An interactive map shows where 67 million U.S. cryptocurrency owners reside, providing data for all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and 435 U.S. House districts of the 119th Congress. The National Crypto Association (NCA), a nonprofit focused on crypto education, presents this data through a mapping portal with state and district views, allowing users to explore individual geographic areas.
Ripple’s chief legal officer and NCA president Stuart Alderoty drew attention to these maps in an Aug. 24 X post, stating:
“67 million Americans own crypto. This industry provides 232,000 U.S. jobs. The National Crypto Association created two maps so you can see the data by state and by district.”
By state estimates, California leads with roughly 9.5 million crypto owners, followed by Texas with 5.94 million, Florida with 4.71 million, New York with 4.66 million, and Illinois with 2.64 million. According to the underlying “State of the Crypto Owner Market in 2026” report, approximately one in four U.S. adults owns cryptocurrency.
Regionally, the state-level distribution broadly aligns with the U.S. population distribution. The South accounts for 38% of owners, and the West for 27%. The Midwest and Northeast each account for 18%, indicating crypto ownership is spread across the country rather than concentrated exclusively around major tech and financial hubs.
Numbers Represent Modeled Estimates, Not Verified Data
The figures on the map are statistical estimates, not exact tallies of identified crypto owners. The methodology employed combines a national demographic model based on a sample of 10,000 U.S. crypto owners with county-level data to produce a posterior mean and a 95% credible interval for each covered geographic area.
The posterior mean is the central estimate from the model after accounting for available data. The credible interval represents the range within which the model calculates the actual value is likely to fall. For instance, the estimate for California ranges from roughly 9.09 million to 9.92 million owners.
The broader owner count estimate stems from an online poll conducted by The Harris Poll for the NCA between Feb. 12 and March 3. Researchers weighted the poll results underlying the 67 million estimate and extrapolated them to the wider U.S. crypto owner population. The sampling accuracy is 0.7 percentage points at a 95% confidence level.
A separate study offers a narrower comparison focused specifically on Bitcoin. According to July research, 49.6 million Americans own Bitcoin, representing 18.6% of the adult population. The NCA figure encompasses cryptocurrency broadly, whereas the Bitcoin estimate measures ownership of one specific digital asset.
Crypto ownership can include assets held in software wallets, on hardware devices, or on accounts controlled by centralized platforms. A more detailed explanation of how to create a crypto wallet describes the various ways owners can store and access their digital assets.
Crypto Supports Nearly 232,000 U.S. Jobs
A separate NCA dataset estimates the economic impact of the crypto industry in individual states. According to a crypto sector employment analysis conducted by Pragmatic Policy Group for the association, nationwide figures include 231,845 crypto-related jobs, $55.4 billion in economic activity, and $30.8 billion in worker income.
The employment figure includes about 34,000 direct jobs at crypto companies, 75,000 indirect jobs among suppliers, and 123,000 induced jobs created from worker spending. Per the analysis’s calculations, each direct crypto job supports roughly six other jobs in sectors like professional services, healthcare, insurance, food service, and logistics.
The NCA launched in March 2025 with a $50 million grant from Ripple, intended to support crypto education and raise public awareness. At the time, Alderoty characterized the association’s goal as providing Americans with the facts, resources, tools, and support to engage with cryptocurrencies.
On the employment map, California leads with approximately 57,600 crypto-related jobs, $16.9 billion in economic impact, and $7.7 billion in worker income. It is followed by New York with 53,800 jobs, Texas with 26,500, Washington with 15,100, and North Carolina with roughly 9,500.
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