How many cobblers are there in the United States?

Question

An estimate with an explanation would be ok. Try to solve it without looking up anything.

ok shoe repairers.

Answer 1

I am fairly sure that it is at least half of the number twenty years ago, which was half of what it had been forty years ago.

I am estimating that as an occupation, shoe repair has become a lost art, with the glut in cheap low standard footwear.

Answer 2

We don't call them cobblers anymore....unless you're talking about fruit cobblers.

Answer 3

too many to count.