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States of the U.S. in Alphabetical Order

Name all fifty U.S. states in order from A to Z.
Quiz by jillibean414
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Last updated: September 3, 2018
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First submittedJuly 19, 2012
Times taken272,183
Average score70.0%
Rating4.98
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State
A
Alabama
A
Alaska
A
Arizona
A
Arkansas
C
California
C
Colorado
C
Connecticut
D
Delaware
F
Florida
G
Georgia
H
Hawaii
I
Idaho
I
Illinois
 
State
I
Indiana
I
Iowa
K
Kansas
K
Kentucky
L
Louisiana
M
Maine
M
Maryland
M
Massachusetts
M
Michigan
M
Minnesota
M
Mississippi
M
Missouri
M
Montana
 
State
N
Nebraska
N
Nevada
N
New Hampshire
N
New Jersey
N
New Mexico
N
New York
N
North Carolina
N
North Dakota
O
Ohio
O
Oklahoma
O
Oregon
P
Pennsylvania
 
State
R
Rhode Island
S
South Carolina
S
South Dakota
T
Tennessee
T
Texas
U
Utah
V
Vermont
V
Virginia
W
Washington
W
West Virginia
W
Wisconsin
W
Wyoming
+16
Level 79
May 27, 2012
Nice quiz, I got to 49 with well over 2 minutes to go and still never came up w/ Massachusetts...
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Level 47
Jan 13, 2016
i have 49 and just 3 /5 points... hmmmm
+12
Level 74
May 3, 2019
The spelling of Massachusetts gets me on every quiz. Sure wish we could have more mercy type-ins.
+9
Level 58
Oct 8, 2020
massachusetts is actually really easy to spell if you look at it for a sec
+3
Level 60
Oct 13, 2020
Remember first time, two s, second time, one s.
+1
Level 59
May 1, 2023
I mean… it wouldn’t be Massachussets. That would sound like Mass uh chuss its.
+7
Level 51
Nov 19, 2020
Mass a chu setts
+4
Level 26
May 7, 2021
It's not hard to spell I don't know why you can't spell it.
+2
Level 67
Feb 8, 2022
My way to remember how to write Massachusetts correctly:

Alternate single and double consonants starting from the sides:

