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.
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:
- Samoa Standard Time : 11 hours behind Universal Coordinated Time (UTC-11)
- Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time (HST): 10 hours behind Universal Coordinated Time (UTC-10)
- Alaska Standard Time (AKST): 9 hours behind UTC (UTC-9)
- Pacific Standard Time (PST): 8 hours behind Universal Coordinated Time (UTC-8)
- Mountain Standard Time (MST): 7 hours behind UTC (UTC-7)
- Central Standard Time (CST): 6 Hours behind Universal Coordinated Time (UTC-6)
- Eastern Standard Time (EST): 5hours behind UTC (UTC-5)
- Atlantic Standard Time (AST): It is 4hrs behind UTC (UTC-4)
- Chamorro Standard Time: 10 Hours ahead of the Universal Coordinated Time. (UTC+10)
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) |
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:
- Alaska
- Florida
- Idaho
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Michigan
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- North Dakota
- Oregon
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
Other US states use only a single time zone.