Survivor Players by State
California is the most frequently listed state in Survivor hometown data, 191 castaways total, and California has the most listed winners (9). 48 US states and territories are represented across 751 castaways, counting Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico. This site uses the residence recorded for each player's latest listed appearance, not birthplace or current residence, and this ranking uses raw counts only; there is no population data in the dataset to compute a per-capita rate. Places tied on player count share a rank, marked with a T.
Complete list
| # | State or territory | Players | Winners | Finalists | Returning players |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | 191 | 9 | 25 | 33 |
| 2 | New York | 69 | 3 | 12 | 13 |
| 3 | Texas | 48 | 2 | 7 | 7 |
| 4 | Florida | 47 | 4 | 14 | 12 |
| 5 | Massachusetts | 28 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 6 | Illinois | 25 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | Pennsylvania | 23 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | North Carolina | 20 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| T9 | New Jersey | 17 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| T9 | Tennessee | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| T11 | Georgia | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| T11 | South Carolina | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | Virginia | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| T14 | Colorado | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| T14 | Louisiana | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| T14 | Utah | 13 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| T14 | Washington | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| T18 | Ohio | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| T18 | Washington, D.C. | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| T20 | Arizona | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| T20 | Maryland | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| T20 | Nevada | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| T23 | Alabama | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| T23 | Kentucky | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| T23 | Michigan | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| T23 | Minnesota | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| T23 | Missouri | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 28 | Rhode Island | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 29 | Oregon | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| T30 | Connecticut | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| T30 | Indiana | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| T30 | Maine | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| T30 | New Hampshire | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| T34 | Arkansas | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| T34 | Hawaii | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| T34 | Idaho | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| T34 | Iowa | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| T34 | Kansas | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| T34 | Oklahoma | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T34 | Wisconsin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T41 | Delaware | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T41 | Mississippi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T41 | Nebraska | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T44 | Montana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T44 | Puerto Rico | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| T44 | South Dakota | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T44 | Vermont | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| T44 | Wyoming | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Beyond the US
The dataset also contains hometowns in Canadian provinces. See every Survivor player with a listed Canadian hometown, grouped by province, or jump straight to the players with Ontario hometowns.
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