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The United States of America is a federal republic{{cite book |last=Onuf |first=Peter S. |title=The Origins of the Federal Republic: Jurisdictional Controversies in the United States, 1775–1787 |url=https://archive.org/details/originsoffedera00onuf| year=1983 |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press |location=Philadelphia |isbn=978-0-8122-1167-2|url-access=subscription }} consisting of 50 states, a federal district (Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States), five major territories, and various minor islands.{{cite web|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/179780.htm|title=Common Core Document of the United States of America: Submitted With the Fourth Periodic Report of the United States of America to the United Nations Committee on Human Rights concerning the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights|publisher=U.S. Department of State, via The Office of Website Management, Bureau of Public Affairs|access-date=July 9, 2017|df=mdy-all}}{{cite web |url=http://www.gao.gov/archive/1998/og98005.pdf |title=U.S. Insular Areas: application of the U.S. Constitution |publisher=Government Accountability Office |date=November 1997 |access-date=July 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103093032/http://www.gao.gov/archive/1998/og98005.pdf |archive-date=November 3, 2013 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }} Both the states and the United States as a whole are each sovereign jurisdictions.Radan, 2007, p. 12 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.{{cite web |first=Kristin D. |last=Burnett |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-08.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111119155913/http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-08.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-11-19 |title=Congressional Apportionment (2010 Census Briefs C2010BR-08) |publisher=U.S. Department of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration }} 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.{{cite web| last1=Elhauge| first1=Einer R.| title=Essays on Article II: Presidential Electors| url=http://www.heritage.org/constitution/#!/articles/2/essays/79/presidential-electors| publisher=The Heritage Foundation| access-date=December 29, 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724095029/http://www.heritage.org/constitution/#!/articles/2/essays/79/presidential-electors| archive-date=July 24, 2017| url-status=unfit| df=mdy-all}} 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.{{cite web| title=Doctrine of the Equality of States| url=http://law.justia.com/constitution/us/article-4/22-doctrine-of-equality-of-states.html| website=Justia Law| access-date=June 16, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019004026/http://law.justia.com/constitution/us/article-4/22-doctrine-of-equality-of-states.html| archive-date=October 19, 2012| url-status=live| df=mdy-all}}

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 {{convert|665,384|mi2}}, while the smallest is Rhode Island, encompassing {{convert|1,545|mi2}}. 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 {{convert|5,325|mi2}}; the smallest territory, Kingman Reef, encompasses only {{convert|0.005|mi2}}, or a little larger than 3 acres.

States

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|+ States of the United States of America

scope="col" colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Flag, name and
postal abbreviation{{cite web| url=https://pe.usps.com/text/pub28/28apb.htm| title=Appendix B: Two–Letter State and possession Abbreviations| work=Postal Addressing Standards| publisher=United States Postal Service| location=Washington, D.C.| date=May 2015| access-date=March 3, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180305202445/https://pe.usps.com/text/pub28/28apb.htm| archive-date=March 5, 2018| url-status=live| df=mdy-all}}

! scope="col" colspan=2 | Cities

! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Ratification or
admission{{efn-ua|The original 13 states became sovereign in July 1776 upon agreeing to the United States Declaration of Independence, and each joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation.{{cite book| last = Jensen| first = Merrill| title = The Articles of Confederation: An Interpretation of the Social-Constitutional History of the American Revolution, 1774–1781| year = 1959| publisher = University of Wisconsin Press| isbn = 978-0-299-00204-6| pages = xi, 184 }} These states are presented in the order in which each ratified the 1787 Constitution, thus joining the present federal Union of states. Subsequent states are listed in the order of their admission to the Union, and the date given is the official establishment date set by Act of Congress. For further details, see List of U.S. states by date of admission to the Union}}

! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Population
(2020){{Cite web|title=Resident Population for the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico: 2020 Census|url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial/2020/data/apportionment/apportionment-2020-table02.pdf|website=U.S. Census Bureau |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207051107/https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial/2020/data/apportionment/apportionment-2020-table02.pdf |archive-date= Dec 7, 2023 }}

