List of states and territories of the United States

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A map of the United States showing its 50 states, federal district and five inhabited territories. Alaska, Hawaii, and the territories are shown at different scales, and the Aleutian Islands and the uninhabited northwestern Hawaiian Islands are omitted from the map.

Template:Political divisions of the United States The United States of America is a federal republic consisting of 50 states, a federal district (Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States), five major territories, and various minor islands. Both the states and the United States as a whole are each sovereign jurisdictions. The Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution allows states to exercise all powers of government not delegated to the federal government. Each state has its own constitution and government, and all states and their residents are represented in the federal Congress, a bicameral legislature consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. Each state elects two senators, while representatives are distributed among the states in proportion to the most recent constitutionally mandated decennial census. Additionally, each state is entitled to select a number of electors to vote in the Electoral College, the body that elects the president of the United States, equal to the total of representatives and senators in Congress from that state. The federal district does not have representatives in the Senate, but has a non-voting delegate in the House, and it is also entitled to electors in the Electoral College. Congress can admit more states, but it cannot create a new state from territory of an existing state or merge two or more states into one without the consent of all states involved, and each new state is admitted on an equal footing with the existing states.

The United States has control over fourteen territories. Five of them (American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands) have a permanent, non-military population, while nine of them (the United States Minor Outlying Islands) do not. With the exception of Navassa Island, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, which are located in the Caribbean, all territories are located in the Pacific Ocean. One territory, Palmyra Atoll, is considered to be incorporated, meaning the full body of the Constitution has been applied to it; the other territories are unincorporated, meaning the Constitution does not fully apply to them. Ten territories (the Minor Outlying Islands and American Samoa) are considered to be unorganized, meaning they have not had an organic act enacted by Congress; the four other territories are organized, meaning an organic act has been enacted by Congress. The five inhabited territories each have limited autonomy in addition to having territorial legislatures and governors, but residents cannot vote in federal elections, although all are represented by non-voting delegates in the House.

The largest state by population is California, with a population of 39,538,223 people, while the smallest is Wyoming, with a population of 576,851 people; the federal district has a larger population (689,545) than both Wyoming and Vermont. The largest state by area is Alaska, encompassing , while the smallest is Rhode Island, encompassing . The most recent states to be admitted, Alaska and Hawaii, were admitted in 1959. The largest territory by population is Puerto Rico, with a population of 3,285,874 people (larger than 21 states), while the smallest is the Northern Mariana Islands, with a population of 47,329 people. Puerto Rico is the largest territory by area, encompassing ; the smallest territory, Kingman Reef, encompasses only , or a little larger than 3 acres.

