Where NHL players are from

Canada has the most players on NHL rosters now, 355, ahead of Sweden with 82. Of the cities, Toronto, Canada has the most, 28. Rosters are on file in full from 1993-94; before that only some of the stars are.

US states

NHL players by state of birth
#	State	On rosters now	On file
1	Minnesota	46	185
2	Michigan	37	142
3	New York	24	101
4	Massachusetts	23	126
5	Illinois	13	54
6	California	12	40
7	Florida	11	17
8	New Jersey	10	27
9	Arizona	9	10
10	Wisconsin	7	28
11	Ohio	7	23
12	Missouri	6	17
13	Pennsylvania	5	27
14	Texas	5	8
15	Connecticut	4	27
16	Colorado	4	12
17	New Hampshire	3	9
18	Nebraska	3	4
19	Rhode Island	2	14
20	North Dakota	2	11
21	Maine	2	7
22	Virginia	2	6
23	Maryland	2	5
24	Alaska	1	12
25	Indiana	1	9
26	Washington	1	8
27	Utah	1	5
28	Georgia	0	3
29	North Carolina	0	3
30	Oregon	0	3

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Countries outside the United States

NHL players by country of birth
#	Country	On rosters now	On file
1	Canada	355	2294
2	Sweden	82	264
3	Russia	47	167
4	Finland	44	165
5	Czechia	16	88
6	Switzerland	11	21
7	USSR	9	63
8	Slovakia	7	25
9	Latvia	6	21
10	Germany	6	16
11	Belarus	6	12
12	Denmark	5	13
13	Czechoslovakia	4	149
14	Austria	3	9
15	Norway	3	9
16	France	1	5
17	NF	0	21
18	Ukraine	0	14
19	West Germany	0	9
20	Slovenia	0	5
21	ENG	0	4
22	Poland	0	4
23	Angarsk	0	3

