by Tessa Boyce
The following information is provided by Graphiq and Tessa Boyce.
Celebrities who have achieved fame and fortune often flock to states like California or New York. What some of us don’t know is that many A-listers were born in obscure places.
While some states produce only a handful of celebrities, people born in certain states seem to be destined for the spotlight. Using data provided by Gracenote, PrettyFamous looked at the number of celebrities per state to see where the most celebrities are from. The raw number of celebrities per state was normalized against the state’s population to determine a per capita figure. This figure represents the number of celebrities from their respective states, per 100,000 people.
These per capita figures were calculated from a subset of our data of 12,589 celebrities who have appeared in at least one television show or movie and have had their place of birth recorded in our database.
Additionally, we have identified which celebrity from each state has the most Twitter followers.
#50. Arizona
Celebrities per 100,000 People: 0.94
Top Celebrity from Arizona on Twitter: Joe Jonas
#49. Nevada
Celebrities per 100,000 People: 1.03
Top Celebrity from Nevada on Twitter: Matthew Gray Gubler
#48. Florida
Celebrities per 100,000 People: 1.04
Top Celebrity from Florida on Twitter: Ariana Grande
#47. Alaska
Celebrities per 100,000 People: 1.25
Top Celebrity from Alaska on Twitter: Bristol Palin
#46. North Carolina
Celebrities per 100,000 People: 1.40
Top Celebrity from North Carolina on Twitter: Zach Galifianakis
#45. New Mexico
Celebrities per 100,000 People: 1.59
Top Celebrity from New Mexico on Twitter: Neil Patrick Harris
#44. South Carolina
Celebrities per 100,000 People: 1.62
Top Celebrity from South Carolina on Twitter: Stephen Colbert
#43. Idaho
Celebrities per 100,000 People: 1.64
Top Celebrity from Idaho on Twitter: Aaron Paul
#42. New Hampshire
Celebrities per 100,000 People: 1.67
Top Celebrity from New Hampshire on Twitter: Sarah Silverman
#41. Virginia
Celebrities per 100,000 People: 1.72
Top Celebrity from Virginia on Twitter: Chris Brown
#40. Wyoming
Celebrities per 100,000 People: 1.75
Top Celebrity from Wyoming on Twitter: Jim Beaver
#39. Colorado
Celebrities per 100,000 People: 1.76
Top Celebrity from Colorado on Twitter: Kristin Cavallari
#38. Alabama
Celebrities per 100,000 People: 1.81
Top Celebrity from Alabama on Twitter: Channing Tatum
#37. Georgia
Celebrities per 100,000 People: 1.82
Top Celebrity from Georgia on Twitter: Kanye West
#36. Utah
Celebrities per 100,000 People: 1.99
Top Celebrity from Utah on Twitter: Julianne Hough
#35. Vermont
Celebrities per 100,000 People: 2.08
Top Celebrity from Vermont on Twitter: JoJo
#34. Oregon
Celebrities per 100,000 People: 2.09
Top Celebrity from Oregon on Twitter: Holly Madison
#33. West Virginia
Celebrities per 100,000 People: 2.10
Top Celebrity from West Virginia on Twitter: Brad Paisley
#32. Texas
Celebrities per 100,000 People: 2.14
Top Celebrity from Texas on Twitter: Selena Gomez
#31. Tennessee
Celebrities per 100,000 People: 2.14
Top Celebrity from Tennessee on Twitter: Justin Timberlake
#30. Washington
Celebrities per 100,000 People: 2.18
Top Celebrity from Washington on Twitter: Bill Gates
#29. Arkansas
Celebrities per 100,000 People: 2.25
Top Celebrity from Arkansas on Twitter: Ne-Yo
#28. Delaware
Celebrities per 100,000 People: 2.42
Top Celebrity from Delaware on Twitter: Aubrey Plaza
#27. Indiana
Celebrities per 100,000 People: 2.49
Top Celebrity from Indiana on Twitter: Janet Jackson
#26. Wisconsin
Celebrities per 100,000 People: 2.54
Top Celebrity from Wisconsin on Twitter: Ariel Winter
#25. Maine
Celebrities per 100,000 People: 2.63
Top Celebrity from Maine on Twitter: Anna Kendrick
#24. North Dakota
Celebrities per 100,000 People: 2.75
Top Celebrity from North Dakota on Twitter: Wiz Khalifa
#23. Maryland
Celebrities per 100,000 People: 2.76
Top Celebrity from Maryland on Twitter: Toni Braxton
#22. Kansas
Celebrities per 100,000 People: 2.79
Top Celebrity from Kansas on Twitter: Kendall Schmidt
#21. Kentucky
Celebrities per 100,000 People: 3.05
Top Celebrity from Kentucky on Twitter: Josh Hutcherson
#20. Minnesota
Celebrities per 100,000 People: 3.07
Top Celebrity from Minnesota on Twitter: Chris Pratt
#19. Hawaii
Celebrities per 100,000 People: 3.12
Top Celebrity from Hawaii on Twitter: Nicole Scherzinger
#18. Michigan
Celebrities per 100,000 People: 3.14
Top Celebrity from Michigan on Twitter: Floyd Mayweather Jr.
#17. South Dakota
Celebrities per 100,000 People: 3.15
Top Celebrity from South Dakota on Twitter: Tom Brokaw
#16. Mississippi
Celebrities per 100,000 People: 3.19
Top Celebrity from Mississippi on Twitter: Oprah Winfrey
#15. Louisiana
Celebrities per 100,000 People: 3.44
Top Celebrity from Louisiana on Twitter: Ellen DeGeneres
#14. Oklahoma
Celebrities per 100,000 People: 3.46
Top Celebrity from Oklahoma on Twitter: Blake Shelton
#13. Ohio
Celebrities per 100,000 People: 3.56
Top Celebrity from Ohio on Twitter: John Legend
#12. Iowa
Celebrities per 100,000 People: 3.56
Top Celebrity from Iowa on Twitter: Ashton Kutcher
#11. Missouri
Celebrities per 100,000 People: 3.85
Top Celebrity from Missouri on Twitter: Eminem
#10. Montana
Celebrities per 100,000 People: 3.91
Top Celebrity from Montana on Twitter: David Lynch
#9. Nebraska
Celebrities per 100,000 People: 4.24
Top Celebrity from Nebraska on Twitter: Gabrielle Union
#8. Pennsylvania
Celebrities per 100,000 People: 4.71
Top Celebrity from Pennsylvania on Twitter: Taylor Swift
#7. Rhode Island
Celebrities per 100,000 People: 4.85
Top Celebrity from Rhode Island on Twitter: Pauly DelVecchio
#6. California
Celebrities per 100,000 People: 4.96
Top Celebrity from California on Twitter: Katy Perry
#5. New Jersey
Celebrities per 100,000 People: 5.08
Top Celebrity from New Jersey on Twitter: Ashley Tisdale
#4. Connecticut
Celebrities per 100,000 People: 5.47
Top Celebrity from Connecticut on Twitter: Seth MacFarlane
#3. Illinois
Celebrities per 100,000 People: 6.20
Top Celebrity from Illinois on Twitter: Ludacris
#2. Massachusetts
Celebrities per 100,000 People: 6.78
Top Celebrity from Massachusetts on Twitter: Conan O’Brien
#1. New York
Celebrities per 100,000 People: 15.18
Top Celebrity from New York on Twitter: Lady Gaga
Celebrity Birth per State Map
This visualization shows the breakdown of celebrities based on each state’s number of celebrities per 100,000 people.
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