List of U.S. states by coastline

Grey states have no ocean coastline. The other colors indicate states with coastline; the different colors have no significance.

This is a list of U.S. states having an ocean coastline, ranked by coastline length. Two different methods are used.

• The data for method 1 was retrieved from a CRS Report for Congress using data from U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, The Coastline of the United States, 1975. This is based on measurements made using large-scale nautical charts. The figures shown suffer from the inaccuracy inherent in all attempts at measuring coastlines but are nevertheless useful for comparison. The figure for Connecticut was arrived at separately and may not reflect the correct comparative distance.
• The data for method 2 is from a list maintained by the Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The state coastline lengths were computed by an unspecified method which include tidal areas not included in the first method. These numbers also include the Great Lakes coastlines.

State	Coastline (method 1)	Rank	Coastline (method 2)	Rank
Alaska	&100000000000066400000006,640 miles (10,690 km)	&100000000000000010000001	&1000000000003390400000033,904 miles (54,563 km)	&100000000000000010000001
Florida	&100000000000013500000001,350 miles (2,170 km)	&100000000000000020000002	&100000000000084360000008,436 miles (13,576 km)	&100000000000000020000002
California	&10000000000000840000000840 miles (1,350 km)	&100000000000000030000003	&100000000000034270000003,427 miles (5,515 km)	&100000000000000050000005
Hawaii	&10000000000000750000000750 miles (1,210 km)	&100000000000000040000004	&100000000000010520000001,052 miles (1,693 km)	&1000000000000001800000018
Louisiana	&10000000000000397000000397 miles (639 km)	&100000000000000050000005	&100000000000077210000007,721 miles (12,426 km)	&100000000000000030000003
Texas	&10000000000000367000000367 miles (591 km)	&100000000000000060000006	&100000000000033590000003,359 miles (5,406 km)	&100000000000000070000007
North Carolina	&10000000000000301000000301 miles (484 km)	&100000000000000070000007	&100000000000033750000003,375 miles (5,432 km)	&100000000000000060000006
Oregon	&10000000000000296000000296 miles (476 km)	&100000000000000080000008	&100000000000014100000001,410 miles (2,270 km)	&1000000000000001700000017
Maine	&10000000000000228000000228 miles (367 km)	&100000000000000090000009	&100000000000034780000003,478 miles (5,597 km)	&100000000000000040000004
Massachusetts	&10000000000000192000000192 miles (309 km)	&1000000000000001000000010	&100000000000015190000001,519 miles (2,445 km)	&1000000000000001600000016
South Carolina	&10000000000000187000000187 miles (301 km)	&1000000000000001100000011	&100000000000028760000002,876 miles (4,628 km)	&1000000000000001200000012
Washington	&10000000000000157000000157 miles (253 km)	&1000000000000001200000012	&100000000000030260000003,026 miles (4,870 km)	&1000000000000001100000011
New Jersey	&10000000000000130000000130 miles (210 km)	&1000000000000001300000013	&100000000000017920000001,792 miles (2,884 km)	&1000000000000001500000015
New York	&10000000000000127000000127 miles (204 km)	&1000000000000001400000014	&100000000000026250000002,625 miles (4,225 km)	&1000000000000001300000013
Virginia	&10000000000000112000000112 miles (180 km)	&1000000000000001500000015	&100000000000033150000003,315 miles (5,335 km)	&100000000000000080000008
Georgia	&10000000000000100000000100 miles (160 km)	&1000000000000001600000016	&100000000000023440000002,344 miles (3,772 km)	&1000000000000001400000014
Connecticut	&1000000000000009600000096 miles (154 km)	&1000000000000001700000017	&10000000000000618000000618 miles (995 km)	&1000000000000002000000020
Alabama	&1000000000000005300000053 miles (85 km)	&1000000000000001800000018	&10000000000000607000000607 miles (977 km)	&1000000000000002100000021
Mississippi	&1000000000000004400000044 miles (71 km)	&1000000000000001900000019	&10000000000000359000000359 miles (578 km)	&1000000000000002400000024
Rhode Island	&1000000000000004000000040 miles (64 km)	&1000000000000002000000020	&10000000000000384000000384 miles (618 km)	&1000000000000002200000022
Maryland	&1000000000000003100000031 miles (50 km)	&1000000000000002100000021	&100000000000031900000003,190 miles (5,130 km)	&1000000000000001000000010
Delaware	&1000000000000002800000028 miles (45 km)	&1000000000000002200000022	&10000000000000381000000381 miles (613 km)	&1000000000000002300000023
New Hampshire	&1000000000000001800000018 miles (29 km)	&1000000000000002300000023	&10000000000000131000000131 miles (211 km)	&1000000000000002800000028
Michigan	–	-	&100000000000032240000003,224 miles (5,189 km)	&100000000000000090000009
Wisconsin	–	-	&10000000000000820000000820 miles (1,320 km)	&1000000000000001900000019
Ohio	–	-	&10000000000000312000000312 miles (502 km)	&1000000000000002500000025
Minnesota	–	-	&10000000000000189000000189 miles (304 km)	&1000000000000002600000026
Pennsylvania	–	-	&10000000000000140000000140 miles (230 km)	&1000000000000002700000027
Illinois	–	-	&1000000000000006300000063 miles (101 km)	&1000000000000002900000029
Indiana	–	-	&1000000000000004500000045 miles (72 km)	&1000000000000003000000030
Total	&1000000000001247900000012,479 miles (20,083 km)		&1000000000009412200000094,122 miles (151,475 km)

See also

• Coastline paradox
• List of countries by length of coastline
• List of countries by coast/area ratio
• How Long Is the Coast of Britain? Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension