Alaska is the only state in the USA to have three species of bears living in it : Brown Bears (also called Grizzlies), Black Bears and Polar Bears. Grizzly bears in the United States are primarily found in Alaska, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, and Washington. Black bears are common across the Northeast, Appalachian Mountains, Midwest, and West Coast, but are absent or very rare in parts of the Great Plains. Any way you look at it most of the USA is actually bear country!