# How many North American states/provinces have you been to? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 3, 2007, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-north-american-states-provinces-have-you-been-to/417919 "2007-09-03T17:37:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2007, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-north-american-states-provinces-have-you-been-to/417919/21 "2007-09-03T23:21:49Z")
USA: All contiguous states including DC. Canada: All provinces except Nunavut. Mexico: Baja CA & Sonora. Lived in: As far as permanent residences go, California only. ---
**Author:** ![back\_before\_irony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb9ed0/32.png) [@back\_before\_irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/back_before_irony)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2007, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-north-american-states-provinces-have-you-been-to/417919/22 "2007-09-03T23:25:58Z")
49 states (not Alaska) 6 provinces, B.C. to Quebec ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2007, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-north-american-states-provinces-have-you-been-to/417919/23 "2007-09-03T23:29:44Z")
US: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, Florida, Arkansas, California. Also, DC. Canada: Quebec, Ottawa. Lived in California, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Missouri. ---
**Author:** ![Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilvert_s_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2007, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-north-american-states-provinces-have-you-been-to/417919/24 "2007-09-03T23:44:28Z")
US: All states except Maine, North Dakota, Alaska, and Hawaii. (Plus US Virgin Islands). Maine is on the short list. Canada: Ontario and BC only. Mexico: Baja California Norte and Sonora. I have lived in nine states: Ohio, Kentucky (two stints), North Carolina, Indiana, Wyoming, Maryland, Colorado (two stints), Michigan, and California. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2007, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-north-american-states-provinces-have-you-been-to/417919/25 "2007-09-03T23:51:41Z")
U.S. All states except N. Dakota, Alaska, and Hawaii. Canada - Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia. Mexico - Whichever states Juarez and Tijuana are in. Very briefly in both cases, though I did a) put my feet on the ground (however wobbly they were), and b) spent money. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-north-american-states-provinces-have-you-been-to/417919/26 "2007-09-04T03:08:38Z")
A question for fetus: You obviously travel extensively and you live in San Diego. Why no trip to Mexico? Me: Arkansas, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia. No other countries besides Canada and the United States. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-north-american-states-provinces-have-you-been-to/417919/27 "2007-09-04T03:27:38Z")
[QUOTE=fachverwirrt] Ottawa. [/QUOTE] That would be Ontario… :smack: (Been to Ottawa, too.) ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-north-american-states-provinces-have-you-been-to/417919/28 "2007-09-04T04:12:51Z")
All 50 states plus DC, PR & VI. All Canadian provinces/territories except PEI, Nova Scotia & Nunavut. Mexico: Sonora, Sinaloa, Durango, Nyarit, Baja California Norte. ---
**Author:** ![rinni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f6c823/32.png) [@rinni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rinni)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-north-american-states-provinces-have-you-been-to/417919/29 "2007-09-04T07:17:07Z")
Canada: Nova Scotia (grew up there), BC (live here now), Alberta, PEI, New Brunswick, Quebec US: Washington, California Mexico: Oaxaca, Puebla, Guerrero That’s everywhere I’ve been in the world, actually. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-north-american-states-provinces-have-you-been-to/417919/30 "2007-09-04T07:25:23Z")
Not many. Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Ontario, New York, and Maine. ---
**Author:** ![Shecky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@Shecky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shecky)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-north-american-states-provinces-have-you-been-to/417919/31 "2007-09-04T13:26:52Z")
Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Caroline, South Carolina, Florida, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, Wisconsin, Michigan, Tennesee, Texas, Arizona, California, and Iowa. Keep missing Nevada, no matter how many times I try getting to it. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-north-american-states-provinces-have-you-been-to/417919/32 "2007-09-04T13:37:04Z")
