East Coast of the United States

East Coast of the United States
Coastline
The East Coast of the United States. States with a coastline on the Atlantic Ocean are highlighted in dark blue. States considered part of the East Coast without a coastline are highlighted in light blue.
Country	United States
Principal cities	Portland (Maine) Boston Providence Hartford New York City Newark Philadelphia Baltimore Washington, D.C. Richmond Virginia Beach Raleigh Charlotte Charleston Atlanta Jacksonville Orlando Tampa Miami
Largest city	New York City
Largest metropolitan area	New York metropolitan area
Population  (2020 census)
• Total	122,601,503[a]
• Estimate  (2024)	127,509,444
Time zones
most of East Coast	UTC−05:00 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Florida panhandle west of the Apalachicola River	UTC-06:00 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	-05:00

The East Coast of the United States, also known as the Eastern Seaboard, the Atlantic Coast, and the Atlantic Seaboard, is the region encompassing the coastline where the Eastern United States meets the Atlantic Ocean; it has always played an major socioeconomic role in the development of the United States.

The region is generally understood to include the U.S. states that border the Atlantic Ocean: Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Virginia, as well as some landlocked territories (Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia and Washington, D.C.).^[1]

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