# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Ferg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cdc98d/32.png) [@Ferg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferg)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited/194684/21 "2003-08-12T21:38:17Z")
Another Brit here. If we’re not counting plane changes then my grand total would be… one. Florida. I was nine years old, Mickey Mouse gave me a hug! ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited/194684/22 "2003-08-12T21:45:48Z")
Hawaii California Oregon Washington Idaho Nevada Arizona New mexico Colorado Oklahoma Kansas Texas Missouri Arkansas Louisiana Illinois Kentucky Tennessee Mississippi Alabama Florida Georgia And that’s the way it is. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited/194684/23 "2003-08-12T21:48:08Z")
48 (neither of the new ones) 3 Canadian provinces Jamaica Grand Cayman and Mexico. ---
**Author:** ![TheFunkySpaceCowboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9a28c/32.png) [@TheFunkySpaceCowboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFunkySpaceCowboy)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited/194684/24 "2003-08-12T22:25:32Z")
Since driving through counts… 31 counting D.C. Heh, that’s more than one state per year I’ve been alive 🙂 Alaska Alabama Oregon Washington California DC Virginia South Carolina Georgia Florida Texas Louisiana New York Massachusetts Delaware Missouri New Hampshire Pennsilvania Nevada Tennesse South Dakota North Dakota Montana Illinois Indiana Ohio Michigan Idahoe Wyoming Maryland Plus in Canada: B.C. Yukon NorthWest Territories Ontario Other countries: Bahamas Belize Guatamala Iceland ---
**Author:** ![X\_Slayer\_ALE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bbe5ce/32.png) [@X\_Slayer\_ALE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X_Slayer_ALE)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited/194684/25 "2003-08-12T22:54:05Z")
I am from California and I have been in Nevada Arizona Illinois Oregon Washington Michigan Confusion Denial Inebriation Intoxication 😃 ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited/194684/26 "2003-08-12T23:06:35Z")
44 Not: Alaska Arkansas Hawaii New Mexico Oregon Vermont Driving Vancouver -\> Atlanta, Sep 11 - 14, 2001 added quite a few. ---
**Author:** ![Stage\_Manager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stage_manager/32/7267_2.png) [@Stage\_Manager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stage_Manager)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited/194684/27 "2003-08-12T23:16:30Z")
California (I live here) Nevada Arizona New Mexico Texas Oklahoma Utah Colorado Kansas Missouri Illinois Indiana Ohio Pennsylvania New York Massachusetts Virgina West Virginia Delaware Maryland That makes 20. I need to travel more. ---
**Author:** ![FallFast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba9def/32.png) [@FallFast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallFast)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited/194684/28 "2003-08-12T23:18:21Z")
44 Missing: Alaska Hawaii Washington Oregon North Dakota Maine ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited/194684/29 "2003-08-12T23:45:11Z")
Maine New Hampsphire Vermont Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Maryland West Virginia So that’s 11 (and Maryland is the only “drive-through” state in the list) But I’ve also been to Ontario & Quebec I’ll admit not to being well traveled 😃 However, since travelling is not amongst my favorite pastimes, I don’t think I’ll be adding to the number any time soon. ---
**Author:** ![verbenabeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@verbenabeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/verbenabeast)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited/194684/30 "2003-08-13T00:07:51Z")
the 48 contiguous, D.C., and 3 Canadian provinces… Driving. In a mini motorhome. With my parents. and 3 siblings. 'course we were kids… but it made for interesting times nonetheless. Also hit Mexico, Jamaica, and the Caymans via cruise ship… with my parents. and 3 siblings. And their spouses and kids. We are a very close family. Oh, by the way… I love using periods for emphasis. I learned that from you guys. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![TheFunkySpaceCowboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9a28c/32.png) [@TheFunkySpaceCowboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFunkySpaceCowboy)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited/194684/31 "2003-08-13T00:57:39Z")
Whoops, I just realized that I left off Hawaii from my original list. Wonder how that one slipped my mind 🙂 I also wanted to mention that of the states on my list I’ve lived in: Georgia was born there Florida as a kid right after Georgia , and again in between Iceland and Alaska Iceland (not a state but…) Alaska, for a decade until moving to… Texas in Febuary ---
**Author:** ![RotorHead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@RotorHead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RotorHead)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited/194684/32 "2003-08-13T01:03:46Z")
Everything except Oregon. Not sure how I missed that one. Hopefully soon I will rectify the situation. ---
**Author:** ![Shabadu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@Shabadu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shabadu)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited/194684/33 "2003-08-13T01:12:54Z")
Colorado Connecticut Deleware Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnisota Missouri Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Carolina Ohio Oklahoma Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Tennesee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming 33 states in 26 years, not bad. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited/194684/34 "2003-08-13T01:16:27Z")
All fifty, baby! Plus DC, and all ten Canadian provinces (including both Newfoundland \*and[i/] Labrador)! And none of them were do-nothing drive-throughs, either! Saw or did something touristy in every single one! ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited/194684/35 "2003-08-13T01:33:39Z")
DC Florida Maryland Massachusetts New Hampshire New Jersey New York Oregon Pennsylvania Vermont Washington And Ontario and Quebec… I admit it’s a little short, but I’m young and I plan on visiting many more. And I am going to have to move to Oregon eventually. Was there on a geology trip to the Cascades and just fell in love with the state! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited/194684/36 "2003-08-13T02:09:13Z")
47 states…every one but Hawaii, Florida, and Mississippi. Let’s see…Every Canadian province except the fiddly ones on the East Coast…Halifax, Prince Edward Island, etc. Benefit of: having parents who think travel is broadening, and being a competitive High School Speech coach. We do tend to travel a bit doing that… ---
**Author:** ![lightingtool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/57b2e6/32.png) [@lightingtool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lightingtool)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited/194684/37 "2003-08-13T02:18:53Z")
I’ve hit all of them except Hawaii, Alaska, and Washington (state). Most of them were in the past three years. And I’ve hit 4 Canadian thingies (Counties? Provinces? I don’t mean to offend, I just can’t remember what they’re called right now.) and Baja Mexico. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited/194684/38 "2003-08-13T04:23:19Z")
1. Ohio 2. Pennsylvania 3. California 4. Georgia 5. Tennessee 6. Virginia 7. Kentucky 8. Minnesota 9. DC 10. New York 11. Nevada 12. Arizona 13 . West Virginia 13. Maryland 14. North Carolina ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_Heart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Angel\_Heart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_Heart)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited/194684/39 "2003-08-13T04:40:43Z")
Twenty states I have spent at least one night in: Maine Rhode Island Connecticut New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Florida West Virginia Ohio Michigan Texas Hawaii Nevada Arizona Six states I have spent time in: Massachusets Indiana Illinois New Hampshire Oklahoma California (layover) New Mexico (layover) I’ve also been to New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Quebec and Ontario. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited/194684/40 "2003-08-13T04:46:47Z")
I’ve been to 33 states and the District of Columbia, so it’s easier to list the ones I have yet to visit: Mississippi Louisiana Arkansas Texas Oklahoma Kansas Colorado New Mexico Utah Arizona Nevada Idaho California Oregon Washington Alaska Hawaii I’ve also spent time in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Quebec, and the country of Cuba. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited/194684.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited/194684.md?page=3)