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Blank map of the US states

All 50 states with their borders, ready to print or download. Free, no sign-up.

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Mapsfera · data US Census Bureau

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In the numbered version, each state gets a number in alphabetical order, from 1 (Alabama) to 50 (Wyoming). The labeled version writes each state’s name where it fits and its two-letter postal abbreviation where it doesn’t. Connecticut, Delaware, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Vermont are too small for a number on the map but keep their number in the table. Washington, D.C., is drawn but not numbered, since it isn’t a state.

No.	State	Abbr.	Capital	Area
1	Alabama	AL	Montgomery	51,752 sq mi
2	Alaska	AK	Juneau	586,435 sq mi
3	Arizona	AZ	Phoenix	114,041 sq mi
4	Arkansas	AR	Little Rock	53,177 sq mi
5	California	CA	Sacramento	158,213 sq mi
6	Colorado	CO	Denver	103,998 sq mi
7	Connecticut	CT	Hartford	4,986 sq mi
8	Delaware	DE	Dover	2,032 sq mi
9	Florida	FL	Tallahassee	58,618 sq mi
10	Georgia	GA	Atlanta	58,950 sq mi
11	Hawaii	HI	Honolulu	6,464 sq mi
12	Idaho	ID	Boise	83,405 sq mi
13	Illinois	IL	Springfield	56,268 sq mi
14	Indiana	IN	Indianapolis	36,155 sq mi
15	Iowa	IA	Des Moines	56,185 sq mi
16	Kansas	KS	Topeka	82,225 sq mi
17	Kentucky	KY	Frankfort	40,382 sq mi
18	Louisiana	LA	Baton Rouge	47,513 sq mi
19	Maine	ME	Augusta	33,022 sq mi
20	Maryland	MD	Annapolis	10,410 sq mi
21	Massachusetts	MA	Boston	8,209 sq mi
22	Michigan	MI	Lansing	58,267 sq mi
23	Minnesota	MN	St. Paul	84,191 sq mi
24	Mississippi	MS	Jackson	47,743 sq mi
25	Missouri	MO	Jefferson City	69,660 sq mi
26	Montana	MT	Helena	146,637 sq mi
27	Nebraska	NE	Lincoln	77,243 sq mi
28	Nevada	NV	Carson City	110,458 sq mi
29	New Hampshire	NH	Concord	9,264 sq mi
30	New Jersey	NJ	Trenton	7,773 sq mi
31	New Mexico	NM	Santa Fe	121,610 sq mi
32	New York	NY	Albany	49,008 sq mi
33	North Carolina	NC	Raleigh	49,905 sq mi
34	North Dakota	ND	Bismarck	70,503 sq mi
35	Ohio	OH	Columbus	41,283 sq mi
36	Oklahoma	OK	Oklahoma City	69,888 sq mi
37	Oregon	OR	Salem	96,853 sq mi
38	Pennsylvania	PA	Harrisburg	45,254 sq mi
39	Rhode Island	RI	Providence	1,100 sq mi
40	South Carolina	SC	Columbia	31,150 sq mi
41	South Dakota	SD	Pierre	76,943 sq mi
42	Tennessee	TN	Nashville	42,139 sq mi
43	Texas	TX	Austin	265,925 sq mi
44	Utah	UT	Salt Lake City	84,815 sq mi
45	Vermont	VT	Montpelier	9,595 sq mi
46	Virginia	VA	Richmond	40,536 sq mi
47	Washington	WA	Olympia	67,674 sq mi
48	West Virginia	WV	Charleston	24,189 sq mi
49	Wisconsin	WI	Madison	56,045 sq mi
50	Wyoming	WY	Cheyenne	97,653 sq mi

Facts for the classroom

Alaska is by far the largest state, at 586,435 sq mi, about 533 times the size of Rhode Island, the smallest. Texas comes second, at 265,925 sq mi. Alaska and Hawaii are drawn in insets, not to scale and not in their real position, as on most US maps.

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Frequently asked questions

Can I use it in class?

Yes, it’s free. Print it, copy it and hand it out as many times as you like. If you post it on a blog or a class website, credit “Mapsfera · data US Census Bureau”.

How do I print it on US Letter paper?

Choose A4 and click “Download PDF”. In the print window, pick Letter and “Fit to page” (or “Scale to fit”). The margins are wide enough that nothing gets cut off.

What order are the numbers in?

Alphabetical, from 1 to the last one. That makes the key easy to follow when you grade, and it’s the same key the worksheet’s answer page uses.

Why are Alaska and Hawaii in boxes?

Alaska lies far to the northwest and Hawaii far out in the Pacific. Drawing them in place would shrink the rest of the country, so US maps move them into insets below the lower 48 states. Alaska is also drawn smaller than its true size.

Sources

State boundaries: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary files, via us-atlas (public domain)
State capitals: Natural Earth (public domain)