Where America's solar generating sites actually are, by metro

U.S. energy and data centers · Data as of 2026-09-15 · ALEX Intelligence

37 Solar Generating Sites — Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

#	Metro	Solar Generating Sites
1	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	37
2	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	33
3	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	27
4	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	20
5	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	19
6	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	19
7	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	17
8	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	16
9	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	15
10	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	14

Methodology

Source:: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022, NAICS 221114 (Solar electric power generation)
Measure: Solar Generating Sites, ranked highest first across all U.S. metros (49 ranked in total).
Universe: Places below a 5,000-resident floor are excluded so a median computed on a handful of households cannot top the ranking.
Vintage: 2022
Reproduce this query: https://api.census.gov/data/2022/cbp?get=NAME%2CESTAB%2CNAICS2017_LABEL&for=metropolitan%20statistical%20area%2Fmicropolitan%20statistical%20area%3A%2A&NAICS2017=221114&key=YOUR_CENSUS_KEY

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