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Territories of the United States are sub-national administrative divisions overseen by the federal government of the United States. The American territories differ from the U.S. states and Indian reservations as they are not sovereign entities.
The United States has control over fourteen territories. Five of them (American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands) have a permanent, nonmilitary population, while nine of them (the United States Minor Outlying Islands) do not.
The Territories Of The United States. The United States of America is officially made up of 50 separate states, with 48 of them being found in the middle of North America between Mexico and Canada. The two other states that are not connected to the rest of the USA by land are Alaska and Hawaii.
In this alphabetical list of the territories of the United States, land area and population (where applicable) appear courtesy of the CIA World Factbook. Area figures for islands do not include submerged land area.
A complete guide to the history and status of United States territories, including Guam, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, U.S. Virgin Islands, and American Samoa.
The United States still has five permanently populated territories. The 3.5 million residents are denied many of the same rights as mainland U.S. citizens. They want this to change.
U.S. Territories Map: The United States of America holds claim to 16 territories outside of the United States. These range from Puerto Rico, with over 140 smaller islands and over 3 million residents, to uninhabited territories (and disputed territories) such as Bajo Nuevo Bank, Navassa Island, Serranilla Bank, and Wake Island.
The United States currently has thirteen territories under its control. Three of these territories are located in the Caribbean, namely Navassa Island, Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands.
The Assistant Secretary for Insular and International Affairs and the Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) carry out the Secretary’s responsibilities for the U.S. territories of American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The United States has 14 overseas territories found in the Caribbean and the Pacific Ocean. Discover these US territories and how they came to be American.