Top 10 Thrifting States: Massachusetts Ranks High

There’s an age-old phrase about one man’s trash being another man’s treasure, which might help explain why residents of the Bay State are so enamored by the concept of thrifting various items.

That’s because Massachusetts ranks among the national leaders when it comes to search interest surrounding thrift shops, where people sell their "weathered" possessions to others for a new cycle of life with a new owner.

National Thrift Store Day is August 17. To celebrate the day in style, BetMassachusetts.com wanted to find that states are the most into thrifting, whether it is to find cool vintage items, save money, or reduce the impact the clothing industry has on the environment. Using Google Trends, we compiled search interest scores for “thrift store,” and “thrifting,” between August 5 – 12, 2024 to rank the top 10 thrifting states.

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Massachusetts Among National Leaders in Thrifting Interest

Of the 50 states and Washington D.C. that were surveyed, Massachusetts finished with the seventh highest online search interest score for subjects that had to do with thrifting, finishing up with a total of 79 points.

That total put the Bay State directly behind North Dakota, which finished with 81 points, and ahead of No. 8 Oregon, which had 77 points to finish ahead of No. 9 California (72 search interest score) and No. 10 Montana (69 search interest score).

Nationally, the leaders in thrifting interest were Colorado, which had a search interest score of 141 points, followed by New Hampshire (109 search interest score), Minnesota (108 search interest score), Alabama (100 search interest score) and Vermont (94 search interest score).

Throw in North Dakota in the No. 6 spot and you have the full rundown of American states with higher search interest totals than Massachusetts when it came to topics related to thrifting, illustrating once and for all how thrifty Bay State locals are on a daily basis.

USA Today photo by Doug Engle.

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Rank	State	Total Score
1	Colorado	141
2	New Hampshire	109
3	Minnesota	108
4	Alabama	100
5	Vermont	94
6	North Dakota	81
7	Massachusetts	79
8	Oregon	77
9	California	72
10	Montana	69