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Blank Map of US and Mexico

The contiguous United States and Mexico on one sheet, every state line drawn.

Blank Map of US and Mexico

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Write the name of each numbered place.Answer key

  1. California
  2. Arizona
  3. New Mexico
  4. Texas
  5. Baja California
  6. Sonora
  7. Chihuahua
  8. Coahuila
  9. Nuevo León
  10. Tamaulipas
  11. Rio Grande

Drawn for this site from Natural Earth 5.1.2. Licence: public domain.

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

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  1. California The border state on the Pacific coast.
  2. Arizona The land border runs along its southern edge.
  3. New Mexico The land border runs below it, west of El Paso.
  4. Texas Its border with Mexico follows the Rio Grande.
  5. Baja California The peninsula state below California.
  6. Sonora The Mexican state below Arizona.
  7. Chihuahua Across the border from New Mexico and west Texas.
  8. Coahuila Across the Rio Grande from Texas.
  9. Nuevo León Touches the border in one short stretch of the Rio Grande.
  10. Tamaulipas The border state on the Gulf of Mexico.
  11. Rio Grande The border follows it from El Paso to the Gulf of Mexico.

How this list was compiled: The four United States border states and the six Mexican ones as the border program of the Environmental Protection Agency lists them (https://www.epa.gov/usmexicoborder) and as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico%E2%80%93United_States_border has them, both read on 2026-10-01; the six Mexican names are in ISO 3166-2:MX as Wikipedia prints it (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2:MX). The course of the border is from the International Boundary and Water Commission (https://www.ibwc.gov/about-us/), read the same day. The drawing holds the 48 contiguous states, the District of Columbia, Mexico's 31 states and Mexico City; this list holds only the eleven places the page numbers. Alaska and Hawaii are not on the drawing. Outlines: Natural Earth 5.1.2, credited under the drawing. Licence: public domain (Natural Earth terms of use: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/)

The drawing: Drawn for this site from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_admin_1_states_provinces (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_admin_1_states_provinces.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19; from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_50m_rivers_lake_centerlines (scale 1:50,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_50m_rivers_lake_centerlines.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Surrounding land from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_admin_0_countries (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_admin_0_countries.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Water cut out of the shapes from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_lakes (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_lakes.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Albers equal-area conic projection, central meridian 99°W, standard parallels 20°N and 43°N. Outlines simplified; small islands are left out. Licence: public domain (Natural Earth terms of use: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/)

How it works

This blank map of the United States and Mexico draws both countries at one scale with their state lines: the 48 contiguous states, Mexico's 31 states and Mexico City. Numbered marks the border, ten states and the Rio Grande.

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Blank first

The sheet opens blank, with the state lines of both countries and the Rio Grande drawn as a line. Press Print this map. Choose Numbered or Named to label the border, and Print the answer key for the names on a sheet of its own.

What is numbered

Eleven things: California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas; Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas; and the Rio Grande, which the border follows from the Gulf of Mexico to El Paso and Ciudad Juárez. West of there it runs below New Mexico, Arizona and California to the Pacific Ocean, almost all of it overland.

  • Río Bravo, the river's name in Mexico, counts as a right answer for the Rio Grande.

Questions and answers

Which states are on the US and Mexico border?

Four US states: California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. Six Mexican states: Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas. All ten are numbered on this map.

Is this a blank map of USA and Mexico with every state?

Every state line is drawn for the 48 contiguous states, the District of Columbia, Mexico's 31 states and Mexico City. Alaska and Hawaii are not on the sheet. Only the ten border states and the river carry numbers.

Where does the Rio Grande form the border?

From the Gulf of Mexico upstream to El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. That stretch is the whole border between Texas and Mexico, and it is the part of the river drawn on this map.

Are the Great Lakes on the map?

Yes, as open water at the top of the sheet, with Canada as plain land beyond them. Canada, Cuba and Central America are drawn without names or numbers.

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