# Solar Farms by State (2026): Which State Has the Most? | InstaMaps

> 6,611 US solar farms ranked by state, per 100k residents. Free to cite, every state has an embeddable interactive map.

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2026 State Rankings

# Solar Farms by State: All 50 States Ranked

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.

## Key takeaways

* There are 6,611 solar farms in the US (U.S. Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database v4.0, 2026).
* California has the most: 893, or 13.5% of the US total.
* Per person, Maine has the most: 9.96 per 100,000 residents.
* The top five states (California, North Carolina, New York, Massachusetts and Minnesota) have 51% of them.
* North Dakota has none.

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Maine

9.96 per 100k · 140 total

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Minnesota

9.05 per 100k · 524 total

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Vermont

8.17 per 100k · 53 total

| #  | State          | Per 100k | Total | Share |                                                       |
| -- | -------------- | -------- | ----- | ----- | ----------------------------------------------------- |
| 1  | Maine          | 9.96     | 140   | 2.1%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/solar-farms/maine)          |
| 2  | Minnesota      | 9.05     | 524   | 7.9%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/solar-farms/minnesota)      |
| 3  | Vermont        | 8.17     | 53    | 0.8%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/solar-farms/vermont)        |
| 4  | Massachusetts  | 7.45     | 532   | 8%    | [Map + story →](/rankings/solar-farms/massachusetts)  |
| 5  | North Carolina | 6.88     | 760   | 11.5% | [Map + story →](/rankings/solar-farms/north-carolina) |
| 6  | Rhode Island   | 6.29     | 70    | 1.1%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/solar-farms/rhode-island)   |
| 7  | New Mexico     | 4.08     | 87    | 1.3%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/solar-farms/new-mexico)     |
| 8  | New Jersey     | 3.47     | 330   | 5%    | [Map + story →](/rankings/solar-farms/new-jersey)     |
| 9  | Oregon         | 3.28     | 140   | 2.1%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/solar-farms/oregon)         |
| 10 | New York       | 3.21     | 637   | 9.6%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/solar-farms/new-york)       |
| 11 | Maryland       | 2.76     | 173   | 2.6%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/solar-farms/maryland)       |
| 12 | Colorado       | 2.62     | 156   | 2.4%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/solar-farms/colorado)       |
| 13 | Hawaii         | 2.28     | 33    | 0.5%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/solar-farms/hawaii)         |
| 14 | California     | 2.26     | 893   | 13.5% | [Map + story →](/rankings/solar-farms/california)     |
| 15 | Connecticut    | 2.26     | 83    | 1.3%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/solar-farms/connecticut)    |
| 16 | South Carolina | 2.15     | 118   | 1.8%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/solar-farms/south-carolina) |
| 17 | Arkansas       | 2.04     | 63    | 1%    | [Map + story →](/rankings/solar-farms/arkansas)       |
| 18 | Nevada         | 2.02     | 66    | 1%    | [Map + story →](/rankings/solar-farms/nevada)         |
| 19 | Washington DC  | 1.99     | 14    | 0.2%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/solar-farms/washington-dc)  |
| 20 | Illinois       | 1.79     | 228   | 3.4%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/solar-farms/illinois)       |
| 21 | Indiana        | 1.65     | 114   | 1.7%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/solar-farms/indiana)        |
| 22 | Utah           | 1.51     | 53    | 0.8%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/solar-farms/utah)           |
| 23 | Wisconsin      | 1.49     | 89    | 1.3%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/solar-farms/wisconsin)      |
| 24 | Arizona        | 1.45     | 110   | 1.7%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/solar-farms/arizona)        |
| 25 | Delaware       | 1.43     | 15    | 0.2%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/solar-farms/delaware)       |
| 26 | Virginia       | 1.41     | 124   | 1.9%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/solar-farms/virginia)       |
| 27 | Georgia        | 1.36     | 152   | 2.3%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/solar-farms/georgia)        |
| 28 | Kansas         | 1.25     | 37    | 0.6%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/solar-farms/kansas)         |
| 29 | Nebraska       | 0.9      | 18    | 0.3%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/solar-farms/nebraska)       |
| 30 | Florida        | 0.86     | 202   | 3.1%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/solar-farms/florida)        |
| 31 | Iowa           | 0.86     | 28    | 0.4%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/solar-farms/iowa)           |
| 32 | Montana        | 0.79     | 9     | 0.1%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/solar-farms/montana)        |
| 33 | Mississippi    | 0.78     | 23    | 0.3%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/solar-farms/mississippi)    |
| 34 | Michigan       | 0.65     | 66    | 1%    | [Map + story →](/rankings/solar-farms/michigan)       |
| 35 | Idaho          | 0.65     | 13    | 0.2%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/solar-farms/idaho)          |
| 36 | Texas          | 0.6      | 187   | 2.8%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/solar-farms/texas)          |
| 37 | Ohio           | 0.56     | 67    | 1%    | [Map + story →](/rankings/solar-farms/ohio)           |
| 38 | Pennsylvania   | 0.5      | 66    | 1%    | [Map + story →](/rankings/solar-farms/pennsylvania)   |
| 39 | Missouri       | 0.5      | 31    | 0.5%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/solar-farms/missouri)       |
| 40 | Tennessee      | 0.42     | 30    | 0.5%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/solar-farms/tennessee)      |
| 41 | Kentucky       | 0.37     | 17    | 0.3%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/solar-farms/kentucky)       |
| 42 | Oklahoma       | 0.37     | 15    | 0.2%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/solar-farms/oklahoma)       |
| 43 | Wyoming        | 0.34     | 2     | 0%    | [Map + story →](/rankings/solar-farms/wyoming)        |
| 44 | Louisiana      | 0.33     | 15    | 0.2%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/solar-farms/louisiana)      |
| 45 | South Dakota   | 0.32     | 3     | 0%    | [Map + story →](/rankings/solar-farms/south-dakota)   |
| 46 | Alaska         | 0.27     | 2     | 0%    | [Map + story →](/rankings/solar-farms/alaska)         |
| 47 | West Virginia  | 0.23     | 4     | 0.1%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/solar-farms/west-virginia)  |
| 48 | Alabama        | 0.21     | 11    | 0.2%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/solar-farms/alabama)        |
| 49 | Washington     | 0.09     | 7     | 0.1%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/solar-farms/washington)     |
| 50 | New Hampshire  | 0.07     | 1     | 0%    | [Map + story →](/rankings/solar-farms/new-hampshire)  |
| 51 | North Dakota   | 0        | 0     | –     | [Map + story →](/rankings/solar-farms/north-dakota)   |

## Methodology & citation

Source: [U.S. Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database v4.0 (USGS, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)](https://eerscmap.usgs.gov/uspvdb/), 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.

Licence: U.S. government data: no copyright, free to reuse **Cite "U.S. Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database v4.0, mapped by InstaMaps" with a link to this page.**

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