Solar Capacity Net Generation Per 100K People by State
State	Ranking	Net generation from solar photovoltaic (PV) July 2022 (thousand megawatt hours)	Population 2022	Net generation per 100K people (thousand megawatt hours)
Nevada	1	1,033	3,177,772	32.5
California	2	6,506	39,029,342	16.7
Utah	3	495	3,380,800	14.6
Arizona	4	977	7,359,197	13.3
New Mexico	5	268	2,113,344	12.7
Hawaii	6	172	1,440,196	11.9
North Carolina	7	1,233	10,698,973	11.5
Texas	8	2,980	30,029,572	9.9
Rhode Island	9	103	1,093,734	9.4
Maine	10	103	1,385,340	7.4
Vermont	10	48	647,064	7.4
Massachusetts	12	511	6,981,974	7.3
Colorado	13	394	5,839,926	6.7
Georgia	13	736	10,912,876	6.7
Virginia	15	560	8,683,619	6.4
Florida	16	1,374	22,244,823	6.2
Oregon	17	250	4,240,137	5.9
South Carolina	18	288	5,282,634	5.5
New Jersey	19	496	9,261,699	5.4
Idaho	20	87	1,939,033	4.5
Minnesota	21	253	5,717,184	4.4
Connecticut	21	159	3,626,205	4.4
Wyoming	23	25	581,381	4.3
Arkansas	24	103	3,045,637	3.4
Maryland	25	196	6,164,660	3.2
New York	26	606	19,677,151	3.1
Iowa	27	86	3,200,517	2.7
Illinois	28	319	12,582,032	2.5
Indiana	29	163	6,833,037	2.4
Delaware	30	23	1,018,396	2.3
Wisconsin	30	133	5,892,539	2.3
New Hampshire	32	26	1,395,231	1.9
Alabama	33	93	5,074,296	1.8
Mississippi	34	50	2,940,057	1.7
Michigan	35	139	10,034,113	1.4
Tennessee	36	90	7,051,339	1.3
Ohio	37	146	11,756,058	1.2
Missouri	37	74	6,177,957	1.2
Montana	39	11	1,122,867	1
Louisiana	40	42	4,590,241	0.9
Pennsylvania	40	111	12,972,008	0.9
Washington	42	61	7,785,786	0.8
Nebraska	43	13	1,967,923	0.7
Kansas	44	18	2,937,150	0.6
Oklahoma	45	18	4,019,800	0.4
Alaska	45	3	733,583	0.4
Kentucky	45	16	4,512,310	0.4
West Virginia	48	3	1,775,156	0.2
South Dakota	49	0	909,824	0
North Dakota	49	0	779,261	0

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, 2023.