90 degrees west longitude in the US runs from Minnesota south to Louisiana. There are 25 states with capitals west of the 90 degrees west longitude line, including Alaska and Hawaii and all 22 contiguous states entirely west of the Mississippi River.
While the state capitals of Wisconsin (Madison) and Illinois (Springfield) are *just east* of the 90° line, the capital of Mississippi (Jackson) is *barely west* of the line. It is one of the two major southern cities that straddle the line, the other being New Orleans, LA, which is not a state capital.
The state capital that is east of the 90 degree west longitude line is Jackson, Mississippi. It is located in Hinds County in the northeastern part of the state.
Indianapolis is the state capital that is east of 90 degrees west longitude.
Jackson MS and St. Paul MN are both west of 90 degrees west longitude.Indianapolis IN is at about 86 degrees west longitude.
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It is Indianapolis because it lays farther east than Jackson
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No point on Earth can have both an east and a west longitude. (Except points on the Prime Meridian ... which is zero ... or on 180 degrees, which is both east and west.)
Lima, the capital city of Peru, is located at 77 degrees West longitude.
The capital of Idaho is at Boise. The longitude of Boise is roughly 116.19° West. That's 16.19 degrees west of the 100° W meridian. (But you could also reach Boise by traveling 343.81 degrees east from the 100° W meridian.)
The Longitude of Lima is roughly 77 degrees west, which is EAST of 80 degrees west,i.e. "less west" than 80 west.