! scope="col" colspan=2 | Total area{{cite web| title=State Area Measurements and Internal Point Coordinates| url=https://www.census.gov/geo/reference/state-area.html| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| location=Washington, D.C.| quote=... provides land, water and total area measurements for the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Island Areas. The area measurements were derived from the Census Bureau's Master Address File/Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER®) database. The boundaries of the states and equivalent areas are as of January 1, 2010. The land and water areas, ... reflect base feature updates made in the MAF/TIGER® database through August, 2010. | access-date=March 3, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316004512/https://www.census.gov/geo/reference/state-area.html| archive-date=March 16, 2018| url-status=dead | df=mdy-all}}

! scope="col" rowspan=2 | List of United States congressional districts

scope="col" | Capitalscope="col" | LargestClick on the spreadsheet link labeled "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places of 20,000 or More" {{cite web |url = https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html |title = City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2023 |website = census.gov |access-date = 4 Dec 2024}}

! scope="col" | mi2

scope="col" | km2
scope="row" | {{flaglist|Alabama}}

| AL || Montgomery || Huntsville || {{dts|Dec 14, 1819}} || {{right|5,024,279}} || {{cvt|52420.07|mi2|km2|0|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}} || {{right|7}}

scope="row" | {{flaglist|Alaska}}

| AK || Juneau || Anchorage || {{dts|Jan 3, 1959}} || {{right|733,391}} || {{cvt|665384.04|mi2|km2|0|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}} || {{right|1}}

scope="row" | {{flaglist|Arizona}}

| AZ || colspan=2 | Phoenix || {{dts|Feb 14, 1912}} || {{right|7,151,502}} || {{cvt|113990.3|mi2|km2|0|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}} || {{right|9}}

scope="row" | {{flaglist|Arkansas}}

| AR || colspan=2 | Little Rock || {{dts|Jun 15, 1836}} || {{right|3,011,524}} || {{cvt|53178.55|mi2|km2|0|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}} || {{right|4}}

scope="row" | {{flaglist|California}}

| CA || Sacramento || Los Angeles || {{dts|Sep 9, 1850}} || {{right|39,538,223}} || {{cvt|163694.74|mi2|km2|0|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}} || {{right|52}}

scope="row"| {{flaglist|Colorado}}

| CO || colspan=2 | Denver || {{dts|Aug 1, 1876}} || {{right|5,773,714}} || {{cvt|104093.67|mi2|km2|0|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}} || {{right|8}}

scope="row" | {{flaglist|Connecticut}}

| CT || Hartford || Bridgeport || {{dts|Jan 9, 1788}} || {{right|3,605,944}} || {{cvt|5543.41|mi2|km2|0|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}} || {{right|5}}

scope="row" | {{flaglist|Delaware}}

| DE || Dover || Wilmington || {{dts|Dec 7, 1787}} || {{right|989,948}} || {{cvt|2488.72|mi2|km2|0|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}} || {{right|1}}

scope="row" | {{flaglist|Florida}}

| FL || Tallahassee || Jacksonville || {{dts|Mar 3, 1845}} || {{right|21,538,187}} || {{cvt|65757.7|mi2|km2|0|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}} || {{right|28}}

scope="row" | {{flaglist|Georgia (U.S. state)|name=Georgia}}

| GA || colspan=2 | Atlanta || {{dts|Jan 2, 1788}} || {{right|10,711,908}} || {{cvt|59425.15|mi2|km2|0|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}} || {{right|14}}

scope="row" | {{flaglist|Hawaii}}

| HI || colspan=2 | Honolulu || {{dts|Aug 21, 1959}} || {{right|1,455,271}} || {{cvt|10931.72|mi2|km2|0|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}} || {{right|2}}

scope="row" | {{flaglist|Idaho}}

| ID || colspan=2 | Boise || {{dts|Jul 3, 1890}} || {{right|1,839,106}} || {{cvt|83568.95|mi2|km2|0|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}} || {{right|2}}

