Coastal states
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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 23 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. 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
Gulf of Mexico states:
Great Lake states:
| Geographic regions of the United States |
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| Central | Coastal States | Deep South | East | East Coast | Gulf Coast | Mid-Atlantic | Midwest Mountain States | New England | North | Northeast | Northwest | Pacific | South | South Atlantic South Central | Southeast | Southwest | Upper Midwest | West | West Coast |
| Multinational regions: Border States | Great Lakes | Great Plains | Pacific Northwest |
