Alt Text Map showing homesteading states in the United States. The homesteading states are shown in gold and non-homesteading states are beige. All states are outlined in gray, but individual states are not labeled. Extended Description All 50 U.S. states are shown including Alaska and Hawaii as insets below the continental U.S. Alaska, California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan are all shown in gold, indicating they are homesteading states. Hawaii, Texas, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and the District of Columbia are all shown in beige, indicating that they are not homesteading states.