scope="row" | {{flaglist|Illinois}}

| IL || Springfield || Chicago || {{dts|Dec 3, 1818}} || {{right|12,812,508}} || {{cvt|57913.55|mi2|km2|0|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}} || {{right|17}}

scope="row" | {{flaglist|Indiana}}

| IN || colspan=2 | Indianapolis || {{dts|Dec 11, 1816}} || {{right|6,785,528}} || {{cvt|36419.55|mi2|km2|0|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}} || {{right|9}}

scope="row" | {{flaglist|Iowa}}

| IA || colspan=2 | Des Moines || {{dts|Dec 28, 1846}} || {{right|3,190,369}} || {{cvt|56272.81|mi2|km2|0|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}} || {{right|4}}

scope="row" | {{flaglist|Kansas}}

| KS || Topeka || Wichita || {{dts|Jan 29, 1861}} || {{right|2,937,880}} || {{cvt|82278.36|mi2|km2|0|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}} || {{right|4}}

scope="row" | {{flaglist|Kentucky}}{{efn-ua|name=statenomenclature|Uses the term commonwealth rather than state in its full official name}}

| KY || Frankfort || Louisville || {{dts|Jun 1, 1792}} || {{right|4,505,836}} || {{cvt|40407.8|mi2|km2|0|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}} || {{right|6}}

scope="row" | {{flaglist|Louisiana}}

| LA || Baton Rouge || New Orleans || {{dts|Apr 30, 1812}} || {{right|4,657,757}} || {{cvt|52378.13|mi2|km2|0|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}} || {{right|6}}

scope="row" | {{flaglist|Maine}}

| ME || Augusta || Portland || {{dts|Mar 15, 1820}} || {{right|1,362,359}} || {{cvt|35379.74|mi2|km2|0|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}} || {{right|2}}

scope="row" | {{flaglist|Maryland}}

| MD || Annapolis || Baltimore || {{dts|Apr 28, 1788}} || {{right|6,177,224}} || {{cvt|12405.93|mi2|km2|0|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}} || {{right|8}}

scope="row" | {{flaglist|Massachusetts}}{{efn-ua|name=statenomenclature}}

| MA || colspan=2 | Boston || {{dts|Feb 6, 1788}} || {{right|7,029,917}} || {{cvt|10554.39|mi2|km2|0|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}} || {{right|9}}

scope="row" | {{flaglist|Michigan}}

| MI || Lansing || Detroit || {{dts|Jan 26, 1837}} || {{right|10,077,331}} || {{cvt|96713.51|mi2|km2|0|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}} || {{right|13}}

scope="row" | {{flaglist|Minnesota}}

| MN || Saint Paul || Minneapolis || {{dts|May 11, 1858}} || {{right|5,706,494}} || {{cvt|86935.83|mi2|km2|0|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}} || {{right|8}}

scope="row" | {{flaglist|Mississippi}}

| MS || colspan=2 | Jackson || {{dts|Dec 10, 1817}} || {{right|2,961,279}} || {{cvt|48431.78|mi2|km2|0|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}} || {{right|4}}

scope="row" | {{flaglist|Missouri}}

| MO || Jefferson City || Kansas City || {{dts|Aug 10, 1821}} || {{right|6,154,913}} || {{cvt|69706.99|mi2|km2|0|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}} || {{right|8}}

scope="row" | {{flaglist|Montana}}

| MT || Helena || Billings || {{dts|Nov 8, 1889}} || {{right|1,084,225}} || {{cvt|147039.71|mi2|km2|0|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}} || {{right|2}}

scope="row" | {{flaglist|Nebraska}}

| NE || Lincoln || Omaha || {{dts|Mar 1, 1867}} || {{right|1,961,504}} || {{cvt|77347.81|mi2|km2|0|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}} || {{right|3}}

scope="row" | {{flaglist|Nevada}}

| NV || Carson City || Las Vegas || {{dts|Oct 31, 1864}} || {{right|3,104,614}} || {{cvt|110571.82|mi2|km2|0|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}} || {{right|4}}

