How many states have you been to?

[texaskdog]

Flyovers don't count.  You must set foot on the ground or at least drive through.  Airports count.

27 for me.  All states west of the Mississippi except Wash, Ore, Hawaii, Arkansas, and to the east only Wis, Mich, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Tenn, Ga.  Hoping to get to all 50 by age 50, thats 23 states in 8 years but the small eastern states can be done quickly. 

[agentsteel53]

I have done all 50.  shortest time I've done it in was 10 months (Hawaii May '09, Alaska March '10).  I've done 44 in three weeks, missing only Alaska, Hawaii, Washington, Oregon, Florida, and Georgia.

[texaskdog]

I have done all 50.  shortest time I've done it in was 10 months (Hawaii May '09, Alaska March '10).  I've done 44 in three weeks, missing only Alaska, Hawaii, Washington, Oregon, Florida, and Georgia.

Don't I feel like an amateur now? 

[Chicagosuburban]

I've been to 16+DC. But that's pretty good since I'm only 15 years old

[huskeroadgeek]

I've been to 44. The only ones I lack are the 4 northernmost New England States(Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont) plus Alaska and Hawaii. I'm also about 1/3 of the way through the counties(I haven't counted them up in awhile, so I don't have an exact number).

[Truvelo]

I've been to 28. My ambition is to do all the lower 48. Unfortunately most of my recent trips have taken me to states I've already visited.

I've been to 44. The only ones I lack are the 4 northernmost New England States(Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont) plus Alaska and Hawaii...

I wonder out of how many of us who have been to less than 50 would includes Alaska and/or Hawaii? These will almost certainly be the two states I will never visit.

[Crazy Volvo Guy]

30 + DC.  Not bad for being 26.

[elsmere241]

I got my 37th state (North Carolina) at age fifteen, and my 38th state (South Carolina) at age twenty-seven.  I haven't picked up a new one since, in eleven years and about two weeks.

[agentsteel53]

I've been to 28. My ambition is to do all the lower 48. Unfortunately most of my recent trips have taken me to states I've already visited.

I take it that it's business that a) brings you to the US, but 2) allows for free time to explore?

[oscar]

I've been to 28. My ambition is to do all the lower 48. Unfortunately most of my recent trips have taken me to states I've already visited.

I've been to 44. The only ones I lack are the 4 northernmost New England States(Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont) plus Alaska and Hawaii...

I wonder out of how many of us who have been to less than 50 would includes Alaska and/or Hawaii? These will almost certainly be the two states I will never visit.

North Dakota might be another state often missed by people who've otherwise covered most of the lower-48 states (though I've heard of people who've been to Alaska and Hawaii, but not South Dakota -- go fig).

ND was my last lower-48 state visited, in 1994 on my way to Alaska.  Hawaii came five years later.

[1995hoo]

33 plus DC. Also 7 Canadian provinces (missing Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba).

My 33 include Alaska and Hawaii (and Idaho) but not California. I'm missing CA, OR, WA, NV, AZ, NM, MT, ND, SD, NE, KS, OK, MO, IA, WI, IN, and KY. I'll probably get to AZ in the next few years since my wife's brother lives there.

Idaho and Wyoming were football trips.

[agentsteel53]

I actually got Hawaii in Dec '05, and North Dakota in Jun '06 (part of that run of 44).  then Alaska in Sept '07 to finish things off.

[agentsteel53]

for Canada, I am missing Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Northwest Territories.  I should hopefully grab Northwest Territories this September with my planned run from Edmonton to Yellowknife.

I do have Nunavut, if the official surveying is to be believed: past Chisasibi, all of James Bay's water belongs to Nunavut, while the land is Quebec.  So I hopped onto the first rock.  This was at low tide, so I figure at worst I overestimated how far out I had to go.

Google Maps shows the boundary very roughly traced, with some of the land being shown to be in Nunavut.  I believe this is just a rendering error - but, if it is accurate, then I got to one of those pieces of land too.

[J N Winkler]

My total is 45 (contrary to the instructions in the OP, I am not counting airport stopovers).  The states I am missing are HI, LA, AL, GA, and WI.

