DelawareThe capital is Dover. Delaware was the 1st state to ratify the Constitution, on December 7, 1787.
MarylandThe capital is Annapolis. Maryland was the 7th state to ratify the Constitution, on April 28, 1788.
New JerseyThe capital is Trenton. New Jersey was the 3rd state to ratify the Constitution, on December 18, 1787.
New YorkThe capital is Albany. New York was the 11th state to ratify the Constitution, on July 26, 1788.
VirginiaThe capital is Richmond. Virginia was the 10th state to ratify the Constitution, on June 25, 1788.
States with no Atlantic coast 2
PennsylvaniaThe capital is Harrisburg. Pennsylvania was the 2nd state to ratify the Constitution, on December 12, 1787.
West VirginiaThe capital is Charleston. West Virginia became the 35th state on June 20, 1863.
Other 1
District of ColumbiaA federal district, not a state. It is the capital of the United States, also called Washington, D.C.
How this list was compiled: State list: the 26 states that lie wholly east of the Mississippi River, with the District of Columbia, as the site's map records them (Minnesota and Louisiana have land on both banks and are left out); https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_United_States counts the same 26 states and Washington, D.C., read 2026-10-01. Atlantic coast: the 14 states with a shoreline on the Atlantic Ocean, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Coast_of_the_United_States, read 2026-10-01 (Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C. reach it only by tidal rivers). Mid-Atlantic: the seven states and Washington, D.C. of the traditional list at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_(United_States), read 2026-10-01; the Census Bureau's Middle Atlantic division is New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania only (https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/maps/reference/us_regdiv.pdf, read 2026-10-01). Order and dates of ratification or admission: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_date_of_admission_to_the_Union, read 2026-10-01. Capitals: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_capitals_in_the_United_States, read 2026-10-01. Rivers, lakes and bays named in the hints: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_River (the northern border of West Virginia and Kentucky and the southern one of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potomac_River, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_River, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_River and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake_Bay, read 2026-10-01. Hints describe the drawing and were written for this site. Licence: own work
The drawing: Drawn for this site from U.S. Census Bureau 2023 cartographic boundary file cb_2023_us_state_5m (scale 1:5,000,000), https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/GENZ2023/shp/cb_2023_us_state_5m.zip, downloaded 2026-09-19. Surrounding land from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_admin_0_countries_lakes (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_admin_0_countries_lakes.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Albers equal-area conic projection, central meridian 81.1°W, standard parallels 28.5°N and 44.2°N. Outlines simplified; small islands are left out. Licence: public domain (work of the United States government, 17 U.S.C. 105): https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/data/tiger/tgrshp2023/TGRSHP2023_TechDoc_Ch1.pdf; public domain (Natural Earth terms of use: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/)
How it works
This Mid-Atlantic states blank map prints New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia on one sheet, with Washington, D.C. marked by a ring and nothing written on the map.
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Blank, numbered or named
The sheet opens blank. Numbered gives the seven states and Washington, D.C. a number each and a line to write on; Named writes the names in. Print this map prints the sheet on screen.
Which states are Mid-Atlantic
No list is official. This page uses the traditional one: seven states and Washington, D.C. The Census Bureau's Middle Atlantic division is only New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and it files the other four and the District under the South. If your class uses a shorter list, say which numbers to skip.
Washington, D.C. is too small to write on, so its number sits in a ring beside it.
Quiz yourself on this map turns the same sheet into a Mid Atlantic states quiz of eight questions.
Questions and answers
Which states are in the Mid-Atlantic?
In the traditional list, seven: New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia, with Washington, D.C. Other lists are shorter; the Census Bureau's Middle Atlantic division has only the first three.
Is Washington, D.C. a state?
No. It is a federal district and the capital of the United States, on the Potomac River between Maryland and Virginia. It is numbered here because the traditional Mid-Atlantic list includes it.
Is New England part of the Mid-Atlantic?
No. New England is the six states northeast of New York. On this sheet they are plain land with no number.