US Map Maker

This US map maker is an editable US map you color right here. Click states or switch to counties, name your colors in the legend, and download a free PNG. No account needed.

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How to Make a US Map

To make a US map, pick a color, click the states you want in that color, and repeat for each group. Name every color in the legend so the map explains itself, then press Download for a PNG. The map above does all of this in your browser, free and without an account.

  1. Choose states or counties. The state map is loaded by default. Switch the selector to US counties when your groups cut across state lines.
  2. Pick a palette. Classic works for most maps. Political has blue and red with lean and tilt shades, Heat runs from pale yellow to deep red for low to high, and Travel has colors meant for trips (hover a swatch to see its name).
  3. Click to color. Each click fills one state. Click again with the same color to clear it. Undo takes back your last click (one step).
  4. Label the legend. Type a name next to each color you used. The legend sits on the map and you can drag it to an empty corner, like the Gulf of Mexico or the Atlantic.
  5. Download. The PNG is 2400 pixels wide and includes the fills, the labels if they are on, and the legend.

States or Counties: Pick the Right Level

Most US maps are state maps, and for good reason: fifty shapes are easy to read at a glance. Counties earn their place when the story is local. A delivery area around Atlanta, the counties a hospital serves, or a list of places you have been will look wrong when the whole state lights up.

States

All fifty states plus DC, with a toggle for two-letter state labels. The right level for national results, coverage by state and anything you would explain in one sentence.

Counties

Over 3,100 counties with state lines on top. Use it to mark a region inside one or more states, or a scattered set of places that states would blur together.

Data

A column of numbers per state or county, colored for you. That runs in Studio, which matches rows by name, postal code or FIPS code.

Need a single state by county? Studio has a county map for each of the 50 states, for example Texas by county, plus a New England map and a US map with the outlying territories. For ZIP-level work, see the ZIP code maps.

An Editable US Map, Not a Template to Repaint

A typical US map template is a flat image or a slide full of shapes. You recolor it state by state with a paint bucket or a fill menu, and a small state like Delaware takes three tries to hit. Change your mind about the colors and you do it all again.

Here the states are real shapes that know their names. A click colors exactly one state, hovering shows which one it is, and small states have enlarged click targets. The legend is built from the colors you used, so it never falls out of sync with the map, and Undo takes back a wrong click.

When the map needs to be edited further by someone else, Ultimaps Studio exports an SVG where each state is still its own separate shape, ready for Illustrator, Figma or Inkscape. Studio also exports PDF for print. Both come with the Pro plan or as a one-time export for a single map. For a map to print and color by hand, the blank US map and the blank US county map are free printable files.

Color a US Map From a Spreadsheet

Clicking fifty states is fine once. If the colors come from numbers you already have, such as population, sales by state or survey results, let Studio color the map from your spreadsheet instead.

Your column containsExampleMatches
State namesTexas, New YorkUS states
Postal codesTX, NYUS states
State FIPS codes48, 36US states
County and stateTravis, TXUS counties
County FIPS codes48453US counties

Numbers become a color scale with a legend, and text values become categories with one color each. Import works with CSV and Excel files, Google Sheets and Notion, on Studio's free plan. Open the US state map in Studio or the US county map and choose Import.

What People Map With It

Sales Regions

Color states by rep or region and name each group in the legend, then drop the PNG into the quarterly deck. For quota data and live maps, see sales territory mapping.

Where You Operate

Shipping zones, licensed states, franchise coverage, or the states a program runs in. One color for yes, one for coming soon, and the legend explains the rest.

States Visited

The Travel palette has colors meant for trips, like "Visited", "Lived in" and "Want to visit". Type those names into the legend. Switch to counties if you are chasing every county in a state.

Class Projects

Regions of the US, the order states joined the union, or climate zones. Students can color on any device. For pen-and-paper work, print a blank US map.

Where Your US Map Can Go

You needUseCost
An image for a slide, a doc or a postPNG from this page, 2400 px wideFree, small “Made with ultimaps.com” credit
A file a designer can editSVG from StudioPro or one-time export
A print-ready filePDF from StudioPro or one-time export
A map on your website with hover detailsInteractive embed from StudioFree, with small Ultimaps branding

The page and Studio use the same regions, so you can rebuild a map you sketch here region for region in Studio. Open Ultimaps Studio to start one you can save.

