Alphabetical List of US States
When searching for an alphabetical list of all 50 states of the United States, these lists are often displayed in a way that makes it difficult to copy for your own use. Many times they’re displayed in two to four columns so when it’s copied, the states aren’t in alphabetical order when pasted into a new document. For that reason, we have creates a list of all 50 states in alphabetical order in a single column so it can be used by others who need it for school, business or some other project.
Alphabetical List of All 50 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
There may also be times when you need an alphabetical list of states, but with them numbered. This allows you to easily see what number each stated is within the 50 states. This can be more helpful for certain projects compared to a list with no numbers. You can find the numbered list below.
Alphabetical List of All 50 States Numbered
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
While these are the two most common alphabetical list of states people need, you may need one presented in a different way. Fortunately, the Alphabetical Order Tool will allow you to manipulate this 50 state list in a number of different ways, and it should allow you make it exactly like you desire. Simply copy the list and then paste it into the text area of the alphabetize tool. Once done, you can add any custom text needed to the list.
Another advantage of the alphabetize tool is that inputting the 50 state list will make it printable. Having a printable alphabetized list of states can be useful for a number of projects and is something people are often seeking when they are searching for these lists.
For teachers who need a list to use for giving tests, the following may be of use:
1. Alab
2. Alas
3. Ari
4. Ark
5. Ca
6. Col
7. Con
8. D
9. F
10. G
11. H
12. Id
13. Il
14. In
15. Io
16. Ka
17. Ke
18. L
19. Mai
20. Mar
21. Mas
22. Mic
23. Min
24. Missi
25. Misso
26. M
27. Neb
28. Nev
29. New H
30. New J
31. New M
32. New Y
33. North C
34. North D
35. Oh
36. Ok
37. Or
38. P
39. R
40. South C
41. South D
42. Ten
43. Tex
44. U
45. Ve
46. Vi
47. Wa
48. We
49. Wi
50. Wy
Again, teachers can use the Alphabetize Tool to manipulate the list to fit their exact needs, then print it out for their classes.
If you’re looking for an alphabetized list of the 50 states that isn’t listed above, but you feel a lot of others would benefit from having access to, please leave a comment and we can add it to this article.
This is exactly what I was looking for! Thank you for putting together a simple and clean list of all the states in the US. So many of these have extra stuff in them so that it’s impossible to use them for myself. I just wanted an easy list to copy and that’s exactly what you have provided here. This will make my school project one hundred times easier. Thank you.
Great to hear. That’s exactly why we put this list out here.
Thank you without this I would have been screamed at and embarrassed 😳 but you helped me and I would owe you so much all 3 type of ways only in 1 day made me so Mitch better at the states I also practiced with my mom like 7 minutes ago thanks so much,
Ashley L.R
Me too!
You just have an awesome speech that I agree with!
wait you replied to yourself hol’up
lol
Why are the lists of US states always in alphabetic order and not in order from west to east? I’m trying to learn all the states and I need to know them from west to east, not in alphabetical order. That type of list would be much more helpful than this one!
Because most people start with the states closest to them and then learn from there. No two lists would be the same. Listing the states in alphabetical order is the easiest way for everyone to be on the same page.
I Agree with you on that
I agree that it would be helpful if they were in a kind of order as to their location because it’s not the names I struggle with, but their location. It just depedns on what you are using the list for.
What about Washington DC? Shouldn’t that be included on the list? I know it isn’t a state per say, but it’s part of the mainland USA, so it will be on maps. I think you should have included Washington DC as part of the alphabetical state list.
As you pointed out, Washington DC isn’t one of the 50 states.
Greg, dude, you’re a jackass
Haha I love this
This is so helpful. Thank you for posting it. It sure will be handy for my kids who will need to know these states next year at school. Now I can easily print out a list for them to help them study!
Great, I needed this. I’m so happy someone posted this. It will definitely save a lot of time and effort. There really is no reason that all states shouldn’t be listed in alphabetical order to make it easier on students who need to list them.
You should include the alphabetical order of the states abbreviations in your list. This would be helpful because a lot of times teachers just give us the abbreviations of each state and not the full name of the state. If you could do this I would like that because it would make my life much easier.
I didn’t check if there already was one made with the abbreviations, but I thought that would be useful too, so here it is:
1. Alabama – AL
2. Alaska – AK*
3. Arizona – AZ
4. Arkansas – AR
5. California – CA
6. Colorado – CO
7. Connecticut – CT
8. Delaware – DE
9. Florida – FL
10. Georgia – GA
11. Hawaii – HI*
12. Idaho – ID*
13. Illinois – IL
14. Indiana – IN
15. Iowa – IA*
16. Kansas – KS
17. Kentucky – KY
18. Louisiana – LA
19. Maine – ME*
20. Maryland – MD
21. Massachusetts – MA
22. Michigan – MI
23. Minnesota – MN
24. Mississippi – MS
25. Missouri – MO
26. Montana – MT
27. Nebraska – NE
28. Nevada – NV
29. New Hampshire – NH
30. New Jersey – NJ
31. New Mexico – NM
32. New York – NY
33. North Carolina – NC
34. North Dakota – ND
35. Ohio – OH*
36. Oklahoma – OK
37. Oregon – OR
38. Pennsylvania – PA
39. Rhode Island – RI
40. South Carolina – SC
41. South Dakota – SD
42. Tennessee – TN
43. Texas – TX*
44. Utah – UT*
45. Vermont – VT
46. Virginia – VA
47. Washington – WA
48. West Virginia – WV
49. Wisconsin – WI
50. Wyoming – WY
*Google say not to use any of the states’ abbreviations for mailing (unimportant, this list being for school and classes, but i just thought I would mention it.)
