Below is a list of all 50 state names listed alphabetically in a column:

Other 50 States Lists

Here’s the same list of states in USA without numbers so that you can easily copy and paste it:

Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

Comma-Separated States List of States in the USA

Here is acomma-separated list of all 50 states listed alphabetically:

Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Comma-Separated States List With Quotes

Some use cases (like programming or database queries) also require quotes around the states:

“Alabama”,”Alaska”,”Arizona”,”Arkansas”,”California”,”Colorado”,”Connecticut”,”Delaware”,”Florida”,”Georgia”,”Hawaii”,”Idaho”,”Illinois”,”Indiana”,”Iowa”,”Kansas”,”Kentucky”,”Louisiana”,”Maine”,”Maryland”,”Massachusetts”,”Michigan”,”Minnesota”,”Mississippi”,”Missouri”,”Montana”,”Nebraska”,”Nevada”,”New Hampshire”,”New Jersey”,”New Mexico”,”New York”,”North Carolina”,”North Dakota”,”Ohio”,”Oklahoma”,”Oregon”,”Pennsylvania”,”Rhode Island”,”South Carolina”,”South Dakota”,”Tennessee”,”Texas”,”Utah”,”Vermont”,”Virginia”,”Washington”,”West Virginia”,”Wisconsin”,”Wyoming”

Select and Options for States Dropdown List in HTML

<select><option value="Alabama">Alabama</option><option value="Alaska">Alaska</option><option value="Arizona">Arizona</option><option value="Arkansas">Arkansas</option><option value="California">California</option><option value="Colorado">Colorado</option><option value="Connecticut">Connecticut</option><option value="Delaware">Delaware</option><option value="Florida">Florida</option><option value="Georgia">Georgia</option><option value="Hawaii">Hawaii</option><option value="Idaho">Idaho</option><option value="Illinois">Illinois</option><option value="Indiana">Indiana</option><option value="Iowa">Iowa</option><option value="Kansas">Kansas</option><option value="Kentucky">Kentucky</option><option value="Louisiana">Louisiana</option><option value="Maine">Maine</option><option value="Maryland">Maryland</option><option value="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</option><option value="Michigan">Michigan</option><option value="Minnesota">Minnesota</option><option value="Mississippi">Mississippi</option><option value="Missouri">Missouri</option><option value="Montana">Montana</option><option value="Nebraska">Nebraska</option><option value="Nevada">Nevada</option><option value="New Hampshire">New Hampshire</option><option value="New Jersey">New Jersey</option><option value="New Mexico">New Mexico</option><option value="New York">New York</option><option value="North Carolina">North Carolina</option><option value="North Dakota">North Dakota</option><option value="Ohio">Ohio</option><option value="Oklahoma">Oklahoma</option><option value="Oregon">Oregon</option><option value="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</option><option value="Rhode Island">Rhode Island</option><option value="South Carolina">South Carolina</option><option value="South Dakota">South Dakota</option><option value="Tennessee">Tennessee</option><option value="Texas">Texas</option><option value="Utah">Utah</option><option value="Vermont">Vermont</option><option value="Virginia">Virginia</option><option value="Washington">Washington</option><option value="West Virginia">West Virginia</option><option value="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</option><option value="Wyoming">Wyoming</option></select>

Alphabetical List of All 50 States Numbered

If you’re instead looking for a list of all 50 states listed by number, this is the list for you. For example, you can find that Iowa is the 15th alphabetical state.

1. Alabama
2. Alaska
3. Arizona
4. Arkansas
5. California
6. Colorado
7. Connecticut
8. Delaware
9. Florida
10. Georgia
11. Hawaii
12. Idaho
13. Illinois
14. Indiana
15. Iowa
16. Kansas
17. Kentucky
18. Louisiana
19. Maine
20. Maryland
21. Massachusetts
22. Michigan
23. Minnesota
24. Mississippi
25. Missouri
26. Montana
27. Nebraska
28. Nevada
29. New Hampshire
30. New Jersey
31. New Mexico
32. New York
33. North Carolina
34. North Dakota
35. Ohio
36. Oklahoma
37. Oregon
38. Pennsylvania
39. Rhode Island
40. South Carolina
41. South Dakota
42. Tennessee
43. Texas
44. Utah
45. Vermont
46. Virginia
47. Washington
48. West Virginia
49. Wisconsin
50. Wyoming

US Territories in Order

The most well-known US territories are as follows:

• American Samoa
• Guam
• Northern Mariana Islands
• Puerto Rico
• U.S. Virgin Islands

The US also owns many territories around the world located in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. Several of these are unincorporated, unorganized territories which means they are just administrative districts. Here are all of the US territories in alphabetical order:

• American Samoa
• Baker Island
• Guam
• Howland Island
• Jarvis Island
• Johnston Atoll
• Kingman Reef
• Midway Atoll
• Navassa Island
• Northern Mariana Islands
• Palmyra Atoll
• Puerto Rico
• US Virgin Islands
• Wake Island

List of States by Year of Admission to the Union

Delaware (1787)
Pennsylvania (1787)
New Jersey (1787)
Georgia (1788)
Connecticut (1788)
Massachusetts (1788)
Maryland (1788)
South Carolina (1788)
New Hampshire (1788)
Virginia (1788)
New York (1788)
North Carolina (1789)
Rhode Island (1790)
Vermont (1791)
Kentucky (1792)
Tennessee (1796)
Ohio (1803)
Louisiana (1812)
Indiana (1816)
Mississippi (1817)
Illinois (1818)
Alabama (1819)
Maine (1820)
Missouri (1821)
Arkansas (1836)
Michigan (1837)
Florida (1845)
Texas (1845)
Iowa (1846)
Wisconsin (1848)
California (1850)
Minnesota (1858)
Oregon (1859)
Kansas (1861)
West Virginia (1863)
Nevada (1864)
Nebraska (1867)
Colorado (1876)
North Dakota (1889)
South Dakota (1889)
Montana (1889)
Washington (1889)
Idaho (1890)
Wyoming (1890)
Utah (1896)
Oklahoma (1907)
New Mexico (1912)
Arizona (1912)
Alaska (1959)
Hawaii (1959)

States by the First Letter

If you’re playing a game that requires you to know the first letter of a state, here you go.

