There’s a lot of talk about VPN’s “masking” or “hiding” your location, which of course they can do. To that end, for USA based users, can a VPN change your apparent state location, so it appears as though you are in a different state to the one you actually are in?
A VPN can change your state location by assigning you a new IP address in the USA server location you select. Private Internet Access are the best option with servers in all mainland US states.
In other words, yes, a VPN can change the US state you appear to be in. You just download, install and open the VPN app, and select and connect to the server location you want in whichever US state you want, from the available location choice that provider gives you.
But which VPN you go for depends on which state you want to appear as though you are in. We’ll cover the best VPN options with the most different USA server locations in different states, so you can set your location anywhere you want within the country.
VPN With The Most USA Server Locations
For the biggest USA server selection in the most states, the US based Private Internet Access or PIA service is your best option.
They’ve got servers in the following US cities and states:
- New York
- Washington DC
- Atlanta (Georgia)
- Chicago (Illinois)
- Florida
- Texas
- Denver (Colorado)
- California
- Seattle (Washington)
- Las Vegas (Nevada)
- Silicon Valley (California)
- Phoenix (Arizona)
- Trenton (New Jersey)
- Birmingham (Alabama)
- Louisville (Kentucky)
- Charlotte (North Carolina)
- Columbia SC
- Nashville (Tennessee)
- Virginia Beach (VA)
- Charleston (West Virginia)
- Little Rock (Arkansas)
- New Orleans (Louisiana)
- Wichita (Kansas)
- Jackson (Mississippi)
- Albuquerque (New Mexico)
- Oklahoma City (OK)
- Kansas City
- Portland (Maine)
- Boston (Massachusetts)
- Concord (New Hampshire)
- Bridgeport (Connecticut)
- Burlington (Vermont)
- Providence (Rhode Island)
- Philadelphia (Pennsylvania)
- Billings (Montana)
- Fargo (North Dakota)
- Portland Oregon
- Boise (Idaho)
- Indianapolis (Indiana)
- Des Moines (Iowa)
- Detroit (Michigan)
- Minneapolis (Minnesota)
- Omaha (Nebraska)
- Milwaukee (Wisconsin)
- Columbus (Ohio)
- Sioux Falls (South Dakota)
- Anchorage (Alaska)
- Cheyenne (Wyoming)
- Baltimore* (Maryland)
- Wilmington* (Delaware)
- Salt Lake City* (Utah)
- Honolulu* (Hawaii)
This literally covers almost all of the US mainland states plus Hawaii (I can only find Missouri missing), so you can pick any of these US server locations and change your IP address and apparent location to that city/state.
That’s a fantastic USA server selection – no other VPN even gets close. See here for their full global server list, and here for our full review of the service. Their plans are great value starting at $3.33/month for 1 year plans (longer term are plans are cheaper pro rata).
Other VPNs With A Strong Selection Of USA Server Locations
PIA are market leading in terms of USA state/city server selection, but here’s some other good VPNs with strong USA server selection:
Surfshark – Servers in Boston (MA), Los Angeles (CA), Phoenix (AZ), San Jose (CA), San Francisco (CA), Las Vegas (NV), Houston & Dallas (TX), Bend (OR), Salt Lake City (UT), Orlando, Miami & Tampa (FL), Denver (CO), Seattle (WA), Kansas City, Atlanta (GA), St Louis (Missouri), Charlotte (NC), Chicago (IL), Detroit (MI), Ashburn (VA), Latham (NY), Buffalo (NY), New York City
ExpressVPN – Servers in Atlanta (GA), Chicago (IL), Dallas (TX), Denver (CO), Lincoln Park (IL), Los Angeles, San Francisco & Santa Monica (CA), New Jersey, Miami & Tampa (FL), New York, Phoenix (AZ), Salt Lake City (UT), Seattle (WA), Washington DC
NordVPN – Servers in Atlanta (GA), Buffalo (NY), Charlotte (NC), Chicago (IL), Dallas (TX), Denver (CO), Los Angeles, San Francisco & San Jose (CA), New Jersey, Miami (FL), New York, Phoenix (AZ), Salt Lake City (UT), Seattle (WA), Manassas (VA)
ProtonVPN – Servers in Ashburn (VA), Atlanta (GA), Chicago (IL), Dallas (TX), Denver (CO), Los Angeles & San Jose (CA), Miami (FL), New York, Phoenix (AZ), Salt Lake City (UT), Secaucus (NJ), Seattle (WA), Washington DC.
VPNs With Servers In Smaller US States
With the bigger, better known or more populated US states (New York, California, Texas, Florida, New Jersey, Illinois, Washington DC, Seattle), you pretty much know all Premium VPNs are going to have servers there. It’s the smaller, or slightly lesser known states where you might have to shop around to find a VPN that offers servers there.
Let’s list some of these smaller or lesser focused on states, along with which VPNs do offer server locations there:
- Alabama – PIA
- Alaska – PIA
- Arkansas – PIA
- Connecticut – PIA
- Delaware – PIA
- Hawaii – PIA
- Idaho – PIA
- Indiana – PIA
- Iowa – PIA
- Kansas – PIA
- Kentucky – PIA
- Louisiana – PIA
- Maine – PIA
- Maryland – PIA
- Montana – PIA
- Minnesota – PIA
- Missouri – Surfshark
- Mississippi – PIA
- Nebraska – PIA
- New Hampshire – PIA
- New Mexico – PIA
- North Dakota – PIA
- Oregon – PIA, Surfshark
- Rhode Island – PIA
- South Dakota – PIA
- Virginia – PIA, Surfshark, NordVPN, ProtonVPN
- West Virginia – PIA
- Wisconsin – PIA
- Wyoming – PIA
Can Free VPNs Change Your State Location?
There are some viable free VPN options that can also change your state locations, since all free VPNs offer at least one of their free locations somewhere in the USA.
Here are some better free options:
ProtonVPN – Free server locations in New York, Miami (FL), Los Angeles (CA), Atlanta (GA). Unlimited use also even on the free servers.
PrivadoVPN – Free servers in New York, Washington DC, Miami (FL) and Los Angeles. 10 GB monthly data allowance.
For most other free VPNs, they’re only going to have one or two free USA locations, usually either in New York, Washington DC or California. See here for some more high quality free VPN options to check locations.
Changing Your State Location In Canada/Australia
What’s called a “state” in America is more often called a “province” in Canada, but it’s the same general idea in Canada and Australia – the country is broken up into large regions/states/territories/provinces, and you might want to use a VPN to change your location to a different state.
Here are your best options for these countries:
Canada:
- Private Internet Access – servers in Ontario, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver
- ExpressVPN – servers in Montreal, Vancouver, Toronto (2 locations).
- Le VPN – server in Quebec
- Mullvad VPN – servers in Montreal, Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver
Australia:
- ExpressVPN – servers in Melbourne, Perth, Sydney (2 locations), Brisbane, Woolloomooloo
- ProtonVPN – servers in Adelaide, Perth, Sydney, Brisbane
- NordVPN – servers in Adelaide, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney, Brisbane.
