ConnecticutNew 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.
MaineNew 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.
MassachusettsNew England. The capital is Boston, also its most populous city. Sixth state: it ratified the Constitution on February 6, 1788.
New HampshireNew 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.
Rhode IslandNew 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.
VermontNew 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
New JerseyMiddle Atlantic. The capital is Trenton. Third state: it ratified the Constitution on December 18, 1787. Delaware Bay is at its southwest corner.
New YorkMiddle 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.
PennsylvaniaMiddle 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 northeast states quiz draws the region on a map of its own, so Rhode Island and Connecticut are shapes you can tap, not specks. It asks one state at a time: all 9, the 6 New England states on a closer view, or the Middle Atlantic. The map prints blank or labeled.
Read the full guide
The 9 states, and where New England ends
The page follows the U.S. Census Bureau, which puts 9 states in its Northeast. New England is Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont, a name the English explorer John Smith gave the region in 1616. The Middle Atlantic is New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.
How a round works, and the New England round
In Find it, this northeast map quiz names a state and you tap its shape. Miss, and the right state lights up. Miss two, and Practise the 2 you missed asks both again. Name it lights a state, and you pick or type its name. Study writes every name on the map, and a tap shows the capital. Pick New England under Start from and this becomes a New England states quiz: six questions, zoomed in until Rhode Island is easy to tap. Print blank always numbers all 9, and Print labelled is the key.
Vermont and New Hampshire are wedges turned opposite ways. Vermont is widest at the top, New Hampshire at the bottom. The Connecticut River is the line between them, so Vermont is the one that touches New York.
Read southern New England as a block of three: Massachusetts across the top, Connecticut under its left half, Rhode Island under its right.
The Middle Atlantic hangs around one corner: New York on top, Pennsylvania the wide block to its southwest, New Jersey under New York on the coast.
Questions and answers
Why are Maryland, Delaware and Washington, D.C. not on this quiz?
The U.S. Census Bureau places all three in its South region. Some school lists draw the region wider, so a northeastern states quiz in class may count 11 states. Maryland and Delaware are asked on the Southeast page.
Is New York part of New England?
No. New York borders Vermont, Massachusetts and Connecticut by land, but the Census Bureau puts it in the Middle Atlantic. In the New England round, New York stays on the map beside Vermont, and a tap on it is not a miss.
Do I have to spell Massachusetts right?
Nearly. When you type a long name, one wrong, missing or swapped letter still counts. Postal codes count too, and so do Conn, Mass and Penn. MA is Massachusetts and ME is Maine, and each is marked wrong for the other.