Where NBA players are from

California has the most players on NBA rosters now, 42, ahead of Texas with 40. Of the cities, Los Angeles, California has the most, 6. 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	239
2	Texas	40	125
3	Florida	25	90
4	New York	24	148
5	Georgia	23	96
6	Illinois	19	135
7	New Jersey	19	77
8	Ohio	18	78
9	Pennsylvania	16	81
10	North Carolina	16	72
11	Maryland	15	59
12	Indiana	14	48
13	South Carolina	12	35
14	Michigan	10	85
15	Virginia	10	40
16	Minnesota	10	31
17	Missouri	10	24
18	Alabama	9	40
19	Washington	9	37
20	Wisconsin	8	37
21	Arkansas	8	26
22	Arizona	7	13
23	Tennessee	6	48
24	Kansas	6	19
25	Nevada	6	12
26	Iowa	5	16
27	Louisiana	4	69
28	Massachusetts	4	24
29	Oregon	4	20
30	Colorado	4	14
31	Oklahoma	3	28
32	Connecticut	3	21
33	Utah	3	16
34	Nebraska	3	8
35	Mississippi	2	34
36	Kentucky	2	23
37	Delaware	2	4
38	Maine	2	3
39	Washington, D.C.	1	30
40	West Virginia	0	11
41	Montana	0	4

Countries outside the United States

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

Cities

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

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