North American Draftees By State/province
| Rank | State/Province | Selections | Top Selection |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ontario | 32 | Jordan Staal, 2nd |
| 2 | Quebec | 16 | Derick Brassard, 6th |
| 3 | Minnesota | 15 | Erik Johnson, 1st |
| 4 | New York | 10 | Nick Foligno, 28th |
| 5 | British Columbia | 9 | Ty Whishart, 16th |
| 6 | Michigan | 8 | Peter Mueller, 8th |
| 6 | Alberta | 8 | Leland Irving, 26th |
| 6 | Massachusetts | 8 | Joey Ryan, 48th |
| 9 | Manitoba | 7 | Jonathan Toews, 3rd |
| 10 | Nova Scotia | 7 | James Sheppard, 9th |
| 11 | Saskatchewan | 5 | Riley Holzapfel, 43rd |
| 12 | Wisconsin | 3 | Phil Kessel, 5th |
| 12 | Illinois | 3 | Nigel Williams, 51st |
| 14 | Utah | 2 | Trevor Lewis, 17th |
| 14 | California | 2 | Rhett Rakhshani, 100th |
| 16 | New Jersey | 1 | Bobby Sanguinetti, 21st |
| 16 | Tennessee | 1 | Blake Geoffrion, 56th |
| 16 | Pennsylvania | 1 | Mike Weber, 57th |
| 16 | Rhode Island | 1 | Cody Wild, 140th |
| 16 | New Hampshire | 1 | Jon Rheault, 145th |
| 16 | Colorado | 1 | Tyler Ruegsegger, 166th |
| 16 | Washington | 1 | Chris Frank, 188th |
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