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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Los Angeles

Los Angeles, the second-largest city in the United States, is home to 64 consular missions, more than any other city on the West Coast and any U.S. city except Washington, D.C. and New York City. Many of these consulates are located along Wilshire Boulevard.

Chicago

Chicago, the third largest city in the United States and the largest in the midwestern region of the country, is home to 53 missions, the fourth-most after Washington, D.C., New York and Los Angeles.

Miami

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

Houston is the fourth largest city in the United States and is home to 43 missions.

San Francisco

San Francisco is home to 43 missions.

Atlanta

Atlanta is home to 26 missions.

Boston

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

Seattle

Seattle is home to 10 missions.

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)

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.

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.