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United States of America
The United States of America (commonly referred to as the United States, the U.S., the USA, or America) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and...
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Alabama
Alabama /ˌæləˈbæmə/ (help·info) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States of America. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west....
Area:
- 135,765 km² (52419.2 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 2,348,174 (1920)
Alaska
Alaska ( /əˈlæskə/ (help·info)) is the largest state of the United States of America by area; it is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to...
Area:
- 1,717,855 km² (663267.5 mi² )
Population:
- 550,043 (1990)
Arizona
The State of Arizona ( /ærɪˈzoʊnə/ (help·info)) is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. The capital and largest city is Phoenix. The second largest city is Tucson, followed in size by the four Phoenix metropolitan area...
Area:
- 295,254 km² (113998 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 6,338,755 ()
Arkansas
Arkansas ( /ˈɑrkənsɔː/ (help·info) AR-kən-saw) is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquin name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares a border with six states, with its eastern border largely defined by...
Area:
- 137,002 km² (52896.8 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 1,752,204 (1920)
California
California (pronounced /kælɨˈfɔrnjə/ ( listen)) is the most populous state in the United States, and the third largest by area. California is the second most populous sub-national entity in the Americas, behind only São Paulo, Brazil. It is located...
Area:
- 410,000 km² (158302 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 864,694 (1880)
Colorado
The State of Colorado is a state in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States of America. Colorado may also be considered to be a part of the Mountain, Southwestern, Midwestern, and Central regions of the United States. The United States Census...
Area:
- 269,837 km² (104185 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 939,629 (1920)
Connecticut
Connecticut (pronounced /kəˈnɛtɨkət/ ( listen)) is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and New York to the west and south (because various...
Area:
- 14,356 km² (5542.9 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 2,007,280 (1950)
Delaware
Delaware ( /ˈdɛləwɛər/ (help·info) DEL-ə-wair) is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. The state takes its name from Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, a British nobleman and Virginia's first...
Area:
- 6,452 km² (2491 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 223,003 (1920)
Florida
Florida ( /ˈflɒrɪdə/ (help·info)) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the north. It was the 27th state admitted to the United States. Much of the land mass of the...
Area:
- 170,304 km² (65754.7 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 968,470 (1920)
Georgia
Georgia ( /ˈdʒɔrdʒə/ (help·info)) is a state in the United States. One of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution, it had been the last of the Thirteen Colonies to be established, in 1733. Georgia...
Area:
- 153,909 km² (59424.6 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 8,186,453 (2000)
Hawaii
Hawaii ( /həˈwaɪ.iː/ (help·info) or /həˈwaɪʔiː/ in English; Hawaiian: Mokuʻāina o Hawaiʻi) is the newest of the 50 U.S. states, and is the only state made up entirely of islands. It is located on an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean,...
Area:
- 29,311 km² (11317 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 1,288,198 (2008)
Idaho
Idaho ( /ˈaɪdəhoʊ/ (help·info)) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States of America. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans." Idaho was admitted to the Union on 3 July 1890 as the 43rd...
Population:
- 431,866 (1920)
Illinois
Illinois (pronounced /ˌɪlɨˈnɔɪ/ ( listen) IL-i-NOY), the 21st state admitted to the United States of America, is the most populous and demographically diverse Midwestern state and the fifth most populous state in the nation. With Chicago in the...
Area:
- 140,998 km² (54439.6 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 12,852,548 (2007)
Indiana
Indiana ( /ɪndiˈænə/ (help·info)) is a U.S. state, the 19 admitted to the Union. It is located in the Great Lakes region, and with approximately 6.3 million residents, is ranked 16 in population and 17 in population density. Indiana is ranked 38 in...
Area:
- 94,321 km² (36418 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 2,930,390 (1920)
Iowa
Iowa ( /ˈaɪəwə/ (help·info)) is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland." It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that...
Area:
- 145,743 km² (56271.7 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 2,404,021 (1920)
Kansas
Kansas ( /ˈkænzəs/ (help·info)) is a state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa tribe, who inhabited the area. The tribe's name (natively kką:ze)...
