List of States of the USA: States, Territories, Islands

General Knowledge
Last Updated, Jul 29, 2026

The United States is genuinely massive: 50 states plus 5 territories, all under one flag. It’s the richest and most developed country on Earth, and population-wise, it sits third globally; count the territories, and you’re looking at over 328 million people. The terrain shifts constantly as you move across it. The Rockies punch up in the west, the Appalachians roll through the east, and in between you’ll hit flat plains that seem to go on forever, plus coastlines stretching for miles.

Congress splits representation across 435 House seats and 100 Senate seats, divided among states and territories. The Census Bureau takes a simpler approach, though, carving the country into four regions: West, Midwest, South, and Northeast.

There’s a rougher, geographic way to describe it: too hilly in the east, flat through the middle, and mountainous out west. These regions aren’t just lines on a map; they shape how the country’s culture, economy, and environment play out, and that mix is broad, to put it mildly. Globally, the US punches well above its weight. It holds a permanent seat on the UN Security Council and leads the pack in both NATO and the G7.

Map of the United States of America (territories not in the map). Just mouse-over on states to display names.

List of States in USA with their Capital, Population and Area

No	Name of the States of America	Capital Cities	Population	Area (Km²)
1	Alabama	Montgomery	5,024,279	135,767
2	Alaska	Juneau	733,391	1,723,337
3	Arizona	Phoenix	7,151,502	295,234
4	Arkansas	Little Rock	3,011,524	137,732
5	California	Sacramento	39,538,223	423,967
6	Colorado	Denver	5,773,714	269,601
7	Connecticut	Hartford	3,605,944	14,357
8	Delaware	Dover	989,948	6,446
9	Florida	Tallahassee	21,538,187	170,312
10	Georgia	Atlanta	10,711,908	153,910
11	Hawaii	Honolulu	1,455,271	28,313
12	Idaho	Boise	1,839,106	216,443
13	Illinois	Springfield	12,812,508	149,995
14	Indiana	Indianapolis	6,785,528	94,326
15	Iowa	Des Moines	3,190,369	145,746
16	Kansas	Topeka	2,937,880	213,100
17	Kentucky	Frankfort	4,505,836	104,656
18	Louisiana	Baton Rouge	4,657,757	135,659
19	Maine	Augusta	1,362,359	91,633
20	Maryland	Annapolis	6,177,224	32,131
21	Massachusetts	Boston	7,029,917	27,336
22	Michigan	Lansing	10,077,331	250,487
23	Minnesota	St. Paul	5,706,494	225,163
24	Mississippi	Jackson	2,961,279	125,438
25	Missouri	Jefferson City	6,154,913	180,540
26	Montana	Helena	1,084,225	380,831
27	Nebraska	Lincoln	1,961,504	200,330
28	Nevada	Carson City	3,104,614	286,380
29	New Hampshire	Concord	1,377,529	24,214
30	New Jersey	Trenton	9,288,994	22,591
31	New Mexico	Santa Fe	2,117,522	314,917
32	New York	Albany	20,201,249	141,297
33	North Carolina	Raleigh	10,439,388	139,391
34	North Dakota	Bismarck	779,094	183,108
35	Ohio	Columbus	11,799,448	116,098
36	Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	3,959,353	181,037
37	Oregon	Salem	4,237,256	254,799
38	Pennsylvania	Harrisburg	13,002,700	119,280
39	Rhode Island	Providence	1,097,379	4,001
40	South Carolina	Columbia	5,118,425	82,933
41	South Dakota	Pierre	886,667	199,729
42	Tennessee	Nashville	6,910,840	109,153
43	Texas	Austin	29,145,505	695,662
44	Utah	Salt Lake City	3,271,616	219,882
45	Vermont	Montpelier	3,271,616	24,906
46	Virginia	Richmond	8,631,393	110,787
47	Washington	Olympia	7,705,281	184,661
48	West Virginia	Charleston	1,793,716	62,756
49	Wisconsin	Madison	5,893,718	169,635
50	Wyoming	Cheyenne	576,851	253,335

Washington, D.C. (also known as D.C. Washington), formally the District of Columbia, is the capital city of the United States of America. It is a federal district established on July 16, 1790. It has a population of 689,554 in an area of 176 km².

5 Territories of the United States

There are 5 territories marked on the map of the United States of America (click on the marker to go to Google Maps).

Territories	Capital Cities	Area (Km²)	Population	Acquired Year
American Samoa	Pago Pago	1,505	57,400	1900
Guam	Hagatna	1,478	161,700	1899
Northern Mariana Islands	Saipan	5,117	52,300	1986
Puerto Rico	San Juan	13,791	3,193,694	1899
U.S. Virgin Islands	Charlotte Amalie	1,898	103,700	1917

There are 9 unorganized minor islands claimed by the United States; many of them are uninhabited.

Island Name	Area Size
1. Baker Island	2.2 km²
2. Howland Island	1.6 km²
3. Jarvis Island	5.7 km²
4. Johnston Atoll	2.6 km²
5. Kingman	0.01 km²
6. Midway Atoll	7.8 km²
7. Navassa Island	7.8 km²
8. Palmyra Atoll	3.9 km²
9. Wake Island	6.5 km²

Common Questions

Q. What state in the U.S. has the highest population?

A. California, which has some 39,000,000 residents.

Q. What is the smallest state in the USA by area?

A. Rhode Island is the smallest state in the USA by area, covering a total of 3,144 square kilometers.

Q. What is the largest state in the USA by area?

A. Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area, spanning 665,384 square miles (1,723,337 square kilometers).

Q. Which is the capital city of the USA?

A. Washington, D.C., officially known as the District of Columbia and often referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.

Q. What is the total area of the USA?

A. The United States, measuring 3,809,525 square miles in total area, comprises 3,532,316 square miles of land and 277,209 square miles of water, ranking it among the five largest countries by area.

Q. Which U.S. state is entirely made up of islands?

A. Hawaii is the only U.S. state composed entirely of islands, and it is also the most recent state to join the Union, having been admitted in 1959.

Q. What state ratified the Constitution first?

A. Delaware is known as “The First State” because it was the first to ratify the U.S. Constitution in 1787.

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