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

Measure: Solar 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: 5.1 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 16.9 %
RI 6.1 %
DE 3.5 %
CT 1.1 %
NJ 2.7 %
MD 2.9 %
MA 10.2 %
VT 9.6 %
NH 0 %

Lowest: 0 to 0.5 %
Group 2: 0.5 to 1.7 %
Group 3: 1.7 to 3.8 %
Group 4: 3.8 to 7.7 %
Highest: 7.7 to 27.4 %

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	Nevada	27.4
2	California	22.6
3	District of Columbia	16.9
4	Utah	15.1
5	New Mexico	10.8
6	Massachusetts	10.2
7	Vermont	9.6
8	Arizona	9.3
9	North Carolina	8.8
10	Colorado	8.4
11	Hawaii	7.7
12	Texas	7.2
13	Florida	7
14	Virginia	6.8
15	Georgia	6.6
16	Maine	6.4
17	Rhode Island	6.1
18	Idaho	5.1
19	Wisconsin	4.4
20	Minnesota	3.9
21	Arkansas	3.8
22	Delaware	3.5
23	Indiana	3.2
24	Oregon	3.1
25	Maryland	2.9
25	South Carolina	2.9
27	Ohio	2.8
28	New Jersey	2.7
29	New York	2.4
30	Mississippi	2.2
31	Illinois	1.7
32	South Dakota	1.6
33	Michigan	1.5
34	Montana	1.4
34	Tennessee	1.4
36	Louisiana	1.2
37	Connecticut	1.1
38	Wyoming	1
39	Alabama	0.9
39	Iowa	0.9
41	Nebraska	0.5
41	Pennsylvania	0.5
43	Kentucky	0.4
43	Washington	0.4
43	West Virginia	0.4
46	Missouri	0.3
46	Oklahoma	0.3
48	Kansas	0.2
49	Alaska	0.1
50	New Hampshire	0
50	North Dakota	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 solar 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-solar-share-of-electricity-generation/

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