# Solar Farms in California: 893, #1 in the US (Map + Data) | InstaMaps

> California has 893 solar farms (13.5% of the US), #1 by count and #14 per person. From U.S. Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database v4.0. Map to embed, CSV download.

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# Solar Farms in California

California has **893 solar farms**: 13.5% of the US total of 6,611\. That ranks **#1 by count** and **#14 per person** (2.26 per 100,000 residents) of 51.

## Key takeaways

* California has 893 solar farms, 13.5% of the US total of 6,611.
* That ranks #1 of 51 by count and #14 per person (2.26 per 100,000 residents).
* Source: U.S. Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database v4.0 (USGS, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), 2026.

#14

national rank (per capita)

893

solar farms

2.26

per 100k residents

## The data

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.

Licence: U.S. government data: no copyright, free to reuse

[California: 893 rows (CSV)](/downloads/solar-farms/california.csv)[All of the US (CSV)](/downloads/solar-farms/us.csv)

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## Named solar farms in California include

RB Inyokern Solar WDAT 1281 (CSG) · RB Inyokern Solar WDAT 1203 (CSG) · West Village Solar - Array 1Community Solar · Tulare CSG LLC · Kings CSG 3 LLC Community Solar · Fresno Community Solar · Manteca Land PV · Delano Land 1 · Visalia Solar · PAC Aviation Solar · Cawelo Water District Solar · Arrache 4013

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