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Illinois ranks 27th among the 50 states and the District of Columbia based on the number of miles of roadway in each state per charging station, according to a new study by the news and commentary website Electrek.

The Prairie State now has an estimated 26,000 registered EVs, but that’s out of a total of nearly 4.3 million registered vehicles, Electrek reported. So EVs represent only 0.61% of the total number of vehicles on the road. In comparison, California’s EV numbers make up 2.9% of the total vehicle numbers, according to the study. 

Illinois has nearly one EV charger for every 63.8 miles of roadway, compared to 2.2 miles per charger for top-ranked Washington, D.C. 

Electrek pulled data from the federal Department of Energy and other agencies and institutes to find out the best and worst states for EV charging. The numbers also show that Illinois now has 11.37 EVs per charger.

California is the top state based on the sheer number of EV charging stations (34,775) available to the public, followed by New York (6,679) and Florida (5,747).

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How States Rank on EV Charging Stations

State or Jurisdiction	Registered EVs	Total Vehicle Registrations	% of Vehicles That Are EVs	Public Charger Ports Available	EVs per Charger	Miles per EV Charger	Rank Based on Miles per EV Charger
Washington, D.C.	2,360	184,832	1.28%	684	3.45	2.22	1
California	425,300	14,654,371	2.90%	34,775	12.23	5.05	2
Hawaii	10,670	492,034	2.17%	743	14.36	6.06	3
Massachusetts	21,010	2,085,100	1.01%	4,279	4.91	8.6	4
Rhode Island	1,580	389,425	0.41%	533	2.96	11.27	5
Maryland	17,970	1,841,711	0.98%	2,866	6.27	11.3	6
New York	32,590	4,425,722	0.74%	6,679	4.88	17.06	7
Vermont	2,230	202,897	1.10%	834	2.67	17.09	8
Connecticut	9,040	1,260,063	0.72%	1,248	7.24	17.29	9
Washington	50,520	2,877,533	1.76%	3,789	13.33	21.3	10
Florida	58,160	7,732,491	0.75%	5,747	10.12	21.42	11
Delaware	1,950	422,002	0.46%	277	7.04	23.46	12
New Jersey	30,420	2,616,279	1.16%	1,638	18.57	23.79	13
Colorado	24,670	1,724,841	1.43%	3,458	7.13	25.76	14
Utah	11,230	910,430	1.23%	1,839	6.11	26.43	15
Virginia	20,510	3,145,500	0.65%	2,626	7.81	28.69	16
Arizona	28,770	2,387,462	1.21%	1,994	14.43	33.55	17
Georgia	23,530	3,445,471	0.68%	3,764	6.25	34.13	18
Oregon	22,850	1,399,619	1.63%	2,149	10.63	36.78	19
Nevada	11,040	1,052,571	1.05%	1,252	8.82	38.12	20
Maine	1,920	370,051	0.52%	552	3.48	41.34	21
North Carolina	16,190	3,390,087	0.48%	2,365	6.85	45.51	22
Pennsylvania	17,530	4,222,743	0.42%	2,453	7.15	49.21	23
New Hampshire	2,690	486,514	0.55%	315	8.54	51.38	24
Texas	52,190	8,223,542	0.64%	5,054	10.33	62.42	25
Missouri	6,740	2,035,762	0.33%	2,088	3.23	63.34	26
Illinois	26,000	4,286,622	0.61%	2,287	11.37	63.83	27
Ohio	14,530	4,380,516	0.33%	1,883	7.72	65.34	28
Tennessee	7,810	2,137,154	0.37%	1,401	5.58	68.64	29
Michigan	10,620	2,810,414	0.38%	1,694	6.27	72.13	30
South Carolina	4,390	1,724,396	0.26%	774	5.67	102.37	31
Minnesota	10,380	1,821,645	0.57%	1,239	8.38	114.09	32
Oklahoma	3,410	1,249,360	0.27%	992	3.44	115.56	33
Indiana	6,990	2,183,343	0.32%	834	8.38	116.19	34
Wisconsin	6,310	1,973,948	0.32%	866	7.29	133.57	35
West Virginia	600	525,159	0.11%	269	2.23	144.52	36
Kansas	3,130	943,138	0.33%	942	3.32	149.02	37
Kentucky	2,650	1,638,625	0.16%	478	5.54	167.27	38
Wyoming	330	193,092	0.17%	171	1.93	175.97	39
New Mexico	2,620	635,272	0.41%	401	6.53	179.12	40
Louisiana	1,950	1,321,964	0.15%	339	5.75	188.69	41
Idaho	2,300	599,749	0.38%	260	8.85	202	42
Alabama	2,890	2,065,223	0.14%	495	5.84	203.4	43
Alaska	940	174,496	0.54%	83	11.32	213.69	44
Iowa	2,260	1,210,633	0.19%	534	4.23	214.99	45
Arkansas	1,330	874,634	0.15%	412	3.23	249.07	46
Nebraska	1,810	647,411	0.28%	356	5.08	267.67	47
Mississippi	780	803,827	0.10%	281	2.78	275.76	48
Montana	940	438,642	0.22%	205	4.59	359.25	49
South Dakota	410	337,367	0.12%	148	2.77	553.85	50
North Dakota	220	224,952	0.10%	132	1.67	667.94	51

Source: Electrek.co