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Name & postal abbreviation[12]		Cities		Established[C]	Population [D][14]	Total area[15]		Land area[15]		Water area[15]		# Reps.
		Capital	Largest[16]			mi2	km2	mi2	km2	mi2	km2
Alabama	AL	Montgomery	Birmingham	Dec 14, 1819	4,874,747	52,420	135,767	50,645	131,171	1,775	4,597	7
Alaska	AK	Juneau	Anchorage	Jan 3, 1959	739,795	665,384	1,723,337	570,641	1,477,953	94,743	245,384	1
Arizona	AZ	Phoenix		Feb 14, 1912	7,016,270	113,990	295,234	113,594	294,207	396	1,026	9
Arkansas	AR	Little Rock		Jun 15, 1836	3,004,279	53,179	137,732	52,035	134,771	1,143	2,961	4
California	CA	Sacramento	Los Angeles	Sep 9, 1850	39,536,653	163,695	423,967	155,779	403,466	7,916	20,501	53
Colorado	CO	Denver		Aug 1, 1876	5,607,154	104,094	269,601	103,642	268,431	452	1,170	7
Connecticut	CT	Hartford	Bridgeport	Jan 9, 1788	3,588,184	5,543	14,357	4,842	12,542	701	1,816	5
Delaware	DE	Dover	Wilmington	Dec 7, 1787	961,939	2,489	6,446	1,949	5,047	540	1,399	1
Florida	FL	Tallahassee	Jacksonville	Mar 3, 1845	20,984,400	65,758	170,312	53,625	138,887	12,133	31,424	27
Georgia	GA	Atlanta		Jan 2, 1788	10,429,379	59,425	153,910	57,513	148,959	1,912	4,951	14
Hawaii	HI	Honolulu		Aug 21, 1959	1,427,538	10,932	28,313	6,423	16,635	4,509	11,678	2
Idaho	ID	Boise		Jul 3, 1890	1,716,943	83,569	216,443	82,643	214,045	926	2,398	2
Illinois	IL	Springfield	Chicago	Dec 3, 1818	12,802,023	57,914	149,995	55,519	143,793	2,395	6,202	18
Indiana	IN	Indianapolis		Dec 11, 1816	6,666,818	36,420	94,326	35,826	92,789	593	1,537	9
Iowa	IA	Des Moines		Dec 28, 1846	3,145,711	56,273	145,746	55,857	144,669	416	1,077	4
Kansas	KS	Topeka	Wichita	Jan 29, 1861	2,913,123	82,278	213,100	81,759	211,754	520	1,346	4
Kentucky[E]	KY	Frankfort	Louisville	Jun 1, 1792	4,454,189	40,408	104,656	39,486	102,269	921	2,387	6
Louisiana	LA	Baton Rouge	New Orleans	Apr 30, 1812	4,684,333	52,378	135,659	43,204	111,898	9,174	23,761	6
Maine	ME	Augusta	Portland	Mar 15, 1820	1,335,907	35,380	91,633	30,843	79,883	4,537	11,750	2
Maryland	MD	Annapolis	Baltimore	Apr 28, 1788	6,052,177	12,406	32,131	9,707	25,142	2,699	6,990	8
Massachusetts[E]	MA	Boston		Feb 6, 1788	6,859,819	10,554	27,336	7,800	20,202	2,754	7,134	9
Michigan	MI	Lansing	Detroit	Jan 26, 1837	9,962,311	96,714	250,487	56,539	146,435	40,175	104,052	14
Minnesota	MN	St. Paul	Minneapolis	May 11, 1858	5,576,606	86,936	225,163	79,627	206,232	7,309	18,930	8
Mississippi	MS	Jackson		Dec 10, 1817	2,984,100	48,432	125,438	46,923	121,531	1,508	3,907	4
Missouri	MO	Jefferson City	Kansas City	Aug 10, 1821	6,113,532	69,707	180,540	68,742	178,040	965	2,501	8
Montana	MT	Helena	Billings	Nov 8, 1889	1,050,493	147,040	380,831	145,546	376,962	1,494	3,869	1
Nebraska	NE	Lincoln	Omaha	Mar 1, 1867	1,920,076	77,348	200,330	76,824	198,974	524	1,356	3
Nevada	NV	Carson City	Las Vegas	Oct 31, 1864	2,998,039	110,572	286,380	109,781	284,332	791	2,048	4
New Hampshire	NH	Concord	Manchester	Jun 21, 1788	1,342,795	9,349	24,214	8,953	23,187	397	1,027	2
New Jersey	NJ	Trenton	Newark	Dec 18, 1787	9,005,644	8,723	22,591	7,354	19,047	1,368	3,544	12
New Mexico	NM	Santa Fe	Albuquerque	Jan 6, 1912	2,088,070	121,590	314,917	121,298	314,161	292	757	3
New York	NY	Albany	New York City	Jul 26, 1788	19,849,399	54,555	141,297	47,126	122,057	7,429	19,240	27
North Carolina	NC	Raleigh	Charlotte	Nov 21, 1789	10,273,419	53,819	139,391	48,618	125,920	5,201	13,471	13
North Dakota	ND	Bismarck	Fargo	Nov 2, 1889	755,393	70,698	183,108	69,001	178,711	1,698	4,397	1
Ohio	OH	Columbus		Mar 1, 1803	11,658,609	44,826	116,098	40,861	105,829	3,965	10,269	16
Oklahoma	OK	Oklahoma City		Nov 16, 1907	3,930,864	69,899	181,037	68,595	177,660	1,304	3,377	5
Oregon	OR	Salem	Portland	Feb 14, 1859	4,142,776	98,379	254,799	95,988	248,608	2,391	6,191	5
Pennsylvania[E]	PA	Harrisburg	Philadelphia	Dec 12, 1787	12,805,537	46,054	119,280	44,743	115,883	1,312	3,397	18
Rhode Island[F]	RI	Providence		May 29, 1790	1,059,639	1,545	4,001	1,034	2,678	511	1,324	2
South Carolina	SC	Columbia	Charleston	May 23, 1788	5,024,369	32,020	82,933	30,061	77,857	1,960	5,076	7
South Dakota	SD	Pierre	Sioux Falls	Nov 2, 1889	869,666	77,116	199,729	75,811	196,350	1,305	3,379	1
Tennessee	TN	Nashville		Jun 1, 1796	6,715,984	42,144	109,153	41,235	106,798	909	2,355	9
Texas	TX	Austin	Houston	Dec 29, 1845	28,304,596	268,596	695,662	261,232	676,587	7,365	19,075	36
Utah	UT	Salt Lake City		Jan 4, 1896	3,101,833	84,897	219,882	82,170	212,818	2,727	7,064	4
Vermont	VT	Montpelier	Burlington	Mar 4, 1791	623,657	9,616	24,906	9,217	23,871	400	1,035	1
Virginia[E]	VA	Richmond	Virginia Beach	Jun 25, 1788	8,470,020	42,775	110,787	39,490	102,279	3,285	8,508	11
Washington	WA	Olympia	Seattle	Nov 11, 1889	7,405,743	71,298	184,661	66,456	172,119	4,842	12,542	10
West Virginia	WV	Charleston		Jun 20, 1863	1,815,857	24,230	62,756	24,038	62,259	192	497	3
Wisconsin	WI	Madison	Milwaukee	May 29, 1848	5,795,483	65,496	169,635	54,158	140,268	11,339	29,367	8
Wyoming	WY	Cheyenne		Jul 10, 1890	579,315	97,813	253,335	97,093	251,470	720	1,864	1

