The pockets of hatred spread across America: California has the most hate groups, followed by Florida and New York

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California had more active hate groups than any other state last year, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC).

The non-profit has published an interactive 'Hate Map' showing hate group figures for all 50 states and the District of Columbia in 2014.

According to the findings, California has 57 such groups, followed by Florida with 50, New York with 44, New Jersey with 40, and Pennsylvania with 38.

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Activity: The Southern Poverty Law Center has said there were 784 active hate groups in the US last year (pictured on this graphic)

Rounding out the top five were Texas with 36 hate groups, Tennessee with 29, Georgia with 28, and Virginia and Ohio tied with 27 each.

Hawaii and Alaska were the only states to not have any hate groups, according to the SPLC. 

The organization said on its website 'All hate groups have beliefs or practices that attack or malign an entire class of people, typically for their immutable characteristics.

'This list was compiled using hate group publications and websites, citizen and law enforcement reports, field sources and news reports. 

'Websites appearing to be merely the work of a single individual, rather than the publication of a group, are not included in this list,' the organization wrote. 'Listing here does not imply a group advocates or engages in violence or other criminal activity.'

Nationally, the SPLC said in its 'The Year in Hate and Extremism' report, which was published online this spring, that there were a total 784 active hate groups in the US.

The non-profit said there were 72 Ku Klux Klan groups, 142 neo-Nazi groups, 115 White Nationalist groups, 119 racist skinhead groups, 21 Christian identity groups, 37 neo-confederate groups, 113 black separatist groups, and 165 general hate groups.

The SPLC said the 'annual count found that hate groups declined by 17% between 2013 and 2014, from 939 to 784 groups, bringing that number to its lowest level since 2005.'

Presence: According to the SPLC, 72 Ku Klux Klan groups were active in the US last year (file photo)