Where does $14 billion in venture capital go? California, where else?

This interactive map, courtesy of the WSJ and Dow Jones VentureSource, provides a good look at the nation's hot spots for venture funding during the first six months of 2011. Not surprisingly, California tops the list, with $7 billion, although the L.A./OC area makes up less than $1 billion of that amount. Massachusetts and New York are also major centers of venture funding ($2 billion and $1.1 billion, respectively), while Texas (you know, that economic miracle) trails the major players, at around $400 million. The dots on the map represent the amount of capital in a specific "metropolitan statistical area."