M------------S

--SS------TT-

-----CH-S----

Massachusetts

+18
Level 43
Jun 5, 2022
thats even more confusing than the word itself lmfao
+3
Level 50
Sep 18, 2019
Finished with 3:42 left.
+2
Level 38
Dec 9, 2020
3:57 left! ha.
+2
Level 48
Jan 2, 2021
3:07 left! Not as good as you tho
+1
Level 51
Feb 19, 2022
2:06 left
+1
Level 51
Feb 19, 2022
1:59 second time ;-; forgot Mississippi for the longest time
+1
Level 34
Oct 25, 2022
Woo just finished with 4:06 left! Might have to go take some
+1
Level 24
Jan 22, 2023
Looks like im a quick typer! 4:11 left!
+2
Level 23
Jul 14, 2020
try my one but there is a map
+2
Level 23
Jul 14, 2020
https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/1316081/us-states-quiz-in-alphabetical-order
+9
Level 55
Aug 30, 2012
It's usually the time that gets me in these US State quiz as it's harder to recollect (despite knowing them all) when you're not American. This one was a cinch though- 2'26" remaining.
+31
Level 35
Aug 30, 2012
Still remember the song we learned in elementary school with the states in alphabetical order!
+24
Level 46
Jan 1, 2019
fifty nifty united states of the thirteen original colonies...yeah pretty catchy song that was.
+14
Level 62
Sep 7, 2019
oh no dont get it stuck in your head dont get it stuck in your head dont get it stuck in your head FIFTY NIFTY UNITED STATES
+14
Level 76
Mar 13, 2021
Nebraskaaaaaa.....Nevaaadaaaaaaa...
+3
Level 60
May 1, 2023
New Hampshire / New Jersey / New Mexico / New York is truly the LMNOP of the states song
+2
Level 56
Jan 29, 2022
Lmao
+7
Level 31
Dec 1, 2020
It was playing the whole time
+2
Level 37
Aug 30, 2012
Got them all with 2:57 remaining, and like High Fidelity, I am not American
+2
Level 68
Aug 30, 2012
I'm a little slow. I got them all with 1:08 remaining. It's more difficult than it seems.
+13
Level 27
Aug 30, 2012
"Fifty-Nifty" helps a TON. its still the only way i can name all of the states!
+2
Level 34
Dec 24, 2012
LOL me too
+2
Level 22
May 13, 2013
That song has stuck with me for 30 year!
+1
Level 56
Jan 29, 2022
Haha same
+1
Level 32
Dec 5, 2017
How about this song?
+1
Level 28
Oct 27, 2018
Me too!
+2
Level 43
Aug 30, 2012
got 49/50... damn ohio
+1
Level 35
Aug 31, 2012
2:41 left. i probably would have finished quicker if i didn't get tripped up on the spelling of Massachusetts...
+1
Level 14
Sep 1, 2012
got them all with 44 seconds left
+3
Level 34
Dec 24, 2012
Much harder than expected
+1
Level 44
Mar 5, 2013
50/50, 2:26 left
+3
Level 90
Mar 27, 2013
Should edit the quiz to include the territories (Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam, etc.) just to trip up those using the Fifty Nifty or 50 states that rhyme songs...
+2
Level 56
Jan 29, 2022
How mean
+1
Level 19
Apr 20, 2013
Done! Got them all with 3:16 remaining!
+1
Level 31
Jun 7, 2013
Got them all in the end with :10 on the clock! More difficult than I first thought..
+2
Level 20
Jul 22, 2013
I forgot Montana :(
+3
Level 84
Jul 24, 2017
As a Cincinnati Bengals fan, I wish I could say the same. :-(
+2
Level 51
Sep 22, 2013
Got it with 3:12 to go. I learned the states in alphabetical order by song in 2nd grade and to this day it's how I still remember the states and their names. I just sing the song to myself. :)
+1
Level 56
Jan 29, 2022
I learned it in 4th
+2
Level 31
Nov 7, 2013
0:43 remaining. Would be more embarrassing if I was American. I completely forgot about all the "New" states and couldn't figure out why there were so many Ns!
+2
Level 38
Nov 17, 2013
Live next door to Texas and was born in Ohio= after getting Oregon and Tennessee, racking my brain for second O and T state. Argh!
+2
Level 55
Dec 17, 2013
100% with 3:13 left
+1
Level 85
Dec 17, 2013
Finally got to 50/50, with 6 seconds to go.
+2
Level 19
Dec 27, 2013
Got them all with 3:09 remaining, and in order with no problems :)
+1
Level 51
Feb 8, 2014
Got to the love the elementary song. That is how I've always memorized the states since I learned them. :)
+1
Level 56
Jan 29, 2022
Fifty nifty
+1
Level 68
May 13, 2014
I just know them in order already because I'm sad like that, I don't even live in America.
+2
Level 78
May 20, 2014
Forgot one M and one N. Find those harder as there's so many of them. And no, I am not American either.
+1
Level 69
Jun 20, 2014
so difficult for me... I can name all the states and capitols, but I have to go in geographical order... never learned them alphabetically!
+1
Level 53
Oct 25, 2014
easy
+1
Level 53
Nov 24, 2014
It's having trouble accepting 'Indiana' and I checked I spelt it right.
+1
Level 51
May 7, 2015
Learned the state song in second grade and have never forgot. :)
+1
Level 32
Mar 30, 2021
The Fifty Nifty :)
+1
Level 56
Jan 29, 2022
A very nifty song :)
+1
Level 65
May 7, 2015
Did anyone else use that song to help remembee the states in alphabetical order?
+1
Level 66
Aug 11, 2019
noone, ow wait, besides the two dozen that allready commented that they did (actually 9/10 of the comments preceeding yours is about the song)

Unless your comment was meant to be sarcastic, in that case, well played.

