The Mississippi runs through 10 states.
10 states
Wisconsin, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi are along the east side of the Mississippi River. The river also flows through Minnesota and Louisiana so that it is on both sides of the river in those states.
There are 5 states whose western border is (or was) the Mississippi River: Wisconsin, Illiinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi. (*The 5 states across from them are Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana. The river runs through parts of Minnesota and Louisiana.)
The Mississippi River is 3,000 miles long and flows from the north to the south of the United States, passing through 10 states. These states include Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, Kentucky, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.
The total is 28 including those two that the river runs through. Except for a tiny piece of Illinois, there are 26 states entirely east of the Mississippi River.
The Mississippi river is not in Canada. It is entirely in the United States. The Mississippi River rises in northern Minnesota and flows southward through Minnesota and then becomes the border for 9 U.S. states. Wisconsin, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi are along the east side of the Mississippi River. Iowa, Missouri, and Arkansas are along its west side. The river serves as the border between Louisiana and Mississippi before turning west and flowing through Louisiana to the Mississippi River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico.
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The Mississippi River begins in Minnesota. It is a boundary for Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi. It is a boundary for Louisiana and then turns into Louisiana flowing through Louisiana to the Mississippi River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico.
The Mississippi River rises in northern Minnesota and flows southward through Minnesota and then becomes the border for 9 U.S. states. Wisconsin, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi are along the east side of the Mississippi River. Iowa, Missouri, and Arkansas are along its west side. The river serves as the border between Louisiana and Mississippi before turning west and flowing through Louisiana to the Mississippi River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico.
24 States are west of the Mississippi river, 26 east of the mississippi.