interestingly, 43 of 50 states in the USA have at least 100,000 observations at this point, and 7 have >1MM. but NZ still beats California on a per capita basis.
| State | Obs Count |
|---|---|
| California | 6,480,593 |
| Texas | 4,181,450 |
| Florida | 1,463,882 |
| New York | 1,370,983 |
| Ohio | 1,091,622 |
| North Carolina | 1,046,728 |
| Virginia | 1,031,320 |
| Pennsylvania | 917,320 |
| Massachusetts | 827,974 |
| Illinois | 750,280 |
| Maryland | 733,082 |
| Washington | 716,937 |
| Arizona | 640,754 |
| New Jersey | 635,533 |
| Oregon | 586,468 |
| Michigan | 549,863 |
| Vermont | 539,393 |
| Minnesota | 506,135 |
| Tennessee | 502,936 |
| Colorado | 480,222 |
| Alabama | 427,341 |
| Georgia | 418,164 |
| Wisconsin | 403,007 |
| Louisiana | 311,429 |
| Indiana | 310,126 |
| Missouri | 305,103 |
| New Mexico | 303,528 |
| South Carolina | 295,403 |
| Oklahoma | 264,472 |
| Connecticut | 260,190 |
| Utah | 241,438 |
| Maine | 236,090 |
| Kentucky | 213,182 |
| Arkansas | 212,948 |
| New Hampshire | 205,466 |
| Hawaii | 167,082 |
| Alaska | 164,562 |
| Mississippi | 154,708 |
| Nevada | 151,081 |
| Idaho | 130,719 |
| Kansas | 128,103 |
| West Virginia | 120,048 |
| Iowa | 102,189 |
| Montana | 99,877 |
| District of Columbia | 96,998 |
| Wyoming | 91,201 |
| Delaware | 88,928 |
| Nebraska | 83,286 |
| Rhode Island | 60,749 |
| South Dakota | 48,507 |
| North Dakota | 28,765 |
data from a modified version of https://observablehq.com/@robin-song/inaturalist-api-example-2