States that have an Ocean/Gulf of Mexico coastline are shown in red, and states that only have a Great Lake coastline are shown in pink.

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

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