According to the nonprofit civil rights organization the Southern Poverty Law Center, the distinction of being the state with the most hate groups goes to Texas, with 66.

The Southern Poverty Law Center lists the following groups in that category:

Aryan Frontline Skinheads (Racist Skinhead), Aryan Nations 88 (Neo-Nazi), Aryan Nations Revival (Christian Identity), Aryan Terror Brigade (Racist Skinhead), Aryan Wear (White Nationalist), Blood and Honour (Racist Skinhead), Border Guardians (Anti-Immigrant), Confederate Hammerskins (Racist Skinhead), Crew 38 (Racist Skinhead), Desastrious Records (Racist Music), European-American Unity and Rights Organization (White Nationalist), European-American Unity and Rights Organization (White Nationalist), First Century Christian Ministries (Christian Identity), Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints (General Hate), IHS (Radical Traditional Catholicism), Imperial Klans of America Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (Ku Klux Klan), Independent Skins Southwest (Racist Skinhead), Jewish Defense League (General Hate), League of the South (Neo-Confederate), League of the South, various locations (Neo-Confederate), Legion of St. Louis (Radical Traditional Catholicism), Nation of Islam, various locations (Black Separatist), National Alliance (Neo-Nazi), National Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, various locations (Ku Klux Klan), National Socialist American Labor Party (Neo-Nazi), National Socialist Movement, various locations (Neo-Nazi), New Black Panther Party, various locations (Black Separatist), Power of Prophecy (General Hate), Supreme White Alliance (Racist Skinhead), Texas Rebel Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (Ku Klux Klan), Tony Alamo Christian Ministries (General Hate), United Identity Church of Christ (Christian Identity), United White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, various locations (Ku Klux Klan), Volksfront (Racist Skinhead), White Camelia Knights of the Ku Klux Klan(Ku Klux Klan), and White Knights of America (Neo-Nazi).

Hate group numbers listed by state:

• Alabama 32
• Alaska 1
• Arizona 16
• Arkansas 24
• California 60
• Colorado 17
• Connecticut 6
• Delaware 4
• Florida 51
• Georgia 31
• Hawaii 1
• Idaho 9
• Illinois 28
• Indiana 17
• Iowa 17
• Kansas 6
• Kentucky 10
• Louisiana 28
• Maine 2
• Maryland 13
• Massachusetts 16
• Michigan 26
• Minnesota 9
• Mississippi 25
• Missouri 31
• Montana 12
• Nebraska 4
• Nevada 15
• New Hampshire 5
• New Jersey 44
• New Mexico 2
• New York 31
• North Carolina 29
• North Dakota 1
• Ohio 27
• Oklahoma 15
• Oregon 10
• Pennsylvania 28
• Rhode Island 3
• South Carolina 36
• South Dakota 3
• Tennessee 37
• Texas 66
• Utah 6
• Vermont 1
• Virginia 22
• Washington 15
• West Virginia 13
• Wisconsin 8
• Wyoming 4
• The District of Columbia 9