How many of the 50 US states have the letter "Y" in their names?

There are six of the 50 US states that have the letter "Y" in their names. The specific states concerned include: Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Wyoming. With these states, Kentucky is a southeastern state bounded by the Ohio River in the north and the Appalachian Mountains in the east; Maryland is a Mid-Atlantic state that's defined by its abundant waterways and coastlines on the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean; New Jersey is a northeastern US state with some 130 miles of Atlantic coast; New York is a state in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the USA; Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the USA; and Wyoming is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western US. It borders Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Idaho, Utah, and Colorado.

All 50 US states included: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.