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Which States Pair Pole With Aerial Arts (2026)

Plenty of pole studios rig for the air too — aerial silks, aerial hoop (lyra), aerial hammock. We mined the websites and student reviews of 1,316 US pole studios for hard evidence that a studio also teaches aerial arts, and found at least 712 studios with confirmed aerial classes, 54.1% of the directory. Rolled up by state, a clear map appears. Updated 2026-07-17.

Aerial-arts capitals, per resident

The headline: Montana pairs pole with aerial arts more than any state per resident, with 7 confirmed aerial studios — 6.2 per million people. By raw count the big states lead (California 77, Florida 65, Texas 53), but per resident on the ground, the map looks different. Deepest bench relative to its studio count: Connecticut, where 75% of all pole studios also teach aerial.

#StateConfirmed aerial studiosShare of state's studiosPer million residents
1 Montana 7 87.5% 6.2
2 New Hampshire 8 72.7% 5.7
3 South Dakota 5 83.3% 5.4
4 Connecticut 15 75% 4.1
5 Delaware 4 57.1% 3.8
6 Colorado 20 64.5% 3.4
7 Utah 12 60% 3.4
8 Nevada 11 47.8% 3.4
9 Wyoming 2 100% 3.4
10 Vermont 2 100% 3.1
11 Arkansas 9 90% 2.9
12 Florida 65 53.3% 2.8
13 New Jersey 26 65% 2.7
14 Kansas 8 80% 2.7
15 Rhode Island 3 37.5% 2.7
16 Alaska 2 33.3% 2.7
17 Illinois 33 61.1% 2.6
18 Georgia 29 61.7% 2.6
19 South Carolina 14 58.3% 2.6
20 North Dakota 2 66.7% 2.5
21 Virginia 21 61.8% 2.4
22 Arizona 18 58.1% 2.4
23 Massachusetts 17 54.8% 2.4
24 Minnesota 13 65% 2.2
25 Iowa 7 70% 2.2
26 California 77 47% 2
27 Mississippi 6 85.7% 2
28 Pennsylvania 25 53.2% 1.9
29 Ohio 23 59% 1.9
30 North Carolina 21 50% 1.9
31 Missouri 12 44.4% 1.9
32 Oregon 8 27.6% 1.9
33 Michigan 18 51.4% 1.8
34 Tennessee 13 65% 1.8
35 Wisconsin 11 52.4% 1.8
36 Texas 53 57% 1.7
37 New York 34 50.7% 1.7
38 Washington 13 35.1% 1.6
39 Idaho 3 50% 1.5
40 Maryland 9 47.4% 1.4
41 Hawaii 2 50% 1.4
42 Maine 2 33.3% 1.4
43 District of Columbia 1 100% 1.4
44 Indiana 8 30.8% 1.2
45 Oklahoma 5 50% 1.2
46 Louisiana 5 50% 1.1
47 Kentucky 5 62.5% 1.1
48 West Virginia 2 33.3% 1.1
49 Nebraska 1 33.3% 0.5
50 Alabama 2 28.6% 0.4
51 New Mexico 0 0% 0

Counts are floors, not ceilings: a studio only lands in the aerial column when its own website or its students' reviews prove it teaches silks, hoop, or hammock. The real number is higher — the evidence just hasn't surfaced yet for every studio.

Looking for aerial classes?

This page is the map; the style directories are the door-to-door lists. Browse aerial silks, aerial hoop, and aerial yoga (hammock) studios, each grouped by state with the review evidence quoted on every listing. New to it all? Many aerial studios are especially beginner-friendly, and plenty offer a free first class so you can try the air before you commit.

Cite this data

Suggested attribution: “The Pole + Aerial Map” — PoleDanceClasses.net, 2026, linked to https://www.poledanceclasses.net/pole-stats/aerial-map/. The tables are CC BY 4.0: chart them, quote them, publish them — just link back. Want a custom cut (by state, metro, or brand)? Email us.

Download the full CSV Data updated 2026-07-17

Methodology: a studio counts as confirmed aerial when its website or student reviews contain concrete evidence it teaches aerial silks, hoop, or hammock (mined and re-verified with each crawl of our 1,316-studio national directory). Because the flag requires proof, every number on this page is a floor ("at least N"). Population = US Census 2024 state estimates; per-million = confirmed aerial studios ÷ state population × 1,000,000. Share = aerial studios ÷ all directory studios in that state. More data: the state-by-state stats hub and America's pole capitals.