California had more active hate groups than any other state last year , the Southern Poverty Law Center ( SPLC ) has claimed . The non - profit has published an interactive ' Hate map ' showing hate group figures for all 50 states and the city of Columbia in 2014 . Florida had 50 hate groups , New York had 40 , and Jersey had 40 , and blacks had 38 , according to the map .
California had more active hate groups than any other state last year , the Southern Poverty Law Center ( SPLC ) has claimed . The non-profit has published an interactive 'Hate Map ' showing hate group figures for all 50 states and the District of Columbia in 2014 . Florida had 50 hate groups , New York had 44 , New Jersey had 40 , and Pennsylvania had 38 , according to the SPLC .