If you got to draw the map of the USA

[Platypus]

New England

Merge VT, NH and Maine. (-2)
Keep Massachusetts the same. (=0)
Merge RI and Connecticut. (-1)
Split NY into Upstate NY (name it Niagara, maybe?) and Long Island/NYC/the south of the state (keep it as New York). (+1)
Keep NJ the same. (=0)

Total -2 states

Midatlantic and South

Split Pensylvania, all but bottom southeast corner staying as Pennsylvania, lower southeast corner forming a new state (maybe...Liberty?). (+1)
Merge Maryland and Delaware, and make DC subject to Maryland state laws, but still otherwise autonomous (-1)
Keep Virginia the same. (=0)
Keep West Virginia the same (=0)
Cut the western third of North Carolina off, and the eastern thrird of Tennessee of, and create Jefferson. (+1)
Keep Georgia the same. (=0)
Split Florida from just south of Orlando in a diagonal to just north of Tampa. (+1)
Keep Alabama the same. (=0)
Merge Mississippi with the remainder of Tennessee. (-1)
Keep Louisiana the same. (=0)
Keep Arkansas the same. (=0)

Total +1

Midwest

Split Missouri into two, following the river about a 1/5th of the state deep, leaving the non-river part as an independent state called...?, and merging the remaining area with southern Illinois, calling the new state Missouri, and leaving the rest of Illinois as Illinois. (+1)
Keep Indiana the same. (=0)
Merge Kentucky with the southwestern corner of Ohio. (=0)
Split the rest of Ohio into two, loosely based on a southwest-northeast line. (+1)
Keep Michgian the same, but move the peninsular to Wisconsin, which will otherwise be kept the same (=0)
Keep Iowa the same. (=0)
Keep Minnesota the same. (=0)

Total +2

Plains, Coasts and Mountains

Merge the Dakotas. (-1)
Cut of Nebraska's west and give it to Wyming, merge the remainder of Nebraska with Kansas (-1).
Keep Oklahoma the same. (=0)
split Texas into three; ome, the north above the bottom bit of NM excluding that little bit that touches the border, one based on th far east of the state incorporatring Houston, Dallas, Forth Worth etc,., and one with the remainder, primarily the southwest and center. (+2)
Merge New Mexico and Eastern Arizona. (-1)
Keep Colorado the same. (=0)
Merge Wyoming with it's new bit of Nebraska, and Western Montana (in a direct line with its current western border). (=0)
Merge the remainder of Montana with Idaho. (-1)
Merge Western Arizona with southern Nevada and the southernmost 1/6th of California. (=0)
Merge the rest of Nevada with Utah. (-1)
Split the remainder of California into two; the northern half and the 'middle' 2/6ths (+1)
Keep Oregon the same. (=0)
Keep Washinton the same. (=0)
Keep Alaska the same. (=0)
Kee Hawaii the same. (=0)

Total -2

Other

Give Puerto Rico statehood (+1)

Grand Total=50 states+DC