United States of America/Catalogs/States and Territories

This is a catalog of the constituent states of the USA, as well as territories and other subdivisions within or dependent on the USA.

Sortable table of states (50)

¹Size in square miles, land area only (minus water).
²Population per 2020 census.
³Population density in persons per square mile.
⁴Electoral votes for the 2024 presidential election.

No	Name	Short	Year	Size1	Population2	Density3	Electoral votes4	Capital	Subdivisions
1	Alabama (U.S. state)	AL	1819 - 22nd	50,744	5,024,279	99.0	9	Montgomery, Alabama	67 counties
2	Alaska State	AK	1959 - 49th	571,951	733,391	1.3	3	Juneau, Alaska	16 boroughs
3	Arizona	AZ	1912 - 48th	113,635	7,151,502	62.9	11	Phoenix, Arizona	15 counties
4	Arkansas	AR	1836 - 25th	52,068	3,011,524	57.8	6	Little Rock, Arkansas	75 counties
5	California	CA	1850 - 31st	155,959	39,538,223	253.5	54	Sacramento, California	58 counties
6	Colorado	CO	1876 - 38th	103,718	5,773,714	55.7	10	Denver, Colorado	64 counties
7	Connecticut	CT	1788 - 5th	4845	3,605,944	744.3	7	Hartford, Connecticut	8 counties and 169 towns
8	Delaware	DE	1787 - 1st	1954	989,948	506.6	3	Dover, Delaware	3 counties
9	Florida	FL	1845 - 27th	53,927	21,538,187	399.4	30	Tallahassee, Florica	sub
10	Georgia (U.S. state)	GA	1788 - 4th	57,906	10,711,908	185.0	16	Atlanta, Georgia	sub
11	State of Hawaii	HI	1959 - 50th	6423	1,455,271	226.6	4	Honolulu, Hawaii	sub
12	Idaho	ID	1890 - 43rd	82,747	1,839,106	22.2	4	Boise, Idaho	sub
13	Illinois	IL	1818 - 21st	55,584	12,812,508	230.5	19	Springfield, Illinois	sub
14	Indiana	IN	1816 - 19th	35,867	6,785,528	189.2	11	Indianapolis, Indiana	sub
15	Iowa	IA	1846 - 29th	55,869	3,190,369	57.1	8	Des Moines, Iowa	sub
16	Kansas	KS	1861 - 34th	SqMi	Pop	Dens	Elect	Topeka, Kansas	sub
17	Kentucky	KY	1792 - 15th	SqMi	Pop	Dens	Elect	Frankfort, Kentucky	sub
18	Louisiana	LA	1812 - 18th	SqMi	Pop	Dens	Elect	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	sub
19	Maine	ME	1820 - 23rd	SqMi	Pop	Dens	Elect	Augusta, Maine	sub
20	Maryland	MD	1788 - 7th	SqMi	Pop	Dens	Elect	Annapolis, Maryland	sub
21	Massachusetts	MA	year	SqMi	Pop	Dens	Elect	Boston, Massachusetts	sub
22	Michigan	MI	year	SqMi	Pop	Dens	Elect	Lansing, Michigan	sub
23	Minnesota	MN	year	SqMi	Pop	Dens	Elect	St. Paul, Minnesota	sub
24	Mississippi	MS	year	SqMi	Pop	Dens	Elect	Jackson, Mississippi	sub
25	Missouri	MO	year	SqMi	Pop	Dens	Elect	Jefferson City, Missouri	sub
26	Montana	MT	year	SqMi	Pop	Dens	Elect	Helena, Montana	sub
27	Nebraska	NE	year	SqMi	Pop	Dens	Elect	Lincoln, Nebraska	sub
28	Nevada	NV	year	SqMi	Pop	Dens	Elect	Carson City, Nevada	sub
29	New Hampshire	NH	year	SqMi	Pop	Dens	Elect	Concord, New Hampshire	sub
30	New Jersey	NJ	year	SqMi	Pop	Dens	Elect	Trenton, NJ	sub
31	New Mexico	NM	year	SqMi	Pop	Dens	Elect	Santa Fe, New Mexico	sub
32	New York (state)	NY	year	SqMi	Pop	Dens	Elect	Albany, New York	sub
33	North Carolina	NC	year	SqMi	Pop	Dens	Elect	Raleigh, North Carolina	sub
34	North Dakota	ND	year	SqMi	Pop	Dens	Elect	Bismarck, North Dakota	sub
35	Ohio	OH	year	SqMi	Pop	Dens	Elect	Columbus, Ohio	sub
36	Oklahoma	OK	year	SqMi	Pop	Dens	Elect	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	sub
37	Oregon	OR	year	SqMi	Pop	Dens	Elect	Salem, Oregon	sub
38	Pennsylvania	PA	year	SqMi	Pop	Dens	Elect	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania	sub
39	Rhode Island	RI	year	SqMi	Pop	Dens	Elect	Providence, Rhode Island	sub
40	South Carolina	SC	year	SqMi	Pop	Dens	Elect	Columbia, South Carolina	sub
41	South Dakota	SD	year	SqMi	Pop	Dens	Elect	Pierre, South Dakota	sub
42	Tennessee	TN	year	SqMi	Pop	Dens	Elect	Nashville, Tennessee	92 counties
43	Texas	TX	year	SqMi	Pop	Dens	Elect	Austin, Texas	sub
44	Utah	UT	year	SqMi	Pop	Dens	Elect	Salt Lake City, Utah	sub
45	Vermont	VT	year	SqMi	Pop	Dens	Elect	Montpelier, Vermont	sub
46	Virginia	VA	year	SqMi	Pop	Dens	Elect	Richmond, Virginia	sub
47	Washington (state)	WA	year	SqMi	Pop	Dens	Elect	Olympia, Washington	sub
48	West Virginia	WV	year	SqMi	Pop	Dens	Elect	Charleston, West Virginia	sub
49	Wisconsin	WI	year	SqMi	Pop	Dens	Elect	Madison, Wisconsin	sub
50	Wyoming	WY	year	SqMi	Pop	Dens	Elect	Cheyenne, Wyoming	sub

