Blank Map of Northeast States

The nine Northeast states, from Maine to Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Blank Map of Northeast States

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Write the name of each numbered state.Answer key

  1. Connecticut
  2. Maine
  3. Massachusetts
  4. New Hampshire
  5. New Jersey
  6. New York
  7. Pennsylvania
  8. Rhode Island
  9. Vermont

Drawn for this site from U.S. Census Bureau 2023. Licence: public domain.

Each state is a button. Use the arrow keys to move between them and Enter to choose. Names are read out in Study, and once a state is answered.

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New England 6

  1. Connecticut New England. The capital is Hartford. Fifth state: it ratified the Constitution on January 9, 1788. The Connecticut River, the longest in New England, roughly cuts the state in half.
  2. Maine New England. The capital is Augusta. It was part of Massachusetts until it was admitted as the 23rd state on March 15, 1820, which makes it the newest state on this map.
  3. Massachusetts New England. The capital is Boston, also its most populous city. Sixth state: it ratified the Constitution on February 6, 1788.
  4. New Hampshire New England. The capital is Concord. Ninth state: it ratified the Constitution on June 21, 1788. Its ocean coastline is the shortest of any coastal state.
  5. Rhode Island New England. The capital is Providence. It is the smallest state by area, and it was the last of the original 13 to ratify the Constitution, on May 29, 1790.
  6. Vermont New England. The capital is Montpelier, the least populous state capital. It was admitted as the 14th state on March 4, 1791, the first to join after the original 13.

Middle Atlantic 3

  1. New Jersey Middle Atlantic. The capital is Trenton. Third state: it ratified the Constitution on December 18, 1787. Delaware Bay is at its southwest corner.
  2. New York Middle Atlantic. The capital is Albany. Eleventh state: it ratified the Constitution on July 26, 1788. It touches Lake Erie on the west and Lake Ontario on the northwest.
  3. Pennsylvania Middle Atlantic. The capital is Harrisburg. Second state: it ratified the Constitution on December 12, 1787. Its southern border with Maryland is the Mason-Dixon line.

How this list was compiled: State list and the two divisions: U.S. Census Bureau, Census Regions and Divisions of the United States, https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/maps/reference/us_regdiv.pdf, checked 2026-09-19 (Region 1 Northeast: Division 1 New England, Division 2 Middle Atlantic; Delaware, Maryland and the District of Columbia are listed under Region 3 South). Order and dates of ratification or admission: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_date_of_admission_to_the_Union, checked 2026-09-19. Capitals: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_capitals_in_the_United_States, checked 2026-09-19. Borders, coastlines and rivers in the hints and detail lines: the Wikipedia articles on each of the nine states, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_New_York_(state), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Cod and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_area, checked 2026-09-19. Wider school lists of the Northeast: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeastern_United_States, checked 2026-09-19. Hints and detail lines 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 72.8°W, standard parallels 40.4°N and 46°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 blank map of Northeast states shows the 9 states of the Census Bureau Northeast: the six of New England and the three of the Middle Atlantic, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

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Blank, numbered or named

The sheet opens blank. Choose Numbered to put a number on each of the 9 states of the Northeast, or Named for their names, then press Print this map; the answer key prints on its own sheet.

A Northeast blank map in two divisions

New England holds Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut; the Middle Atlantic holds New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Some school lists add Delaware and Maryland, which the Census Bureau puts in the South.

  • For a blank map of the Northeast region with capitals, print Numbered and have students write each capital, from Augusta to Harrisburg.

Questions and answers

Which states are in the Northeast?

Nine, in the Census Bureau list: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont.

Which is the smallest state on the map?

Rhode Island, the smallest state in the country. New York is the largest state of the Northeast, followed by Pennsylvania and Maine.

Is Maryland in the Northeast?

Not in the Census Bureau list, which places Maryland and Delaware in the South. Many maps of the Mid-Atlantic include them.

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