Tennis Courts per Capita: America's 100 Largest Cities Ranked

Name: Public tennis courts per capita in the 100 largest U.S. cities
Creator: TennisCourtFinder
License: https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/

A October 2026 data study from TennisCourtFinder

How easy is it to find a public tennis court in a big American city? We counted the public courts in parks, schools and community centres in each of the 100 largest U.S. cities and divided by population. Irvine comes out on top with 5.71 public courts for every 10,000 residents. At the other end, Hialeah has 0.76, so a resident of Irvine has about 8 times as many public courts to choose from. The median big city has 2.36.

100

Cities ranked

13,820

Public courts counted

2.36

Median per 10,000 people

3,367

Pickleball courts mapped

The 10 big cities with the most public courts per person

Irvine, Lubbock and Boise lead the country. Cities near the top tend to have dense networks of neighborhood parks, and many of their school courts double as community courts after hours.

#	City	Public courts	Per 10,000 people
1	Irvine, CA	182	5.71
2	Lubbock, TX	150	5.51
3	Boise, ID	127	5.34
4	Frisco, TX	111	4.72
5	Norfolk, VA	103	4.46
6	Honolulu, HI	147	4.26
7	Corpus Christi, TX	134	4.22
8	Durham, NC	126	4.17
9	Greensboro, NC	128	4.16
10	Omaha, NE	196	4.01

The 10 with the fewest

At the bottom of the list, public courts are spread thin. That does not always mean there is nowhere to play: some of these cities lean more on private clubs and courts in apartment and homeowner communities, which this measure leaves out on purpose.

Both lists leave out the 17 cities marked † in the full table, where the map data is less certain. They keep their overall rank.

#	City	Public courts	Per 10,000 people
100	Hialeah, FL	18	0.76
98	New York, NY	746	0.88
97	Buffalo, NY	25	0.90
94	Newark, NJ	37	1.17
92	Jersey City, NJ	37	1.22
91	Oakland, CA	55	1.24
89	Oklahoma City, OK	93	1.30
88	North Las Vegas, NV	41	1.39
87	Seattle, WA	111	1.42
86	Cleveland, OH	52	1.42

Where you can play after dark

Lights decide whether a court is usable on a weekday evening for most of the year. Among cities with at least 50 mapped courts, these have the highest share tagged as lit: Winston-Salem (51%), St. Louis (48%), Greensboro (41%), Frisco (32%) and Oklahoma City (32%). Lighting is under-mapped in general, so treat these as a floor rather than a full count.

All 100 cities

Ranked by public courts per 10,000 residents. “All courts” adds private clubs and courts that are not inside a park or school, such as apartment complexes. † marks cities where the figure is less certain (see methodology).