Federal district[edit]

Federal district of the United States

Name & postal abbreviation[12]		Established	Population [G][14]	Total area[15]		Land area[15]		Water area[15]		# Reps
				mi2	km2	mi2	km2	mi2	km2
District of Columbia	DC	Jul 16, 1790[17]	693,972	68	176	61	158	7	18	1[H]

Territories[edit]

Further information: Insular area

A map showing the location of each territory controlled by the United States. The United States is marked in blue, inhabited territories are marked in green, and uninhabited territories are marked in orange.

Inhabited territories[edit]

Inhabited territories of the United States

Name & postal abbreviation[12]		Capital	Acquired [19]	Territorial status[20]	Population [I]	Total area[15]		Land area[15]		Water area[15]		# Reps
						mi2	km2	mi2	km2	mi2	km2
American Samoa	AS	Pago Pago[21]	1900	Unincorporated, unorganized[J]	57,400[22]	581	1,505	76	198	505	1,307	1[H]
Guam	GU	Hagåtña[23]	1899	Unincorporated, organized	161,700[24]	571	1,478	210	543	361	935	1[H]
Northern Mariana Islands	MP	Saipan[25]	1986	Unincorporated, organized[K]	52,300[26]	1,976	5,117	182	472	1,793	4,644	1[H]
Puerto Rico	PR	San Juan[27]	1899	Unincorporated, organized[K]	3,337,177[14]	5,325	13,791	3,424	8,868	1,901	4,924	1[L]
U.S. Virgin Islands	VI	Charlotte Amalie[28]	1917	Unincorporated, organized	103,700[29]	733	1,898	134	348	599	1,550	1[H]

Uninhabited territories[edit]

Territories of the United States with no indigenous population

Name	Acquired [19]	Territorial status[20]	Land Area[M]
			mi2	km2
Baker Island[30]	1856	Unincorporated; unorganized	0.9	2.2
Howland Island[30]	1858	Unincorporated, unorganized	0.6	1.6
Jarvis Island[31]	1856	Unincorporated, unorganized	2.2	5.7
Johnston Atoll[32]	1859	Unincorporated, unorganized	1	2.6
Kingman Reef[33]	1860	Unincorporated, unorganized	0.005	0.01
Midway Atoll[N][35]	1867	Unincorporated, unorganized	3	7.8
Navassa Island[36]	1858[O]	Unincorporated, unorganized	3	7.8
Palmyra Atoll[P][38]	1898	Incorporated, unorganized	1.5	3.9
Wake Island[Q][39]	1899[R]	Unincorporated, unorganized	2.5	6.5

Disputed territories[edit]

Main article: List of territorial disputes § Central America and the Caribbean

Territories (uninhabited) claimed but not administered by the United States

Name	Acquired [19]	Territorial status[41]	Area		Administered by[41]	Also claimed by[41]
			mi2	km2
Bajo Nuevo Bank (Petrel Island)[19]	1869	Unincorporated, unorganized (disputed sovereignty)	56	145[S][42]	Colombia	Jamaica  Nicaragua
Serranilla Bank[19]	1880	Unincorporated, unorganized (disputed sovereignty)	463	1,200[T][43]	Colombia	Honduras  Nicaragua