+1
Level 44
May 7, 2015
I was surprised we were given a first letter. I'm Canadian and could do this quite easily. Can someone do an alphabetical state capitals one with no hints? I'd like to try that...
+1
Level 46
May 7, 2015
All 50 with 3:37 left!
+1
Level 78
May 7, 2015
Just 0:49 left, at least this one had plenty of time. Funny how easy it's to completely blank on some.
+1
Level 83
May 7, 2015
50/50. Not American, but a song did help me (it wasn't Fifty Nifty though, it was Go Pato).
+1
Level 63
May 12, 2015
Way harder than I thought it would be!
+1
Level 53
May 13, 2015
35/50.. as a Brit I'm happy with that!
+1
Level 17
Jun 12, 2015
I finished with 53 seconds to spare
+2
Level 66
Sep 28, 2015
Done with 03:40 left at first try. 18 years old from Argentina.
+1
Level 57
Dec 30, 2015
100% with 3:39 remaining.
+1
Level 54
May 15, 2016
Yo, I'm smart! Got all w/ 3:19 remaining! Didn't even finish the alphabet quiz that quickly lol....
+1
Level 45
Jun 27, 2016
Did you know Ohio is the only state that has at least one city/village that starts with each letter of the alphabet? See how many you can name! http://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/103225/ohio-cities-a-z
+1
Level 74
Jul 6, 2016
Got North Dakota and Carolina, forgot South Carolina and Dakota. :(
+1
Level 27
Jul 10, 2016
0:47 left studying them for a long time as a greek
+1
Level 68
Aug 23, 2016
Alabama was my last one to get!
+1
Level 72
Nov 13, 2016
cant believe i forgot missouri...
+1
Level 71
Nov 14, 2016
I know all the US States on the map of USA, I can name them all in relation to their position to each other, yet when it came to alphabetical I didn't have enough time to finish, trying to work out the alphabetical order especially in the M's and the N's, only got 1 point for my trouble.
+1
Level 59
Dec 27, 2016
Got them all! 22 sec to spare
+1
Level 72
Jan 5, 2017
I'm all south american and have answered every single US geography quiz
+1
Level 71
Jan 15, 2017
'New' Mexico? Fascinating
+2
Level 76
Aug 29, 2017
When I was young many older people referred to the country as "Old Mexico". I'm guessing that started when New Mexico became a state. I said something to my grandmother once about Mexico and she asked, "Which one, new or old?"
+1
Level 68
Feb 20, 2017
got all 51, gotta catchem all!
+1
Level 51
Feb 19, 2022
I got all 52.
+1
Level 56
May 20, 2017
Forgot about Arizona, Texas, and Virginia somehow.
+1
Level 62
May 20, 2017
done with 3:10 left :)
+1
Level 16
Jul 7, 2017
Awesome quiz!
+1
Level 29
Aug 9, 2017
haha i knew all the states in order since i was 9
+1
Level 51
May 27, 2021
I have since age 7
+1
Level 56
Jan 29, 2022
Same here
+1
Level 45
Aug 26, 2017
not enough time...
+1
Level 75
Aug 29, 2017
OK, now try the same for Canada.
+2
Level 59
Aug 29, 2017
I somehow got South Carolina and South Dakota but missed both North Carolina and North Dakota. Weird.
+2
Level 62
Aug 29, 2017
Harder than I thought - guess i have to go learn that song now
+1
Level 56
Jan 29, 2022
Lol
+1
Level 36
Aug 29, 2017
Oh yeah! Let’s go – first try! https://goo.gl/rAZDNe
+1
Level 63
Aug 29, 2017
I forgot Texas... lol
+1
Level 60
Aug 29, 2017
What's with the map used for the quiz image? It looks like Baja California is part of the United States???
+1
Level ∞
Aug 30, 2017
Weird. Didn't notice that. I changed the image.
+2
Level 36
Aug 30, 2017
For some reason, I thought it said all filthy states, lol!
+1
Level 71
Sep 25, 2017
Think you know where the States of USA are? ….. try my "Walk the coast of USA quiz"…… here it is
+2
Level 32
Dec 2, 2017
Or the song with the girl singing it in a minute...got me done
+1
Level 39
Dec 6, 2017
all fifty 1:43 remaining
+2
Level 64
May 2, 2018
I finally found a reason to know the states song!
+1
Level 56
Jan 29, 2022
Haha
+1
Level 38
Jul 5, 2022
Lol true
+1
Level 4
May 14, 2018
Really bad on this one
+1
Level 4
May 31, 2018
Difficult but use your memory
+1
Level 47
Jul 17, 2018
haha I can't believe It took me until the very end to remember texas!
+1
Level 31
Aug 11, 2018
Got it in 1 minute and 13 seconds! I'm not even American...
+1
Level 33
Aug 24, 2018
Got it in 3:33!
+1
Level 54
Sep 21, 2018
forgot maine, new mexico and missouri
+1
Level 45
Oct 26, 2018
50/50! West Virginia almost screwed me up. And you also knows this from fifty nifty!
+1
Level 56
Jan 29, 2022
Very nifty
+1
Level 28
Oct 27, 2018
Fifty-Nifty United States has helped me with this since I was a little kid! 100% with 3:38 left!
+1
Level 56
Jan 29, 2022
Same here
+1
Level 56
Oct 28, 2018
49/50 DAMN U CALIFORNIA!! How could i forget it
+1
Level 53
Oct 28, 2018
So basically nobody did better than my amazing, outstanding, legendary 3:27.
+1
Level 56
Jan 29, 2022
Is 3:26 better?
+1
Level 58
May 8, 2019
I gOT 50/50 wItH 4:56 left, aNd i Am noT FroM usA. i aM ALso 2 YrS
+1
Level 68
Jul 2, 2019
50/50! Fun and interesting quiz
+1
Level 42
Aug 6, 2019
When did they come up with this fifty-nifty song? I never heard of it. My son, who is 18, says he never heard of it either.

