The answer to this question is 26 (When you don't include Louisiana and Minnesota)
There are 22 states which are located west of the Mississippi river if you do not include Minnesota and Louisiana. This number does however, count Alaska and Hawaii.
There are 24 states that are east of mississippi.
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There are 26 states east of the Mississippi River, not including Minnesota and Louisiana. It does, however, include Illinois even though a small portion of it lies west of the Mississippi due to a flood that caused it to divert slightly to the east.
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There are 5 states whose western border is (or was) the Mississippi River: Wisconsin, Illiinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi. (*The 5 states across from them are Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana. The river runs through parts of Minnesota and Louisiana.)
Mississippi river.
The US States that border the Mississippi River are Minnesota,Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas,Mississippi, and Louisiana.
The total is 28 including those two that the river runs through. Except for a tiny piece of Illinois, there are 26 states entirely east of the Mississippi River.
The Mississippi ends at the Mississippi Delta in Louisiana, where it drains into the Gulf of Mexico. The river begins in the state of Minnesota.
There are 26 states. 50-24 = 26 There are 22 west of the river including Alaska and Hawaii. There are 2 on the river, Minnesota and Louisiana. There are 26 east of the river.