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Natural gas share of electricity generation: U.S. states ranked (2024)

Measure: Natural gas share of electricity generation (%, derived). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Electricity generation by source by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2024.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-09

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National value: 43.4 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 53.2 %
RI 89.9 %
DE 87.6 %
CT 58.2 %
NJ 49.3 %
MD 39.3 %
MA 77.5 %
VT 0 %
NH 26.1 %

Lowest: 0 to 13.9 %
Group 2: 13.9 to 31.4 %
Group 3: 31.4 to 43.7 %
Group 4: 43.7 to 54.9 %
Highest: 54.9 to 89.9 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.

Note: Shares are of net generation by all producers in the state (utilities, independent power producers and industrial and commercial plants), derived by Quadranac from EIA's annual state data. Electricity generated in one state is often used in another.


1	Rhode Island	89.9
2	Delaware	87.6
3	Mississippi	77.6
4	Massachusetts	77.5
5	Florida	76.8
6	Louisiana	75.5
7	Ohio	59.6
7	Pennsylvania	59.6
9	Virginia	59.4
10	Connecticut	58.2
11	Nevada	54.9
12	District of Columbia	53.2
13	Texas	51.8
14	Oklahoma	50.8
15	New Jersey	49.3
16	New York	48.3
17	Arizona	47.5
18	Alaska	46.8
19	Alabama	45.2
20	Michigan	44.9
21	Maine	43.7
22	Indiana	41.1
22	North Carolina	41.1
24	Georgia	40.7
25	California	40.5
26	Arkansas	40.2
26	Wisconsin	40.2
28	Maryland	39.3
29	Oregon	38.5
30	Utah	33.1
31	Idaho	31.4
32	Colorado	30.5
33	New Mexico	29.3
34	Minnesota	27.1
35	New Hampshire	26.1
36	Kentucky	25.8
37	South Carolina	22.7
38	Tennessee	21.6
39	Washington	17.7
40	Illinois	16.3
41	Iowa	13.9
42	Missouri	13.6
43	Wyoming	13.3
44	South Dakota	10.8
45	Kansas	9.2
46	West Virginia	7.5
47	North Dakota	5.7
48	Montana	3.7
48	Nebraska	3.7
50	Hawaii	0
50	Vermont	0

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Detailed State Data: net generation by state by type of producer by energy source (annual_generation_state.xls, Form EIA-923). Reference period: 2024.

Cite this ranking

U.S. states ranked by natural gas share of electricity generation (%, derived) (2024). Data: U.S. Energy Information Administration, State historical tables: net generation by state, type of producer and energy source (annual_generation_state.xls); rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-natural-gas-share-of-electricity-generation/

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