Which states have the most surveillance?

Which states have the most surveillance depends on whether you count government, police, traffic, and private cameras, but studies that track public surveillance infrastructure and privacy laws generally rank California, New York, Illinois, Texas, and Florida among most surveilled due to large urban populations, extensive police camera networks, license plate readers, and high adoption of private security cameras. For government owned surveillance cameras, Illinois ranks high because Chicago has one of largest police camera networks in US with tens of thousands of cameras. New York has extensive subway, traffic, and NYPD camera network. California has many city and highway cameras plus extensive private tech campus surveillance. Texas and Florida have many traffic and law enforcement cameras. States with strictest surveillance include those with widespread use of facial recognition, license plate readers, and Ring police partnerships. Conversely, states with strongest privacy protections like Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont have less government surveillance. Surveillance can also include corporate data tracking, where tech heavy states like California have more. Rankings vary by methodology, but most populous states with large metro areas inevitably have most surveillance cameras overall.