Which state makes the most wind power?
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I bet… California — it's always in the clean-energy news!
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The real order is…
Texas makes about 2.81× as much wind power as #2 Iowa — and sunny California isn't even in the top 5!
📚 Background Not sunny California — Texas is the wind-power king, making almost 3× as much as #2 Iowa. The same wide, windy plains that carry the state's big cattle ranches now carry many wind turbines too. (California isn't even in the top 5 for wind.) (U.S. EIA, electricity data) (opens in a new tab)
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Wind power generated (billion kWh, by state, 2024)
Highest: Texas (124.3 billion kWh); lowest shown here: Wisconsin (2 billion kWh).
Note: net electricity from wind, in billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) — 2024, U.S. EIA. Only the states that generate a meaningful amount of wind power are shown.
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| Rank | State | Value |
|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | 124.3 billion kWh |
| #2 | Iowa | 44.3 billion kWh |
| #3 | Oklahoma | 38 billion kWh |
| #4 | Kansas | 29.8 billion kWh |
| #5 | Illinois | 24.9 billion kWh |
| #6 | Colorado | 17.6 billion kWh |
| #7 | California | 15.6 billion kWh |
| #8 | New Mexico | 15.1 billion kWh |
| #9 | Minnesota | 14.8 billion kWh |
| #9 | North Dakota | 14.8 billion kWh |
| #11 | South Dakota | 12.1 billion kWh |
| #12 | Nebraska | 11.9 billion kWh |
| #13 | Indiana | 10.3 billion kWh |
| #14 | Michigan | 9.8 billion kWh |
| #15 | Oregon | 9.5 billion kWh |
| #16 | Wyoming | 9 billion kWh |
| #17 | Washington | 8.9 billion kWh |
| #18 | Missouri | 6.8 billion kWh |
| #19 | New York | 6 billion kWh |
| #20 | Montana | 5.8 billion kWh |
| #21 | Pennsylvania | 3.3 billion kWh |
| #22 | Idaho | 3 billion kWh |
| #23 | Ohio | 2.8 billion kWh |
| #24 | Arizona | 2.5 billion kWh |
| #25 | Maine | 2.4 billion kWh |
| #26 | West Virginia | 2 billion kWh |
| #26 | Wisconsin | 2 billion kWh |
Only the states that generate a meaningful amount of wind power are shown.
Figures are published for 43 states; this table shows the top 27.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (2024)
Sources
Data as of: 2024
U.S. EIA: net generation from wind by state, 2024 (opens in a new tab) (2026-07-24) — Official published values (the committed raw file holds EIA's megawatt-hour value for every generating state; the display converts to billion kWh).
↳ On eia.gov/electricity/data/state, open 'Annual generation by state and energy source', filter YEAR 2024, TYPE OF PRODUCER 'Total Electric Power Industry', ENERGY SOURCE 'Wind'.