Coastal states

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 21 ocean/gulf of Mexico states, and 8 Great Lake states. (New York is both an ocean state and a Great Lake state.) In all, there are 30 coastal states.

Atlantic Ocean states:

Maine New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut New Jersey 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

Regions of the United States
Census Bureau Regions
U.S. Midwest | U.S. Northeast | U.S. South | U.S. West
Non-Census Bureau Regions
Coastal states | Deep South | Delmarva | East | Eastern Seaboard | Gulf States | Great Lakes States | International Border states | Mid-Atlantic | Mississippi Delta | Mountain States | New England | North | Pacific Northwest | the Plains States | South Central States | Southeast | Southwest | Upper Midwest | West Coast