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These are lists of United States Presidents by place of birth.

By community

Birthplace	President
Albemarle County, Virginia	Thomas Jefferson
Barboursville, Virginia	Zachary Taylor
Blooming Grove, Ohio	Warren G. Harding
Braintree, Massachusetts	John Adams John Quincy Adams
Brookline, Massachusetts	John F. Kennedy
Caldwell, New Jersey	Grover Cleveland
Charles City County, Virginia	William Henry Harrison John Tyler
Cincinnati, Ohio	William Howard Taft
Cove Gap, Pennsylvania	James Buchanan
Delaware, Ohio	Rutherford B. Hayes
Denison, Texas	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Fairfield, Vermont	Chester A. Arthur^[1]
Hardin County, Kentucky	Abraham Lincoln
Hillsborough, New Hampshire	Franklin Pierce
Hope, Arkansas	Bill Clinton
Hyde Park, New York	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Kinderhook, New York	Martin Van Buren
Lamar, Missouri	Harry S. Truman
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina	James K. Polk
Milton, Massachusetts	George H. W. Bush

Birthplace	President
Moreland Hills, Ohio	James Garfield
New Haven, Connecticut	George W. Bush
New York City	Theodore Roosevelt
Niles, Ohio	William McKinley
North Bend, Ohio	Benjamin Harrison
Omaha, Nebraska	Gerald Ford
Plains, Georgia	Jimmy Carter
Plymouth, Vermont	Calvin Coolidge
Point Pleasant, Ohio	Ulysses S. Grant
Port Conway, Virginia	James Madison
Raleigh, North Carolina	Andrew Johnson
Staunton, Virginia	Woodrow Wilson
Stonewall, Texas	Lyndon Johnson
Summerhill, New York	Millard Fillmore
Tampico, Illinois	Ronald Reagan
Lancaster County, South Carolina	Andrew Jackson
West Branch, Iowa	Herbert Hoover
Westmoreland County, Virginia	George Washington James Monroe
Yorba Linda, California	Richard Nixon

By state

Total	State	Presidents	Places of birth
8	Virginia	George Washington Thomas Jefferson James Madison James Monroe William Henry Harrison John Tyler Zachary Taylor Woodrow Wilson	Popes Creek Plantation, Westmoreland County Shadwell, Albemarle County Port Conway, King George County Westmoreland County Berkeley Plantation, Charles City County Charles City County Barboursville, Orange County Staunton
7	Ohio	Ulysses Grant Rutherford Hayes James Garfield Benjamin Harrison William McKinley William Taft Warren Harding	Point Pleasant, Clermont County Delaware, Delaware County Orange Township, Cuyahoga County North Bend, Hamilton County Niles, Trumbull County Cincinnati, Hamilton County Near Blooming Grove, Morrow County
4	Massachusetts^[2]	John Adams John Quincy Adams John F. Kennedy George H. W. Bush	Braintree, Norfolk County Braintree, Norfolk County Brookline, Norfolk County Milton, Norfolk County
4	New York	Martin Van Buren Millard Fillmore Theodore Roosevelt Franklin Roosevelt	Kinderhook, Columbia County Summerhill, Cayuga County Manhattan, New York County Hyde Park, Dutchess County
2	North Carolina	Andrew Johnson James K. Polk	Raleigh, North Carolina Pineville, North Carolina
	Texas	Dwight Eisenhower Lyndon Johnson	Denison, Grayson County Stonewall, Gillespie County
	Vermont	Chester A. Arthur Calvin Coolidge	Fairfield, Vermont Plymouth, Vermont
1	Arkansas	William Jefferson Clinton	Hope, Arkansas
	California	Richard Nixon	Yorba Linda, California
	Connecticut	George W. Bush	New Haven, Connecticut
	Georgia	Jimmy Carter	Plains, Georgia
	Illinois	Ronald Reagan	Tampico, Illinois
	Iowa	Herbert Hoover	West Branch, Iowa
	Kentucky	Abraham Lincoln	near Hodgenville, Kentucky
	Missouri	Harry S Truman	Lamar, Missouri
	Nebraska	Gerald Ford	Omaha, Nebraska
	New Hampshire	Franklin Pierce	Hillsborough, New Hampshire
	New Jersey	Grover Cleveland	Caldwell, New Jersey
	Pennsylvania	James Buchanan	Mercersburg, Pennsylvania
	South Carolina^[3]	Andrew Jackson	Lancaster County^[3]

Presidents whose political base was not their birth state

President	Birth state	Political base
Andrew Jackson grdgdfhvjhdsfhhdont read this it is a lie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!	Ohio
James K. Polk	North Carolina	Tennessee
Zachary Taylor	Virginia	Louisiana
Abraham Lincoln	Kentucky	Illinois
Andrew Johnson	North Carolina	fartville
Ulysses Grant	Ohio	Illinois
Chester A. Arthur	Vermont	New York
Grover Cleveland	New Jersey	New York

President	Birth state	Political base
Woodrow Wilson	Virginia	New Jersey
Calvin Coolidge	Vermont	Massachusetts
Herbert Hoover	Iowa	California
Dwight Eisenhower	Texas	Kansas
Gerald Ford	Nebraska	Michigan
Ronald Reagan	Illinois	California
George H. W. Bush	Massachusetts	Texas
George W. Bush	Connecticut	Texas

Presidents born as British subjects

The following Presidents were born British subjects before the establishment of the United States:

Notes

^ There is some dispute as to whether Arthur was in fact born in Canada. See [1] for details.
^ All Massachusetts-born Presidents have been born in Norfolk County.
^ ^a ^b Born in the Waxhaw region on the North Carolina/South Carolina border. Exactly on which side of the border Jackson was born in is unknown; two cabins 100 m apart on each side of the border are both claimed to be his birthplace. Jackson himself claimed South Carolina as his birth state.^{[citation needed]}

[1] There is some dispute as to whether Arthur was in fact born in Canada. See [1] for details.

[2] All Massachusetts-born Presidents have been born in Norfolk County.

[Jackson-3] Born in the Waxhaw region on the North Carolina/South Carolina border. Exactly on which side of the border Jackson was born in is unknown; two cabins 100 m apart on each side of the border are both claimed to be his birthplace. Jackson himself claimed South Carolina as his birth state.^{[citation needed]}

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