Edit:  I do not think it is all that unusual for "under-fifties" to have AK or HI but not both, since for people in the continental US they tend to be once-in-a-lifetime vacation destinations.  In my case the total has remained unchanged since 2004.  The last state I visited for the first time was AK in the summer of 2004, as part of a two-week excursion with two friends.  That was the first addition since 2000.  In reverse order by time of first visit, the last few states I have collected are:  AK (2004), UT, ID, MT, ND, WY (all 2000), MI, and AZ (both 1998).  Previously to that I picked up a bunch of states in the upper South and Old Northwest by driving from Wichita to summer jobs in North Carolina and metropolitan DC.  Most of the rest have been as a result of family travel.

[huskeroadgeek]

I've been to 28. My ambition is to do all the lower 48. Unfortunately most of my recent trips have taken me to states I've already visited.

I've been to 44. The only ones I lack are the 4 northernmost New England States(Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont) plus Alaska and Hawaii...

I wonder out of how many of us who have been to less than 50 would includes Alaska and/or Hawaii? These will almost certainly be the two states I will never visit.

North Dakota might be another state often missed by people who've otherwise covered most of the lower-48 states (though I've heard of people who've been to Alaska and Hawaii, but not South Dakota -- go fig).

ND was my last lower-48 state visited, in 1994 on my way to Alaska.  Hawaii came five years later.

North Dakota was my 44th state-I got it 7 years ago and I haven't been to a new once since. Alaska is on the top of the list of states I would like to visit next, but it may be awhile before I make it there.

[deathtopumpkins]

Only 14 states here. All of the east coast south of Massachusetts and a handful of inland states.

MA, RI, CT, NY, NJ, DE, PA, MD, WV, VA, NC, SC, GA, FL.

Will have ME, VT and NH done by the end of this summer, and I certainly hope I'm afforded the opportunity to travel more a few years down the road.

[formulanone]

I have done all 50.  shorteust time I've done it in was 10 months (Hawaii May '09, Alaska March '10).  I've done 44 in three weeks, missing only Alaska, Hawaii, Washington, Oregon, Florida, and Georgia.

Okay, you win...what's your job (spare us the "but I'd have to kill" you schtick)?

28 states for me. Pretty much did the entire Eastern Seaboard by the time I was 10, which sort of started off my roadgeek-ery from a young age. I'm missing a lot of western states: ME, NH, MA, RI, CT, NY, NJ, PA, MD (+ DC), DE, VA, WV, NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, TN, KY, MS, LA, AR, TX, IL, MI, NV, CA, WA.

EDIT: Now I can include MO, OH, and OK...31 in total.

[Fleetwood Mac Attack]

Let's see...every east coast state except RI + the south across to Texas:
ME, NH, VT, MA, CT, NY, PA, DE, NJ, MD, VA, WV, OH, NC, SC, GA, FL, TN, AL, MS, LA, TX, AR (23 total)

[papaT10932]

I've been to 25. With the exception of Hawaii, Gillette, Wyoming is the furthest west I've ever gone. My goal is before I die to tour (in some depth) all of the states. Each state has its own history, culture, and distinction. I love traveling the states.

[Truvelo]

I've been to 28. My ambition is to do all the lower 48. Unfortunately most of my recent trips have taken me to states I've already visited.

I take it that it's business that a) brings you to the US, but 2) allows for free time to explore?

No, all my visits are purely leisure. The only time I've been abroad on work was in France a few years ago.

[agentsteel53]

No, all my visits are purely leisure. The only time I've been abroad on work was in France a few years ago.

oh, gotcha.  then by what criteria do you decide where to go?  since you're lamenting hitting the same states over and over again, I assume some states just don't hold your interest?

[Truvelo]

No, all my visits are purely leisure. The only time I've been abroad on work was in France a few years ago.

oh, gotcha.  then by what criteria do you decide where to go?  since you're lamenting hitting the same states over and over again, I assume some states just don't hold your interest?

I'm a member of this organisation so it depends which shows I choose to attend. I tend to go to the same ones each year.

[Janko Dialnice]

You guys have put me to shame. I have only been to sixteen states and the District of Columbia, thus-far.

CT, DE, DC, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, VA, VT, WV

When I was in Wytheville, VA to visit friends back when I was in college, I could have also added NC or TN. But like usual, I ended up traveling on a strict timetable. 

[Truvelo]

^^ DC and VA are two of the states I've yet to do.

[1995hoo]

^^ DC and VA are two of the states I've yet to do.

You mean "one of the states and a territory"!!!!