Most pools in the U.S. are concentrated in the southern and westernmost regions. Due to its relatively modest overall population compared to Los Angeles, Phoenix tops the list, with 32.7% of all homes featuring a pool. Florida sweeps the next three spots, with Miami at 30.6%, Tampa at 27.7% and Orlando at 25.9%.
5. California and Florida have the most inground swimming pools in the United States.
Beverly Hills has the most pools per capita, 2,481. Not coincidentally, it was one of four cities fined by the SWRCB for overusing water. Next was Rancho Palos Verdes with 2,592 pools per capita. Satellite imagery showed the city with turquoise rectangles in almost every home in every tract.
Here is an excerpt from the post: According to P.K. Data research, there are five million inground residential swimming pools in the U.S. Over 40 percent of them are in two states, California and Florida. What's more, an equal proportion of all new pools built in 2012 were in those same two states.
The world's largest residential pool is located in the Houston, TX area in a town called El Campo, TX.
Rick Ross Shows Off His 109-Room Mansion and Biggest Pool in America.
Australia builds more domestic swimming pools (per capita) than any other country in the world.
In Texas, there's over half a million inground pools installed, and the state is home to many highly regarded pool builders.
There are approximately 1.18 million residential swimming pools in California, according to Metrostudy.
Sifting through statistics from the L.A. County Assessor's Office, Schwencke found that L.A. county contains roughly 250,000 swimming pools, 96 percent of which are attached to single-family homes.
In total, there are roughly 250,000 pools in L.A. County, far more than a previous atlas showed when other designers attempted to map the pools in city limits.
Dozens of under-construction developments will feature private pools, but they are still a rarity in New York homes. And those that do exist are attached to apartments and townhouses asking millions of dollars.
Las Vegas, another desert-type climate, has 23.8% of homes with pools and sunny California hosts four cities, in sixth to ninth position.
However, these are thinly populated rural counties that are not expected to have added significantly to the approximately 1.1 million total residential swimming pools estimated to exist currently in Florida from this survey.
Australia has the highest pool ownership per capita in the world with 1.2 million private pools, and more than 30,000 new ones are being installed a year, says the Swimming Pool & Spa Alliance of Australia (SPASA).
Some small nations enjoy a thriving swimming pool industry (e.g., New Zealand pop. 4,116,900 – holds the record in pools per capita with 65,000 home swimming pools and 125,000 spa pools).
How Many Pools Are in the United States? There are 10.4 million residential and 309,000 public swimming pools in the United States, according to the Association of Pool & Spa Professionals (APSP).
The first heated swimming pool was built by Gaius Maecenas of Rome in the 1st century BC. Gaius Maecenas was a rich Roman lord and considered one of the first patrons of arts. Ancient Sinhalese built pairs of pools called "Kuttam Pokuna" in the kingdom of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka in the 4th century BC.
Chicago has 49 outdoor public pools in its park system. These pools are free and offer a respite from the sand and the sunbathers, as the vast majority of pool patrons are children eager to swim.
Seattle has eight indoor pools with regular public swim times. Children under 6 or under 48 inches in height must stay within arm's-length of an accompanying adult.
That's certainly one of the mantras for the world's largest swimming pool, located at San Alfonso del Mar, a private resort in Algarrobo, Chile.
At 1,013 meters (3,324 ft) in length with a total area of 8 hectares (19.77 acres), the swimming pool at the San Alfonso del Mar resort in Algarrobo, Chile is the largest in the world.
Deep water: The world's deepest dive pool has just opened at Deep Dive Dubai. With a staggering depth of 60 meters (196 feet), the pool, part of the new Deep Dive Dubai attraction -- has stolen the record from Poland's Deepspot, which has a depth of over 45 meters.