Area:
- 213,096 km² (82276.8 mi² )
Population:
- 1,769,257 (1920)
Kentucky
The Commonwealth of Kentucky ( /kɨnˈtʌki/ (help·info)) is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted...
Area:
- 104,749 km² (40443.8 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 2,944,806 (1950)
Louisiana
The State of Louisiana (pronounced /luːˌiːziˈænə/ ( listen) or /ˌluːziˈænə/ ( listen); French: État de Louisiane, [lwizjan] ( listen); Louisiana Creole: Léta de la Lwizyàn) is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America....
Area:
- 134,382 km² (51885.2 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 1,798,509 (1920)
Maine
The State of Maine ( /ˈmeɪn/ (help·info)) is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordering the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, New Hampshire to the southwest, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest...
Area:
- 86,542 km² (33414 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 768,014 (1920)
Maryland
Maryland ( /ˈmɛrələnd/ (help·info)) is a state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia to the south and west, Pennsylvania to the north, and Delaware to the east. It is...
Area:
- 32,133 km² (12407 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 1,449,661 (1920)
Massachusetts
Massachusetts is a state in the New England region, on the East coast of the United States.
Area:
- 27,336 km² (10554 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 4,690,514 (1950)
Michigan
Michigan ( /ˈmɪʃɨɡən/ (help·info)) is a Midwestern state of the United States of America. The name Michigan is a French adaptation of the Ojibwe term mishigama, meaning "large water" or "large lake".
Michigan is the eighth most populous state in the...
Area:
- 253,793 km² (97990 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 3,668,412 (1920)
Minnesota
Minnesota ( /mɪnɨˈsoʊtə/ (help·info)) is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. The twelfth largest state by area in the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.2 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern...
Area:
- 225,365 km² (87013.9 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 5,197,621 ()
Mississippi
Mississippi ( /ˌmɪsɨˈsɪpi/ (help·info)) is a state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The state's name comes from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, and takes its name...
Area:
- 125,443 km² (48433.8 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 1,790,618 (1920)
Missouri
Missouri (pronounced /mɨˈzʊəri/ ( listen) or /mɨˈzʊərə/) is a state in the Midwest region of the United States bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. Missouri is the 18th most populous state with a...
Area:
- 180,533 km² (69704.2 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 3,404,055 (1920)
Montana
Montana ( /mɒnˈtænə/ (help·info)) is a state in the Western United States. The western third of the state contains numerous mountain ranges; other 'island' ranges are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the...
Area:
- 381,156 km² (147165 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 548,889 (1920)
Nebraska
Nebraska (pronounced /nəˈbræskə/ ( listen)) is a state located on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States. The state's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha.
Nebraska probably gets its name from the archaic Otoe words Ñí Brásge,...
Area:
- 200,520 km² (77421.2 mi² )
Population:
- 1,296,372 (1920)
Nevada
Nevada (pronounced /nəˈvædə/ ( listen)) is a state located in the western region of the United States. The capital is Carson City and the largest city is Las Vegas. The state's nickname is Silver State, due to the large number of silver deposits...
Area:
- 286,367 km² (110567 mi² )
Population:
- 77,407 (1920)
New Hampshire
New Hampshire ( /nuːˈhæmpʃər/ (help·info)) is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It borders Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the...
Area:
- 24,217 km² (9350.2 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 443,083 (1920)
New Jersey
New Jersey (pronounced /nuː ˈdʒɜrzi/ ( listen)) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered on the north by New York, and to the east by the Hudson River, Upper New York Bay, the Kill Van Kull, Newark Bay, the Arthur...
Area:
- 22,608 km² (8729 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 3,155,900 (1920)
New Mexico
New Mexico ( /nuːˈmɛksɨkoʊ/ (help·info)) is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. Inhabited by Native American populations for many centuries, it has also been part of the Imperial Spanish viceroyalty of New Spain, part of...
Area:
- 315,194 km² (121697 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 360,350 (1920)
New York
New York (pronounced /nuː ˈjɔrk/ ( listen)) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous. The state is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and Connecticut,...
