List of presidents of the United States by home state

These lists give the states of birth and of primary affiliation for each president of the United States.

Birthplaces Twenty-one states have the distinction of being the birthplace of a president.West, Caitlin Heaney. "Presidential birthplaces and how they honor their history", Scranton Times-Tribune, January 16, 2021, Web. Retrieved May 26, 2026.

One president's birth state is in dispute; North and South Carolina (British colonies at the time) both lay claim to Andrew Jackson, who was born in 1767 in the Waxhaw region along their common border. Jackson himself considered South Carolina his birth state.

Born on December 5, 1782, Martin Van Buren was the first president born an American citizen (and not a British subject).

The term Virginia dynasty is sometimes used to describe the fact that four of the first five U.S. presidents were from Virginia.

The number of presidents per state in which they were born, counting Jackson as being from South Carolina, are: One: Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and South Carolina Two: North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Vermont Four: Massachusetts Five: New York Seven: Ohio Eight: Virginia

Date of birth President Birthplace Nearest town State of birth In office Wakefield Plantation Popes Creek 133 Franklin Street Braintree * Shadwell Plantation Shadwell Belle Grove Plantation Port Conway Monroe Family Home Monroe Hall Uncertain Waxhaws Region South Carolina 141 Franklin Street Braintree Berkeley Plantation Charles City County Abraham Van Buren Tavern Kinderhook New York Uncertain Barboursville Virginia Greenway Plantation Charles City County Virginia Stony Batter Cove Gap Pennsylvania Samuel Polk Cabin Pineville North Carolina Nathaniel Fillmore Cabin Summerhill New York Benjamin Pierce Homestead Hillsborough New Hampshire Jacob Johnson House Raleigh North Carolina Sinking Spring Farm Hodgenville Kentucky Jesse Root Grant House Point Pleasant Ohio 17 East William Street Delaware Ohio Rev. William Arthur House Fairfield Vermont Abram Garfield Cabin Moreland Hills Ohio Point Farm North Bend Ohio Caldwell Presbyterian Church Manse Caldwell New Jersey 40 North Main Street Niles Ohio Staunton First Presbyterian Church Manse Staunton Virginia 60 Auburn Street Cincinnati Ohio 28 East 20th Street New York City New York George Tryon Harding Farm Blooming Grove Ohio Coolidge Homestead Plymouth Vermont Jesse Clark Hoover Cottage West Branch Iowa Springwood Hyde Park New York Simon Blethroad House Lamar Missouri 609 South Lamar Avenue Denison Texas Sam Ealy Johnson Jr. House Stonewall Texas Graham Building Tampico Illinois 18001 Yorba Linda Boulevard Yorba Linda California 3202 Woolworth Avenue Omaha Nebraska 83 Beals Street Brookline Massachusetts 173 Adams Street Milton Massachusetts Wise Sanitarium Plains Georgia St. Mary's Hospital, 930 Hickory Street ScrantonPennsylvania Jamaica Hospital QueensNew York Grace–New Haven Hospital New Haven Connecticut Julia Chester Hospital, 1001 South Main Street Hope Arkansas Kapiʻolani Maternity and Gynecological Hospital HonoluluHawaii

Presidential birthplace and early childhood historic sites The birthplaces and early childhood residences of many U.S. presidents have been preserved or replicated. In instances where a physical structure is absent, a monument or roadside marker has been erected to denote the site's historic significance. All sites in the table below are listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

A dramatic shift in childbirth from home to hospital occurred in the United States in the early 20th century (mid–1920s to 1940). Reflective of this trend, Jimmy Carter and all presidents born during and after World War II (Bill Clinton and every president since) have been born in a hospital, not a private residence. This sortable table is ordered by the presidents' birthdates.

PresidentImageHistoric siteGeorge WashingtonGeorge Washington Birthplace National Monument, Colonial Beach, VirginiaJohn AdamsJohn Adams Birthplace, Quincy, MassachusettsJames MadisonBelle Grove Plantation, Port Conway, VirginiaJames MonroeJames Monroe Birthplace Park & Museum, Colonial Beach, VirginiaJohn Quincy AdamsJohn Quincy Adams Birthplace, Quincy, MassachusettsWilliam Henry HarrisonBerkeley Plantation, Charles City County, VirginiaZachary TaylorHare Forest Farm, Orange County, VirginiaZachary Taylor House, Louisville, KentuckyJohn TylerGreenway Plantation, Charles City County, VirginiaJames BuchananBuchanan's Birthplace State Park, Cove Gap, PennsylvaniaJames K. PolkPresident James K. Polk Historic Site, Pineville, North CarolinaFranklin PierceFranklin Pierce Homestead, Hillsborough, New HampshireAndrew JohnsonMordecai Historic Park, Raleigh, North CarolinaAbraham LincolnAbraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park, Hodgenville, KentuckyLincoln Boyhood National Memorial, Lincoln City, IndianaUlysses S. GrantGrant Birthplace, Point Pleasant, OhioRutherford B. HayesSpiegel Grove, Fremont, OhioChester A. ArthurChester Alan Arthur State Historic Site, Fairfield, VermontGrover ClevelandGrover Cleveland Birthplace, Caldwell, New JerseyWilliam McKinleyMcKinley Birthplace Home and Research Center, Niles, OhioTheodore RooseveltTheodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site, New York City, New YorkWilliam Howard TaftWilliam Howard Taft National Historic Site, Cincinnati, OhioWoodrow WilsonWoodrow Wilson Birthplace and Presidential Library, Staunton, VirginiaWoodrow Wilson Boyhood Home, Augusta, GeorgiaCalvin CoolidgeCalvin Coolidge Homestead District, Plymouth, VermontHerbert HooverHerbert Hoover National Historic Site, West Branch, Iowa Hoover–Minthorn House, Newberg, OregonFranklin D. RooseveltHome of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site, Hyde Park, New YorkHarry S. TrumanHarry S Truman Birthplace State Historic Site, Lamar, MissouriDwight D. EisenhowerEisenhower Boyhood Home, Abilene, KansasJohn F. KennedyJohn Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site, Brookline, MassachusettsLyndon B. JohnsonLyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park, Stonewall, TexasRonald ReaganBirthplace of Ronald Reagan, Tampico, IllinoisRichard NixonBirthplace of Richard Nixon, Yorba Linda, CaliforniaGerald FordPresident Gerald R. Ford Jr. Boyhood Home, Grand Rapids, MichiganJimmy CarterJimmy Carter National Historical Park, Plains, GeorgiaGeorge W. BushGeorge W. Bush Childhood Home, Midland, TexasBill ClintonPresident William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site, Hope, Arkansas

