Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Canada (B) (P), Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA (B), Venezuela, Virgin Islands (British) (NB), Virgin Islands (U.S.) (NB).
Vagrant to Antigua And Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, St Kitts And Nevis, St Pierre and Miquelon (P), St Vincent and The Grenadines, United Kingdom.
Breeds in south-eastern Canada (extreme south-eastern Ontario) and in eastern USA from southern Great Lakes and southern New England southern patchily to eastern Oklahoma, Gulf of Mexico coast and northern Florida. Migrates to Mexico and Central America (primarily in east) and Caribbean.
 
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is 4,000,000 (2010).
Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina) [XC827851]
by Percy Ulsamer from Pulltite Campground, Ozark National Scenic Riverways, Missouri, United States (song)
Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina) [XC827859]
by Richard E. Webster from Koomer Ridge Campground, Daniel Boone NF, Kentucky, United States (vesper song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Relationship with congeners not clear. Recent study suggests that this species may be closer to Dendroica.