#	City	Population	Public courts	Per 10k	All courts per 10k
1	Irvine, CA	318,683	182	5.71	8.88
2	Lubbock, TX	272,086	150	5.51	8.01
3	Boise, ID	237,963	127	5.34	8.07
4	Frisco, TX	235,208	111	4.72	6.16
5	Norfolk, VA	231,105	103	4.46	7.88
6	Honolulu, HI	344,967	147	4.26	6.38
7	Corpus Christi, TX	317,317	134	4.22	7.88
8	Durham, NC	301,870	126	4.17	7.19
9	Greensboro, NC	307,381	128	4.16	7.87
10	Omaha, NE	489,265	196	4.01	6.11
11	Richmond, VA †	233,655	91	3.89	7.32
12	Virginia Beach, VA	454,808	176	3.87	6.29
13	El Paso, TX	681,723	263	3.86	4.87
14	Winston-Salem, NC	255,769	98	3.83	6.10
15	Albuquerque, NM	560,326	206	3.68	6.91
16	St. Louis, MO †	279,695	101	3.61	4.40
17	Raleigh, NC	499,825	180	3.60	7.72
18	Glendale, AZ	258,143	91	3.53	4.22
19	Madison, WI	285,300	100	3.51	5.99
20	Fresno, CA	550,105	183	3.33	4.42
21	Wichita, KS	400,991	133	3.32	5.79
22	St. Paul, MN	307,465	102	3.32	5.27
23	Riverside, CA	323,757	104	3.21	4.66
24	Washington, DC	702,250	225	3.20	4.23
25	Henderson, NV	350,039	112	3.20	5.40
26	Anchorage, AK	289,600	92	3.18	4.04
27	St. Petersburg, FL	267,102	85	3.18	7.26
28	Lexington, KY	329,437	104	3.16	5.89
29	San Jose, CA	997,368	308	3.09	4.05
30	Tucson, AZ	554,013	170	3.07	5.79
31	Scottsdale, AZ †	246,170	74	3.01	21.00
32	Laredo, TX	261,260	78	2.99	4.55
33	Milwaukee, WI	563,531	166	2.95	3.80
34	Gilbert, AZ	288,790	82	2.84	3.60
35	Colorado Springs, CO	493,554	138	2.80	4.13
36	Atlanta, GA †	520,070	144	2.77	6.77
37	San Antonio, TX	1,526,656	419	2.74	5.22
38	Austin, TX	993,588	269	2.71	5.30
39	Long Beach, CA	450,901	120	2.66	3.75
40	Denver, CO	729,019	190	2.61	5.06
41	Chandler, AZ	281,231	73	2.60	3.98
42	Kansas City, MO	516,032	133	2.58	4.36
43	Anaheim, CA	344,561	88	2.55	2.76
44	Las Vegas, NV	678,922	173	2.55	3.40
45	Louisville, KY	640,796	159	2.48	4.28
46	Pittsburgh, PA	307,668	76	2.47	3.41
47	Plano, TX	293,286	72	2.45	6.75
48	New Orleans, LA	362,701	86	2.37	4.66
49	Toledo, OH	265,638	63	2.37	4.52
50	Dallas, TX	1,326,087	313	2.36	4.83
51	Garland, TX	250,431	59	2.36	3.35
52	San Diego, CA	1,404,452	317	2.26	5.85
53	Charlotte, NC	943,476	213	2.26	6.83
54	Cincinnati, OH †	314,915	71	2.25	5.08
55	Chula Vista, CA	278,546	62	2.23	3.52
56	Mesa, AZ	517,151	115	2.22	4.35
57	Fort Wayne, IN †	273,203	60	2.20	6.33
58	Arlington, TX	403,672	89	2.20	3.44
59	San Francisco, CA	827,526	181	2.19	2.90
60	Fort Worth, TX	1,008,106	220	2.18	3.37
61	Cape Coral, FL	233,025	48	2.06	3.60
62	Baltimore, MD	568,271	117	2.06	3.96
63	Reno, NV	281,714	58	2.06	3.16
64	Indianapolis, IN †	891,484	183	2.05	6.29
65	Portland, OR	635,749	127	2.00	2.64
66	Nashville, TN	704,963	141	2.00	4.75
67	Minneapolis, MN	428,579	85	1.98	3.22
68	Tulsa, OK †	415,154	79	1.90	6.07
69	Chesapeake, VA	254,997	48	1.88	3.53
70	Detroit, MI	645,705	121	1.87	3.10
71	Irving, TX	258,060	48	1.86	3.29
72	Stockton, CA	324,975	60	1.85	3.14
73	Phoenix, AZ	1,673,164	303	1.81	4.09
74	Memphis, TN †	610,919	110	1.80	5.37
75	Columbus, OH	933,263	165	1.77	3.30
76	Tampa, FL †	414,547	73	1.76	5.31
77	Houston, TX	2,390,125	419	1.75	3.33
78	Chicago, IL	2,721,308	474	1.74	2.29
79	Aurora, CO †	403,130	67	1.66	4.61
80	Santa Ana, CA	316,184	52	1.64	2.40
81	Bakersfield, CA	417,468	65	1.56	3.47
82	Sacramento, CA	535,798	83	1.55	3.81
83	Philadelphia, PA	1,573,916	238	1.51	2.76
84	Orlando, FL †	334,854	49	1.46	9.23
85	Boston, MA	673,458	97	1.44	2.44
86	Cleveland, OH	365,379	52	1.42	1.92
87	Seattle, WA	780,995	111	1.42	2.33
88	North Las Vegas, NV	294,034	41	1.39	1.84
89	Oklahoma City, OK	712,919	93	1.30	2.81
90	Jacksonville, FL †	1,009,833	129	1.28	5.32
91	Oakland, CA	443,554	55	1.24	2.25
92	Jersey City, NJ	302,824	37	1.22	1.52
93	Miami, FL †	487,014	59	1.21	2.55
94	Newark, NJ	317,303	37	1.17	1.64
95	Los Angeles, CA †	3,878,704	423	1.09	3.56
96	Port St. Lucie, FL †	258,575	27	1.04	5.38
97	Buffalo, NY	276,617	25	0.90	1.92
98	New York, NY	8,478,072	746	0.88	1.42
99	Lincoln, NE †	300,619	26	0.86	5.16
100	Hialeah, FL	235,388	18	0.76	0.85

Methodology

Courts are every tennis court mapped in OpenStreetMap inside each city’s legal boundary, downloaded in October 2026.
Public courtsare those inside a park, school or community centre and not tagged as private. Courts at private clubs, colleges and universities, apartment complexes and homes are excluded from the headline ranking but included under “all courts”.
Counting courts: most courts are mapped one by one. Where a whole bank of courts is mapped as a single shape, we estimate the number from its area (about 650 square metres per court).
Population is the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2024estimate for each city. “Largest” means by that estimate; for consolidated city-counties we use the city proper.
How complete is the map? We checked OpenStreetMap against the 454 courts our own directory lists in these cities: 75% had a mapped court within 300 metres. In Richmond, St. Louis, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Tampa and Miami fewer than half matched, so the counts may run low. Indoor courts inside buildings are often not mapped as courts, which also pulls counts down.
Courts outside parks and schools: a court only counts as public when the map places it inside a park, school or community centre. In Scottsdale, Fort Wayne, Indianapolis, Tulsa, Memphis, Aurora, Orlando, Jacksonville, Los Angeles, Port St. Lucie and Lincoln, more than 60% of courts sit outside any of these. Many are backyard, apartment and homeowner association courts, but some are park courts in parks that are not drawn on the map as parks, so the public count may run low.
Cities marked † for either reason are ranked as normal in the full table but left out of the top and bottom 10.

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