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The United States of America is a federal republic [1] consisting of 50 states, a federal district (Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States), five major territories, and various minor islands. [2] [3] Both the states and the United States as a whole are each sovereign jurisdictions. [4]
ISO 3166-2:US is the entry for the United States in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.
Regional and state political parties in the United States (5 C, 35 P) State government in the United States (19 C, 20 P) State holidays in the United States (7 C, 85 P)
The following table is a list of all 50 states and their respective dates of statehood. The first 13 became states in July 1776 upon agreeing to the United States Declaration of Independence, and each joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation, its first constitution. [6]
The Territory of American Samoa has 14 counties; however, these counties are not counted by the U.S. Census Bureau (they are treated as minor civil divisions). [2] The U.S. Census Bureau counts the 3 districts and 2 atolls of American Samoa as county-equivalents. [1] [2] Eastern District, American Samoa; Manu'a District, American Samoa
Formats for license plate numbers are consistent within the state. For example, Delaware is able to use six-digit all-numeric serials because of its low population. Several states, particularly those with higher populations, use seven-character formats of three letters and four digits, including 1ABC234 in California, 1234ABC in Kansas and ABC-1234 (with or without a space or dash) in Georgia ...
List of states and territories of the United States#States From a modification : This is a redirect from a modification of the target's title or a closely related title. For example, the words may be rearranged.
United States Virgin Islands: 3 districts: 20 subdistricts: 1 unincorporated unorganized self-governing territory: American Samoa: 3 districts: 15 counties 76 villages 2 unorganized atolls United States Minor Outlying Islands: Baker Island Howland Island Jarvis Island Johnston Atoll Kingman Reef Midway Islands Palmyra Atoll [ch] Wake Island ...