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This is a list of diplomatic missions in the United States. At present, 178 nations maintain diplomatic missions to the United States in the capital, Washington, D.C. Being the seat of the Organization of American States, the city also hosts missions of its member-states, separate from their respective embassies to the United States.

Diplomatic relations between world states and the United States
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  Countries that have diplomatic relations with the United States
  Countries that lack diplomatic relations with the United States
  Disputed territories
  Antarctica

Eight nations also attribute their missions at the United Nations in New York City as their official embassies to the United States. However, only those offices in New York City that serve as an official diplomatic mission to the United States are listed here. For a complete list of diplomatic missions to the United Nations, see List of current permanent representatives to the United Nations.

Only diplomatic missions operated by a foreign country are listed here. Honorary consulates, typically private offices designated to provide limited services on behalf of a foreign country, are not listed.

Embassies in Washington, D.C. edit

Main article: List of diplomatic missions in Washington, D.C.

The following 178 countries maintain embassies in Washington, D.C. as their primary diplomatic missions to the United States. Entries marked with an asterisk (*) have chanceries (embassy buildings) located on or near a portion of Massachusetts Avenue known as Embassy Row.

Permanent Missions to the Organization of American States (OAS) in Washington, D.C. edit

The following member-states maintain permanent missions to the OAS. Member-states not listed here have their ambassadors to the United States concurrently accredited to the organization[1]

Other missions/delegations to the United States in Washington, D.C. edit

The following countries or entities have missions in Washington, D.C., though they may not have full diplomatic relations with the United States government.

Missions in New York City edit

See also: List of current Permanent Representatives to the United Nations

New York City, the largest city in the United States, is home to the General Assembly of the United Nations, and all 195 member and observer states send permanent delegations. Nine diplomatic missions in New York City listed below are also formally accredited as each country's official embassy to the United States. There are 116 missions in the city. All are consulates-general unless otherwise noted.

Cities with ten or more consulates edit

Los Angeles edit

Main article: List of diplomatic missions in Los Angeles

Los Angeles, the second-largest city in the United States, is home to 65 consular missions, more than any other city on the West Coast and any U.S. city except New York and Washington, D.C. Many of these consulates are located along Wilshire Boulevard.

Chicago edit

Main article: List of diplomatic missions and trade organizations in Chicago

Chicago, the third largest city in the United States and the largest in the midwestern region of the country, is home to 55 missions, the fourth-most after Washington, D.C., New York and Los Angeles.

Miami edit

Miami is home to 45 missions. Due to its location, many Latin American and Caribbean countries maintain consulates there. Miami currently has the fifth-most diplomatic missions behind Washington, DC, New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago.

Houston edit

Main article: List of diplomatic missions in Houston

Houston is the fourth largest city in the United States and is home to 44 missions.

San Francisco edit

Main article: List of diplomatic missions in San Francisco

San Francisco is home to 42 missions.

Atlanta edit

Main article: List of diplomatic missions in Atlanta

Atlanta is home to 26 missions.

Boston edit

Main article: List of diplomatic missions in Boston

The Boston area of New England is home to 25 foreign missions.

Other cities with diplomatic missions edit

Many cities have only one or two consulates; these are often from Mexico (which has 50 missions in the United States), or Guatemala (which has 23), or Canada (which has 17), or Japan (which has 17).

Cities with Mexican consulates only (20) edit

Main article: List of diplomatic missions of Mexico

Due to the large number of Mexican immigrants in the United States, Mexico has 52 consular missions in the United States, more than any sending country has with any other host country. Many of these are smaller cities in the southwestern United States, including a number of border towns.[29]

Countries without formal diplomatic missions to the United States edit

Several countries do not have formal diplomatic missions accredited to the United States. Consular duties for each country—except Afghanistan, Kiribati, and non-UN members—are instead managed by their respective diplomatic missions to the United Nations in New York.

