List of states and territories of the United States (IBOE)

The United States of America.

The United States of America is a federal socialist republic consisting of 31 states, and a federal district (Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States). Both the states and the United States as a whole are each sovereign jurisdictions. The Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution allows states to exercise all powers of government not delegated to the federal government.

Each state has its own constitution and government, and all states and their residents are represented in the federal Congress, a bicameral legislature consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. Each state is represented by two senators, while representatives are distributed among the states in proportion to the most recent constitutionally mandated decennial census. Additionally, each state is entitled to select a number of electors to vote in the Electoral College, the body that elects the president of the United States, equal to the total of representatives and senators in Congress from that state. The federal district does not have representatives in the Senate, but has a non-voting delegate in the House, and it is also entitled to electors in the Electoral College. Congress can admit more states, but it cannot create a new state from territory of an existing state or merge two or more states into one without the consent of all states involved, and each new state is admitted on an equal footing with the existing states.

The largest state by population is New York, with a population of 23,776,166 people, while the smallest is Wyoming, with a population of 498,851 people; the federal district has a larger population (689,545) than Wyoming. The largest state by area is Montana, encompassing 147,040 square miles, while the smallest is Rhode Island, encompassing 2,489 miles.

States

Key:

LPP = Least Popular Party

States of the United States of America

Flag, name and postal abbreviation		Cities		Population (2010 census)	Total area	Government
		Capital	Largest		mi2	Governor	Head Party	LPP	Senate
Arizona	AZ	Phoenix		6,827,342	113,998	TBD
Arkansas	AK	Little Rock		3,132,918	26,589
Colorado	CO	Denver		4,143,723	104,094
Delaware	DE	Dover	Wilmington	1,002,237	2,489
Florida	FL	Miami		18,801,310	65,710
Georgia	GA	Atlanta		9,687,653	59,220
Idaho	ID	Boise		1,567,582	82,925
Illinois	IS	Springfield	Chicago	12,830,632	57,914
Indiana	IA	Indianapolis		6,483,802	36,420
Iowa	IO	Des Moines		3,046,355	56,273
Kansas	KA	Topeka	Wichita	2,853,118	82,278
Kentucky	KE	Frankfort	Louisville	4,339,367	40,408
Maryland	MA	Annapolis	Baltimore	5,773,552	12,406
Michigan	MI	Lansing	Detroit	5,773,552	96,714
Minnesota	MN	Saint Paul	Minneapolis	5,303,925	86,936
Missouri	MO	Jefferson City	Kansas City	5,988,927	69,707
Montana	MT	Helena	Billings	989,415	147,040
Nebraska	NB	Lincoln	Omaha	1,826,341	77,348
New Jersey	NJ	Trenton	Newark	8,791,894	8,723
New Mexico	NM	Santa Fe	Alberquerque	2,059,179	121,590
New York	NY	Albany	New York City	20,032,762	54,555
North Carolina	NC	Raleigh	Charlotte	9,535,483	53,819
North Dakota	ND	Bismarck	Fargo	672,591	70,698
Ohio	OH	Columbus		11,536,504	44,826
Oklahoma	OK	Oklahoma City		3,751,351	69,899
Pennsylvania	PA	Harrisburg	Philadelphia	12,702,379	46,054
South Carolina	SC	Columbia	Charleston	4,625,364	82,933
South Dakota	SD	Pierre	Sioux Falls	814,180	77,116
Tennessee	TN	Nashville		6,346,105	42,144
Utah	UH	Salt Lake City		2,763,885	84,897
Virginia	VA	Richmond	Virginia Beach	8,001,024	42,775
West Virginia	WV	Charleston		1,852,994	24,230
Wisconsin	WN	Madison	Milwaukee	5,686,986	65,486
Wyoming	WY	Cheyenne		563,626	97,813

Federal district

Flag, name and postal abbreviation		Population (2010 census)	Total area	Government
			mi2	Governor	Head Party	LPP	Senate
District of Columbia	DC	601,723	68	TBD

Disputed territories

Name		Claimed by	Total area
			mi2
Tallahassee Panhandle	TL	United States of AmericaThe People's Republic of New Afrika	200