All 6,611 US solar farms, from U.S. Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database v4.0 (USGS, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) (2026), ranked by solar farms per 100,000 residents. Every state links to its own map and CSV: free to cite, embed and download.
| # | State | Per 100k | Total | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maine | 9.96 | 140 | 2.1% | Map + story → |
| 2 | Minnesota | 9.05 | 524 | 7.9% | Map + story → |
| 3 | Vermont | 8.17 | 53 | 0.8% | Map + story → |
| 4 | Massachusetts | 7.45 | 532 | 8% | Map + story → |
| 5 | North Carolina | 6.88 | 760 | 11.5% | Map + story → |
| 6 | Rhode Island | 6.29 | 70 | 1.1% | Map + story → |
| 7 | New Mexico | 4.08 | 87 | 1.3% | Map + story → |
| 8 | New Jersey | 3.47 | 330 | 5% | Map + story → |
| 9 | Oregon | 3.28 | 140 | 2.1% | Map + story → |
| 10 | New York | 3.21 | 637 | 9.6% | Map + story → |
| 11 | Maryland | 2.76 | 173 | 2.6% | Map + story → |
| 12 | Colorado | 2.62 | 156 | 2.4% | Map + story → |
| 13 | Hawaii | 2.28 | 33 | 0.5% | Map + story → |
| 14 | California | 2.26 | 893 | 13.5% | Map + story → |
| 15 | Connecticut | 2.26 | 83 | 1.3% | Map + story → |
| 16 | South Carolina | 2.15 | 118 | 1.8% | Map + story → |
| 17 | Arkansas | 2.04 | 63 | 1% | Map + story → |
| 18 | Nevada | 2.02 | 66 | 1% | Map + story → |
| 19 | Washington DC | 1.99 | 14 | 0.2% | Map + story → |
| 20 | Illinois | 1.79 | 228 | 3.4% | Map + story → |
| 21 | Indiana | 1.65 | 114 | 1.7% | Map + story → |
| 22 | Utah | 1.51 | 53 | 0.8% | Map + story → |
| 23 | Wisconsin | 1.49 | 89 | 1.3% | Map + story → |
| 24 | Arizona | 1.45 | 110 | 1.7% | Map + story → |
| 25 | Delaware | 1.43 | 15 | 0.2% | Map + story → |
| 26 | Virginia | 1.41 | 124 | 1.9% | Map + story → |
| 27 | Georgia | 1.36 | 152 | 2.3% | Map + story → |
| 28 | Kansas | 1.25 | 37 | 0.6% | Map + story → |
| 29 | Nebraska | 0.9 | 18 | 0.3% | Map + story → |
| 30 | Florida | 0.86 | 202 | 3.1% | Map + story → |
| 31 | Iowa | 0.86 | 28 | 0.4% | Map + story → |
| 32 | Montana | 0.79 | 9 | 0.1% | Map + story → |
| 33 | Mississippi | 0.78 | 23 | 0.3% | Map + story → |
| 34 | Michigan | 0.65 | 66 | 1% | Map + story → |
| 35 | Idaho | 0.65 | 13 | 0.2% | Map + story → |
| 36 | Texas | 0.6 | 187 | 2.8% | Map + story → |
| 37 | Ohio | 0.56 | 67 | 1% | Map + story → |
| 38 | Pennsylvania | 0.5 | 66 | 1% | Map + story → |
| 39 | Missouri | 0.5 | 31 | 0.5% | Map + story → |
| 40 | Tennessee | 0.42 | 30 | 0.5% | Map + story → |
| 41 | Kentucky | 0.37 | 17 | 0.3% | Map + story → |
| 42 | Oklahoma | 0.37 | 15 | 0.2% | Map + story → |
| 43 | Wyoming | 0.34 | 2 | 0% | Map + story → |
| 44 | Louisiana | 0.33 | 15 | 0.2% | Map + story → |
| 45 | South Dakota | 0.32 | 3 | 0% | Map + story → |
| 46 | Alaska | 0.27 | 2 | 0% | Map + story → |
| 47 | West Virginia | 0.23 | 4 | 0.1% | Map + story → |
| 48 | Alabama | 0.21 | 11 | 0.2% | Map + story → |
| 49 | Washington | 0.09 | 7 | 0.1% | Map + story → |
| 50 | New Hampshire | 0.07 | 1 | 0% | Map + story → |
| 51 | North Dakota | 0 | 0 | – | Map + story → |
Source: U.S. Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database v4.0 (USGS, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), 2026. Every ground-mounted facility of 1 MW or more in the database, at its own coordinates. Rooftop and small community solar are not in this database. Per-capita figures use US Census Bureau 2024 population estimates.
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