Where Do Foxes Actually Live in the US?
Foxes have confirmed sightings in 48 US states, based on 57,542 verified occurrence records.
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 42 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 foxes as an established population there.
Confirmed states (48)
- foxes in Alabama
- foxes in Alaska
- foxes in Arizona
- foxes in Arkansas
- foxes in California
- foxes in Colorado
- foxes in Connecticut
- foxes in Delaware
- foxes in Florida
- foxes in Georgia
- foxes in Idaho
- foxes in Illinois
- foxes in Indiana
- foxes in Iowa
- foxes in Kansas
- foxes in Kentucky
- foxes in Louisiana
- foxes in Maine
- foxes in Maryland
- foxes in Massachusetts
- foxes in Michigan
- foxes in Minnesota
- foxes in Mississippi
- foxes in Missouri
- foxes in Montana
- foxes in Nebraska
- foxes in Nevada
- foxes in New Jersey
- foxes in New Mexico
- foxes in New York
- foxes in North Carolina
- foxes in North Dakota
- foxes in Ohio
- foxes in Oklahoma
- foxes in Oregon
- foxes in Pennsylvania
- foxes in Rhode Island
- foxes in South Carolina
- foxes in South Dakota
- foxes in Tennessee
- foxes in Texas
- foxes in Utah
- foxes in Vermont
- foxes in Virginia
- foxes in Washington
- foxes in West Virginia
- foxes in Wisconsin
- foxes in Wyoming
Unconfirmed (1)
Only a handful of unverified or vagrant records exist for foxes in Hawaii, too few to confirm an established population.
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