scope="row" | {{flaglist|New Hampshire}}

| NH || Concord || Manchester || {{dts|Jun 21, 1788}} || {{right|1,377,529}} || {{cvt|9349.16|mi2|km2|0|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}} || {{right|2}}

scope="row" | {{flaglist|New Jersey}}

| NJ || Trenton || Newark || {{dts|Dec 18, 1787}} || {{right|9,288,994}} || {{cvt|8722.58|mi2|km2|0|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}} || {{right|12}}

scope="row" | {{flaglist|New Mexico}}

| NM || Santa Fe || Albuquerque || {{dts|Jan 6, 1912}} || {{right|2,117,522}} || {{cvt|121590.3|mi2|km2|0|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}} || {{right|3}}

scope="row" | {{flaglist|New York}}

| NY || Albany || New York City || {{dts|Jul 26, 1788}} || {{right|20,201,249}} || {{cvt|54554.98|mi2|km2|0|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}} || {{right|26}}

scope="row" | {{flaglist|North Carolina}}

| NC || Raleigh || Charlotte || {{dts|Nov 21, 1789}} || {{right|10,439,388}} || {{cvt|53819.16|mi2|km2|0|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}} || {{right|14}}

scope="row" | {{flaglist|North Dakota}}

| ND || Bismarck || Fargo || {{dts|Nov 2, 1889}} || {{right|779,094}} || {{cvt|70698.32|mi2|km2|0|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}} || {{right|1}}

scope="row" | {{flaglist|Ohio}}

| OH || colspan=2 | Columbus || {{dts|Mar 1, 1803}} || {{right|11,799,448}} || {{cvt|44825.58|mi2|km2|0|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}} || {{right|15}}

scope="row" | {{flaglist|Oklahoma}}

| OK || colspan=2 | Oklahoma City || {{dts|Nov 16, 1907}} || {{right|3,959,353}} || {{cvt|69898.87|mi2|km2|0|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}} || {{right|5}}

scope="row" | {{flaglist|Oregon}}

| OR || Salem || Portland || {{dts|Feb 14, 1859}} || {{right|4,237,256}} || {{cvt|98378.54|mi2|km2|0|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}} || {{right|6}}

scope="row" | {{flaglist|Pennsylvania}}{{efn-ua|name=statenomenclature}}

| PA || Harrisburg || Philadelphia || {{dts|Dec 12, 1787}} || {{right|13,002,700}} || {{cvt|46054.34|mi2|km2|0|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}} || {{right|17}}

scope="row" | {{flaglist|Rhode Island}}

| RI || colspan=2 | Providence || {{dts|May 29, 1790}} || {{right|1,097,379}} || {{cvt|1544.89|mi2|km2|0|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}} || {{right|2}}

scope="row" | {{flaglist|South Carolina}}

| SC || Columbia || Charleston || {{dts|May 23, 1788}} || {{right|5,118,425}} || {{cvt|32020.49|mi2|km2|0|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}} || {{right|7}}

scope="row" | {{flaglist|South Dakota}}

| SD || Pierre || Sioux Falls || {{dts|Nov 2, 1889}} || {{right|886,667}} || {{cvt|77115.68|mi2|km2|0|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}} || {{right|1}}

scope="row" | {{flaglist|Tennessee}}

| TN || colspan=2 | Nashville || {{dts|Jun 1, 1796}} || {{right|6,910,840}} || {{cvt|42144.25|mi2|km2|0|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}} || {{right|9}}

scope="row" | {{flaglist|Texas}}

| TX || Austin || Houston || {{dts|Dec 29, 1845}} || {{right|29,145,505}} || {{cvt|268596.46|mi2|km2|0|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}} || {{right|38}}

scope="row" | {{flaglist|Utah}}

| UT || colspan=2 | Salt Lake City || {{dts|Jan 4, 1896}} || {{right|3,271,616}} || {{cvt|84896.88|mi2|km2|0|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}} || {{right|4}}

scope="row" | {{flaglist|Vermont}}

| VT || Montpelier || Burlington || {{dts|Mar 4, 1791}} || {{right|643,077}} || {{cvt|9616.36|mi2|km2|0|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}} || {{right|1}}

