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The United States has 50 states and 5 territories that each elect a governor to serve as chief executive of the state or territorial government. [1] The sole federal district, the District of Columbia, elects a mayor to oversee its government in a similar manner.
This is a complete list of all 50 U.S. states, its federal district (Washington, D.C.) and its major territories ordered by total area, land area and water area. [1] The water area includes inland waters, coastal waters, the Great Lakes and territorial waters. Glaciers and intermittent bodies of water are counted as land area. [2]
Each state in the United States has a legislature as part of its form of civil government. Most of the fundamental details of the legislature are specified in the state constitution . With the exception of Nebraska, all state legislatures are bicameral bodies, composed of a lower house (Assembly, General Assembly, State Assembly, House of ...
See Governor for an introduction and List of United States governors for the current incumbents. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
In 47 of the 50 states, whenever there is a vacancy of one of the state's U.S. Senate seats, that state's governor has the power to appoint someone to fill the vacancy until a special election is held; the governors of Oregon, Alaska, and Wisconsin do not have this power. [5]
This is a list of current and former official residences of governors in the United States. Most U.S. States have at least one official residence, the exceptions are five states; Arizona, Idaho, Massachusetts, Vermont and Rhode Island. [1]
1. J.B. Pritzker (Illinois) Net Worth: 3.6 billion. Before he became governor of Illinois in January of 2019, Pritzker ran the popular non-profit business incubator 1871 in Chicago.
Map of states shaded by population density (2020) This is a list of the 50 states, the 5 territories, and the District of Columbia of the United States of America by population density, population size, and land area. It also includes a sortable table of density by states, territories, divisions, and regions by population rank and land area ...