This is going to be in chronological order: CA, NV, HI, OR, ID, WY, MT, UT, OH, IN, IL, AZ, SD, MN, WI, MI, WV, PA, NJ, NY, MO, VA So that’s 22 states. I’m not counting states I’ve only had layovers in. I’ve lived in CA, MI, and IL. In Mexico, I’ve been to DF, Sinaloa, Nayarit, Jalisco, Michoacan, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Yucatan, and Quintana Roo. I’ve never been to Canada. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-north-american-states-provinces-have-you-been-to/417919/33 "2007-09-04T13:41:46Z")
I’ve spent at least one night in all 50 states and every province of Canada, and in the Yukon Territory. However, I’ve never been to the Northwest Territories or to Nunavut, so I can still be beat. ---
**Author:** ![PaulParkhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PaulParkhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulParkhead)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-north-american-states-provinces-have-you-been-to/417919/34 "2007-09-04T13:54:43Z")
Hmm, in no particular order: US: Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Virginia, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois, New Jersey, Delaware, DC, Maryland, West Virginia, Connecticut, Michigan, Kentucky, Indiana Only home in the USA has been Pennsylvania, likely moving to West Virginia soon. Canada: BC and Quebec only. Rest of world: UK (grew up and lived 33 of my 35 years there), Ireland, France, Spain, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Denmark, Germany, Austria, USSR, Australia. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-north-american-states-provinces-have-you-been-to/417919/35 "2007-09-04T13:58:47Z")
USA: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma\*, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Utah\*, Vermont, West Virginia Wisconsin\*. \*Only driven through. But definitely driven. Canada: Only Montreal and Toronto. Bonus question: How many states have you lived in?: Michigan, NY, Tennessee. ---
**Author:** ![PaulParkhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PaulParkhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulParkhead)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-north-american-states-provinces-have-you-been-to/417919/36 "2007-09-04T14:00:52Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] Canada: Only Montreal and Toronto. [/QUOTE] Ontario and Quebec? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-north-american-states-provinces-have-you-been-to/417919/37 "2007-09-04T14:28:56Z")
Been to: South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Virginia, the D. of C., New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Tennessee. Lived in: South Carolina, North Carolina. Flew over: everything between Greensboro and: the D. of C., Chicago, Rochester, Newark; everything between the D. of C. and Nova Scotia (on my way to Cairo via Germany). ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-north-american-states-provinces-have-you-been-to/417919/38 "2007-09-04T14:42:26Z")
[QUOTE=PaulParkhead] Ontario and Quebec? 😃 [/QUOTE] Yup. 🙂 But I felt bad even saying the provinces because I haven’t \*been \*anywhere else in the province, really. Toronto we drove from Detroit so we hardly hit anything else, and Montreal, well we drove through Quebec from the NY border, but didn’t stop anywhere and went straight to the city. ---
**Author:** ![rackensack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@rackensack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rackensack)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-north-american-states-provinces-have-you-been-to/417919/39 "2007-09-04T15:00:11Z")
All of the contiguous U.S. states **except:** Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, New Mexico, and Vermont. So 43 states plus DC. Have only been to Quebec in Canada. In one of those perverse ironies of life, my kids (all age 10 and under) and I have been to non-overlapping sets of foreign countries – me to Canada only, them to Mexico, Jamaica, and the Bahamas (my wife and kids went on a cruise with her extended family last winter, but I wasn’t able to join them, and all of my trips to Canada have been on business). My wife’s also been to far fewer U.S. states than I have, but has been to practically every non-Scandinavian, non-Iberian country in Western Europe, Israel, Taiwan (she taught there for a year), Japan, Australia, and Hong Kong (before the handover). ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-north-american-states-provinces-have-you-been-to/417919/40 "2007-09-04T15:20:39Z")
Been to: Pennsylvania, New York, Michigan, Indiana, Ontario, West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia, D.C., Maryland, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Texas, North Carolina, Nevada, Wisconsin. Lived in: Ohio, Illinois, Minnesota [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-north-american-states-provinces-have-you-been-to/417919.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-north-american-states-provinces-have-you-been-to/417919.md?page=3)