scope="row" | {{flaglist|Virginia}}{{efn-ua|name=statenomenclature}}

| VA || Richmond || Virginia Beach || {{dts|Jun 25, 1788}} || {{right|8,631,393}} || {{cvt|42774.93|mi2|km2|0|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}} || {{right|11}}

scope="row" | {{flaglist|Washington}}

| WA || Olympia || Seattle || {{dts|Nov 11, 1889}} || {{right|7,705,281}} || {{cvt|71297.95|mi2|km2|0|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}} || {{right|10}}

scope="row" | {{flaglist|West Virginia}}

| WV || colspan=2 | Charleston || {{dts|Jun 20, 1863}} || {{right|1,793,716}} || {{cvt|24230.04|mi2|km2|0|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}} || {{right|2}}

scope="row" | {{flaglist|Wisconsin}}

| WI || Madison || Milwaukee || {{dts|May 29, 1848}} || {{right|5,893,718}} || {{cvt|65496.38|mi2|km2|0|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}} || {{right|8}}

scope="row" | {{flaglist|Wyoming}}

| WY || colspan=2 | Cheyenne || {{dts|Jul 10, 1890}} || {{right|576,851}} || {{cvt|97813.01|mi2|km2|0|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}} || {{right|1}}

Federal district

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|+ Federal district of the United States

scope="col" colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Flag, name and
postal abbreviation		scope="col" rowspan=2 | Establishedscope="col" rowspan=2 | Population (2020)

! scope="col" colspan=2 | Total area

scope="col" rowspan=2 | Non-voting members of the United States House of Representatives
scope="col" | mi2scope="col" | km2
scope="row" | {{flag|District of Columbia}}

| DC || Jul 16, 1790{{cite web| title=The History of Washington, DC| url=https://washington.org/DC-information/washington-dc-history| publisher=Destination DC| access-date=March 3, 2018| date=2016-03-15| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306083424/https://washington.org/DC-information/washington-dc-history| archive-date=March 6, 2018| url-status=live| df=mdy-all}} || 689,545 || {{cvt|68|mi2|km2|0|disp=table}}

| 1{{efn-ua|name=nv-d|Represented by a non-voting delegate in the House of Representatives.{{cite web| url=https://www.house.gov/representatives| title=Directory of Representatives| publisher=U.S. House of Representatives| location=Washington, D.C.| access-date=March 5, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180305202522/https://www.house.gov/representatives| archive-date=March 5, 2018| url-status=live| df=mdy-all}}}}

Territories

{{Further|Insular area|Territories of the United States}}

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{{legend inline|#0000A0|States and federal district}} {{in5}}

{{legend inline|#00C000|Inhabited territories}} {{in5}}

{{legend inline|#FF7000|Uninhabited territories}}]]

= Inhabited territories =

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|+ Inhabited territories of the United States

scope="col" colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Name and
postal abbreviation		scope="col" rowspan=2 | Capital

! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Acquired
{{cite web |url=http://www.doi.gov/oia/Islandpages/acquisition_process.htm |title=Acquisition Process of Insular Areas |publisher=Office of Insular Affairs |access-date=July 9, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414172502/http://www.doi.gov/oia/Islandpages/acquisition_process.htm |archive-date=April 14, 2012 }}

! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Territorial status{{cite web| url=https://www.doi.gov/oia/islands/politicatypes| title=Definitions of Insular Area Political Organizations| publisher=U.S. Department of the Interior| location=Washington, D.C.| access-date=March 1, 2018| date=2015-06-12| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713013603/https://www.doi.gov/oia/islands/politicatypes| archive-date=July 13, 2018| url-status=live| df=mdy-all}}

! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Population (2020)
[https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2021/10/first-2020-census-united-states-island-areas-data-released-today.html 2020 Population of U.S. Island Areas Just Under 339,000], U.S. Census Bureau, October 28, 2021.

