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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.
- Territories of The United States
Territories of the United States are sub-national...
- List of Indian Reservations in The United States
Federally recognized reservations. There are approximately...
- Postal Abbreviation
Codes: ISO ISO 3166 codes (2-letter, 3-letter, and 3-digit...
- South Dakota
South Dakota (/ d ə ˈ k oʊ t ə / ⓘ də-KOH-tə; Sioux: Dakȟóta...
- Jarvis Island
Jarvis Island (/ ˈ dʒ ɑːr v ɪ s /; formerly known as Bunker...
- New Mexico
New Mexico and 12 other western states together account for...
- Serranilla Bank
Serranilla Bank (Spanish: Isla Serranilla, Banco Serranilla...
- Iowa
Iowa (/ ˈ aɪ. ə w ə / ⓘ EYE-ə-wə, Lakota: Ayúȟwa) is a...
- West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Southern and Mid-Atlantic...
- Congressional District
Congressional districts in the United States are electoral...
- Territories of The United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federation of 50 states , a federal capital district ( Washington, D.C. ), and 326 Indian reservations .
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The 13 original states came into existence in July 1776 during the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), as the successors of the Thirteen Colonies, upon agreeing to the Lee Resolution and signing the United States Declaration of Independence. Prior to these events each state had been a British colony; each then joined the first Union of states b...
Under U.S. constitutional law, the 50 individual states and the United States as a whole are each sovereign jurisdictions. The states are not administrative divisions of the country; the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitutionreserves to the states or to the people all powers of government not delegated to the federal government. Conseque...
Interstate
Each state admitted to the Union by Congress since 1789 has entered it on an equal footing with the original states in all respects. With the growth of states' rights advocacy during the antebellum period, the Supreme Court asserted, in Lessee of Pollard v. Hagan (1845), that the Constitution mandated admission of new states on the basis of equality. With the consent of Congress, states may enter into interstate compacts, agreements between two or more states. Compacts are frequently used to...
With the federal government
Under Article IV, each state is guaranteed a form of government that is grounded in republican principles, such as the consent of the governed. This guarantee has long been at the forefront of the debate about the rights of citizens vis-à-vis the government. States are also guaranteed protection from invasion, and, upon the application of the state legislature (or executive, if the legislature cannot be convened), from domestic violence. This provision was discussed during the 1967 Detroit ri...
With other countries
U.S. states are not sovereign in the Westphalian sense in international law which says that each State has sovereignty over its territory and domestic affairs, to the exclusion of all external powers, on the principle of non-interference in another State's domestic affairs, and that each State (no matter how large or small) is equal in international law. Additionally, the 50 U.S. states do not possess international legal sovereignty, meaning that they are not recognized by other sovereign Sta...
Article IV also grants to Congress the authority to admit new states into the Union. Since the establishment of the United States in 1776, the number of states has expanded from the original 13 to 50. Each new state has been admitted on an equal footing with the existing states. Article IV also forbids the creation of new states from parts of exist...
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico, an unincorporated U.S. territory, refers to itself as the "Commonwealth of Puerto Rico" in the English version of its constitution, and as "Estado Libre Asociado" (literally, Associated Free State) in the Spanish version. As with all U.S. territories, its residents do not have full representation in the United States Congress. Puerto Rico has limited representation in the U.S. House of Representatives in the form of a Resident Commissioner, a delegate with limited voting rights i...
Washington, D.C.
The intention of the Founding Fathers was that the United States capital should be at a neutral site, not giving favor to any existing state; as a result, the District of Columbia was created in 1800 to serve as the seat of government. As it is not a state, the district does not have representation in the Senate and has a non-voting delegate in the House; neither does it have a sovereign elected government. Additionally, before ratification of the 23rd Amendment in 1961, district citizens did...
The Constitution speaks of "union" several times, but does not explicitly discuss the issue of whether a state can secede from the Union. Its predecessor, the Articles of Confederation, stated that the union of the United States "shall be perpetual." The question of whether or not individual states held the unilateral right to secession was a passi...
The 50 states have taken their names from a wide variety of languages. Twenty-four state names originate from Native American languages. Of these, eight are from Algonquian languages, seven are from Siouan languages, three are from Iroquoian languages, one is from Uto-Aztecan languages and five others are from other indigenous languages. Hawaii's n...
Borders
The borders of the 13 original states were largely determined by colonial charters. Their western boundaries were subsequently modified as the states ceded their western land claims to the Federal government during the 1780s and 1790s. Many state borders beyond those of the original 13 were set by Congress as it created territories, divided them, and over time, created states within them. Territorial and new state lines often followed various geographic features (such as rivers or mountain ra...
Regional grouping
States may be grouped in regions; there are many variations and possible groupings. Many are defined in law or regulations by the federal government. For example, the United States Census Bureau defines four statistical regions, with nine divisions. The Census Bureau region definition (Northeast, Midwest, South, and West) is "widely used ... for data collection and analysis," and is the most commonly used classification system.Other multi-state regions are unofficial, and defined by geography...
Stein, Mark, How the States Got Their Shapes, New York : Smithsonian Books/Collins, 2008. ISBN 978-0-06-143138-8
List of U.S. states. This article lists the 50 states of the United States. It also lists their populations, the date they became a state or agreed to the United States Declaration of Independence, their total area, land area, water area, and the number of representatives in the United States House of Representatives.
Flag, Name And Postal Abbreviation [1]Flag, Name And Postal Abbreviation [1]Cities(capital)Cities(largest (by Population) [5])ALAKAZARState and territory rankings. Summary of population by region. See also. Explanatory notes. References. External links. List of U.S. states and territories by population. Resident population of each U.S. state, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico in 2022 according to the U.S. Census Bureau [needs update]
State Or TerritoryCensus Population ...(july 1, 2023 (est.))Census Population [8] [a](april 1, 2020)Change, 2010–2020 [8] [a](%)38,965,19339,538,2236.13%30,503,30129,145,50515.91%22,610,72621,538,18714.56%19,571,21620,201,2494.25%The United States of America ( U.S.A. or USA ), commonly known as the United States ( U.S., US or the States ), or simply America, is a sovereign country mostly in North America. It is divided into 50 states. Forty-eight of these states and the District of Columbia border each other between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
The United States of America is a federal republic of 50 states, a federal district, and a number of other territories. It is located mostly in central North America.