Area:
- 141,299 km² (54555.8 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 10,385,227 (1920)
North Carolina
North Carolina ( /ˌnɔrθ kærəˈlaɪnə/ (help·info)) is a state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North...
Area:
- 139,509 km² (53864.7 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 2,559,123 (1920)
North Dakota
North Dakota ( /ˌnɔrθ dəˈkoʊtə/ (help·info)) is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America; on the Canadian border halfway between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. North Dakota is the 19th largest state by area in the U...
Area:
- 183,272 km² (70761.7 mi² )
Population:
- 646,872 (1920)
Ohio
Ohio ( /ɵˈhaɪ.oʊ/ (help·info)) is a Midwestern state of the United States. The thirty-fourth largest state by area in the U.S., it is the seventh-most populous with nearly 11.5 million residents. The capital of Ohio is Columbus. Ohio, whose name was...
Area:
- 116,096 km² (44824.9 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 5,759,394 (1920)
Oklahoma
Oklahoma ( /ˌoʊkləˈhoʊmə/ (help·info)) is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,617,316 residents in 2007 and a land area of 68,667 square miles (177,847 km²), Oklahoma is the 28th most...
Area:
- 181,196 km² (69960.2 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 2,028,283 (1920)
Oregon
Oregon (pronounced /ˈɒrɨɡən/ ( listen) ORR-i-gən) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the...
Area:
- 255,026 km² (98466.1 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 3,617,316 ()
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( /ˌpɛnsɨlˈveɪnjə/ (help·info)), often colloquially referred to as PA (its postal abbreviation, which supersedes the archaic Penn., Penna., and Pa. as common abbreviations) by natives and Northeasterners, is a state...
Area:
- 119,283 km² (46055.4 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 8,720,017 (1920)
Rhode Island
Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island ( /ˌroʊd ˈaɪlɨnd/ (help·info) or /rɵˈdaɪlɨnd/), is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area. Rhode Island borders...
Area:
- 3,144 km² (1214 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 604,397 (1920)
South Carolina
South Carolina ( /ˌsaʊθ kærəˈlaɪnə/ (help·info)) is a southern U.S. state that borders Georgia to the south and North Carolina to the north. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that...
Area:
- 82,965 km² (32033 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 4,321,249 (2005)
South Dakota
South Dakota ( /ˌsaʊθ dəˈkoʊtə/ (help·info)) is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America. It is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux American Indian tribes. South Dakota was carved out of the southern half of the...
Area:
- 199,905 km² (77183.8 mi² )
Population:
- 804,194 (2008)
Tennessee
Tennessee ( /tɛnɨˈsiː/ (help·info)) is a state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,214,888, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers 42,169 square miles (109,220 km), making it the 36th...
Area:
- 109,247 km² (42180.5 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 2,337,885 (1920)
Texas
Texas ( /ˈtɛksəs/ (help·info)) is the second-largest U.S. state in both area and population, and the largest state in the contiguous United States. The name had wide usage among native Americans, meaning "friends" or "allies". Located in the South...
Area:
- 696,241 km² (268820 mi² )
Population:
- 23,904,380 ()
Utah
Utah (pronounced /ˈjuːtɔː/ or /ˈjuːtɑː/ (help·info)) is a western state of the United States. It was the 45th state admitted to the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately eighty percent of Utah's 2,736,424 people live along the Wasatch Front,...
Area:
- 696,241 km² (268820 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 449,396 (1920)
Vermont
The State of Vermont ( /vərˈmɒnt/ (help·info)) is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd by land area, 9,250 square miles (24,000 km), and 45th by total area. It has a population of 621...
Area:
- 24,923 km² (9622.8 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 623,908 (2006)
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia ( /vərˈdʒɪnjə/ ) is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" because it is the birthplace of eight U.S....
Area:
- 110,785 km² (42774.3 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 2,309,187 (1920)
Washington
Washington (pronounced /ˈwɒʃɪŋtən/ ( listen)) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Washington was carved out of the western part of Washington Territory which had been ceded by Britain in 1846 by the Oregon Treaty as...