! scope="col" colspan=2 | Total area

scope="col" rowspan=2 | Non-voting members of the United States House of Representatives
scope="col" | mi2scope="col" | km2
scope="row" | {{flaglist|American Samoa}}

| AS || Pago Pago{{cite web| url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/american-samoa/| title=American Samoa| publisher=Central Intelligence Agency| work=The World Factbook| access-date=July 9, 2013| df=mdy-all}}

| 1900 || {{left|Unincorporated, unorganized{{efn-ua|Although not organized through a federal organic act or other explicit Congressional directive on governance, the people of American Samoa adopted a constitution in 1967, and then in 1977, elected territorial officials for the first time.{{cite web| url=https://www.doi.gov/oia/islands/american-samoa| title=Islands We Serve: American Samoa| publisher=U.S. Department of the Interior| location=Washington, D.C.| access-date=March 1, 2018| date=2015-06-11| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309054757/https://www.doi.gov/oia/islands/american-samoa| archive-date=March 9, 2018| url-status=live| df=mdy-all}}}}}}

| {{right|49,710}} || {{cvt|581.05|mi2|km2|0|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}} || {{right|1{{efn-ua|name=nv-d}}}}

scope="row" | {{flaglist|Guam}}

| GU || Hagåtña{{cite web| url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/guam/| title=Guam| publisher=Central Intelligence Agency| work=The World Factbook| access-date=July 9, 2013| df=mdy-all}}

| 1899 || {{left|Unincorporated, organized}} || {{right|153,836}} || {{cvt|570.62|mi2|km2|0|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}} || {{right|1{{efn-ua|name=nv-d}}}}

scope="row" | {{flaglist|Northern Mariana Islands}}

| MP || Saipan{{cite web| url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/northern-mariana-islands/| title=Northern Mariana Islands| publisher=Central Intelligence Agency| work=The World Factbook| access-date=July 9, 2013| df=mdy-all}}

| 1986 || {{left|Unincorporated, organized{{efn-ua|name=2organized|Organized as a commonwealth.}}}}

| {{right|47,329}} || {{cvt|1975.57|mi2|km2|0|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}} || {{right|1{{efn-ua|name=nv-d}}}}

scope="row" | {{flaglist|Puerto Rico}}

| PR || San Juan{{cite web| url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/puerto-rico/| title=Puerto Rico| publisher=Central Intelligence Agency| work=The World Factbook| access-date=July 9, 2013| df=mdy-all}}

| 1899 || {{left|Unincorporated, organized{{efn-ua|name=2organized}}}} || {{right|3,285,874}} || {{cvt|5324.84|mi2|km2|0|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}}

| {{right|1{{efn-ua|name=nv-r|Represented by a non-voting resident commissioner in the House of Representatives.}}}}

scope="row" | {{flaglist|U.S. Virgin Islands}}

| VI || Charlotte Amalie{{cite web| url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/virgin-islands/| title=Virgin Islands| work=The World Factbook| access-date=July 9, 2013| df=mdy-all}}

| 1917 || {{left|Unincorporated, organized}} || {{right|87,146}} || {{cvt|732.93|mi2|km2|0|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}} || {{right|1{{efn-ua|name=nv-d}}}}

= Uninhabited territories =

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;"

|+ Territories of the United States with no permanent population

scope="col" rowspan=2 | Namescope="col" rowspan=2 | Acquired

! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Territorial status

scope="col" colspan=2 | Land area{{efn-ua|Excluding lagoon}}
scope="col" | mi2scope="col" | km2
scope="row" | Baker Island{{cite web| url=http://www.doi.gov/oia/Islandpages/bhpage.htm| title=Baker Island| publisher=Office of Insular Affairs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419040523/http://www.doi.gov/oia/Islandpages/bhpage.htm| archive-date=April 19, 2012| access-date=July 9, 2013}}

| 1856 || {{left|Unincorporated; unorganized}} || {{cvt|0.85|mi2|km2|1|adj=ri1|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}}

scope="row" | Howland Island

| 1858 || {{left|Unincorporated, unorganized}} || {{cvt|0.625|mi2|km2|1|adj=ri1|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}}

