Currently the U.S. only gets three percent of its energy from wind power, but the Mike Prior, Executive Director of the Iowa Wind Energy Association, expects that number to rise in the coming years. Here is a look at the top ten states that produce the most wind energy and the percentage of energy that they get from the wind.

All statistics are for 2013

State      Megawatts/Hour   Percent of total output

Texas –       35,937 ————8.3 percent

Iowa –        15,571 ————27.4 percent

California – 13,230 ————-6.6 percent

Oklahoma – 10,881 ————14.8 percent

Illinois –        9,607 ————-4.7 percent

Kansas –       9,430 ————19.4 percent

Minnesota –   8,065 ————15.7 percent

Oregon –       7,452 ————12.4 percent

Colorado –     7,382 ————13.8 percent

Washington – 7,008 ————-6.2 percent

Courtesy of the American Wind Energy Association