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QUICK FACTS: Wind Energy In States

Last Updated: 8/5/25

Top Wind Energy Production States

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

  1. Texas (119,836 GWh)
  2. Iowa (41,869 GWh)
  3. Oklahoma (37,731 GWh)
  4. Kansas (27,462 GWh)
  5. Illinois (22,054 GWh)
  6. Colorado (16,009 GWh)
  7. New Mexico (14,899 GWh)
  8. California (14,897 GWh)
  9. North Dakota (14,686 GWh)
  10. Minnesota (14,665 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 wind are:

  1. Iowa (63.2%)
  2. South Dakota (56.9%)
  3. Kansas (45.7%)
  4. North Dakota (42.9%)
  5. Oklahoma (40.6%)
  6. New Mexico (33.5%)
  7. Colorado (31.3%)
  8. Wyoming (30.9%)
  9. Nebraska (30.7%)
  10. Minnesota (29%)

Top States For Wind Energy Employment

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

  1. Texas (27,381 jobs)
  2. Illinois (9,389 jobs)
  3. California (8,132 jobs)
  4. Colorado (7,880 jobs)
  5. Indiana (6,976 jobs)
  6. Florida (6,020 jobs)
  7. Michigan (5,188 jobs)
  8. New York (4,482 jobs)
  9. Iowa (3,974 jobs)
  10. Washington (3,521 jobs)

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

  1. Texas (4,456 jobs)
  2. Colorado (1,850 jobs)
  3. New York (1,780 jobs)
  4. Iowa (1,102 jobs)
  5. Maryland (545 jobs)
  6. Virginia (487 jobs)
  7. Illinois (450 jobs)
  8. Kentucky (400 jobs)
  9. Mississippi (300 jos)
  10. New Mexico (250 jobs) 

Top States For Wind Energy Investment

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

  1. Kentucky, $1.7 billion ($1,700,000,000)
  2. Oklahoma, $1.45 billion ($1,450,000,000)
  3. New York, $1.41 billion ($1,411,000,000)
  4. Texas, $1.34 billion ($1,343,000,000)
  5. New Jersey, $1.07 billion ($1,070,000,000)
  6. Alaska, $800 million ($800,000,000)
  7. California, $757 million ($757,100,000)
  8. Virginia, $688 million ($688,500,000)
  9. Maryland, $256 million ($256,000,000)
  10. Mississippi, $250 million ($250,000,000)

Top States For Wind Energy Projects

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

1.    New York, 6 projects

2-t. Texas, 5 projects

2-t. Iowa, 5 projects

2-t. California, 5 projects

4-t. Virginia, 3 projects

4-t. Maryland, 3 projects

5-t. South Dakota, 2 projects

5-t. Rhode Island, 2 projects

5-t. Illinois, 2 projects

5-t. Colorado, 2 projects

5-t. Massachusetts, 2 projects

5-t. Alaska, 2 projects