Which of these U.S. states does not border the Gulf of Mexico?

The Gulf Coast of the United States is the coastline along the Southern United States where they meet the Gulf of Mexico. The coastal states that have a shoreline on the Gulf of Mexico are Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida, and these are known as the Gulf States.

The economy of the Gulf Coast area is dominated by industries related to energy, petrochemicals, fishing, aerospace, agriculture, and tourism. The large cities of the region are Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Houston, Galveston, Lafayette, Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Biloxi, Pensacola, St. Petersburg and Tampa. All are the centers of their respective metropolitan areas and contain large ports.

New Mexico is a state in the Southwestern Region of the United States. It is bordered on by Colorado on the north, Texas and Mexico on the south, Oklahoma and Texas on the east, and by Arizona on the west.

As of September 2018, the population of New Mexico was estimated to be about 2 million people. It is the 36th most populous state in the United States and the 5th largest state in the United States in terms of total area with 315,198 square kilometers (121,699 square miles).

Santa Fe is the capital city of New Mexico. It is the fourth-largest city in the state. The city was founded by Spanish colonists in 1610 and is the oldest state capital in the United States. Santa Fe is the highest capital city in the United States at 2,130 meters (7,000 feet) above sea level.