U.S. States and Territories

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U.S. States and Territories Facts
U.S. States and Territories Lists
U.S. Area Rank By State And Territories
U.S. States And Territories Rank By Population

U.S. STATES AND TERRITORIES FACTS

TOTAL NUMBER OF U.S. STATES

50
LARGEST U.S. STATE BY SIZE

Alaska
SMALLEST U.S. STATE BY SIZE

Wyoming
LARGEST U.S. STATE BY POPULATION

California
SMALLEST U.S. STATE BY POPULATION

Wyoming
OLDEST U.S. STATE

Delaware was ratified in Dec. 7, 1787.
NEWEST U.S. STATE

Hawaii was admitted into the union in Aug 21, 1959.

U.S. STATE WITH THE MOST REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS

California, having 53 seats in congress.

TOTAL NUMBER OF U.S. TERRITORIES

U.S. has 14 territories excluding 2 Disputed Territories, of which 5 inhabited and 9 are uninhabited territories.

LARGEST U.S. TERRITORY

Puerto Rico

OLDEST U.S. TERRITORY

Puerto Rico

NEWEST U.S. TERRITORY

US Virgin Islands

U.S. States and Territories Lists

Federal District of the U.S.A.

Name	abbr.	Established	Area (sq. km)	Area (sq mi)	Population	Rep.
District of Columbia	DC	July 16, 1790	176	61	705,749	1

U.S. States List with Capital, Largest City, Date of Ratification/Admission, Area and Number of Representatives

