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U.S. Gulf Coast

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The Gulf Coast region of the United States is comprised of the coasts of states which border the Gulf of Mexico. The states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida are Gulf Coast states. The Gulf Coast is sometimes referred to as the ''third coast."

In the following map, the Gulf of Mexico appears in the lower-right of the map.

US state postal abbreviations

See also:

Geography of the United States

Regions of United States
Census Bureau Regions
U.S. Midwest | U.S. Northeast | U.S. South | U.S. West
Non-Census Bureau Regions
East | Eastern Seaboard | Gulf States | Great Lakes States | Mid-Atlantic | Mountain States | New England | North | Pacific Northwest | Plains States | South Central States | Southeast | Southwest | Upper Midwest | West Coast

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