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US States and Capitals Worksheet

Numbers on the map, names and capitals to write, answers after.

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US states and capitals worksheet: 50 numbers on the map, the answer key on page 2

A fifth-grade class is tested on the 50 states and capitals before winter break. On US Letter or A4, upright, page 1 has Name and Date lines, the map with the 50 states numbered and a dot at each capital, and a numbered list in two columns, each line with a State and a Capital blank. Page 2, Answers, names every state and capital.

  1. The numbers run north to south in bands, west to east within each: 1 Alaska, 2 Washington, 3 Maine… 48 Texas, 49 Louisiana, 50 Florida. Alaska and Hawaii (37) are drawn in boxes.
  2. Washington, D.C. has no number, as it is not a state: it is the ringed dot of the national capital, named on the answer map.
  3. US Letter and A4 number the states the same way. On A3 the map is larger and some numbers move (3 is Oregon there), but the key in the same PDF always matches its sheet.
No. State: capital No. State: capital No. State: capital No. State: capital
1 Alaska: Juneau14Michigan: Lansing27Delaware: Dover40Arkansas: Little Rock
2 Washington: Olympia15New York: Albany28New Jersey: Trenton41Tennessee: Nashville
3 Maine: Augusta16Connecticut: Hartford29California: Sacramento42North Carolina: Raleigh
4 Oregon: Salem17Massachusetts: Boston30Utah: Salt Lake City43New Mexico: Santa Fe
5 Montana: Helena18Rhode Island: Providence31Colorado: Denver44Mississippi: Jackson
6 North Dakota: Bismarck19Nevada: Carson City32Kansas: Topeka45Alabama: Montgomery
7 Minnesota: Saint Paul20Nebraska: Lincoln33Missouri: Jefferson City46Georgia: Atlanta
8 Vermont: Montpelier21Iowa: Des Moines34Kentucky: Frankfort47South Carolina: Columbia
9 New Hampshire: Concord22Illinois: Springfield35West Virginia: Charleston48Texas: Austin
10 Idaho: Boise23Indiana: Indianapolis36Virginia: Richmond49Louisiana: Baton Rouge
11 Wyoming: Cheyenne24Ohio: Columbus37Hawaii: Honolulu50Florida: Tallahassee
12 South Dakota: Pierre25Pennsylvania: Harrisburg38Arizona: Phoenix
13 Wisconsin: Madison26Maryland: Annapolis39Oklahoma: Oklahoma City

A two-page PDF: copy page 1 for each pupil and keep page 2. The capitals most often missed are the ones that are not the state’s best-known city: Albany (not New York City), Harrisburg (not Philadelphia), Springfield (not Chicago), Sacramento, Tallahassee, Olympia and Carson City.

How it works

  1. The states are numbered on the map and each capital is a dot.
  2. Pupils write the name and the capital on the line with the same number.
  3. Press Make PDF: the worksheet comes first, the answer key after it.

Frequently asked questions

How are they numbered?
From north to south in bands, west to east within each, so the list is easy to follow.
Is the answer key included?
Yes: the map with every name and capital, and the list filled in.
Can pupils practise on screen too?
Yes — the map quiz for the same country asks them one by one and keeps score.
Is Washington, D.C. on the worksheet?
It is marked, as the ringed dot of the national capital, and named on the answer map, but it is not one of the 50 numbers: the list asks for the 50 states and each state’s own capital.
Which capitals do pupils mix up?
Mostly a big city that is not the capital: New York’s capital is Albany, Pennsylvania’s Harrisburg, Illinois’s Springfield, California’s Sacramento, Florida’s Tallahassee, Washington’s Olympia, Nevada’s Carson City and Kentucky’s Frankfort. Springfield (Illinois) and Columbia (South Carolina) also sound like other places.
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