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Highest accredited zoos by state

AZA-accredited zoos and animal parks.

Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) accredited zoos, zoological parks, safari parks, aviaries and animal-exhibit facilities, counted where they stand. Standalone aquariums and AZA's non-public related facilities are excluded: this is a zoo-trip measure, not a broad count of animal exhibitors. The list is curated from AZA's accredited-members directory and reviewed when accreditation changes; county placement uses published venue coordinates, with twenty documented county-FIPS placements where a public venue page supplies no machine-readable coordinate.

  1. 1California14
  2. 2Florida12
  3. 3Texas11
  4. 4New York10
  5. 5Kansas7
  6. 6Pennsylvania7
  7. 7Illinois6
  8. 8Ohio6
  9. 9Michigan5
  10. 10Indiana4
  11. 11Massachusetts4
  12. 12Tennessee4
  13. 13Wisconsin4
  14. 14Arizona3
  15. 15Colorado3
  16. 16Minnesota3
  17. 17Missouri3
  18. 18North Carolina3
  19. 19North Dakota3
  20. 20Nebraska3
  21. 21Washington3
  22. 22Idaho2
  23. 23Louisiana2
  24. 24Montana2
  25. 25New Jersey2
  26. 26Oklahoma2
  27. 27Oregon2
  28. 28South Carolina2
  29. 29Utah2
  30. 30Virginia2
  31. 31Alabama1
  32. 32Arkansas1
  33. 33Connecticut1
  34. 34District of Columbia1
  35. 35Delaware1
  36. 36Georgia1
  37. 37Hawaii1
  38. 38Iowa1
  39. 39Kentucky1
  40. 40Maryland1
  41. 41Mississippi1
  42. 42New Mexico1
  43. 43Rhode Island1
  44. 44South Dakota1
  45. 45West Virginia1
  46. 46Alaska0
  47. 47Maine0
  48. 48New Hampshire0
  49. 49Nevada0
  50. 50Vermont0
  51. 51Wyoming0
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