# How many states have you visited? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 12, 2003, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited/194684 "2003-08-12T17:42:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![newcrasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited/194684/1 "2003-08-12T17:42:15Z")
Don’t count airline plane changes, unless you actually left eh airport. You can count driving through… (you can count DC) Me…25 Virginia West Virginia Maine New Hampshire Massachussettes Rhode Island Delaware Maryland Tennessee Kentucky North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Florida Indiana Illinois Missouri Kansas Colorodo Ohio Pennsylvania New York New Jersey Connecticut DC ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited/194684/2 "2003-08-12T17:53:15Z")
Nevada Georgia New York Illinois Arkansas Oklahoma Colorado Louisiana Tennessee California Michigan That’s only eleven; I guess I should get out more. What’s worse, eight involved business trips… ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited/194684/3 "2003-08-12T17:54:46Z")
Not so many: Louisiana Mississippi Florida Texas Alabama Georgia Illinois ---
**Author:** ![5-HT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/f19dbf/32.png) [@5-HT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5-HT)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited/194684/4 "2003-08-12T18:08:55Z")
35 Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Kentucky Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nevada New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming plus Puerto Rico and the District of Colombia ---
**Author:** ![Frumious\_Bandersnatch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Frumious\_Bandersnatch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frumious_Bandersnatch)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited/194684/5 "2003-08-12T18:09:24Z")
49 Still missing Alaska ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited/194684/6 "2003-08-12T18:10:39Z")
As a little kid I was taken to some states I haven’t revisited since: Texas and Oklahoma. As a somewhat older kid I was taken to some I remember visiting, but little about them: Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri. As an adult I have seen and remember seeing: Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maine, Maryland, West Virginia. This far, I have yet to visit Michigan, Rhode Island and Delaware in the Eastern USA, and any of the Western USA west of Texas and Kansas. I count 31. You can add Ontario if you like. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited/194684/7 "2003-08-12T18:15:39Z")
I have been to 48 states plus DC, which really doesn’t count since I live 20 miles from there. All 48 have been done by motorcycle, 47 in the last two years alone. I plan on hitting Alaska by bike in the next couple of years, and Hawaii at some point, just don’t know when. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited/194684/8 "2003-08-12T18:39:57Z")
Alabama Florida Georgia Louisiana Mississippi Illinois Indiana Ohio Maryland New Jersey New York Pennsylvania West Virginia Kentucky Tennessee Virginia Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island Vermont California Hawaii Arkansas Missouri Oklahoma Texas That is 28. I am missing most of the Great Plains and the West. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Griffin)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited/194684/9 "2003-08-12T18:45:27Z")
California Nevada I’m from UK though so I’ll list all the countries I been to as well: Scotland England Wales France Belgium Holand Germany Austria Spain Mexico ---
**Author:** ![Lady\_Venom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9fc348/32.png) [@Lady\_Venom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_Venom)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited/194684/10 "2003-08-12T18:45:51Z")
Canadian girl here…I’ve been to 15 States; New York Pennsylvania West Virginia Virginia North & South Carolina Georgia Kentucky Florida Ohio Tennesee Michigan Indiana Illinois Mississippi Canada - 5 Ontario Quebec PEI Nova Scotia New Brunswick Favorite State…Florida, favorite city…Savannah, Georgia. ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited/194684/11 "2003-08-12T18:57:34Z")
Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi Missouri Nevada New Mexico New York North Carolina Ohio Oklahoma Pennsylvania Tennessee Texas Utah Wisconsin ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited/194684/12 "2003-08-12T19:10:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Frumious Bandersnatch \* > \*\*49 > > Still missing Alaska \*\* C’mon up! 😃 I already did a thread on this, so won’t list them all again. ---
**Author:** ![soulmurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@soulmurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulmurk)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited/194684/13 "2003-08-12T19:14:33Z")
31 total, but most were due to my short lived career as a truck driver that required me to drive from Washington or California along I-80 to Michigan or Indiana and back every week or so. Living in Washington it’s almost impossible not to enter Idaho, Montana and Oregon at some point. ---
**Author:** ![ShadiRoxan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@ShadiRoxan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadiRoxan)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited/194684/14 "2003-08-12T19:32:11Z")
New York Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware (Mom made a wrong turn when we were going to NJ) Maryland DC Ohio Indiana Illinois Missouri Kansas Kentucky West Virginia Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Arkansas Louisana Mississippi Alabama Georgia Florida California I went outside of the airport in Michigan, but only to smoke. I don’t think that one counts ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited/194684/15 "2003-08-12T19:37:08Z")
9 states for me: **Idaho-** I live here, so that’s a given. **Oregon-** been there dozens of times for various reasons **Washington-** Been to Seattle four times, first time was in 1993. **California-** I’ve only been there once, back in 1984, and it was only the northern extremity when we went to see the redwood trees. **Nevada-** I can barely count this one, too. I’ve only been as far as Jackpot, which is primarily a gambling town right across the Idaho-Nevada line. I’ve been there a couple dozen times or so. **Montana-** Visited Helena and Missoula with a friend, 1985. **Kansas-** Made several trips to visit a friend who lived there before I helped him move back here this summer. **Colorado-** Drove through it along I-70 and up I-25 during aforementioned move. **Wyoming-** Drove through it on I-80 for said moving trip, stayed in Green River overnight. I’ve also been in Utah and Texas, but they don’t count since the OP specified to not include airport layover stops. ---
**Author:** ![Orange\_Skinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited/194684/16 "2003-08-12T19:37:38Z")
Just 12, so far: Ohio Pennsylvania Indiana Illinois North Carolina Maryland Virginia West Virginia Michigan Flordia DC New York ---
**Author:** ![PaperBlob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58956e/32.png) [@PaperBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaperBlob)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited/194684/17 "2003-08-12T20:07:37Z")
24 + DC Maine New Hampshire Vermont Connecticut Massachusetts Rhode Island New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Florida Kentucky Tennessee Michigan Oklahoma Kansas Colorado California ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited/194684/18 "2003-08-12T20:28:14Z")
32 of em. Would like to see the rest. Need to hit New England, Dakotas, Alaska, Mid-Atlantic and Deep South. Only made Michigan barely. Far western tip of the Upper Peninsula, more like Wisconsin, really. I actually don’t travel much. I hit many of these on two big trips. I always drive damn fast, and am pretty please with myself when I don’t get speeding tickets. I sing a funny little song as I’m driving and a leave a state for the last time. It goes like this: “Ha Ha Ha! Ha Ha (insert state name here) You didn’t catch me! Ha Ha Ha!” Oh, how the miles just seem to fly by! 😃 * * * She told me she loved me like a brother. She was from Arkansas, hence the Joy! ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited/194684/19 "2003-08-12T20:42:40Z")
So driving through counts? Let’s see: Alaska California Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Maryland Massachussetts Minnesota (I think … it was a childhood family vacation and the memories are fuzzy) New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Carolina Ohio Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin So, 24, but five of them are in the “driving through” category. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited/194684/20 "2003-08-12T21:12:56Z")
I’ve been to every state east of the Mississippi River (plus a handful of others): Maine New Hampshire Vermont Connecticut Rhode Island Massachusetts Delaware New Jersey New York Pennsylvania Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Ohio Georgia Florida Alabama Mississippi Tennessee Kentucky Indiana Illinois Wisconsin Michigan Missouri Arkansas Louisiana Texas California Arizona Nevada Washington Plus D.C., Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Vermont, Maine, and Kentucky are the only ones I merely drove through. **33** + 3 –Cliffy [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited/194684.md?page=2)