Data Sources and Privacy

The boundaries come from public-domain datasets (Natural Earth for the counties) and are the same ones behind the US states and US counties vector maps. The county map on this page is simplified so it loads quickly. Studio uses the full detail. Your colors, legend and PNG export are handled in your browser and never uploaded. The free PNG is yours to use, including commercially, as long as its ultimaps.com credit stays visible with the map (see the license). A Pro plan or one-time export in Studio gives you a file without it.

Last updated: September 25, 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

Use the US map maker at the top of this page. The state map is already loaded: pick a color from the palette, click a state to fill it, and click it again with the same color to clear it. Name each color in the legend so readers know what it means, then press Download to save a PNG. Switch the selector to US counties when states are too coarse for your data. Everything happens in your browser, and you do not need an account. If you need more than hand coloring, open the same map in Ultimaps Studio. There you can import a spreadsheet, add tooltips and markers, change fonts and borders, and publish an interactive version of the map for your website.

Yes. The map on this page is an editable US map in the literal sense: every state and every county is its own shape that you color with a click, rather than a picture you repaint in an image editor. Coloring, the legend, the labels toggle and the PNG download are all free, with no signup. The free PNG carries a small "Made with ultimaps.com" credit. If you need a file you can keep editing in design software, Ultimaps Studio exports SVG and PDF, where each state stays a separate vector shape. Those formats come with the Pro plan or a one-time export for a single map. Studio itself is free to start, so you can build the map first and only pay if you need a vector file.

Yes. Switch the map selector above from US states to US counties and the tool loads over 3,100 counties with state lines drawn on top, so you can still find your way around. Coloring works the same as on the state map: pick a color, click counties, label your colors in the legend, and download the PNG. County maps get busy fast, so they work best for a few highlighted areas, like a sales district, a service area or a set of counties you have visited. If you need to color hundreds of counties by a value, such as unemployment or median income, do it in Ultimaps Studio. Import a spreadsheet with county names or FIPS codes and Studio colors every county for you.

Clicking works for a handful of states. For all fifty, let the data do it. Open the US map in Ultimaps Studio and import your spreadsheet as a CSV or Excel file, or connect Google Sheets or Notion. Studio matches each row to a state by name, two-letter postal code, or FIPS code, so "Texas", "TX" and "48" all land on the same state. A numeric column becomes a color scale with a legend, and you can switch the break method (equal intervals, quantiles, natural breaks) and the palette until the map reads right. A text column becomes categories with one color each. Hovering a state shows its value, and you can add any other column to the tooltip.

Yes. The PNG you download from this page is 2400 pixels wide, which stays sharp on a full-screen slide, and it drops into PowerPoint, Keynote or Google Slides like any other image. Color the states first, name the colors in the legend, and the legend is baked into the image, so the slide needs no extra key. If you want to recolor the map on the slide itself later, a PNG will not allow that. For that, export an SVG from Ultimaps Studio (Pro plan or one-time export), which keeps every state as a separate vector shape. And if the map needs to stay live, Studio can publish an interactive version and give you a link to share instead of a static image.

Yes. Both the state map and the county map use the standard US layout, with Alaska and Hawaii moved to insets in the lower left so the whole country fits one frame at a readable size. Washington, DC appears on the state map as a dot with a line to its real location while labels are on. Its real outline is tiny at national scale, so it also has an enlarged click target, like Rhode Island and Delaware. On the state map, the labels toggle prints two-letter state codes. Puerto Rico and the other territories are not on these two maps. For those, Ultimaps Studio has a US map with outlying territories that works the same way.

Not on this page. The tool here is built for speed: you color, download, and you are done, and nothing is uploaded or stored. If you reload the page, the map starts blank again. To keep working on a map over several sessions, open it in Ultimaps Studio with the Full editor link above the map. With a free account, Studio saves every map to your workspace, and you can duplicate a finished map to start the next one from it. That is also where you can share a map with a link or embed it on a website. Your colors from this page do not carry over yet, so export the PNG first if you want a record of it.

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