List of US States & Time Zones – American States and Their Time Zones

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The United States of America is one of the largest countries in the world by land mass and populations. The USA comprises of 50 states and 5 territories. Each American state has its own time zone and some with even multiple time zones. In this article we will be looking at the full list of US states and their time zones.

The USA and her territories has a total of 9 time zones. Some US states use only one time zones while others have two. Below we will look at all the US sates and the different time zones that they use.

 

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What are the 9 Times Zones Used By US States and US territories?

The 9 time zones used by US States and USA territories are:

  1. Samoa Standard Time : 11 hours behind Universal Coordinated Time (UTC-11)
  2. Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time (HST): 10 hours behind Universal Coordinated Time (UTC-10)
  3. Alaska Standard Time (AKST): 9 hours behind UTC (UTC-9)
  4. Pacific Standard Time (PST): 8 hours behind Universal Coordinated Time (UTC-8)
  5. Mountain Standard Time (MST): 7 hours behind UTC (UTC-7)
  6. Central Standard Time (CST): 6 Hours behind Universal Coordinated Time (UTC-6)
  7. Eastern Standard Time (EST): 5hours behind UTC (UTC-5)
  8. Atlantic Standard Time (AST): It is 4hrs behind UTC (UTC-4)
  9. Chamorro Standard Time: 10 Hours ahead of the Universal Coordinated Time. (UTC+10)

 

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List of States in USA – US States and Their Time Zones

Below is a table showing all the US states and their time zones.

 Name of US States
Time Zone(s)
Alabama Central Standard Time Zone
Alaska Alaska Standard Time Zone
Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time Zone
Arizona Mountain Standard Time Zone
Navajo Nation uses Daylight Saving Time (DST)
Arkansas Central Standard Time Zone
California Pacific Standard Time Zone
Colorado Mountain Standard Time Zone
Connecticut Eastern Standard Time Zone
Delaware Eastern Standard Time Zone
Florida Eastern Standard Time Zone
Central Standard Time Zone
Georgia Eastern Standard Time Zone
Hawaii Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time Zone
Idaho Mountain Standard Time Zone
Pacific Standard Time Zone
Illinois Central Standard Time Zone
Indiana Eastern Standard Time Zone
Central Standard Time Zone
Iowa Central Standard Time Zone
Kansas Central Standard Time Zone
Mountain Standard Time Zone
Kentucky Eastern Standard Time Zone
Central Standard Time Zone
Louisiana Central Standard Time Zone
Maine Eastern Standard Time Zone
Maryland Eastern Standard Time Zone
Massachusetts Eastern Standard Time Zone
Michigan Eastern Standard Time Zone
Central Standard Time Zone
Minnesota Central Standard Time Zone
Mississippi Central Standard Time Zone
Missouri Central Standard Time Zone
Montana Mountain Standard Time Zone
Nebraska Central Standard Time Zone
Mountain Standard Time Zone
Nevada Pacific Standard Time Zone
Mountain Standard Time Zone
New Hampshire Eastern Standard Time Zone
New Jersey Eastern Standard Time Zone
New Mexico Mountain Standard Time Zone
New York Eastern Standard Time Zone
North Carolina Eastern Standard Time Zone
North Dakota Central Standard Time Zone
Mountain Standard Time Zone
Ohio Eastern Standard Time Zone
Oklahoma Central Standard Time Zone
Oregon Pacific Standard Time Zone
Mountain Standard Time Zone
Pennsylvania Eastern Standard Time Zone
Rhode Island Eastern Standard Time Zone
South Carolina Eastern Standard Time Zone
South Dakota Central Standard Time Zone
Mountain Standard Time Zone
Tennessee Eastern Standard Time Zone
Central Standard Time Zone
Texas Central Standard Time Zone
Mountain Standard Time Zone
Utah Mountain Standard Time Zone
Vermont Eastern Standard Time Zone
Virginia Eastern Standard Time Zone
Washington Pacific Standard Time Zone
Washington, D.C Eastern Standard Time Zone
West Virginia Eastern Standard Time Zone
Wisconsin Central Standard Time Zone
Wyoming Mountain Standard Time Zone

United States Territories and their Time Zones

Below are the 5 territories of the United States Of America and their time Zones.

Name of US Territory Time zone of US Territory
American Samoa UTC-11: Samoa Standard Time
Guam UTC+10: Chamorro Standard Time
Northern Mariana Islands UTC+10: Chamorro Standard Time
Puerto Rico UTC-4: Atlantic Standard Time (ATC)
U.S. Virgin Islands UTC-4: Atlantic Standard Time (ATC)

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US States With Multiple Time Zones

From the above table, we can see that 14 out of the 50 states have multiple time zone. The 14 US states with multiple time zones includes:

  1. Alaska
  2. Florida
  3. Idaho
  4. Indiana
  5. Kansas
  6. Kentucky
  7. Michigan
  8. Nebraska
  9. Nevada
  10. North Dakota
  11. Oregon
  12. South Dakota
  13. Tennessee
  14. Texas

Other US states use only a single time zone.