There are 22 states west of the Mississippi, 2 that are crossed by the Mississippi, and 26 that are east of the Mississippi.
Minnesota and Louisiana are states the river passes through, at its start and at its end.
A tiny portion of Illinois is also west of the current path of the river (Kaskaskia, IL).
The total of 22 includes Alaska and Hawaii. The 20 continuous states to the west are:
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Idaho
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Oregon
Texas
Utah
Washington
Wyoming
The only states that border Florida are Georgia and Alabama. No states west of the Mississippi river border Florida.
There are 18 states that make up the Central United States. North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Alabama, Oklahoma, Texas and Florida are the central states that do not border the Mississippi River.
The Mississippi River forms the Western border of the States of Illinois, Tennessee, and Mississippi. The Mississippi River forms the Eastern border of the States of Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana.
The Mississippi River does not flow through Florida. The Mississippi River rises in northern Minnesota and flows southward through Minnesota and then becomes the border for 9 U.S. states. Wisconsin, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi are along the east side of the Mississippi River, and Iowa, Missouri, and Arkansas are along its west side. The river serves as the border between Louisiana and Mississippi before turning west and flowing through Louisiana to the Mississippi River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico.
Springfield, Illinois and Frankford, Kentucky are the capitals of two states that border the Mississippi River.
Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana border the Mississippi River, but it depends where you consider the Mississippi starting. Some say Minnesota is on the Mississippi too.
Four states that border the Mississippi River are Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee, and Iowa.
The long river that is the border between the east and West United States is the Mississippi River. The Mississippi is the longest river in the United States.
During the American Revolution... The land north of the Mississippi River was controlled by Spain
Mississippi, Tennessee, Illinois and Wisconsin.
The states of Iowa, Missouri, and Arkansas have their eastern borders on the Mississippi River. The Mississippi River borders seven other states.
Illinois and Kentucky. Illinois is north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi river. Kentucky is south of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River.(Missouri is on the west bank of the Mississippi and does not border the Ohio River.)