Everyone always points to Ohio and California as coaster places. But did you know Pennsylvania is the state with the second most coasters after California. PA has 48 while Ohio has 45. Plus depending on which side of PA you live on you're close to Ohio's 45 or New Jersey's 34. Also close access to New York's 37 coasters. So while California may have 72 coasters - those of us in PA are within driving distance (6 or 7 hours) of 164 coasters (In PA, OH, NY and NJ) Plus CA only has 7 woodies The 4 states above have 39.
For the record Florida has 21 coasters. But yes, the year round thing makes it all good.
Try this link for a coaster breakdown by state:
http://www.rcdb.com/census.htm?country=2