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Solar share of energy consumption: U.S. states ranked (2024)

Measure: Solar share of energy consumption (%, derived). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Energy consumption 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: 1.2 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 0.7 %
RI 1.6 %
DE 0.5 %
CT 1.1 %
NJ 1 %
MD 0.7 %
MA 1.7 %
VT 1.5 %
NH 0.4 %

Lowest: 0 to 0.2 %
Group 2: 0.2 to 0.5 %
Group 3: 0.5 to 0.9 %
Group 4: 0.9 to 1.7 %
Highest: 1.7 to 7.3 %

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: Total consumption counts net electricity flows, so electricity-exporting states' shares can add to more than 100.


1	Nevada	7.3
2	California	4.3
3	Arizona	3.7
4	Hawaii	3.6
5	New Mexico	2.6
6	Utah	2.5
7	Florida	2.4
8	Maine	2.1
9	Colorado	1.8
10	Massachusetts	1.7
10	North Carolina	1.7
12	Rhode Island	1.6
13	Vermont	1.5
14	Oregon	1.2
15	Connecticut	1.1
15	Georgia	1.1
15	Texas	1.1
15	Virginia	1.1
19	New Jersey	1
20	Arkansas	0.9
20	Idaho	0.9
22	New York	0.8
23	District of Columbia	0.7
23	Maryland	0.7
23	South Carolina	0.7
23	Wisconsin	0.7
27	Minnesota	0.6
27	Mississippi	0.6
29	Delaware	0.5
29	Illinois	0.5
29	Indiana	0.5
29	Ohio	0.5
33	Montana	0.4
33	New Hampshire	0.4
35	Iowa	0.3
35	Michigan	0.3
35	South Dakota	0.3
35	Wyoming	0.3
39	Alabama	0.2
39	Missouri	0.2
39	Pennsylvania	0.2
39	Tennessee	0.2
39	Washington	0.2
44	Kansas	0.1
44	Kentucky	0.1
44	Louisiana	0.1
44	Nebraska	0.1
44	Oklahoma	0.1
44	West Virginia	0.1
50	Alaska	0
50	North Dakota	0

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, State Energy Data System (SEDS), complete data file, 2024: series TETCB, CLTCB, NNTCB, PMTCB, NUETB, RETCB, WYTCB, SOTCB. Reference period: 2024.

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U.S. states ranked by solar share of energy consumption (%, derived) (2024). Data: U.S. Energy Information Administration, State Energy Data System (SEDS), complete data file, 2024: series TETCB, CLTCB, NNTCB, PMTCB, NUETB, RETCB, WYTCB, SOTCB; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-solar-share-of-energy-consumption/

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