Closed missions edit

Host city Sending country Mission Year closed Ref.
Washington, D.C.   Afghanistan[a] Embassy 2022 [32]
  East Germany[b] Embassy 1990 [33]
  Guinea-Bissau Embassy 2007 [34][35]
  Iran Embassy 1979
  São Tomé and Príncipe Embassy Unknown [36]
  South Vietnam[c] Embassy 1975 [37]
  Syria Embassy 2014 [38]
Anchorage   Mexico Consulate 2015 [39]
Atlanta   Australia Consulate-General 2012 [40]
Austin   China Consulate 1982
Baltimore   Argentina Consulate 1990 [41]
  Colombia Consulate 1987 [42]
  Cuba Consulate 1961 [43]
Boston   Cuba Consulate-General 1961 [43]
Chicago   Austria Consulate 2013 [44]
  Cuba Consulate 1961 [43]
  Uruguay Consulate General 2021 [45]
Cincinnati   Cuba Consulate 1957 [43]
Cleveland   Italy Consulate 1980 [21]
  United Kingdom Consulate 1999 [46]
Corpus Christi   Mexico Consulate 2002 [47]
Dallas   United Kingdom Consulate 2005 [46][48]
Denver   France Consulate 1969 [49]
  India Consulate 2003
Detroit   Colombia Consulate 1994 [50]
  Cuba Consulate 1958 [43]
  Poland Consulate-General 1958 [51]
Fort Lauderdale   Colombia Consulate 1988 [52]
Galveston   Cuba Consulate 1960 [43]
Honolulu   Cuba Consulate 1932 [43]
  France Consulate-General 1996 [53]
Houston   China Consulate-General 2020 [54]
  Cuba Consulate 1960 [43]
   Switzerland Consulate-General 2006 [55]
Jacksonville   Cuba Consulate 1960 [43]
Kansas City   Cuba Consulate 1957 [43]
  Japan Consulate-General 2004 [56]
Key West   Cuba Consulate 1961 [43]
Los Angeles   Afghanistan[a] Consulate-General 2022 [32]
  Angola Consulate-General 2018 [57]
  Cuba Consulate-General 1961 [43]
  Ethiopia Consulate-General 2021 [58][59]
  Slovakia Consulate-General 2013 [60]
  Sweden Consulate-General 2009 [61]
   Switzerland Consulate-General 2018 [62]
  Uruguay Consulate-General 2021 [45]
Miami   Belgium Consulate 2007
  Cuba Consulate-General 1961 [43]
  Norway Consulate-General 2003 [63]
  Venezuela Consulate-General 2012 [64][65]
Midland   Mexico Consulate 2002 [47]
Minneapolis   Norway Consulate-General 2008 [66]
Mobile   Cuba Consulate 1961 [43]
New Orleans   Colombia Consulate-General 2002 [67]
  Cuba Consulate General 1961 [43]
  Greece Consulate Unknown [68]
  Italy Consulate-General 1997 [21]
  Japan Consulate-General 2008 [69][70]
  Philippines Consulate-General 1985 [71]
  Spain Consulate-General 2009 [72][73]
New York City   Afghanistan[a] Consulate-General 2022 [32]
  Belarus Consulate-General 2021 [74]
  Cuba Consulate-General 1961 [43]
  Slovenia Consulate-General 2012 [75][76]
  Suriname Consulate-General 1984 [77]
Newark   Italy Consulate 2014 [78]
Norfolk   Cuba Consulate 1961 [43]
Orlando   United Kingdom Consulate 2014 [79]
Philadelphia   Canada Consulate-General 2012 [80]
  Colombia Consulate 1987 [81]
  Cuba Consulate-General 1961 [43]
  Dominican Republic Consulate-General 2006 [82]
  Israel Consulate-General 2016 [83]
  United Kingdom Consulate-General 1998 [84]
Pittsburgh   Poland Consulate 1950 [85]
Sacramento   China Consulate 1994
Saint Louis   Cuba Consulate 1960 [43]
Saint Paul   Ethiopia Consulate-General 2021 [58][59]
Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands   Philippines Consulate-General 2012 [86]
San Francisco   Cuba Consulate-General 1961 [43]
  Egypt Consulate-General 2014 [87]
  Iran Consulate 1980 [88]
  Nigeria Consulate-General 1989 [88][89]
  Russia Consulate-General 2017
San Juan, Puerto Rico   Cuba Consulate-General 1960 [43]
  France Consulate 1996 [53]
  Panama Consulate-General Unknown
  United Kingdom Consulate 2005 [46][48]
Santa Ana   El Salvador Consulate 2011 [90]
Savannah   Cuba Consulate 1961 [43]
Seattle   Colombia Consulate 1922 [91]
  Germany Consulate 2000 [92]
  Philippines Consulate-General Unknown [93][94]
  Russia Consulate-General 2018 [95]
Tacoma   Empire of Japan Consulate 1901 [96]
Tampa   Colombia Consulate 1990 [97]
  Cuba Consulate-General 1960 [43]
  1. ^ a b c Closed in the wake of the takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban
  2. ^ The East German embassy was closed upon the reunification of Germany in 1990.
  3. ^ The South Vietnamese embassy was closed upon the fall of Saigon in April 1975, thus marking the end of the Vietnam War and the start of a transition period to the formal reunification of Vietnam.

See also edit

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