- US map
- Blank map
Outline map · print-ready
Blank US map
State outlines only — no names, capitals or shading. Made for tests, worksheets and coloring. Press Print and it fills one page.
Click a state
Printing tip: in the print dialog choose Landscape and turn off headers & footers. The map area is sized to fit Letter and A4.
Versions of the blank map
- States only (default above) — the standard outline for "label the states" tests.
- With capital dots — press Capitals to add an unlabeled dot at each capital for "name the capital" exercises.
- Contiguous 48 or all 50 — use the Alaska & Hawaii button before printing.
- Single state outlines — a blank map of each state with county lines optional, listed below.
Blank map of each state
- Alabama outline
AL - Alaska outline
AK - Arizona outline
AZ - Arkansas outline
AR - California outline
CA - Colorado outline
CO - Connecticut outline
CT - Delaware outline
DE - Florida outline
FL - Georgia outline
GA - Hawaii outline
HI - Idaho outline
ID - Illinois outline
IL - Indiana outline
IN - Iowa outline
IA - Kansas outline
KS - Kentucky outline
KY - Louisiana outline
LA - Maine outline
ME - Maryland outline
MD - Massachusetts outline
MA - Michigan outline
MI - Minnesota outline
MN - Mississippi outline
MS - Missouri outline
MO - Montana outline
MT - Nebraska outline
NE - Nevada outline
NV - New Hampshire outline
NH - New Jersey outline
NJ - New Mexico outline
NM - New York outline
NY - North Carolina outline
NC - North Dakota outline
ND - Ohio outline
OH - Oklahoma outline
OK - Oregon outline
OR - Pennsylvania outline
PA - Rhode Island outline
RI - South Carolina outline
SC - South Dakota outline
SD - Tennessee outline
TN - Texas outline
TX - Utah outline
UT - Vermont outline
VT - Virginia outline
VA - Washington outline
WA - West Virginia outline
WV - Wisconsin outline
WI - Wyoming outline
WY
Suggested classroom uses
- Label all 50 states (answer key: the map with state names).
- Write each state's abbreviation in place (key: abbreviations list).
- Color the four Census regions or six time zones.
- Mark the capitals from memory, then check with the capitals map.
- Trace the Mississippi, Missouri and Colorado rivers using the rivers map as a reference.
Need more print formats? The printable maps page lists every variant with page-size notes.