According to the Roller Coaster Database, about 6,200 roller coasters operate in roughly 4,500 amusement parks worldwide In the U.S. today, 854 roller coasters operate, with more wooden coasters than Europe and Asia combined.
Coasters operate in 47 of the 50 states; only Delaware, Hawaii, and Rhode Island go without.
Rick Good spent ten years in the newspaper business, including with The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) and The Greenville News (Greenville, SC). He co-wrote, with Melinda Coleman, Rutledge to Riley: Governors of South Carolina, 1776–Present (Published by The Greenville News), and is the author of Mind Games Trivia #1 (Amazon). He has recently spent 15 years creating original trivia content through Sounds Good Mobile Entertainment and continues that with his new company, SGME Software. He edits The Smart Reader’s money, real estate, and business coverage.
