The United States is partially in the Northern Hemisphere.
Forty-eight of the fifty states and the federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico .	North	North America	states	U.S. state	federal district	Washington, D.C.	Forty-eight of the fifty states and the federal district	Contiguous United States	North America	North America	Canada	Canada	Mexico	Mexico
North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere .	continent	continent	Northern Hemisphere	Northern Hemisphere	Western Hemisphere	Western Hemisphere