States

States of the United States of America

Flag, name and postal abbreviation		Cities		Ratification or admissionTemplate:Efn-ua	Population (2020)	Total area		Reps.
		Capital	Largest			mi2	km2
Template:Flaglist	AL	Montgomery	Huntsville	Template:Dts	5,024,279	Template:Cvt	7
Template:Flaglist	AK	Juneau	Anchorage	Template:Dts	733,391	Template:Cvt	1
Template:Flaglist	AZ	Phoenix		Template:Dts	7,151,502	Template:Cvt	9
Template:Flaglist	AR	Little Rock		Template:Dts	3,011,524	Template:Cvt	4
Template:Flaglist	CA	Sacramento	Los Angeles	Template:Dts	39,538,223	Template:Cvt	52
Template:Flaglist	CO	Denver		Template:Dts	5,773,714	Template:Cvt	8
Template:Flaglist	CT	Hartford	Bridgeport	Template:Dts	3,605,944	Template:Cvt	5
Template:Flaglist	DE	Dover	Wilmington	Template:Dts	989,948	Template:Cvt	1
Template:Flaglist	FL	Tallahassee	Jacksonville	Template:Dts	21,538,187	Template:Cvt	28
Template:Flaglist	GA	Atlanta		Template:Dts	10,711,908	Template:Cvt	14
Template:Flaglist	HI	Honolulu		Template:Dts	1,455,271	Template:Cvt	2
Template:Flaglist	ID	Boise		Template:Dts	1,839,106	Template:Cvt	2
Template:Flaglist	IL	Springfield	Chicago	Template:Dts	12,812,508	Template:Cvt	17
Template:Flaglist	IN	Indianapolis		Template:Dts	6,785,528	Template:Cvt	9
Template:Flaglist	IA	Des Moines		Template:Dts	3,190,369	Template:Cvt	4
Template:Flaglist	KS	Topeka	Wichita	Template:Dts	2,937,880	Template:Cvt	4
Template:FlaglistTemplate:Efn-ua	KY	Frankfort	Louisville	Template:Dts	4,505,836	Template:Cvt	6
Template:Flaglist	LA	Baton Rouge	New Orleans	Template:Dts	4,657,757	Template:Cvt	6
Template:Flaglist	ME	Augusta	Portland	Template:Dts	1,362,359	Template:Cvt	2
Template:Flaglist	MD	Annapolis	Baltimore	Template:Dts	6,177,224	Template:Cvt	8
Template:FlaglistTemplate:Efn-ua	MA	Boston		Template:Dts	7,029,917	Template:Cvt	9
Template:Flaglist	MI	Lansing	Detroit	Template:Dts	10,077,331	Template:Cvt	13
Template:Flaglist	MN	Saint Paul	Minneapolis	Template:Dts	5,706,494	Template:Cvt	8
Template:Flaglist	MS	Jackson		Template:Dts	2,961,279	Template:Cvt	4
Template:Flaglist	MO	Jefferson City	Kansas City	Template:Dts	6,154,913	Template:Cvt	8
Template:Flaglist	MT	Helena	Billings	Template:Dts	1,084,225	Template:Cvt	2
Template:Flaglist	NE	Lincoln	Omaha	Template:Dts	1,961,504	Template:Cvt	3
Template:Flaglist	NV	Carson City	Las Vegas	Template:Dts	3,104,614	Template:Cvt	4
Template:Flaglist	NH	Concord	Manchester	Template:Dts	1,377,529	Template:Cvt	2
Template:Flaglist	NJ	Trenton	Newark	Template:Dts	9,288,994	Template:Cvt	12
Template:Flaglist	NM	Santa Fe	Albuquerque	Template:Dts	2,117,522	Template:Cvt	3
Template:Flaglist	NY	Albany	New York City	Template:Dts	20,201,249	Template:Cvt	26
Template:Flaglist	NC	Raleigh	Charlotte	Template:Dts	10,439,388	Template:Cvt	14
Template:Flaglist	ND	Bismarck	Fargo	Template:Dts	779,094	Template:Cvt	1
Template:Flaglist	OH	Columbus		Template:Dts	11,799,448	Template:Cvt	15
Template:Flaglist	OK	Oklahoma City		Template:Dts	3,959,353	Template:Cvt	5
Template:Flaglist	OR	Salem	Portland	Template:Dts	4,237,256	Template:Cvt	6
Template:FlaglistTemplate:Efn-ua	PA	Harrisburg	Philadelphia	Template:Dts	13,002,700	Template:Cvt	17
Template:Flaglist	RI	Providence		Template:Dts	1,097,379	Template:Cvt	2
Template:Flaglist	SC	Columbia	Charleston	Template:Dts	5,118,425	Template:Cvt	7
Template:Flaglist	SD	Pierre	Sioux Falls	Template:Dts	886,667	Template:Cvt	1
Template:Flaglist	TN	Nashville		Template:Dts	6,910,840	Template:Cvt	9
Template:Flaglist	TX	Austin	Houston	Template:Dts	29,145,505	Template:Cvt	38
Template:Flaglist	UT	Salt Lake City		Template:Dts	3,271,616	Template:Cvt	4
Template:Flaglist	VT	Montpelier	Burlington	Template:Dts	643,077	Template:Cvt	1
Template:FlaglistTemplate:Efn-ua	VA	Richmond	Virginia Beach	Template:Dts	8,631,393	Template:Cvt	11
Template:Flaglist	WA	Olympia	Seattle	Template:Dts	7,705,281	Template:Cvt	10
Template:Flaglist	WV	Charleston		Template:Dts	1,793,716	Template:Cvt	2
Template:Flaglist	WI	Madison	Milwaukee	Template:Dts	5,893,718	Template:Cvt	8
Template:Flaglist	WY	Cheyenne		Template:Dts	576,851	Template:Cvt	1