States That Start With “A”

• Alabama
• Alaska
• Arizona
• Arkansas

States That Start With “C”

• California
• Colorado
• Connecticut

States That Start With “D”

• Delaware

States That Start With “F”

• Florida

States That Start With “G”

• Georgia

States That Start With “H”

• Hawaii

States That Start With “I”

• Idaho
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Iowa

States That Start With “K”

• Kansas
• Kentucky

States That Start With “L”

• Louisiana

States That Start With “M”

• Maine
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• Mississippi
• Missouri
• Montana

States That Start With “N”

• Nebraska
• Nevada
• New Hampshire
• New Jersey
• New Mexico
• New York
• North Carolina
• North Dakota

States That Start With “O”

• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• Oregon

States That Start With “P”

• Pennsylvania

States That Start With “R”

• Rhode Island

States That Start With “S”

• South Carolina
• South Dakota

States That Start With “T”

• Tennessee
• Texas

States That Start With “U”

• Utah

States That Start With “V”

• Vermont
• Virginia

States That Start With “W”

• Washington
• West Virginia
• Wisconsin
• Wyoming

States by the Last Letter

If you’re playing a game that requires you to know the last letter of a state, here you go. States only end in a, d, e, g, h, i, j, n, o, s, t, or y.

States That End in “A”

Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
California
Florida
Georgia
Indiana
Iowa
Louisiana
Minnesota
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
North Carolina
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
South Dakota
Virginia
West Virginia

States That End in “D”

Maryland
Rhode Island

States That End in “E”

Delaware
Maine
New Hampshire
Tennessee

States That End in “G”

Wyoming

States That End in “H”

Utah

States That End in “I”

Hawaii
Mississippi
Missouri

States That End in “K”

New York

States That End in “N”

Michigan
Oregon
Washington
Wisconsin

States That End in “O”

Colorado
Idaho
New Mexico
Ohio

States That End in “S”

Arkansas
Illinois
Kansas
Massachusetts
Texas

States That End in “T”

Connecticut
Vermont

States That End in “Y”

Kentucky
New Jersey

State Abbreviations in Order

If you just want a list of the official state abbreviations in order that are used by the postal service, then this is what you need.

• AK
• AL
• AR
• AZ
• CA
• CO
• CT
• DE
• FL
• GA
• HI
• IA
• ID
• IL
• IN
• KS
• KY
• LA
• MA
• MD
• ME
• MI
• MN
• MO
• MS
• MT
• NC
• ND
• NE
• NH
• NJ
• NM
• NV
• NY
• OH
• OK
• OR
• PA
• RI
• SC
• SD
• TN
• TX
• UT
• VA
• VT
• WA
• WI
• WV
• WY

Here’s that same list in a comma-separated list.

AK,AL,AR,AZ,CA,CO,CT,DE,FL,GA,HI,IA,ID,IL,IN,KS,KY,LA,MA,MD,ME,MI,MN,MO,MS,MT,NC,ND,NE,NH,NJ,NM,NV,NY,OH,OK,OR,PA,RI,SC,SD,TN,TX,UT,VA,VT,WA,WI,WV,WY

State Capitals in Order

• Albany (New York)
• Annapolis (Maryland)
• Atlanta (Georgia)
• Augusta (Maine)
• Austin (Texas)
• Baton Rouge (Louisiana)
• Bismarck (North Dakota)
• Boise (Idaho)
• Boston (Massachusetts)
• Carson City (Nevada)
• Charleston (West Virginia)
• Cheyenne (Wyoming)
• Columbia (South Carolina)
• Columbus (Ohio)
• Concord (New Hampshire)
• Denver (Colorado)
• Des Moines (Iowa)
• Dover (Delaware)
• Frankfort (Kentucky)
• Harrisburg (Pennsylvania)
• Hartford (Connecticut)
• Helena (Montana)
• Honolulu (Hawaii)
• Indianapolis (Indiana)
• Jackson (Mississippi)
• Jefferson City (Missouri)
• Juneau (Alaska)
• Lansing (Michigan)
• Lincoln (Nebraska)
• Little Rock (Arkansas)
• Madison (Wisconsin)
• Montgomery (Alabama)
• Montpelier (Vermont)
• Nashville (Tennessee)
• Oklahoma City (Oklahoma)
• Olympia (Washington)
• Phoenix (Arizona)
• Pierre (South Dakota)
• Providence (Rhode Island)
• Raleigh (North Carolina)
• Richmond (Virginia)
• Sacramento (California)
• Salem (Oregon)
• Salt Lake City (Utah)
• Santa Fe (New Mexico)
• Springfield (Illinois)
• St. Paul (Minnesota)
• Tallahassee (Florida)
• Topeka (Kansas)
• Trenton (New Jersey)

List of State Capitals by State

FAQs

Is Washington, D.C. Considered a State?

No, currently Washington, D.C. is not considered a state so we did not include it in the list of 50 states above.

What Are the American Territories?

Is There a Song to Remember the States in Order?

Yes, there are several songs to help you remember the states in order, but our favorite is the Schoolhouse Rock version:

Related:

• Continents and Countries in Alphabetical Order
• Random State Generator

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1. When did WI take over MI’s Upper Peninsula? Your map is incorrect.

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