Vermont loves Harry Potter

When it comes to Harry Potter fever, Massachusetts ranks fifth in the USA, according to Amazon.com, and on a per capita basis, Vermont is the "Harry-est State" in the union.

As the publication of the last Potter novel draws nigh, the online bookseller has issued a list that ranks communities and states based on the numbers of orders that have been placed with Amazon.com for "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows."

According to the company, Falls Church, Va., has placed more Amazon.com orders per capita for Deathly Hallows than any other US community, and Washington, D.C., tops the list of states.

After Washington, D.C., on the state list comes Vermont, Utah, and Washington state; rounding out the top 10 are Maine, New Hampshire, Wyoming, Maryland, and Connecticut; Rhode Island, the remaining New England state, ranked 16th.

Oddly, New England didn't fare well on the list of Amazon.com "Top 100 Harry-est Towns in America."

Maybe that's because local Potter fans are evenly distributed throughout the region, and in other parts of the country, they are narrowly concentrated in hotbeds of Harry-mania.

Other top Harry towns include Gig Harbor, Wash.; Fairfax, Va.; and Vienna, Va.

And when residents aren't reading about local hero Roger Clemens of baseball fame, they may be reading about Potter; Katy, Texas, ranked fifth on Amazon.com's list of Harry-est Towns.

For full results of the survey, go to Amazon.com/harrypotter.
(By Chris Reidy, Globe staff)