Editable map of US states

A map of the US states is the starting point for a sales territory slide, a class project on the states, an election night graphic or a road trip plan. This one opens in the editor with every state drawn and ready to click: 50 states and the District of Columbia, each a shape of its own to colour, name and group.

Sales territories and office maps

A national sales team can group the states into territories: one colour per region manager, each state clicked into place and a legend with the managers' names. Pin the offices too, for example in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, so the slide shows who sits where. The country's own page, the editable map of the United States of America, opens with the same states drawn, so a territory map can start from either.

Projects, trips and election maps

Students can colour the states they have studied, show their names and add a title for a project or a display. For a road trip, pin the cities on the way, say New York, Philadelphia and Miami, and draw a route with numbered stops; the PNG goes straight into a trip journal or a blog post. On election night, colour each state by the party that won it and add a legend with the party names. With figures for every state in a spreadsheet, the choropleth map of the United States of America colours the states for you.

Making it yours

Start with the bar on the map: pick a colour and click the states you want. In the editor, opened with Customise this map, the place list names every state, so picking Rhode Island or Delaware from the list is quicker than finding them on the map. A click on a state there opens a small card with colours and Show names. Add your cities opens the pin tool with the city search ready, and Add a title puts the cursor in the title field. The Neighbours switch on the map draws Canada and Mexico around the states. For the style, Minimal suits a report, Dark a slide with a dark theme and Vintage a road trip poster.

Getting the file out

PNG or JPG suits PowerPoint, Google Slides and Keynote; SVG keeps the state lines sharp for Illustrator, Inkscape or Figma; PDF on Letter, A4 or A3 is for print. Set the canvas to 16:9 before you start if the map is going into slides, so it fills the slide from edge to edge. To print blank copies for a class, use the printable map of the US states.