Are Alaska and Hawaii Western States? Regional Classification Explained

No. In standard U.S. Census Bureau and geographic usage:

• Alaska is part of the Pacific Northwest (or "Alaska" sub-region).
• Hawaii is classified as a Pacific state (often grouped with the "West" in broad four-region models, but distinct from the contiguous "Western" states).

The term "Western states" typically refers to the 11 contiguous states from the Rockies to the Pacific (MT, WY, CO, NM, ID, UT, AZ, NV, WA, OR, CA). Alaska and Hawaii are non-contiguous and assigned to separate sub-regions.