U.S. States Map with Capitals

State	abbr.	Capital	Largest City	ratify/adm.	Total Area (sq. km)	Total Area (sq. mi)	Rep.
Alabama	AL	Montgomery	Birmingham	Dec 14, 1819	135,767	52,420	7
Alaska	AK	Juneau	Anchorage	Jan 3, 1959	1,723,337	665,384	1
Arizona	AZ	Phoenix		Feb 14, 1912	295,234	113,990	9
Arkansas	AR	Little Rock		Jun 15, 1836	137,732	53,179	4
California	CA	Sacramento	Los Angeles	Sep 9, 1850	423,967	163,695	53
Colorado	CO	Denver		Aug 1, 1876	269,601	104,094	7
Connecticut	CT	Hartford	Bridgeport	Jan 9, 1788	14,357	5,543	5
Delaware	DE	Dover	Wilmington	Dec 7, 1787	6,446	2,489	1
Florida	FL	Tallahassee	Jacksonville	Mar 3, 1845	170,312	65,758	27
Georgia	GA	Atlanta		Jan 2, 1788	153,910	59,425	14
Hawaii	HI	Honolulu		Aug 21, 1959	28,313	10,932	2
Idaho	ID	Boise		Jul 3, 1890	216,443	83,569	2
Illinois	IL	Springfield	Chicago	Dec 3, 1818	149,995	57,914	18
Indiana	IN	Indianapolis		Dec 11, 1816	94,326	36,420	9
Iowa	IA	Des Moines		Dec 28, 1846	145,746	56,273	4
Kansas	KS	Topeka	Wichita	Jan 29, 1861	213,100	82,278	4
Kentucky	KY	Frankfort	Louisville	Jun 1, 1792	104,656	40,408	6
Louisiana	LA	Baton Rouge	New Orleans	Apr 30, 1812	135,659	52,378	6
Maine	ME	Augusta	Portland	Mar 15, 1820	91,633	35,380	2
Maryland	MD	Annapolis	Baltimore	Apr 28, 1788	32,131	12,406	8
Massachusetts	MA	Boston		Feb 6, 1788	27,336	10,554	9
Michigan	MI	Lansing	Detroit	Jan 26, 1837	250,487	96,714	14
Minnesota	MN	Saint Paul	Minneapolis	May 11, 1858	225,163	86,936	8
Mississippi	MS	Jackson		Dec 10, 1817	125,438	48,432	4
Missouri	MO	Jefferson City	Kansas City	Aug 10, 1821	180,540	69,707	8
Montana	MT	Helena	Billings	Nov 8, 1889	380,831	147,040	1
Nebraska	NE	Lincoln	Omaha	Mar 1, 1867	200,330	77,348	3
Nevada	NV	Carson City	Las Vegas	Oct 31, 1864	286,380	110,572	4
New Hampshire	NH	Concord	Manchester	Jun 21, 1788	24,214	9,349	2
New Jersey	NJ	Trenton	Newark	Dec 18, 1787	22,591	8,723	12
New Mexico	NM	Santa Fe	Albuquerque	Jan 6, 1912	314,917	121,590	3
New York	NY	Albany	New York City	Jul 26, 1788	141,297	54,555	27
North Carolina	NC	Raleigh	Charlotte	Nov 21, 1789	139,391	53,819	13
North Dakota	ND	Bismarck	Fargo	Nov 2, 1889	183,108	70,698	1
Ohio	OH	Chillicothe		Mar 1, 1803	116,098	44,826	16
Oklahoma	OK	Oklahoma City		Nov 16, 1907	181,037	69,899	5
Oregon	OR	Salem	Portland	Feb 14, 1859	254,799	98,379	5
Pennsylvania	PA	Harrisburg	Philadelphia	Dec 12, 1787	119,280	46,054	18
Rhode Island	RI	Providence		May 29, 1790	4,001	1,545	2
South Carolina	SC	Columbia	Charleston	May 23, 1788	82,933	32,020	7
South Dakota	SD	Pierre	Sioux Falls	Nov 2, 1889	199,729	77,116	1
Tennessee	TN	Nashville		Jun 1, 1796	109,153	42,144	9
Texas	TX	Austin	Houston	Dec 29, 1845	695,662	268,596	36
Utah	UT	Salt Lake City		Jan 4, 1896	219,882	84,897	4
Vermont	VT	Montpelier	Burlington	Mar 4, 1791	24,906	9,616	1
Virginia	VA	Richmond	Virginia Beach	Jun 25, 1788	110,787	42,775	11
Washington	WA	Olympia	Seattle	Nov 11, 1889	184,661	71,298	10
West Virginia	WV	Charleston		Jun 20, 1863	62,756	24,230	3
Wisconsin	WI	Madison	Milwaukee	May 29, 1848	169,635	65,496	8
Wyoming	WY	Cheyenne		Jul 10, 1890	253,335	97,813	1

Blank column indicates capital city also as the largest city.

U.S. Inhabited Territories

Territory	abbr.	Capital	Acquired	Status	Area (sq. km)	Area (sq. mi)	Rep.
American Samoa	AS	Pago Pago	1900	Unincorp/Unorg	1,505	581	1
Guam	GU	Hagåtña	1899	Unincorp/org	1,478	571	1
Northern Mariana Island	MP	Saipan	1986	Unincorp/org	5,117	1,976	1
Puerto Rico	PR	San Juan	1899	Unincorp/org	13,791	5,325	1
U.S. Virgin Islands	VI	Charlotte Amalie	1917	Unincorp/org	1,898	733	1

Unincorp: Unincorporated Unorg: Unorganized Org: Organized

U.S. Uninhabited Territories

Uninhabited territories of the U.S. has no indigenous population or permanent human settlement. However those are used for other purpose, such as research, military base etc. Except Palmyra Atoll a.k.a. Palmyra Island, which is a incorporated but unorganized uninhabited U.S. territory, all other uninhabited territories falls under unincorporated and unorganized territorial status.

