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QUICK FACTS: Solar Energy In States

Last Updated: 8/5/25

Top Solar Energy Production States

According to Climate Central, the top ten states for solar energy production are:

  1. California (68,816 GWh)
  2. Texas (31,739 GWh) 
  3. Florida (17,809 GWh)
  4. North Carolina (12,085 GWh)
  5. Nevada (11,423 GWh)
  6. Georgia (8,103 GWh)
  7. Arizona (11,778 GWh)
  8. Virginia (6,072 GWh)
  9. New York (6,447 GWh)
  10. Utah (4,823 GWh) 

According to Choose Energy’s analysis of data from the Energy Information Administration, the top ten states that get the highest percentage of their electricity from solar are:

  1. California (54.2%)
  2. Massachusetts (42.2%)
  3. Nevada (41.5%)
  4. Hawaii (33.4%)
  5. Utah (27%)
  6. Maine (23.8%)
  7. Arizona (23.3%)
  8. Delaware (21.7%)
  9. Vermont (21%)
  10. New Mexico (20.9%)

Top States For Solar Energy Employment

The 2024 E2 Clean Jobs America Report found that the top ten states for solar energy employment are:

  1. California (117,946 jobs)
  2. Massachusetts (16,899 jobs)
  3. Texas (16,684 jobs)
  4. New York (15,490 jobs)
  5. Florida (15,435 jobs)
  6. Arizona (10,110 jobs)
  7. North Carolina (9,819 jobs)
  8. New Jersey (9,263 jobs)
  9. Nevada 9,071 jobs)
  10. Colorado (9,017 jobs)

Climate Power’s most recent Clean Energy Jobs Report found that the top ten states for solar energy jobs announced since the passage of the IRA are:

  1. New Mexico (17,735 jobs)
  2. Texas (9,635 jobs)
  3. Georgia (5,619 jobs)
  4. Ohio (5,041 jobs)
  5. Oklahoma (4,020 jobs)
  6. Utah (2,500 jobs)
  7. Arizona (2,332 jobs) 
  8. Michigan (2,025 jobs)
  9. South Carolina (1,754 jobs)
  10. Indiana (1,315 jobs) 

Top States For Solar Energy Investment

Climate Power’s most recent Clean Energy Boom Report found that the top ten states for solar energy investment announced since the passage of the IRA are:

  1. Michigan, $10.9 billion ($10,953,000,000)
  2. Georgia, $5.04 billion ($5,043,000,000)
  3. Texas, $3.1 billion ($3,168,000,000)
  4. Ohio, $2.3 billion ($2,324,500,000)
  5. Wisconsin, $2 billion ($2,000,000,000)
  6. New Mexico, $1.9 billion ($1,992,000,000)
  7. Oklahoma, $1.6 billion ($1,620,000,000)
  8. Illinois, $1.4 billion ($1,498,500,000)
  9. California, $1.2 billion ($1,240,300,000)
  10. Alabama, $1.1 billion ($1,145,900,000) 

Top States For Solar Energy Projects

Climate Power’s most recent Clean Energy Boom Report found that the top states for solar energy projects announced since the passage of the IRA are:

1. Texas (23 projects)

2-t. Arizona (10 projects)

2-t. California (10 projects)

2-t. Georgia (10 projects)

3. Ohio (9 projects) 

4-t. South Carolina (7 projects)

4-t. Indiana (7 projects)

4-t. Michigan (7 projects)

5. Illinois (6 projects)