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50 States and Capitals: Printable List and Quiz

The full list of US states and their capitals is below, in ABC order with each state's postal abbreviation. Print it as a one-page list or study it one region at a time. Then test yourself with four kinds of quiz (each with an answer key), or practice with flashcards, bingo and copywork in print or cursive. Every PDF is free and prints in black and white.

Lists to study

Quizzes with answer keys

Flashcards, bingo and copywork

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List of the 50 states and capitals

In alphabetical order by state.

StateAbbreviationCapital
AlabamaALMontgomery
AlaskaAKJuneau
ArizonaAZPhoenix
ArkansasARLittle Rock
CaliforniaCASacramento
ColoradoCODenver
ConnecticutCTHartford
DelawareDEDover
FloridaFLTallahassee
GeorgiaGAAtlanta
HawaiiHIHonolulu
IdahoIDBoise
IllinoisILSpringfield
IndianaINIndianapolis
IowaIADes Moines
KansasKSTopeka
KentuckyKYFrankfort
LouisianaLABaton Rouge
MaineMEAugusta
MarylandMDAnnapolis
MassachusettsMABoston
MichiganMILansing
MinnesotaMNSaint Paul
MississippiMSJackson
MissouriMOJefferson City
MontanaMTHelena
NebraskaNELincoln
NevadaNVCarson City
New HampshireNHConcord
New JerseyNJTrenton
New MexicoNMSanta Fe
New YorkNYAlbany
North CarolinaNCRaleigh
North DakotaNDBismarck
OhioOHColumbus
OklahomaOKOklahoma City
OregonORSalem
PennsylvaniaPAHarrisburg
Rhode IslandRIProvidence
South CarolinaSCColumbia
South DakotaSDPierre
TennesseeTNNashville
TexasTXAustin
UtahUTSalt Lake City
VermontVTMontpelier
VirginiaVARichmond
WashingtonWAOlympia
West VirginiaWVCharleston
WisconsinWIMadison
WyomingWYCheyenne

Capitals people get wrong

Most mistakes come from guessing the best-known city. In these states the capital is somewhere else:

How to learn them

Learn one region a day instead of all 50 at once. Print the region list, find each capital on the US map with capitals, and say each pair out loud: "Texas, Austin." Then cover the capitals and quiz each other.

When a whole region feels easy, try the full quiz. Write the ones you missed on a sticky note and practice just those the next day. For a map test, print the blank US map and mark each capital from memory.