Territory	Acquired	Land Area (sq. km)	Land Area (sq. mi)
Baker Island	1856	2.2	0.9
Howland Island	1858	1.6	0.6
Jarvis Island	1856	5.7	2.2
Johnston Atoll	1859	2.6	1
Kingman Reef	1860	0.01	0.005
Midway Atoll	1867	7.8	3
Navassa Island	1858	7.8	3
Palmyra Atoll	1898	3.9	1.5
Wake Island	1899	6.5	2.5

U.S. Disputed Territories

Disputed Territories of the U.S. comes under unincorporated and unorganized (disputed sovereignty) territorial status. These territories are claimed but not administered by the United States.

Territory	Area (sq. km)	Area (sq. mi)	Claimed In	Also Claimed By	Administered By
Bajo Nuevo Bank (Petrel Island)	145	56	1869	Jamaica, Nicaragua	Colombia
Serranila Bank	1,200	463	1880	Honduras, Nicaragua	Colombia

U.S. Territories Map

U.S. Area Rank By State And Territories

Ranking of U.S. States By Area

Alaska, the largest state of U.S.A. has more land area than that of Texas, California and Montana combined. Eight US states have over 100,000 square miles of land area. It is 44.63% of total area of the United States.

Rank	State	Total Area (sq. km)	Total Area (sq. mi)	% of U.S.A.
1	Alaska	1,723,337	665,384.04	17.53%
2	Texas	695,662	268,596.46	7.07%
3	California	423,967	163,694.74	4.31%
4	Montana	380,831	147,039.71	3.87%
5	New Mexico	314,917	121,590.30	3.20%
6	Arizona	295,234	113,990.30	3.00%
7	Nevada	286,380	110,571.82	2.91%
8	Colorado	269,601	104,093.67	2.74%
9	Oregon	254,799	98,378.54	2.59%
10	Wyoming	253,335	97,813.01	2.58%
11	Michigan	250,487	96,713.51	2.55%
12	Minnesota	225,163	86,935.83	2.29%
13	Utah	219,882	84,896.88	2.24%
14	Idaho	216,443	83,568.95	2.20%
15	Kansas	213,100	82,278.36	2.17%
16	Nebraska	200,330	77,347.81	2.04%
17	South Dakota	199,729	77,115.68	2.03%
18	Washington	184,661	71,297.95	1.88%
19	North Dakota	183,108	70,698.32	1.86%
20	Oklahoma	181,037	69,898.87	1.84%
21	Missouri	180,540	69,706.99	1.84%
22	Florida	170,312	65,757.70	1.73%
23	Wisconsin	169,635	65,496.38	1.73%
24	Georgia	153,910	59,425.15	1.57%
25	Illinois	149,995	57,913.55	1.53%
26	Iowa	145,746	56,272.81	1.48%
27	New York	141,297	54,554.98	1.44%
28	North Carolina	139,391	53,819.16	1.42%
29	Arkansas	137,732	53,178.55	1.40%
30	Alabama	135,767	52,420.07	1.38%
31	Louisiana	135,659	52,378.13	1.38%
32	Mississippi	125,438	48,431.78	1.28%
33	Pennsylvania	119,280	46,054.34	1.21%
34	Ohio	116,098	44,825.58	1.18%
35	Virginia	110,787	42,774.93	1.13%
36	Tennessee	109,153	42,144.25	1.11%
37	Kentucky	104,656	40,407.80	1.06%
38	Indiana	94,326	36,419.55	0.96%
39	Maine	91,633	35,379.74	0.93%
40	South Carolina	82,933	32,020.49	0.84%
41	West Virginia	62,756	24,230.04	0.64%
42	Maryland	32,131	12,405.93	0.33%
43	Hawaii	28,313	10,931.72	0.29%
44	Massachusetts	27,336	10,554.39	0.28%
45	Vermont	24,906	9,616.36	0.25%
46	New Hampshire	24,214	9,349.16	0.25%
47	New Jersey	22,591	8,722.58	0.23%
48	Connecticut	14,357	5,543.41	0.15%
49	Delaware	6,446	2,488.72	0.07%
50	Rhode Island	4,001	1,544.89	0.04%

(U.S. States Rank by Area)

Ranking of U.S. Territories By Area

This list includes ranks only of Inhabited Territories of the United States.

