# Wind Turbines in California: 4,947, #4 in the US (Map + Data) | InstaMaps

> California has 4,947 wind turbines (6.4% of the US), #4 by count and #23 per person. From U.S. Wind Turbine Database v9.1. Map to embed, CSV download.

Source: https://get-instamaps.com/rankings/wind-turbines/california

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# Wind Turbines in California

California has **4,947 wind turbines**: 6.4% of the US total of 77,649\. That ranks **#4 by count** and **#23 per person** (12.55 per 100,000 residents) of 51.

## Key takeaways

* California has 4,947 wind turbines, 6.4% of the US total of 77,649.
* That ranks #4 of 51 by count and #23 per person (12.55 per 100,000 residents).
* Texas has the most, with 19,943.
* Source: U.S. Wind Turbine Database v9.1 (USGS, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, American Clean Power), September 2026.

#23

national rank (per capita)

4,947

wind turbines

12.55

per 100k residents

The map shows 4,000 of the 4,947, spread evenly; the counts and the CSV have them all.

## The data

Source: [U.S. Wind Turbine Database v9.1 (USGS, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, American Clean Power)](https://eerscmap.usgs.gov/uswtdb/), September 2026\. Every turbine in the database inside the 50 states and DC, placed at its own coordinates. Leaves out turbines in federal offshore waters and the territories. Block Island’s five, just off Rhode Island, count in Rhode Island.

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

[California: 4,947 rows (CSV)](/downloads/wind-turbines/california.csv)[All of the US (CSV)](/downloads/wind-turbines/us.csv)

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## Named wind turbines in California include

251 Wind · Alite Wind Farm · Alta I · Alta II · Alta III · Alta IV · Alta Mesa · Alta V · Alta VI (partial) · Alta VIII (partial) · Alta X · Alta XI

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