# Tuesday, May 03, 2005

Which city has the most Starbucks per capita?

Seattle, right?

Our coffee quotient was designed to serve both camps. It's a measure of the number of Starbucks stores per 10,000 population in cities across the U.S., as of March 2005.

[ Cities with high coffee quotients - ePodunk ]

Falls Church, Virginia? Come on, this has to be a statistical anomaly.

Perhaps one just opened in Falls Church to replace one that was about to close? Maybe Falls Church has weird borders and makes it seem like a lot less people live there than really do. Perhaps the folks at ePodunk don't realize that what the Post Office considers "Falls Church" and what the population data people consider "Falls Church" are very likely 2 different things. The odd thing is that I can only think of one Starbucks in Falls Church, I wonder where the other 6.7 are...

Note: Eyeballing it, I think about 2 maybe 3 Starbucks are actually in Falls Church and not just pretending to be in Falls Church.

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Friday, March 28, 2008 10:01:14 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
I live in Falls Church and I also thought the number was high. I originally heard the question on a radio show (Michael Feldman's "Whad'ya Know" on PRI). I think the people who gathered the data were confused. This information from Wikipedia sums it up the best:

Falls Church is an independent city in Virginia. The population was 10,377 at the 2000 census. A much larger number of people reside in Greater Falls Church and use Falls Church as their mailing address. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the city of Falls Church (along with Fairfax City) with Fairfax County for statistical purposes. Although two stations on the Washington Metro subway system have "Falls Church" in their names, neither is in the City of Falls Church. (One is in Arlington County and the other is in Fairfax County.)

Lisa
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