Geography quiz
The 50 US states
Fifty states, in any order. Every name you type fills its state on the map.
- Format
- Map quiz
- Items
- 50 on the map
- Limit
- 6:00
- Level
- Easy
- Checked
- 2026.10.03
- Answers
- 50
- Time limit
- 6:00
- Order
- Any order
- Matching
- Case and accents ignored
- Type a name; it fills its place on the map the moment it matches.
- Pinch or use the zoom buttons to see the small ones.
- Give up at any time to see what you missed.
- Pause whenever you like (Esc). The board hides while the clock is stopped.
Name every state of the United States.
Drawing the map
About this quiz
A typing quiz on a blank map of the United States. Type the 50 states in any order and watch the map fill in.
- Alaska is the largest state and Rhode Island is the smallest.
- Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah meet at a single point, the Four Corners.
- Missouri and Tennessee each touch eight other states, more than any others.
- Alaska and Hawaii are drawn in the lower left corner, out of position and not to scale.
Sources
- [1]US Census Bureau. ANSI codes for states.
- [2]US Census Bureau. Cartographic Boundary Files.
Note on the data. The 50 states are those on the Census Bureau's state code list, leaving out the District of Columbia and the territories. The map is drawn from the Census Bureau's public domain cartographic boundary files, with Alaska and Hawaii moved and rescaled into the lower left corner.
Last checked October 3, 2026
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