Actually I think there is a list of these, and I did just waste some time there, but anyways I think your idea was really good anyways.
Bye!
-Someone bored and wanting to help
Does anyone have an alphabetical list of all the countries in the world? This list if the states is helpful, but I also need a list of countries around the world.
Of course! Here’s an alphabetical list of all the sovereign nations around the world, as of current geopolitical standings:
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Comoros
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo
Costa Rica
Côte d’Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
France
Gabon
The Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Holy See (Vatican City)
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea)
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Palestine
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
South Korea (Republic of Korea)
South Sudan
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Eswatini (fmr. “Swaziland”)
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States of America
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
This list includes 195 sovereign nations recognized by the United Nations and the Holy See and Palestine, which hold observer status in the UN.
United Kingdom is four different countries
Do you have an alphabetical list of the capital cities of each state? That would also be useful to have for students like me. You should think about adding it to this list.
Or the capitals in the order of the alphabetical states
For example montgomery first because it’s the capital of Alabama…
But having them in alphabetical is also useful so maybe both
There’s a song the cartoon Animaniacs would sing of all capitals and states in alphabetical order.. helped me remember them as a kid.. great way to never forget them. 🙂 also one on country’s.
This is perfect for students in the fourth and fifth grades because that’s when they study states and state capitals. If you’re a parent with a student in one of these grades, this list can help you help them study. That’s what I’ve been using it for.
I’m in 7th grade and still don’t know states……😳
What if I want a list of the US states not in alphabetical order but from west to east. Can you make me this list?
Alaska
Hawaii
Washington
Oregon
California
Idaho
Nevada
Montana
Wyoming
Utah
Colorado
Arizona
New Mexico
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
Arkansas
Louisiana
Wisconsin
Illinois
Mississippi
Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
South Carolina
North Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
New York
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
This list follows a general west-to-east order but doesn’t strictly follow longitudinal lines due to the irregular shapes of some states.
This has been really helpful. I wish there were more lists like this that can be used for schools.
thank you for this, saved so much time and was so easy to copy!
I need a list of states in order of education or ignorance
Perfect! I wanted to make a list of remaining Kmart stores by state (which are rapidly disappearing) and this helps with that.
Most useful page of the day
This was helpful but I need a list of all the states in the world. Can you do that?
Beautiful list but please add their abbreviations like MD for Maryland, VA for Virginia and OH for Ohio.
Go ahead. You have 47 more.
Great help at 2:30 am while watching post Pennsylvania joint session of Congress to count electoral votes.
I have been looking for a list like this for such a long time. I have been trying to count how many states I’ve been to, and all I needed was a simple list of the 50 states in the United States of America. What a relief it was to click on this link and find EXACTLY what I was looking for. After this, I can’t wait to share with my friends and colleagues both this list, and the information that I have gained from it.
How many states have I been to, you ask? Thanks for asking. Thanks to THIS LIST I now know I have been to 24………and counting! I can’t wait to come back and update once I have visited even more
Thank YOU wordcounter.net <3
Hello Pam,
I absolutely agree. Just the other day I was in need of a list of the states a part of the United States of America, and lucky enough I came across wordcounter.net. Seeing this list IMMEDIATELY brought me joy! It’s so hard to find good lists these days, especially ones as detailed as these. Because of this website, I was also able to count easily how many states I’ve been to.
How many, you may ask? Well, my answer is a hearty 17. Pam, you inspire me to visit more! Thank you Pam, thank you wordcounter.net, and thank you America for being made of SO MANY STATES. Everyday I wake up and realize how fortunate I am for the existence of such lists 🙂
thank you for this. i was trying to see how fast i cloud sing 50 niftey united states and i forgot some
I needed a list of states to put into a website form dropdown selector. This was very helpful!
Thank you. Would you happen to know where one could find a list of states with population?
Absolutely perfect and presented in a variety of ways depending on what purpose a United States list is required for!
thank you! this was very helpful and i will probably use it again. i love how it’s clean and simple and not overloaded with information! 😊
yeah! clean and simple list. thanks.
this is very useful, thanks!
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This is very helpful. My teacher found this website to look and study the 50 states! I love this website so I will come here all the time.
The list is absolutely perfect for me.
wow this help me so much now i understand thank you!
A list according to the order each state became a state (entered the union) could be useful.
Why isn’t MD on the map? I see it on the list but not the map.
The basic list is exactly what I needed! However, there is a problem with the abbreviations you provided. American newspapers (actually, their websites mostly, though plenty of newspapers are still on paper) use a style like this: Wash., Pa., Calif., N.Y., D.C. The U.S. Postal Service uses two letters in addresses: WA, PA, CA, NY, DC – always caps, no periods. It’s easy to know what these stand for. Most Americans have started using the two-letter style, which is easy if you have a list.
Thank u as well for the Alphabetical State list done numerical.
But now in 2022 there are saying it’s fiftytwo States.
Can u please add them in with the fifty please so we don’t have to search…OOO
Thank you and God Bless
i have a presentation about the 50 states and this site is a lifesaver thank you so much
Omg thanks soo much
Would like to see a list with lines for easy tabulation of numbers from each state in a survey. Thank you
List 50 states by population
It would be great to have a half-inch line before each state so kids can check off the state as they see a license plate.
Random fact: If you add all the letters of the states you would have 412 Letters.
– NONAME 🙂
Thanks I love it
This was really helpful because I’m making myself my own map for filling it out when I go to those states… And I haven’t memorized them no matter how much I sing the kids song…
What if you added a list of the animals for each state? I’ve had to do tests before of what animals the states are for like California is a bear, Georgia is a white deer, etc.