Ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, RotoWire.com used the official Team USA website to track where the hometown for every qualified Olympian is located. This list includes Olympians and Paralympians who have qualified and committed to the Olympics as of Jan. 20, 2026.
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Which State Has The Most USA Olympians?
When it comes to the 2026 U.S. Winter Olympics team, no state has a bigger contingent than the Land of 10,000 Lakes.
Minnesota is most well represented with 30 athletes headed to the Winter Games in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, more than twice as many as any other state. That's a list including the three-time Olympic medalist in cross-country skiing Jesse Diggins, and two-time women's hockey medalist Kelly Pannek.
The list of Minnesota natives headed to Italy in February also includes four members of the men's Team USA hockey squad, with their NHL teams: Avalanche forward Brock Nelson (born in Warroad, Minnesota), Wild defenseman Brock Faber, above (Maple Grove), Ducks D Jackson LaCombe (Eden Prairie) and Stars goaltender Jake Oettinger (Lakeville).
Also see: Olympic Hockey: Which NHL Teams Benefit Most & Least From Break?
Other States Contributing Heavily To Team USA
It is no surprise that the home of the U.S. Olympic Committee (Colorado) is No. 2 on our list, with 14 Olympic athletes hailing from the Centennial State on this year's U.S. team. That includes women's alpine skiing legends Mikaela Shiffrin and Lindsey Vonn, plus gold medal snowboarder Red Gerard.
Massachusetts and New York have 11 athletes each to tie for third among Olympian-heavy states, followed by Michigan (10 athletes), California (8), then Florida, Utah, Illinois and Wisconsin with seven apiece, speaking to the geographic diversity of this year's American team in Milano Cortina.
At DraftKings Sportsbook, Team USA has +450 odds to win the most gold medals in the Milan Cortina Winter Games. That's tied for second with Germany, behind heavy favorite Norway (-160 odds).
Most Common Hometowns
When you break down the American team by specific towns, the geography gets even more interesting. Skiing hotspot Park City, Utah, leads all places with four athletes overall. The four Americans from the home of the Sundance Music Festival are Ashley Farquharson, along with luger Matthew Greiner and freestyle skiers Alex Hall and Marin Hamill.
After that, the list takes a turn. The sun-splashed vacation hotspot of Scottsdale, Arizona, is tied for No. 2 overall with three athletes on this year's U.S. team, ranking alongside Duluth, Minnesota. Scottsdale's contingent consists of NHL stars Matthew Tkachuk and Brady Tkachuk, along with Auston Matthews – they are part of the reason that Team USA is one of the favorites at Caesars Sportsbook to earn Olympic gold, at +190 odds, trailing only Canada (+125). Duluth's Olympics members are curlers Aileen Geving, Korey Dropkin and Cory Thiesse.
Twelve other American towns and cities, ranging from the warm-weather hotbeds of Ocala and Orlando, Florida, to the more temperate city of San Francisco, to the Arctic reaches of Anchorage, Alaska and Jackson, Wyoming. All of those locales have two athletes apiece on the 2026 American roster.
Overall, when it comes to the cadre of American Olympians that will take to the many venues of Milan Cortina next month, it seems like the hometowns of the 237 men and women making the trek are nearly as varied as the sports they'll compete in. Many states can lay claim to at least one athlete in the 25th Winter Olympics that run from Feb. 6-22.
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