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

U.S. energy and data centers · Data as of 2026-10-02 · ALEX Intelligence

162 Solar Generating Sites — California

#	State	Solar Generating Sites
1	California	162
2	Florida	52
3	Texas	45
4	North Carolina	29
5	Arizona	25
6	Virginia	25
7	Utah	23
8	New Jersey	22
9	Illinois	20
10	New York	20

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. states (35 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=state%3A%2A&NAICS2017=221114&key=YOUR_CENSUS_KEY

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