U.S. states similar to or like Illinois

State located in the east south-central region of the United States. One of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth (the others being Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts). Wikipedia

State in the Deep South region of the South Central United States. 31st most extensive and the 25th most populous of the 50 United States. Wikipedia

State in the southeastern region of the United States. Bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Wikipedia

State located in the southeastern region of the United States. 36th largest and the 16th most populous of the 50 United States. Wikipedia

State located in the southeastern region of the United States. 32nd largest and 34th-most populous of the 50 United States. Wikipedia

State located in the Northeastern, Great Lakes, and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The Appalachian Mountains run through its middle. Wikipedia

State that lies in both the Great Plains and the Midwestern United States. Bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the southwest; and Wyoming to the west. Wikipedia

State located in the Appalachian region of the Southern United States, and is also considered to be a part of the Mid-Atlantic Southeast Region. Bordered by Pennsylvania to the north, Maryland to the east and northeast, Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, and Ohio to the northwest. Wikipedia

Second largest state in the United States by area (after Alaska) and population (after California). Located in the South Central region, Texas shares borders with the states of Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the west, and the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas to the southwest, and has a coastline with the Gulf of Mexico to the southeast. Wikipedia

State in the Midwestern United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. Bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the east and southeast, Missouri to the south, Nebraska to the west, South Dakota to the northwest, and Minnesota to the north. Wikipedia

U.S. state in the New England region. It borders the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the north. Wikipedia

U.S. state in the midwestern and northern regions of the United States. Nineteenth largest in area, the fourth smallest by population, and the fourth most sparsely populated of the 50 states. Wikipedia

U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. Topeka and its largest city is Wichita, with its most populated county and largest employment center being Johnson County. Wikipedia

State in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States located between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth are shaped by the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Chesapeake Bay, which provide habitat for much of its flora and fauna. Wikipedia

Southernmost contiguous state in the United States. Bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, and to the south by the Straits of Florida. Wikipedia

U.S. state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux Native American tribes, who compose a large portion of the population and historically dominated the territory. Wikipedia

State located in the southeastern region of the United States. 24th largest in area and 8th-most populous of the 50 United States. Wikipedia

State located in the Northeastern United States. One of the original thirteen colonies that formed the United States. Wikipedia

State of the Western United States encompassing most of the southern Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains. 8th most extensive and 21st most populous U.S. state. Wikipedia

State in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east. Baltimore, and its capital is Annapolis. Wikipedia

State in the southern region of the United States, home to over 3 million people as of 2018. From the Osage language, of Siouan derivation; it denoted their related kin, the Quapaw people. Wikipedia

State in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Made out of the western part of the Washington Territory, which was ceded by the British Empire in 1846, in accordance with the Oregon Treaty in the settlement of the Oregon boundary dispute. Wikipedia

State in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. Peninsula, bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware River and Pennsylvania; and on the southwest by the Delaware Bay and Delaware. Wikipedia

State in the southwestern region of the United States. Also part of the Western and the Mountain states. Wikipedia