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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