It’s funny, but I grew up in New Jersey, and I don’t have any recollection of having to memorize all the states. I do remember though, very clearly, having to memorize all the counties in New Jersey! 😅

+1
Level 63
Aug 15, 2019
Can you accept New vada and New braska? 🤪
+1
Level 38
Sep 23, 2019
Can you accept Tonga for texas
+1
Level 56
Jan 29, 2022
Tonga is a country
+1
Level 59
May 1, 2023
Oh yeah, I agree. This is a really common mistake, and I’d like for it to be a type in.
+1
Level 34
Nov 17, 2019
forget california Kappa
+1
Level 45
Jan 15, 2020
Got all with 3:33 remaining. FIFTY NIFTY UNITED STATES
+1
Level 56
Jan 29, 2022
Haha
+2
Level 58
Feb 23, 2020
I had to reach into the depths of my memory for this one; there's a song I learned in elementary school that helped me, lol.
+1
Level 56
Jan 29, 2022
Fifty nifty
+1
Level 37
Mar 5, 2020
was staring a the second "T" space like "what other state starts with t?"

I forgot about Texas.

Still finished in 2:19 though!

+1
Level 59
Sep 9, 2020
woot woot 3:37 left :)

I was thinking about the state capitals quiz to this

+1
Level 77
Sep 16, 2020
Here before the District of Columbia becomes a state! 😉😏
+1
Level 28
Jun 22, 2021
It won’t because it’s the Capital of the United States Puerto Rico is more likely to become a state!
+1
Level 60
Jul 28, 2021
Well, Uncle Joe has a little weird grasp on reality, so it actually really seems more likely that DC will become the 51 at the moment. Or at least, I haven't heard him speaking about how the Puertoricans deserve a representation.
+1
Level 64
Oct 4, 2020
Anyone beat 3:50?
+1
Level 57
Oct 12, 2020
at my elementary school we never learned the song but I still aced this quiz somehow
+1
Level 56
Jan 29, 2022
Same
+1
Level 58
Nov 2, 2020
Haha we learned the song and I will never fail a United States quiz again!
+1
Level 56
Jan 29, 2022
Lol
+2
Level 46
Nov 7, 2020
got them all with 3 minutes left + i'm british and we don't learn them
+1
Level 15
Nov 11, 2020
its nice 😃😃😃😃😃😃:):):):)
+1
Level 14
Nov 15, 2020
EZ
+2
Level 66
Dec 13, 2020
I didn't get California, Texas, Washington and Wisconsin. Wow LOL
+1
Level 59
May 1, 2023
Half of those are like literally the US states you would know if you had zero other knowledge of the US lol.
+1
Level 58
Feb 2, 2021
that was fun! I felt so panicky - thought I'd run out of time, but I did ok - still had 1:42 left. Whew.
+1
Level 55
Mar 5, 2021
Easy, 100% and 3:23 left to spare, (the fifty states song you learn in grade school helps.)
+1
Level 56
Jan 29, 2022
Very much
+1
Level 32
Mar 27, 2021
100 % easy
+1
Level 32
Mar 30, 2021