scope="row" | Jarvis Island{{cite web| url=http://www.doi.gov/oia/Islandpages/jarvispage.htm| title=Jarvis Island| publisher=Office of Insular Affairs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207205021/http://www.doi.gov/oia/Islandpages/jarvispage.htm| archive-date=February 7, 2012| access-date=July 9, 2013}}

| 1856 || {{left|Unincorporated, unorganized}} || {{cvt|2.2|mi2|km2|1|adj=ri1|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}}

scope="row" | Johnston Atoll{{cite web| url=http://www.doi.gov/oia/Islandpages/johnstonpage.htm| title=Johnston Island| publisher=Office of Insular Affairs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314031716/http://www.doi.gov/oia/Islandpages/johnstonpage.htm| archive-date=March 14, 2012| access-date=July 9, 2013}}

| 1859 || {{left|Unincorporated, unorganized}} || {{cvt|1|mi2|km2|1|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}}

scope="row" | Kingman Reef{{cite web| url=http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=12534| title=Kingman Reef National Wildlife Refuge| publisher=United States Fish and Wildlife Service| access-date=July 9, 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516175056/http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=12534| archive-date=May 16, 2013| url-status=live| df=mdy-all}}

| 1860 || {{left|Unincorporated, unorganized}} || {{cvt|0.0046875|mi2|km2|2|adj=ri3|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}}

scope="row" | Midway Atoll{{efn-ua|Although there are no indigenous inhabitants, around 40 United States Fish and Wildlife Service staff and service contractors live on the island at any given time.{{cite web| title=United States Pacific Islands Wildlife Refuges| url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/united-states-pacific-island-wildlife-refuges/| work=The World Factbook| publisher=Central Intelligence Agency| access-date=October 10, 2014| df=mdy-all}}}}{{cite web| url=http://www.doi.gov/oia/Islandpages/midwaypage.htm| title=Midway Atoll| publisher=Office of Insular Affairs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204035600/http://www.doi.gov/oia/Islandpages/midwaypage.htm| archive-date=February 4, 2012| access-date=July 9, 2013}}

| 1867 || {{left|Unincorporated, unorganized}} || {{cvt|3|mi2|km2|1|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}}

scope="row" | Navassa Island{{cite web| url=https://www.doi.gov/oia/islands/navassa| title=Navassa Island| publisher=U.S. Department of the Interior| location=Washington, D.C.| access-date=March 3, 2018| date=2015-06-12| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815201647/https://www.doi.gov/oia/islands/navassa| archive-date=August 15, 2016| url-status=live| df=mdy-all}}

| 1858{{efn-ua|U.S. sovereignty is disputed by Haiti.{{cite news| title=U.S., Haiti Squabble Over Control of Tiny Island| work=Miami Herald| last=Colon| first=Yves| url=http://faculty.webster.edu/corbetre/haiti/misctopic/navassa/squabble.htm| publisher=Webster University| date=September 25, 1998| access-date=November 25, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160830141104/http://faculty.webster.edu/corbetre/haiti/misctopic/navassa/squabble.htm| archive-date=August 30, 2016| url-status=live| df=mdy-all}}}} || {{left|Unincorporated, unorganized}} || {{cvt|3|mi2|km2|1|adj=ri0|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}}

scope="row" | Palmyra Atoll{{efn-ua|Although there are no indigenous inhabitants, between 4 and 20 Nature Conservancy, employees, United States Fish and Wildlife Service staff, and researchers live on the island at any given time.}}{{cite web| url=http://www.doi.gov/oia/Islandpages/palmyrapage.htm| title=Palmyra Atoll| publisher=Office of Insular Affairs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111123148/http://www.doi.gov/oia/Islandpages/palmyrapage.htm| archive-date=January 11, 2012| access-date=July 9, 2013}}

| 1898 || {{left|Incorporated, unorganized}} || {{cvt|1.5|mi2|km2|1|adj=ri1|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}}

