U.S. states checklist: how many of the 50 have you visited?

Most people have a rough number in their head. "I've been to, what, thirty states?" But almost nobody has actually sat down and counted. So let's count.

There are 50, spread across every kind of landscape the country has, from the granite coast of Maine to the volcanoes of Hawaii. Tick off the ones you've been to as you read, and you'll probably land on a number that surprises you, usually higher than you guessed.

If you'd rather see it than list it, the free U.S. states visited map colors in every state you pick and shows your count and percentage as you go. The checklist below does the same thing in list form, and both save on this device so you can come back later.

The checklist

Here's all 50. Tick off the ones you've set foot in, and your progress saves on this device.

Prefer to see it on a map? Open the free U.S. states visited map and the states you ticked above come with you, already colored in, so you can save it or share it as your own.

The Northeast

Small states, packed close together, so this is where people rack up a quick five or six without much effort. New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey do the heavy lifting, but it's the little ones that get forgotten: Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. A single autumn road trip through New England can tick off most of the region in a week.

The South

The biggest region by state count, and the one where most people have gaps. Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas pull in the beach and city trips, while Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and West Virginia often get crossed on the way somewhere else. Then there's the deep South run, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas, plus Oklahoma and the sheer size of Texas, which feels like several states in one.

The Midwest

The heartland, and the region people most often underestimate. Illinois and Ohio are easy with a city trip, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota reward a summer by the lakes, and then come the ones that need a real plan: Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, and the two Dakotas. Mount Rushmore alone is worth the drive into South Dakota.

The West

The postcard states. California, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and Nevada carry the national parks and the road-trip loops, while Washington and Oregon own the Pacific Northwest. Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, and New Mexico are the wide-open ones people save for later, and Alaska and Hawaii are the two most travelers leave until last, the ones that finally close out the map.

See the whole collection

Every state has its own stamp in Stampie's U.S. States collection, ready to add to your travel journal the moment you visit.

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A friendly note: Stampie is a small indie project made by people who love travel and collecting stamps. Our state stamps are our own designs, curated by our editorial team, not official state symbols or seals. They're just a fun way to mark where you've been. 🗺️

Keep your count for real

The checklist and the map are a nice start, but they live on one device. To keep your states for good, sync them across your phone and the web, and sit them next to every country and city you've visited, that's what Stampie is for. Each state becomes a stamp you can keep in your travel journal, with your photos and the dates you went, ready to revisit any time.

So, how many of the 50 have you got so far?