Area:
- 184,827 km² (71362.1 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 6,549,224 (2008)
West Virginia
West Virginia (/ˌwɛstvɚˈdʒɪnjə/ (help·info)) is a state in the Appalachian, Upland South, and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia on the southeast, Kentucky on the southwest, Ohio on the...
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 1,463,701 (1920)
Wisconsin
Wisconsin ( /wɪˈskɒnsɨn/ (help·info)) is the 30th of the fifty U.S. states. Located in the north-central United States, Wisconsin is considered part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the...
Area:
- 169,790 km² (65556.3 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 2,632,067 (1920)
Wyoming
Wyoming ( /waɪˈoʊmɪŋ/ (help·info)) is a state in the Western United States. The majority of the state is dominated by the mountain ranges and rangelands of the Rocky Mountain West, while the easternmost section of the state includes part of a high...
Area:
- 253,348 km² (97818.2 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 194,402 (1920)
Washington
Washington, D.C. (pronounced /ˈwɒʃɪŋtən ˌdiːˈsiː/, WOSH-ing-tən DEE-SEE), formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790. The City...
Area:
- 176.89619 km² (68.3 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 588,292 (Jul 1, 2007)
American Samoa
American Samoa /əˈmɛrɪkən səˈmoʊə/ (help·info) (Samoan: Amerika Sāmoa or Sāmoa Amelika) is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of the sovereign state of Samoa (formerly known as Western...
Area:
- 199 km² (76.8 mi² )
Population:
- 57,663 (Jul 2007)
Federated States of Micronesia
The Federated States of Micronesia /ˌmaɪkroʊˈniːʒə/ (help·info) is an island nation located in the Pacific Ocean, north of New Guinea. It is a sovereign state in free association with the United States. The Federated States of Micronesia were...
Area:
- 702 km² (271 mi² )
Population:
- 107,862 (Jul 2007)
Guam
Guam ( /ˈɡwɑːm/ (help·info); Chamorro: Guåhån) is an island in the western Pacific Ocean and is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States. It is one of five U.S. territories with an established civilian government. The island's...
Area:
- 541.3 km² (209 mi² )
Population:
- 173,456 (Jul 2007)
Marshall Islands
The Marshall Islands /ˈmɑrʃəl ˈaɪləndz/ (help·info), officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), is a Micronesian nation of atolls and islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, just west of the International Date Line and just north of...
Area:
- 181 km² (69.9 mi² )
Population:
- 61,815 (Jul 2007)
Palau
Palau /pəˈlaʊ/ (help·info), officially the Republic of Palau (Palauan: Beluu er a Belau), is an island nation in the Pacific Ocean, some 500 miles (800 km) east of the Philippines and 2,000 miles (3,200 km) south of Tokyo. Having emerged from...
Area:
- 459 km² (177 mi² )
Population:
- 20,842 (Jul 2007)
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico (pronounced /ˌpwɛrtə ˈriːkoʊ/ or /ˌpɔrtə ˈriːkoʊ/), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Spanish: "Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico" — literally Associated Free State of Puerto Rico), is a self-governing unincorporated...
Area:
- 9,104 km² (3515 mi² )
Population:
- 3,944,259 (Jul 2007)
United States Minor Outlying Islands
The United States Minor Outlying Islands, a statistical designation defined by the International Organization for Standardization's ISO 3166-1 code, consists of nine United States insular areas in the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea: Baker Island,...
Northern Mariana Islands
The Northern Mariana Islands /ˈnɔrðərn mɛəriˈænə ˈaɪləndz/ (help·info), officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), is a commonwealth in political union with the United States, occupying a strategic region of the western...
Area:
- 477 km² (184 mi² )
Population:
- 84,546 (Jul 2007)
United States Virgin Islands
The United States Virgin Islands is a group of islands in the Caribbean that are an insular area of the United States. The islands are geographically part of the Virgin Islands archipelago and are located in the Leeward Islands of the Lesser...
Area:
- 346.36 km² (133.73 mi² )
Population:
- 108,448 (Jul 2007)
