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US Map with States

All 50 states with their borders, names, and abbreviations. Hover for details; click any state to open its full map.

All 50 states

All 50 US states with postal abbreviation, capital, and Census region.
State	Abbr.	Capital	Region
Alabama	AL	Montgomery	South
Alaska	AK	Juneau	West
Arizona	AZ	Phoenix	West
Arkansas	AR	Little Rock	South
California	CA	Sacramento	West
Colorado	CO	Denver	West
Connecticut	CT	Hartford	Northeast
Delaware	DE	Dover	South
Florida	FL	Tallahassee	South
Georgia	GA	Atlanta	South
Hawaii	HI	Honolulu	West
Idaho	ID	Boise	West
Illinois	IL	Springfield	Midwest
Indiana	IN	Indianapolis	Midwest
Iowa	IA	Des Moines	Midwest
Kansas	KS	Topeka	Midwest
Kentucky	KY	Frankfort	South
Louisiana	LA	Baton Rouge	South
Maine	ME	Augusta	Northeast
Maryland	MD	Annapolis	South
Massachusetts	MA	Boston	Northeast
Michigan	MI	Lansing	Midwest
Minnesota	MN	Saint Paul	Midwest
Mississippi	MS	Jackson	South
Missouri	MO	Jefferson City	Midwest
Montana	MT	Helena	West
Nebraska	NE	Lincoln	Midwest
Nevada	NV	Carson City	West
New Hampshire	NH	Concord	Northeast
New Jersey	NJ	Trenton	Northeast
New Mexico	NM	Santa Fe	West
New York	NY	Albany	Northeast
North Carolina	NC	Raleigh	South
North Dakota	ND	Bismarck	Midwest
Ohio	OH	Columbus	Midwest
Oklahoma	OK	Oklahoma City	South
Oregon	OR	Salem	West
Pennsylvania	PA	Harrisburg	Northeast
Rhode Island	RI	Providence	Northeast
South Carolina	SC	Columbia	South
South Dakota	SD	Pierre	Midwest
Tennessee	TN	Nashville	South
Texas	TX	Austin	South
Utah	UT	Salt Lake City	West
Vermont	VT	Montpelier	Northeast
Virginia	VA	Richmond	South
Washington	WA	Olympia	West
West Virginia	WV	Charleston	South
Wisconsin	WI	Madison	Midwest
Wyoming	WY	Cheyenne	West

How the states are organized

The 48 contiguous states share land borders with each other, while Alaska and Hawaii are separated from the mainland. The Census Bureau groups the states into four regions — Northeast, Midwest, South, and West — and nine divisions within them, with 16 states in the South, 13 in the West, 12 in the Midwest and nine in the Northeast. Each state is further divided into counties, 3,142 of them nationwide.

Most states have two abbreviations in common use: the two-letter postal code shown above (see the full abbreviations list) and a longer traditional form kept by newspaper and legal style guides — Calif., Mass., Tenn. Eight states have only the postal code, because their names are already short enough to write out: Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Ohio, Texas and Utah. Postal codes are what you'll see on envelopes, forms, and most modern maps.

How to read a state's borders

Two kinds of line divide the map. In the East, borders follow water and terrain: the Mississippi separates ten states, the Ohio River traces the southern edge of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, and the crest of the Appalachians shaped Virginia and West Virginia. West of the Missouri, borders were surveyed before most of the land was settled, so they run along parallels and meridians — which is why Colorado and Wyoming are rectangles and why so many western counties are too.

What each state page covers

Every state page opens with the state highlighted on the national map, then gives the capital, the largest city, the 2024 population estimate, the land area, the Census region and division, the time zone or zones it falls in, its county count, the year it entered the Union, and each state it borders. Below that are the cities that carry its population — linked to the 100 largest US cities where they appear — the rivers and ranges that define it, and a printable outline you can download as SVG.

State maps

Each state page includes an interactive map, capital and largest cities, bordering states, and printable outlines. For county lines, open the same state on the county map index; for an unlabeled version to fill in, use its blank outline.