scope="row" | Wake Island{{efn-ua|Although there are no indigenous inhabitants, as of 2009, around 150 U.S. 150 U.S. military personnel and civilian contractors were living on the island, staffing the Wake Island Airfield and communications facilities.{{cite web| title=Wake Island| url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/wake-island/| publisher=Central Intelligence Agency| work=The World Factbook| access-date=October 10, 2014| df=mdy-all}}}}

| 1899{{efn-ua|U.S. sovereignty is disputed by the Republic of Marshall Islands.{{cite web| last=Earnshaw| first=Karen| url=http://www.infomarshallislands.com/enen-kio-a-k-a-wake-island/| title=Enen Kio (a.k.a. Wake Island): Island of the kio flower| website=Marshall Islands Guide| date=December 17, 2016| location=Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands| access-date=March 4, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180401051724/http://www.infomarshallislands.com/enen-kio-a-k-a-wake-island| archive-date=April 1, 2018| url-status=live| df=mdy-all}}}} || {{left|Unincorporated, unorganized}} || {{cvt|6.5|km2|mi2|1|adj=ri1|order=flip|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}}

= Disputed territories =

{{main|List of territorial disputes#Central America and the Caribbean}}

{{Further|List of Guano Island claims}}

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;"

|+ Territories claimed but not administered by the United States

scope="col" rowspan=2 | Namescope="col" rowspan=2 data-sort-type="date" | Claimed

! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Territorial status{{cite web| last=Lewis| first=Martin W.| title=When Is an Island Not An Island? Caribbean Maritime Disputes| url=http://www.geocurrents.info/geopolitics/when-is-an-island-not-an-island-caribbean-maritime-disputes| publisher=GeoCurrents| date=March 21, 2011| access-date=June 16, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422200136/http://www.geocurrents.info/geopolitics/when-is-an-island-not-an-island-caribbean-maritime-disputes| archive-date=April 22, 2017| url-status=live| df=mdy-all}}

! scope="col" colspan=2 | Area

scope="col" rowspan=2 | Administered byscope="col" rowspan=2 | Also claimed by
scope="col" | mi2scope="col" | km2
scope="row" | Bajo Nuevo Bank (Petrel Island)

| 1869 || {{left|Unincorporated, unorganized
(disputed sovereignty)}}

| {{cvt|145.01|km2|mi2|0|adj=ri0|order=flip|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}}{{efn-ua|This is the approximate figure for the land area of the bank, and does not include the surrounding territorial waters.}}{{cite web| url=http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC2757B_us-minor-outlying-islands-bajo-nuevo-bank?guid=4a263fd5-14aa-491b-bc21-f866034aa85a| title=US Minor Outlying Islands – Bajo Nuevo Bank| publisher=Geocaching| date=June 6, 2017| access-date=July 10, 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711093130/http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC2757B_us-minor-outlying-islands-bajo-nuevo-bank?guid=4a263fd5-14aa-491b-bc21-f866034aa85a| archive-date=July 11, 2015| url-status=live| df=mdy-all}}

| {{flag|Colombia}} || {{flag|Jamaica}}
{{flag|Nicaragua}}

scope="row" | Serranilla Bank

| 1880 || {{left|Unincorporated, unorganized
(disputed sovereignty)}}

| {{cvt|1200|km2|mi2|0|adj=ri0|order=flip|abbr=values|sortable=on|disp=table}}{{efn-ua|This figure includes the total land area of the Serranilla Bank and the water area of its lagoon, but not the surrounding territorial waters.}}{{cite web| url=http://sanandresislas.es.tl/SERRANILLA.htm| title=Cayo Serranilla| language=es| publisher=Eco Fiwi| access-date=June 16, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731234016/http://sanandresislas.es.tl/SERRANILLA.htm| archive-date=July 31, 2017| url-status=live| df=mdy-all}}

| {{flag|Colombia}} || {{flag|Honduras}}
{{flag|Nicaragua}}

See also

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Explanatory notes

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References

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  • {{cite book |last=Radan |first=Peter |title=Creating New States: Theory and Practice of Secession |year=2007 |publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-IjHbPvp1W0C&q=jurisdiction |ref=Radan|isbn=9780754671633 }}

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