200 $495,500.00 187
Hood River OR 105 465 22,888 $24,533.60 $1,957.36 7.98% 88 $509,090.91 260
Butte-Silver Bow MT 114 399 34,585 $21,607.20 $1,789.79 8.28% 116 $533,620.69 298
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre PA 102 496 562,468 $23,836.23 $1,740.01 7.30% 1,816 $538,931.72 310
New Philadelphia-Dover OH 105 462 92,377 $18,575.97 $1,389.96 7.48% 236 $544,067.80 391
Taos NM 117 369 32,878 $22,707.97 $1,873.59 8.25% 112 $550,000.00 294
DuBois PA 104 476 81,164 $18,125.68 $1,306.00 7.21% 190 $557,894.74 427
Bend OR 115 388 162,424 $20,429.46 $1,632.76 7.99% 475 $558,315.79 342
Georgetown SC 122 327 59,764 $22,136.45 $1,858.98 8.40% 197 $563,959.39 303
Sterling CO 113 405 22,500 $17,568.78 $1,360.00 7.74% 54 $566,666.67 417
Galesburg IL 101 497 70,832 $20,410.23 $1,399.09 6.85% 173 $572,832.37 409
Elk City OK 123 320 22,468 $20,921.42 $1,735.80 8.30% 68 $573,529.41 330
Freeport IL 115 392 47,358 $18,880.60 $1,465.43 7.76% 121 $573,553.72 391
Prescott AZ 105 469 212,806 $19,932.94 $1,405.51 7.05% 521 $574,088.29 408
Scottsbluff NE 103 488 37,793 $21,924.10 $1,521.45 6.94% 100 $575,000.00 378
Grenada MS 104 471 21,455 $19,959.92 $1,384.29 6.94% 51 $582,352.94 421
Hilo HI 113 403 188,638 $20,418.99 $1,537.34 7.53% 497 $583,501.01 380
Coeur d'Alene ID 112 421 144,231 $20,446.59 $1,514.24 7.41% 374 $583,957.22 386
Havre MT 110 432 16,751 $21,176.94 $1,540.21 7.27% 44 $586,363.64 381
Mount Airy NC 101 498 73,725 $19,979.25 $1,327.91 6.65% 166 $589,759.04 444
Burlington IA-IL 116 385 46,996 $20,983.75 $1,593.75 7.60% 127 $589,763.78 370
Glasgow KY 116 378 52,404 $17,640.97 $1,343.41 7.62% 119 $591,596.64 440
Celina OH 101 500 40,848 $19,721.71 $1,304.84 6.62% 90 $592,222.22 454
Sault Ste. Marie MI 110 431 39,111 $19,126.65 $1,378.13 7.21% 91 $592,307.69 430
Lake Havasu City-Kingman AZ 122 330 204,856 $17,767.61 $1,409.28 7.93% 486 $594,032.92 422
Wabash IN 116 380 32,257 $16,613.53 $1,255.54 7.56% 68 $595,588.24 474
Hammond LA 105 468 124,295 $19,914.48 $1,350.01 6.78% 281 $597,153.02 442
Plattsburgh NY 103 487 81,690 $22,552.67 $1,508.14 6.69% 206 $598,058.25 397
Victoria TX 101 499 117,191 $22,417.53 $1,464.28 6.53% 286 $600,000.00 410
Kalispell MT 128 283 91,709 $22,392.84 $1,839.51 8.21% 280 $602,500.00 328
Atchison KS 107 453 16,630 $17,485.12 $1,196.63 6.84% 33 $603,030.30 504
Muskogee OK 115 389 70,946 $18,855.96 $1,394.02 7.39% 164 $603,048.78 433
West Plains MO 110 438 40,962 $18,443.92 $1,296.32 7.03% 88 $603,409.09 465
Thomasville GA 102 491 44,662 $17,911.76 $1,175.50 6.56% 87 $603,448.28 513
Houghton MI 132 250 38,829 $19,531.92 $1,640.53 8.40% 105 $606,666.67 370
Niles-Benton Harbor MI 105 460 157,018 $22,282.92 $1,491.55 6.69% 385 $608,311.69 408
The Restaurant Growth Index is supplied by Nielsen and ranks U.S. metropolitan areas based on a formula to identify restaurant spending and gaps in spending per capita compared to a national average. The RGI score is calculated on an area's total restaurant sales and sales as a percent of per capita income, compared to the nation as a whole. The national average is 100. The higher the score over 100, the better the opportunities; scores below 100 indicate poorer opportunities. Markets are scored as a whole. Markets that score below 100 may still have strong pockets of opportunity within them.