Reference · Originally published by Josh Liljenquist. KitGlade presents this as reference material.
50-state interactive reference
States and Capitals Map
Explore the 50 U.S. state capitals on an accurate state-boundary map with actual capital-city locations and a searchable reference table.
Interactive map
Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files, state layer, 1:20,000,000. Abbreviations: USPS Publication 28 Appendix B. Capital coordinates: Census 2025 National Places Gazetteer. Alaska and Hawaii are scaled/repositioned insets and are not shown in true proximity to the contiguous states. Government sources do not endorse this site.
How to use this reference
Capital markers use the Census Gazetteer representative coordinate for the capital municipality, not the center of the state. The table remains the legible reference for crowded northeastern states.