 500px|thumb|right|international border states are shown in red on this map. the international border states are those states in the united states which border either canada or mexico. there are seventeen: thirteen on the us-canada border and four on the us-mexico border. florida has maritime borders with cuba and the bahamas but it is not considered a border state.  us states bordering canada (east to west): {| | *maine *new hampshire *vermont *new york *pennsylvania (border on lake erie) *ohio (border on lake erie) || *michigan *minnesota *north dakota *montana *idaho *washington *alaska (also has a maritime border with russia) |} us states bordering mexico (east to west): {| | *texas *new mexico *arizona *california |} border lengths: u.s. international borders: brief facts {| class="wikitable sortable" ! width="33%" align=left valign=top|state ! width="33%" align=left valign=top|length of border ! width="33%" align=left valign=top class="unsortable"|bordering country |- valign=top |alaska||1,538&nbsp;mi (2,475&nbsp;km)||canada |- valign=top |texas||1,241&nbsp;mi (1,997&nbsp;km)||mexico |- valign=top |michigan||721&nbsp;mi (1,160&nbsp;km)||canada |- valign=top |maine||611&nbsp;mi (983&nbsp;km)||canada |- valign=top |minnesota||547&nbsp;mi (880&nbsp;km)||canada |- valign=top |montana||545&nbsp;mi (877&nbsp;km)||canada |- valign=top |new york||445&nbsp;mi (716&nbsp;km)||canada |- valign=top |washington||427&nbsp;mi (687&nbsp;km)||canada |- valign=top |arizona||373&nbsp;mi (600&nbsp;km)||mexico |- valign=top |north dakota||310&nbsp;mi (499&nbsp;km)||canada |- valign=top |new mexico||180&nbsp;mi (290&nbsp;km)||mexico |- valign=top |ohio||146&nbsp;mi (235&nbsp;km)||canada |- valign=top |california||140&nbsp;mi (225&nbsp;km)||mexico |- valign=top |vermont||90&nbsp;mi (145&nbsp;km)||canada |- valign=top |new hampshire||58&nbsp;mi (93&nbsp;km)||canada |- valign=top |idaho||45&nbsp;mi (72&nbsp;km)||canada |- valign=top |pennsylvania||42&nbsp;mi (68&nbsp;km)||canada |} == see also == *list of regions of the united states == references ==  
Borders_of_U.S._states CanadaaUnited_States_border Geography_of_the_United_States MexicoaUnited_States_border