Cities

NHL players by city of birth
#	City	On rosters now	On file
1	Toronto, Canada	28	138
2	Calgary, Canada	18	87
3	Stockholm, Sweden	15	51
4	Moscow, Russia	11	54
5	Mississauga, Canada	10	29
6	Edmonton, Canada	9	96
7	Ottawa, Canada	9	57
8	Saskatoon, Canada	9	44
9	Hamilton, Canada	8	25
10	Halifax, Canada	8	21
11	Karlstad, Sweden	8	9
12	London, Canada	7	38
13	Montreal, Canada	6	102
14	Brandon, Canada	6	19
15	Oulu, Finland	6	15
16	Winnipeg, Canada	5	52
17	Vancouver, Canada	5	35
18	Kitchener, Canada	5	24
19	Oakville, Canada	5	15
20	Espoo, Finland	5	12
21	St. Albert, Canada	5	11
22	Vasteras, Sweden	5	9
23	Markham, Canada	5	6
24	Phoenix, Arizona	5	6
25	Lakeville, Minnesota	5	5
26	Windsor, Canada	4	26
27	Laval, Canada	4	22
28	Riga, Latvia	4	19
29	Buffalo, New York	4	17
30	Tampere, Finland	4	17
31	Ornskoldsvik, Sweden	4	14
32	Burlington, Canada	4	12
33	Richmond Hill, Canada	4	11
34	St. Louis, Missouri	4	11
35	Surrey, Canada	4	10
36	Pori, Finland	4	9
37	Skelleftea, Sweden	4	9
38	Chelyabinsk, Russia	4	7
39	Eden Prairie, Minnesota	4	6
40	Scarborough, Canada	3	29
41	Thunder Bay, Canada	3	26
42	Boston, Massachusetts	3	20
43	Helsinki, Finland	3	19
44	Turku, Finland	3	19
45	Peterborough, Canada	3	17
46	Prague, Czechia	3	17
47	Brampton, Canada	3	13
48	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	3	12
49	Gatineau, Canada	3	10
50	Yaroslavl, Russia	3	10
51	Newmarket, Canada	3	9
52	Etobicoke, Canada	3	8
53	Kosice, Slovakia	3	8
54	Fort Saskatchewan, Canada	3	7
55	Burnsville, Minnesota	3	6
56	Syracuse, New York	3	6
57	Omsk, Russia	3	5
58	Kingston, Canada	2	21
59	Quebec City, Canada	2	19
60	Burnaby, Canada	2	16
61	Victoria, Canada	2	14
62	North Vancouver, Canada	2	12
63	Vantaa, Finland	2	11
64	Lethbridge, Canada	2	9
65	Richmond, Canada	2	9
66	Sherwood Park, Canada	2	9
67	Abbotsford, Canada	2	8
68	Brno, Czechia	2	8
69	Kuopio, Finland	2	8
70	La Salle, Canada	2	8
71	New Westminster, Canada	2	8
72	Denver, Colorado	2	7
73	Trois Rivieres, Canada	2	7
74	Charlottetown, Canada	2	6
75	Longueuil, Canada	2	6
76	New York, New York	2	6
77	Ajax, Canada	2	5
78	Ann Arbor, Michigan	2	5
79	Canton, Michigan	2	5
80	Langley, Canada	2	5
81	Oslo, Norway	2	5
82	Saint Paul, Minnesota	2	5
83	Whitby, Canada	2	5
84	Zvolen, Slovakia	2	5
85	Regina, Canada	1	34
86	Minneapolis, Minnesota	1	22
87	Detroit, Michigan	1	20
88	Sudbury, Canada	1	19
89	Oshawa, Canada	1	18
90	Sault Ste. Marie, Canada	1	15
91	Chicago, Illinois	1	14
92	Barrie, Canada	1	12
93	Prince Albert, Canada	1	12
94	Belleville, Canada	1	11
95	Brantford, Canada	1	11
96	Edina, Minnesota	1	11
97	Madison, Wisconsin	1	11
98	Sherbrooke, Canada	1	11
99	Anchorage, Alaska	1	10
100	Ostrava, Czechia	1	10
101	Gothenburg, Sweden	1	9
102	Guelph, Canada	1	9
103	Trencin, Czechoslovakia	1	9
104	Cranbrook, Canada	1	8
105	Spruce Grove, Canada	1	8
106	Dearborn, Michigan	1	7
107	Gavle, Sweden	1	7
108	Lahti, Finland	1	7
109	Minsk, Belarus	1	7
110	Prince George, Canada	1	7
111	Ufa, Russia	1	7
112	Cambridge, Canada	1	6
113	Kamloops, Canada	1	6
114	Murmansk, Russia	1	6
115	Niagara Falls, Canada	1	6
116	Summerside, Canada	1	6
117	Airdrie, Canada	1	5
118	Bratislava, Slovakia	1	5
119	Brockville, Canada	1	5
120	Fort Mcmurray, Canada	1	5
121	Goteborg, Sweden	1	5
122	Kazan, Russia	1	5
123	Linkoping, Sweden	1	5
124	Malmo, Sweden	1	5
125	Moncton, Canada	1	5
126	Novosibirsk, Russia	1	5
127	Salt Lake City, Utah	1	5
128	Stratford, Canada	1	5
129	Chelyabinsk, USSR	0	14
130	St. Catharines, Canada	0	14
131	Kladno, Czechoslovakia	0	12
132	Red Deer, Canada	0	12
133	Most, Czechoslovakia	0	11
134	St. John's, NF	0	11
135	Kyiv, Ukraine	0	10
136	Lloydminster, Canada	0	10
137	Plzen, Czechia	0	10
138	Trail, Canada	0	10
139	Voskresensk, USSR	0	10
140	Bloomington, Minnesota	0	9
141	Medicine Hat, Canada	0	9
142	North York, Canada	0	9
143	Ceske Budejovice, Czechoslovakia	0	8
144	Jihlava, Czechoslovakia	0	8
145	Rochester, New York	0	8
146	Sarnia, Canada	0	8
147	Tolyatti, Russia	0	8
148	Ust-Kamenogorsk, USSR	0	8
149	Welland, Canada	0	8
150	Grand Rapids, Minnesota	0	7
151	Livonia, Michigan	0	7
152	Meadow Lake, Canada	0	7
153	Zlin, Czechoslovakia	0	7
154	Cleveland, Ohio	0	6
155	Flin Flon, Canada	0	6
156	Hull, Canada	0	6
157	Kelowna, Canada	0	6
158	Martin, Czechoslovakia	0	6
159	Pardubice, Czechia	0	6
160	Rochester, Minnesota	0	6
161	Vernon, Canada	0	6
162	Viking, Canada	0	6
163	Chatham, Canada	0	5
164	Cornwall, Canada	0	5
165	Duluth, Minnesota	0	5
166	Fernie, Canada	0	5
167	Ilava, Czechoslovakia	0	5
168	Jonkoping, Sweden	0	5
169	Lansing, Michigan	0	5
170	New Haven, Connecticut	0	5
171	Nitra, Czechoslovakia	0	5
172	North Bay, Canada	0	5
173	Owen Sound, Canada	0	5
174	Repentigny, Canada	0	5
175	Roseau, Minnesota	0	5
176	Rouyn-Noranda, Canada	0	5
177	Simcoe, Canada	0	5
178	Sodertalje, Sweden	0	5
179	Swift Current, Canada	0	5
180	Timmins, Canada	0	5

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