Here is each U.S. state with the number of tornado it had recorded in 2008. Note that this adds up to more that the national total of 1692 as some tornadoes crossed state lines and so count for more than one state.
Alabama: 94
Alaska: 0
Arizona: 3
Arkansas: 81
California: 7
Colorado: 39
Connecticut: 0
Delaware: 0
Florida: 56
Georgia: 63
Hawaii: 2
Idaho: 2
Illinois: 49
Indiana: 30
Iowa: 105
Kansas: 187
Kentucky: 36
Louisiana: 79
Maine: 0
Maryland: 8
Michigan: 14
Minnesota: 43
Mississippi: 109
Missouri: 95
Montana: 2
Nebraska: 60
Nevada: 0
New Jersey: 0
New Mexico: 11
New York: 2
North Carolina: 55
North Dakota: 32
Tennessee: 43
Texas: 120
Utah: 0
Vermont: 2
Virginia: 39
Washington: 3
West Virginia: 3
Wisconsin: 39
Wyoming: 19
The state of New York averages about 10 tornadoes each year.
Oklahoma had 28 confirmed tornadoes in 2005. This is unusually low for the state.
Main averages 2 tornadoes per year.
Texas, averaging about 150 tornadoes per year.
There were 187 tornadoes in Kansas in 2008. This works out to an average between 15 and 16 tornadoes per month. However, it was far from an even distribution. Kansas didn't have any tornadoes in January, February, August, or December while in May it had 127 tornadoes.
There were 1692 tornadoes in the U.S. in 2008.
There were 79 tornadoes in Louisiana in 2008.
There were 13 confirmed tornadoes in Ohio in 2008.
There were 94 tornadoes in Alabama in 2008.
There were 56 confirmed tornadoes in Florida in 2008.
Kansas had 187 confirmed tornadoes in 2008.
There were 105 tornadoes in Iowa in 2008.
There were 67 confirmed tornadoes in Georgia in 2008.
There were no recorded tornadoes in Jesup, Georgia in 2008.
There were 49 recorded tornadoes in Illinois in 2008.
There were 2 tornadoes in New York in 2008.
There were 105 tornadoes that hit Iowa in 2008.