Where Do Squirrels Actually Live in the US?
Squirrels have confirmed sightings in 49 US states, based on 922,251 verified occurrence records.
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By Tim, founder of Easy Street Markets. I maintain the wildlife database and verify every animal and source myself.
The states with the strongest confirmed populations are Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California and Colorado, and 43 more. These are real, verified iNaturalist and GBIF occurrence records, not modeled range estimates.
A small number of states (1) have only a handful of unverified or vagrant records, too few to confirm squirrels as an established population there.
Confirmed states (49)
- squirrels in Alabama
- squirrels in Alaska
- squirrels in Arizona
- squirrels in Arkansas
- squirrels in California
- squirrels in Colorado
- squirrels in Connecticut
- squirrels in Delaware
- squirrels in Florida
- squirrels in Georgia
- squirrels in Idaho
- squirrels in Illinois
- squirrels in Indiana
- squirrels in Iowa
- squirrels in Kansas
- squirrels in Kentucky
- squirrels in Louisiana
- squirrels in Maine
- squirrels in Maryland
- squirrels in Massachusetts
- squirrels in Michigan
- squirrels in Minnesota
- squirrels in Mississippi
- squirrels in Missouri
- squirrels in Montana
- squirrels in Nebraska
- squirrels in Nevada
- squirrels in New Hampshire
- squirrels in New Jersey
- squirrels in New Mexico
- squirrels in New York
- squirrels in North Carolina
- squirrels in North Dakota
- squirrels in Ohio
- squirrels in Oklahoma
- squirrels in Oregon
- squirrels in Pennsylvania
- squirrels in Rhode Island
- squirrels in South Carolina
- squirrels in South Dakota
- squirrels in Tennessee
- squirrels in Texas
- squirrels in Utah
- squirrels in Vermont
- squirrels in Virginia
- squirrels in Washington
- squirrels in West Virginia
- squirrels in Wisconsin
- squirrels in Wyoming
Unconfirmed (1)
Only a handful of unverified or vagrant records exist for squirrels in Hawaii, too few to confirm an established population.