How Many US Presidents Born In Each State?

Map found on redditThe map above shows many presidents have been born in each US state. Virginia is by far the winner with 8 presidents born there (although none in the last 100 years), followed by Ohio with 7 (dominating the late 19th and early 20th centuries), New York with 5 and Massachusetts with 4.

In total, 21 states have given birth to a president and 29 have not.

Florida is the most populous state without a president being born there. Whereas Vermont is the least populous state to be home to a president (2 of them in fact).

Here is a full list by state:

Virginia (8)

• George Washington (1st) April 30, 1789 – March 4, 1797
• Thomas Jefferson (3rd) March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1809
• James Madison (4th) March 4, 1809 – March 4, 1817
• James Monroe (5th) March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1825
• William Henry Harrison (9th) March 4, 1841 – April 4, 1841
• John Tyler (10th) April 4, 1841 – March 4, 1845
• Zachary Taylor (12th) March 4, 1849 – July 9, 1850
• Woodrow Wilson (28th) March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921

Ohio (7)

• Ulysses S. Grant (18th) March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1877
• Rutherford B. Hayes (19th) March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1881
• James A. Garfield (20th) March 4, 1881 – September 19, 1881
• Benjamin Harrison (23rd) March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1893
• William McKinley (25th) March 4, 1897 – September 14, 1901
• William Howard Taft (27th) March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1913
• Warren G. Harding (29th) March 4, 1921 – August 2, 1923

New York (5)

• Martin Van Buren (8th) March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1841
• Millard Fillmore (13th) July 9, 1850 – March 4, 1853
• Theodore Roosevelt (26th) September 14, 1901 – March 4, 1909
• Franklin D. Roosevelt (32nd) March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945
• Donald Trump (45th) January 20, 2017 – January 20, 2021

Massachusetts (4)

• John Adams (2nd) March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1801
• John Quincy Adams (6th) March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829
• John F. Kennedy (35th) January 20, 1961 – November 22, 1963
• George H. W. Bush (41st) January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993

North Carolina (2)

• James K. Polk (11th) March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1849
• Andrew Johnson (17th) April 15, 1865 – March 4, 1869

Pennsylvania (2)

• James Buchanan (15th) March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861
• Joe Biden (46th) January 20, 2021 – Present

Texas (2)

• Dwight D. Eisenhower (34th) January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961
• Lyndon B. Johnson (36th) November 22, 1963 – January 20, 1969

Vermont (2)

• Calvin Coolidge (30th) August 2, 1923 – March 4, 1929
• Chester A. Arthur (21st) September 19, 1881 – March 4, 1885

Arkansas (1)

• Bill Clinton (42nd) January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001

California (1)

• Richard Nixon (37th) January 20, 1969 – August 9, 1974

Connecticut (1)

• George W. Bush (43rd) January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2009

Georgia (1)

• Jimmy Carter (39th) January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981

Hawaii (1)

• Barack Obama (44th) January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017

Illinois (1)

• Ronald Reagan (40th) January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1989

Iowa (1)

• Herbert Hoover (31st) March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933

Kentucky (1)

• Abraham Lincoln (16th) March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865

Missouri (1)

• Harry S. Truman (33rd) April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1953

Nebraska (1)

• Gerald Ford (38th) August 9, 1974 – January 20, 1977

New Hampshire (1)

• Franklin Pierce (14th) March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1857

New Jersey (1)

• Grover Cleveland (22nd) March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1889; (24th) March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1897

South Carolina (1)

• Andrew Jackson (7th) March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1837