Federal District (1)

The capital of the United States of America is a separate federal district and not part of any one State; historically, it was created from land ceded by Maryland and Virginia

Name	Capital	Date of Admission to the Union	Mayor	History
District of Columbia	Washington	July 26, 1788	Adrian M. Fenty (Democrat)	History of the District of Columbia

Unincorporated territories (5)

The following Territories belong to the United States of America. They do not belong to any one State. These islands are inhabited.

Name	Capital	Governor	Population	Size (Square miles)
American Samoa	Pago Pago (Capital) Fagatogo (Seat of Government)	Togiola Tulafono (Democratic)	65,000	76
Guam	Hagåtña (Agana)	Felix Perez Camacho (Republican)	179,000	209
Northern Mariana Islands	Saipan	Benígno Fitial (Covenant)	81,000	184
Puerto Rico	San Juan	Luis Fortuño (Republican)	3,955,000	3,515
U.S. Virgin Islands	Charlotte Amalie	John deJongh, Jr. (Democratic)	112,000	136

In a 2012 referendum in Puerto Rico, two questions were asked. In the first, a majority voted for a change in status. In the second, a majority voted to request admission as the 51st state if any change were to be made. This would require ratification by Congress.

Outlying Islands (10)

The following Territories belong to the United States of America. They do not belong to any one State. Except for the military forces on Wake and Kwajalein, and US Government employees on Midway these islands are uninhabited; many are United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges. A number of battles of the Second World War in the Pacific were fought on them or in the waters near them.

• Baker Island
• Howland Island
• Jarvis Island
• Kwajalein Atoll
  • Johnston Island
• Kingman Reef
• Midway Islands
• Navassa Island
  • Palmyra Atoll
• Wake Island