States Bordering Missouri: All Eight Neighbors

Missouri's Eight Bordering States

Missouri sits at the crossroads of the Midwest and South, sharing boundaries with eight states:

• Iowa – north
• Illinois – northeast (across the Mississippi River)
• Kentucky – east (across the Mississippi River)
• Tennessee – southeast (small border via Mississippi River)
• Arkansas – south
• Oklahoma – southwest
• Kansas – west
• Nebraska – northwest

Only Tennessee and Oklahoma touch Missouri at relatively short segments; the others share extensive borders. The Mississippi River forms much of the eastern boundary.