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The term "United States," when used in the geographic sense, refers to the contiguous United States (sometimes referred to as the Lower 48, including the District of Columbia not as a state), Alaska, Hawaii, the five insular territories of Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and minor outlying possessions. [1]
3 By name origin. 4 By demographics. 5 By ... The 3,143 counties and county-equivalents of the United States The following ... Lists of counties in the United States.
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The following is a list of the 3,143 counties and county-equivalents in the 50 states and District of Columbia sorted by U.S. state, plus an additional 100 county-equivalents in the U.S. territories sorted by territory.
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Only the name of the head of household is listed in New York state censuses from 1825 to 1845. [15] Beginning in 1855, the name of every person in the household is listed. [15] The 1855 to 1875 New York state censuses asked the person for the name of the county that one was born in if one was born in New York State. [15]
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]
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