Federal district

Federal district of the United States

Flag, name and postal abbreviation		Established	Population (2020)	Total area		Reps.
				mi2	km2
District of Columbia	DC	Jul 16, 1790	689,545	Template:Cvt	1Template:Efn-ua

Territories

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Inhabited territories

Inhabited territories of the United States

Name and postal abbreviation		Capital	Acquired	Territorial status	Population (2020)	Total area		Reps.
						mi2	km2
Template:Flaglist	AS	Pago Pago	1900	Unincorporated, unorganizedTemplate:Efn-ua	49,710	Template:Cvt	1Template:Efn-ua
Template:Flaglist	GU	Hagåtña	1899	Unincorporated, organized	153,836	Template:Cvt	1Template:Efn-ua
Template:Flaglist	MP	Saipan	1986	Unincorporated, organizedTemplate:Efn-ua	47,329	Template:Cvt	1Template:Efn-ua
Template:Flaglist	PR	San Juan	1899	Unincorporated, organizedTemplate:Efn-ua	3,285,874	Template:Cvt	1Template:Efn-ua
Template:Flaglist	VI	Charlotte Amalie	1917	Unincorporated, organized	87,146	Template:Cvt	1Template:Efn-ua

Uninhabited territories

Territories of the United States with no permanent population

Name	Acquired	Territorial status	Land areaTemplate:Efn-ua
			mi2	km2
Baker Island	1856	Unincorporated; unorganized	Template:Cvt
Howland Island	1858	Unincorporated, unorganized	Template:Cvt
Jarvis Island	1856	Unincorporated, unorganized	Template:Cvt
Johnston Atoll	1859	Unincorporated, unorganized	Template:Cvt
Kingman Reef	1860	Unincorporated, unorganized	Template:Cvt
Midway AtollTemplate:Efn-ua	1867	Unincorporated, unorganized	Template:Cvt
Navassa Island	1858Template:Efn-ua	Unincorporated, unorganized Also claimed by Haiti	Template:Cvt
Palmyra AtollTemplate:Efn-ua	1898	Incorporated, unorganized	Template:Cvt
Wake IslandTemplate:Efn-ua	1899Template:Efn-ua	Unincorporated, unorganized Also claimed by Marshall Islands	Template:Cvt

Disputed territories

Territories claimed but not administered by the United States

Name	Claimed	Territorial status	Area		Administered by	Also claimed by
			mi2	km2
Bajo Nuevo Bank (Petrel Island)	1869	Unincorporated, unorganized (disputed sovereignty)	Template:CvtTemplate:Efn-ua	Colombia	Jamaica Nicaragua
Serranilla Bank	1880	Unincorporated, unorganized (disputed sovereignty)	Template:CvtTemplate:Efn-ua	Colombia	Honduras Nicaragua

See also

• Aboriginal title in the United States
• Historic regions of the United States
• List of Indian reservations in the United States
• List of regions of the United States
• Lists of U.S. state topics
• List of U.S. states and territories by population
• Local government in the United States
• Organized incorporated territories of the United States
• Proposals for a 51st state
• Territorial evolution of the United States
• U.S. territorial sovereignty
• Compact of Free Association

External links

• State Resource Guides, from the Library of Congress
• State and Territorial Governments on USA.gov