Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the Constitution, doing so in 1788, and about eighty years later, the fifth state to succeed to the Confederacy.  I was able to find 22 yarn dyers in the state, and quite a few were excellent.

New Jersey is the fourth-smallest state and was the third state to ratify the Constitution. Despite its small size, its status as the eleventh most populated state meant that there were a delightful amount of dyers to choose from.

Pennsylvania was the 2nd state ratified in the constitution and is also the 6th most populous in the United States.  While I struggled to find yarn from Delaware, I found myself overwhelmed with how many incredible dyers there are from PA. 

The first state to ratify the Constitution of the United States was Delaware; it's the second smallest state, and has only four yarn stores. And, despite my extensive searching, it didn't have any people dyeing and selling yarn in the state.  I looked through all the local forums on Ravelry (from which I had found a few retired dyers), searched through yarn listings in the local yarn stores, and found nothing.