Coastal States

The U.S. Coastal states are states in the United States that have a coastline. This can be an ocean coast, a gulf coast, or a Great Lake coast. There are twenty three ocean/gulf of Mexico states, and eight Great Lake states. (New York is both an ocean state and a Great Lake state.) In all, there are thirty coastal states. As of July 2004, the estimated population of states that are always considered coastal states was 171,891,161.

Atlantic Ocean states:

  • Maine
  • New Hampshire
  • Massachusetts
  • Rhode Island
  • Connecticut
  • New Jersey
  • New York
  • Delaware
  • Maryland
  • Virginia
  • North Carolina
  • South Carolina
  • Georgia
  • Florida

Pacific Ocean states

  • California
  • Oregon
  • Washington
  • Alaska
  • Hawaii

Gulf of Mexico states:

  • Florida
  • Alabama
  • Mississippi
  • Louisiana
  • Texas

Great Lake states:

  • New York
  • Pennsylvania
  • Ohio
  • Indiana
  • Illinois
  • Michigan
  • Wisconsin
  • Minnesota

Arctic Ocean states:

  • Alaska
Geographic regions of the United States
Political
Units
  • U.S. state
  • District of Columbia
  • Insular area
  • Minor Outlying Island
  • Maritime territory
Time zones
  • Hawaii-Aleutian
  • Alaska
  • Pacific
  • Mountain
  • Central
  • Eastern
Census
  • West
    • Pacific
    • Mountain
  • Midwest
    • E N Central
    • W N Central
  • Northeast
    • New England
    • Middle Atlantic
  • South
    • S Atlantic
    • E S Central
    • W S Central
Courts of appeals
  • 9th
  • 10th
  • 5th
  • 8th
  • 7th
  • 6th
  • 11th
  • 4th
  • 3rd
  • 2nd
  • 1st
Physical
Physiographic
  • Pacific Mountain
  • Intermontane Plateaus
  • Rocky Mountain
  • Superior Upland
  • Interior Plains
  • Interior Highlands
  • Appalachian
  • Atlantic Plain
Coastal
  • Arctic
  • West
  • Great Lakes
  • Gulf
  • East
Historical
Ac/cessions
  • 13 Colonies
  • Louisiana Purchase
  • Gadsden Purchase
  • Texas Annexation
  • Oregon Treaty
  • Mexican Cession
  • Alaska Purchase
  • Newlands Resolution
Civil War
  • Theaters
    • Pacific
    • Western
    • Trans-Mississippi
    • Lower Seaboard
    • Eastern
  • Union
    • Border states
  • Confederacy
    • Old South
    • Dixie
    • Slave states
Divided regions
  • Columbia
  • Oregon
  • Pacific NW
  • Prairie Pothole
Other
  • Appalachia
  • Central
  • Four Corners
  • Great Plains
  • High Plains
  • Intermountain
  • Interior
  • Northwest Territory
  • South Central
  • Southern
    • Deep
    • New
    • Upland
  • Southeast
  • Southwest
  • List
  • Category

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