Thank you Fifty NIfty :)
+1
Level 56
Jan 29, 2022
:O same
+1
Level 24
Apr 6, 2021
3:12 left, learning the US states by heart was so fun, I'm from UK so wherever you are its possible to learn things with practice. Have a great day!
+1
Level 28
Jun 22, 2021
I forgot Idaho And Maine somehow!!
+3
Level 55
Aug 28, 2021
I almost forgot Utah. I live in Utah
+1
Level 37
Sep 5, 2022
I am ashamed. I hate timed quizzes but thought I'd give it a try. I came to U and thought "there are no states beginning with U!" Guys... I also LIVE in UTAH.
+1
Level 46
Apr 27, 2023
I live in Utah and I used to live in Texas, just moving down the list lmao
+3
Level 67
Nov 21, 2021
I chose to leave the Ms and Ns till last for obvious reasons. Not being American didn't help.
+2
Level 56
Jan 29, 2022
I had to learn a song about the states in alphabetical order so this was pretty easy. 3:26 first try :D
+1
Level 57
Mar 15, 2022
Finished with 5minutes 30 left
+1
Level 40
May 19, 2022
If you don't skip it's ten times harder
+1
Level 72
Dec 7, 2022
Pretty strong evidence that Wisconsin is the most forgettable state. Too bad. I rather like it.
+1
Level 69
Jan 10, 2023
Go Pack Go! Well, maybe next year....
+1
Level 46
Apr 27, 2023
I find Arkansas is the most forgettable state. I don't even notice it when I look at the map.
+1
Level 59
May 1, 2023
No, it’s definitely either Delaware or South Carolina.
+1
Level 51
Jan 3, 2023
I don't understand why everyone comments how much time was left when they finished!.? It says my actual time for me (1:15)
+1
Level 46
Apr 27, 2023
48/50, missed Massachusetts and Missouri (because I didn't think of them, not cause I couldn't spell them)
+2
Level 53
Apr 28, 2023
44/50, sorry but the time limit is stupidly short. Needs at least another minute.
+1
Level 64
May 1, 2023
36 seconds remaining
+1
Level 33
May 1, 2023
Pretty easy if you know the song :)
+1
Level 20
May 1, 2023
This quiz was easy not bragging the time limit is perfectly fine if you know states and the alphabet unlike RJG he so dumb he doesn't know the alphabet
+1
Level 21
May 1, 2023
Fifty nifty is the only reason I got this haha
+1
Level 28
May 1, 2023
Fifty Nifty United States from 13 original colonies. Shout 'em, shout 'em, tell all about 'em, one by one 'till we've given a day to every state, in the U.S.A.....
+2
Level 59
May 2, 2023
Well, I got them all with 33 seconds remaining... and I have NEVER learned a song for this! Haha kinda proud of myself (for those who did learn the song, congrats on finding the one place you'll ever need to know the states in alphabetical order instead of by where they are 😉 😄 ).