Fire ants are found in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and sporadically in Maryland. They have also been accidentally introduced to other countries. Information on fire ants specific to your state or territory is found below. This information includes preferred management practices for fire ant control, distribution maps, and local regulations.
NOTE: Though all the locations with state abbreviations on the map above have fire ants, linked information pages may be under construction or information may not be available. Those locations are denoted by an asterisk in the text links below.
Click on your state on the above map to learn more about fire ants in that state or use the text links below, or use the text links in the table below.
| Alabama | Louisiana | North Carolina | Virginia |
| Arkansas | Maryland * | Oklahoma | Puerto Rico * |
| California | Mississippi | South Carolina | Outside the U.S. |
| Florida | Missouri * | Tennessee | |
| Georgia * | New Mexico * | Texas |
