Where NBA players are from

California has the most players on NBA rosters now, 42, ahead of Texas with 39. Of the cities, Los Angeles, California has the most, 7. Rosters are on file in full from 1993-94; before that only some of the stars are.

US states

NBA players by state of birth
#	State	On rosters now	On file
1	California	42	269
2	Texas	39	137
3	Florida	25	98
4	Georgia	22	104
5	New York	20	170
6	Illinois	18	149
7	Ohio	15	91
8	New Jersey	15	79
9	Pennsylvania	14	94
10	North Carolina	14	89
11	Indiana	14	55
12	Michigan	12	94
13	Maryland	12	63
14	South Carolina	11	42
15	Missouri	10	27
16	Washington	9	42
17	Wisconsin	9	39
18	Virginia	8	46
19	Minnesota	8	36
20	Arkansas	8	32
21	Arizona	7	19
22	Tennessee	6	51
23	Alabama	6	47
24	Nevada	6	15
25	Kansas	5	22
26	Iowa	5	17
27	Colorado	5	15
28	Louisiana	4	76
29	Oregon	4	22
30	Oklahoma	3	31
31	Massachusetts	3	30
32	Connecticut	3	22
33	Utah	3	17
34	Mississippi	2	37
35	Kentucky	2	26
36	Nebraska	2	9
37	Delaware	2	4
38	Maine	2	3
39	Washington, D.C.	1	33
40	Rhode Island	1	4
41	New Hampshire	1	3
42	West Virginia	0	14
43	Montana	0	5
44	Alaska	0	3

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Countries outside the United States

NBA players by country of birth
#	Country	On rosters now	On file
1	Canada	12	34
2	France	11	33
3	Germany	6	10
4	Nigeria	5	15
5	VIC	5	9
6	Spain	4	16
7	England	3	11
8	Cameroon	3	7
9	PQ	3	6
10	Switzerland	3	5
11	Bosnia & Herzegovina	3	4
12	Senegal	2	10
13	Italy	2	9
14	Dominican Republic	2	8
15	Serbia	2	8
16	Netherlands	2	7
17	Belgium	2	5
18	Bahamas	2	4
19	Israel	2	4
20	Lithuania	2	4
21	NSW	2	4
22	Georgia	2	3
23	Brazil	1	11
24	Türkiye	1	10
25	Greece	1	7
26	Ukraine	1	6
27	Croatia	1	5
28	Jamaica	1	5
29	Latvia	1	5
30	Slovenia	1	5
31	Sweden	1	5
32	Congo	1	4
33	Mexico	1	4
34	New Zealand	1	4
35	Czechia	1	3
36	Guinea	1	3
37	Japan	1	3
38	Yugoslavia	0	39
39	Argentina	0	9
40	West Germany	0	7
41	Australia	0	6
42	China	0	6
43	Puerto Rico	0	5
44	Sudan	0	4
45	Haiti	0	3
46	Mali	0	3
47	Panama	0	3
48	Poland	0	3
49	Virgin Islands	0	3

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Cities

NBA players by city of birth
#	City	On rosters now	On file
1	Los Angeles, California	7	66
2	Atlanta, Georgia	6	32
3	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	6	20
4	Paris, France	6	7
5	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	5	53
6	Brooklyn, New York	5	36
7	Dallas, Texas	5	33
8	Akron, Ohio	5	8
9	Saint Louis, Missouri	5	6
10	Baltimore, Maryland	4	30
11	Houston, Texas	4	21
12	Seattle, Washington	4	20
13	Oakland, California	4	19
14	Indianapolis, Indiana	4	17
15	Las Vegas, Nevada	4	13
16	Toronto, Canada	4	11
17	Marietta, Georgia	4	9
18	Orlando, Florida	4	9
19	Rochester, New York	4	8
20	Chicago, Illinois	3	74
21	SAN ANTONIO, Texas	3	13
22	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	3	10
23	Miami, Florida	3	9
24	Melbourne, VIC	3	6
25	Montreal, PQ	3	6
26	Garland, Texas	3	5
27	Detroit, Michigan	2	40
28	New York, New York	2	29
29	New Orleans, Louisiana	2	19
30	Minneapolis, Minnesota	2	14
31	Charlotte, North Carolina	2	13
32	Columbus, Ohio	2	13
33	Flint, Michigan	2	12
34	Columbia, South Carolina	2	11
35	Riverside, California	2	10
36	Grand Rapids, Michigan	2	9
37	San Diego, California	2	9
38	Fresno, California	2	8
39	SACRAMENTO, California	2	7
40	South Bend, Indiana	2	7
41	Trenton, New Jersey	2	7
42	Canton, Ohio	2	6
43	Charleston, South Carolina	2	6
44	Durham, North Carolina	2	6
45	Little Rock, Arkansas	2	6
46	Wichita, Kansas	2	6
47	Washington, Washington, D.C.	1	33
48	Queens, New York	1	22
49	Memphis, Tennessee	1	20
50	Louisville, Kentucky	1	13
51	Portland, Oregon	1	13
52	Cleveland, Ohio	1	11
53	Long Beach, California	1	11
54	Newark, New Jersey	1	11
55	Cincinnati, Ohio	1	10
56	Birmingham, Alabama	1	9
57	Compton, California	1	9
58	Inglewood, California	1	9
59	Nashville, Tennessee	1	9
60	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	1	9
61	Phoenix, Arizona	1	9
62	Shreveport, Louisiana	1	9
63	Kansas City, Missouri	1	8
64	Mobile, Alabama	1	8
65	Jacksonville, Florida	1	7
66	Saginaw, Michigan	1	7
67	Augusta, Georgia	1	6
68	Gary, Indiana	1	6
69	Maywood, Illinois	1	6
70	Omaha, Nebraska	1	6
71	Fort Lauderdale, Florida	1	5
72	Fort Wayne, Indiana	1	5
73	Fort Worth, Texas	1	5
74	Greensboro, North Carolina	1	5
75	Greenville, South Carolina	1	5
76	Kinston, North Carolina	1	5
77	Mississauga, Canada	1	5
78	Tampa, Florida	1	5
79	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	0	16
80	Bronx, New York	0	14
81	Boston, Massachusetts	0	12
82	Jackson, Mississippi	0	12
83	Tulsa, Oklahoma	0	11
84	Buffalo, New York	0	9
85	Raleigh, North Carolina	0	9
86	Dayton, Ohio	0	8
87	Monroe, Louisiana	0	8
88	Toledo, Ohio	0	8
89	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	0	7
90	Hartford, Connecticut	0	6
91	Peoria, Illinois	0	6
92	Bakersfield, California	0	5
93	Benton Harbor, Michigan	0	5
94	Gastonia, North Carolina	0	5
95	Jersey City, New Jersey	0	5
96	Macon, Georgia	0	5
97	Richmond, Virginia	0	5
98	Salt Lake City, Utah	0	5
99	Syracuse, New York	0	5

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Birthplace as ESPN lists it for each player; places with 3 or more NBA players on file, cities with five or more.