No U.S. State Is Part of Oceania—Here's Why

Zero U.S. states are in Oceania. All 50 states are geographically in North America (49 on the continental mainland + Hawaii in the Pacific).

What Is Oceania?

A geographic region comprising:

• Australasia: Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea
• Melanesia: Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia
• Micronesia: Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, FSM, Nauru, Palau, CNMI
• Polynesia: Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Cook Islands, French Polynesia, etc.

Where Hawaii Fits

• Politically: U.S. state (since 1959)
• Geographically: Polynesia (central Pacific)
• Oceanically: Often grouped with Oceania in cultural/geological contexts
• But: Not a "state in Oceania"—it's a U.S. state located in Oceania

U.S. Territories in Oceania

Not states, but U.S. possessions in Oceania:

• Guam
• American Samoa
• Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)
• Wake Island, Midway, Johnston, Kingman, Palmyra, Baker, Howland, Jarvis (uninhabited)

So: No U.S. state is "part of Oceania" politically. Hawaii is a U.S. state in Oceania. The territories are in Oceania but aren't states.