East Coast of the United States facts for kids

The states colored in dark red are always thought of as the East Coast. All parts that have stripes are sometimes not thought of as the East Coast.

The East Coast of the United States, is a part of the United States. It is also called the "Eastern Seaboard" or "Atlantic Seaboard". The East Coast refers, or talks about, the farthest east states of the US. These states touch the Atlantic Ocean all the way up to Canada. Sometimes people use it to mean only the Northeastern United States. Other times they mean the thirteen original states plus Maine, Washington, D.C. and Florida. The southern half of this region is in the Southern United States or Southeastern United States.

Images for kids

South Mountain in Pennsylvania with Allentown in the foreground, December 2010
Fulton Chain Lakes in Adirondack Park in Upstate New York, August 2007
Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, June 2007
The fast-paced streets of New York City, January 2020
Aerial view of exurban Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey housing tracts in 2010. Since then, significant new housing construction is rendering an increasingly affluent and suburban environment to Monroe Township, while maintaining the proximity to New York City sought by Indian Americans in this township with the fastest-growing Asian Indian population in the Western Hemisphere.