Territory	Rank	Area (sq. km)	Area (sq. mi)
Puerto Rico	1	13,791	5,325
Northern Mariana Island	2	5,117	1,976
US Virgin Islands	3	1,898	733
American Samoa	4	1,505	581
Guam	5	1,478	571

U.S. States And Territories Rank By Population

U.S.A. and Capital Population

Country	Rank	Popu. (Estd. July 2019)	% World Popu.	2010 Rank
United States of America	3	331,808,807	4.25%	3
Capital	Rank	Popu. (Estd. July 2019)	% U.S. Popu.	2010 Rank
Federal District of Columbia	50	705,749	0.21%	51

U.S. Population Rank By State

Rank	State	Popu. (Estd. July, 2019)	% of US Popu.	2010 Rank
1	California	39,512,223	11.91%	1
2	Texas	28,995,881	8.74%	2
3	Florida	21,477,737	6.47%	4
4	New York	19,453,561	5.86%	3
5	Pennsylvania	12,801,989	3.86%	6
6	Illinois	12,671,821	3.82%	5
7	Ohio	11,689,100	3.52%	7
8	Georgia	10,617,423	3.20%	9
9	North Carolina	10,488,084	3.16%	10
10	Michigan	9,986,857	3.01%	8
11	New Jersey	8,882,190	2.68%	11
12	Virginia	8,535,519	2.57%	12
13	Washington	7,614,893	2.29%	13
14	Arizona	7,278,717	2.19%	16
15	Massachusetts	6,892,503	2.09%	14
16	Tennessee	6,829,174	2.06%	17
17	Indiana	6,732,219	2.03%	15
18	Missouri	6,137,428	1.85%	18
19	Maryland	6,045,680	1.82%	19
20	Wisconsin	5,822,434	1.75%	20
21	Colorado	5,758,736	1.74%	22
22	Minnesota	5,639,632	1.70%	21
23	South Carolina	5,148,714	1.55%	24
24	Alabama	4,903,185	1.48%	23
25	Louisiana	4,648,794	1.40%	25
26	Kentucky	4,467,673	1.35%	26
27	Oregon	4,217,737	1.27%	27
28	Oklahoma	3,956,971	1.19%	28
29	Connecticut	3,565,287	1.07%	30
30	Utah	3,205,958	0.97%	35
31	Iowa	3,155,070	0.95%	31
32	Nevada	3,080,156	0.93%	36
33	Arkansas	3,017,804	0.91%	33
34	Mississippi	2,976,149	0.90%	32
35	Kansas	2,913,314	0.88%	34
36	New Mexico	2,096,829	0.63%	37
37	Nebraska	1,934,408	0.58%	39
38	West Virginia	1,792,147	0.54%	38
39	Idaho	1,787,065	0.54%	40
40	Hawaii	1,415,872	0.43%	41
41	New Hampshire	1,359,711	0.41%	43
42	Maine	1,344,212	0.41%	42
43	Montana	1,068,778	0.32%	45
44	Rhode Island	1,059,361	0.32%	44
45	Delaware	973,764	0.29%	46
46	South Dakota	884,659	0.27%	47
47	North Dakota	762,062	0.23%	49
48	Alaska	731,545	0.22%	48
49	Vermont	623,989	0.19%	50
50	Wyoming	578,759	0.17%	52

U.S. Population Rank By Territories

Rank	Territory	US Rank	Popu. (Estd. July, 2019)	% US Popu.	2010 Rank
1	Puerto Rico	31	3,193,694	0.96%	29
2	Guam	53	168,485	0.05%	53
3	US Virgin Islands	54	106,235	0.03%	54
4	Northern Mariana Islands	55	51,433	0.02%	56
5	American Samoa	56	49,437	0.02%	55

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