2011 MLB Draft - State Breakdown

California lead all states with 110 out of the first 500 players taken in the 2011 MLB Draft hailing from the Golden State.  Texas and Florida were tied for second with 52 players each followed by Georgia with 24 and North Carolina with 22.

Oklahoma had the highest number of players taken per capita with 3.20 players for every million in population.  Oklahoma had 12 players selected in the Top 500 and a population of 3.75 Million. This is for where the player is originally from not for where the prospect went to college.  California was second with 2.95 players taken for every one million in population followed by Rhode Island with 2.86. It is important to note that state with small populations like Rhode Island are likely to fluctuate tremendously from year to year.

Raw Data Sorted By Per Capita

State	#	Per Capita
OK	12	3.20
CA	110	2.95
RI	3	2.86
KS	8	2.81
FL	52	2.77
MS	8	2.69
AZ	17	2.66
GA	24	2.48
NC	22	2.31
TN	14	2.21
TX	52	2.07
SC	9	1.94
WY	1	1.74
CT	6	1.68
NE	3	1.65
WA	11	1.64
VA	13	1.63
LA	7	1.55
MN	8	1.51
ND	1	1.49
HI	2	1.47
IL	16	1.25
IN	8	1.23
PA	15	1.18
MO	7	1.17
DE	1	1.11
NV	3	1.11
AL	5	1.05
OR	4	1.04
MA	7	1.04
MT	1	1.01
KY	4	0.92
NJ	8	0.91
CO	4	0.80
OH	9	0.78
NM	2	0.74
NH	1	0.74
AR	2	0.69
IA	2	0.66
ID	1	0.64
WI	3	0.53
MD	3	0.52
UT	1	0.36
NY	7	0.36
MI	3	0.30

Interesting for the South Carolina people that read the blog.  South Carolina only had two players selected in the first 10 rounds this year in Taylor Guerrieri and Michael Roth, but had 7 players selected late in the Top 500 to bolster their total to seven out of the Top 500.