States of primary affiliation

A list of U.S. presidents including the state with which each was primarily affiliated or most closely associated with, due to residence, professional career, and electoral history.

OP President State 1 George Washington 2 John Adams 3 Thomas Jefferson 4 James Madison 5 James Monroe 6 John Quincy Adams 7 Andrew Jackson 8 Martin Van Buren 9 William Henry Harrison 10 John Tyler 11 James K. Polk 12 Zachary Taylor Although a resident of Louisiana during the 1848 election and throughout his presidency, Taylor spent his entire childhood in Louisville, volunteered for the Kentucky militia, commissioned the Kentuckian 7th Infantry Regiment at Terre aux Boeufs, and is buried in a cemetery in Louisville named after him. According to Zachary Taylor: The American Presidents Series: The 12th President, 1849–1850 states on p. 11 ~ "Taylor's home state of Kentucky,..." 13 Millard Fillmore 14 Franklin Pierce 15 James Buchanan 16 Abraham Lincoln 17 Andrew Johnson 18 Ulysses S. Grant 19 Rutherford B. Hayes 20 James A. Garfield 21 Chester A. Arthur 22, 24 Grover Cleveland 23 Benjamin Harrison 25 William McKinley 26 Theodore Roosevelt 27 William Howard Taft 28 Woodrow Wilson 29 Warren G. Harding 30 Calvin Coolidge 31 Herbert Hoover 32 Franklin D. Roosevelt 33 Harry S. Truman 34 Dwight D. Eisenhower Eisenhower held residency in New York during the 1952 presidential election and later in Pennsylvania during the 1956 presidential election, but was primarily raised in Kansas and later settled back there. 35 John F. Kennedy 36 Lyndon B. Johnson 37 Richard Nixon 38 Gerald Ford 39 Jimmy Carter 40 Ronald Reagan 41 George H. W. Bush 42 Bill Clinton 43 George W. Bush 44 Barack Obama 45, 47 Donald Trump Trump's official state of residence was New York in the 2016 presidential election, but it was changed to Florida when his permanent residence was moved from Trump Tower to Mar-a-Lago in 2019. Mar-a-Lago would serve as his home during his first post-presidency and his second Presidency, becoming the Winter White House once again in 2025. 46 Joe Biden

Notes

Presidents by state of primary affiliation A list of U.S. presidents grouped by primary state of residence and birth, with priority given to residence. Only 20 out of the 50 states are represented. Presidents with an asterisk (*) did not primarily reside in their respective birth states (they were not born in the state listed below).

State # Presidents (in order of presidency) 7 Martin Van Buren (8), Millard Fillmore (13), Chester A. Arthur* (21), Grover Cleveland* (22, 24), Theodore Roosevelt (26), Franklin D. Roosevelt (32), Donald Trump (45, 47) 6 William Henry Harrison* (9), Rutherford B. Hayes (19), James A. Garfield (20), William McKinley (25), William Howard Taft (27), Warren G. Harding (29) 5 George Washington (1), Thomas Jefferson (3), James Madison (4), James Monroe (5), John Tyler (10) 4 John Adams (2), John Quincy Adams (6), Calvin Coolidge* (30), John F. Kennedy (35) 3 Herbert Hoover* (31), Richard Nixon (37), Ronald Reagan* (40) 3 Abraham Lincoln* (16), Ulysses S. Grant* (18), Barack Obama* (44) 3 Andrew Jackson* (7), James K. Polk* (11), Andrew Johnson* (17) 3 Lyndon B. Johnson (36), George H. W. Bush* (41), George W. Bush* (43) 1 Bill Clinton (42) 1 Joe Biden* (46) 1 Jimmy Carter (39) 1 Benjamin Harrison* (23) 1 Dwight D. Eisenhower* (34) 1 Zachary Taylor* (12) 1 Gerald Ford* (38) 1 Harry S. Truman (33) 1 Franklin Pierce (14) 1 Woodrow Wilson* (28) 1 James Buchanan (15)1Donald Trump* (47)

See also List of vice presidents of the United States by home state

References

External links American Presidents Sites – Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary from the National Park Service