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The East Coast of the United States, also known as the Eastern Seaboard, the Atlantic Coast, and the Atlantic Seaboard, is the region encompassing the coastline where the Eastern United States meets the Atlantic Ocean. The Thirteen Colonies, which formed the United States in 1776 were located on this coast, and it has played an important role ...
The Northeastern United States, also referred to as the Northeast, the East Coast, or the American Northeast, is a geographic region of the United States located on the Atlantic coast of North America. It borders Canada to its north, the Southern United States to its south, the Midwestern United States to its west, and the Atlantic Ocean to its ...
A map of the Eastern United States. The Eastern United States, often abbreviated as simply the East, is a macroregion of the United States located to the east of the Mississippi River. [1] It includes 17-26 states and Washington, D.C., the national capital. As of 2011, the Eastern United States had an estimated population exceeding 179 million ...
This is a list of U.S. states and territories ranked by their coastline length. 30 states have a coastline: 23 with a coastline on the Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean (including the Gulf of Mexico and Gulf of Maine ), and/or Pacific Ocean, and 7 with a Great Lakes shoreline. New York has coasts on both the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean.
A map of the United States showing its 50 states, federal district and five inhabited territories. Alaska, Hawaii, and the territories are shown at different scales, and the Aleutian Islands and the uninhabited northwestern Hawaiian Islands are omitted from this map. This article is part of a series on.
The Mid-Atlantic is a region of the United States located in the overlap between the Northeastern and Southeastern states of the United States.Its exact definition differs upon source, but the region typically includes Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia with other sources including or excluding other states or areas in ...
N. New Hampshire (25 C, 6 P) New Jersey (25 C, 4 P) New York (state) (25 C, 6 P) North Carolina (26 C, 5 P)
"Gulf Coast" extending as far east as the western tip of Florida "Northeast" including much of Maryland, Central Virginia, and Eastern Virginia. These are the combined statistical areas of the Southeastern region which exceed 1 million in population according to the United States Census Bureau 's 2016 estimates.