U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a political entity. There are currently 50 of them, and they are bound together in a federation. Each has a government and can make laws over a particular area that the state covers. All states have a shared sovereignty with the U.S. federal government. People who were born or naturalized in states are citizens of both the United States and the state they are in.[1]People can move between states without asking or saying so, unless a court has said they can't. Four states call themselves "commonwealths" in their official names. Washington, D.C. is a federal district and not a state nor in a state.
States divide their territory into counties, or something similar with different name, which are not sovereign. Most states give their counties some government authority; a few states give them none. State governments get their power from the people of that state. States have a number of States' rights under the United States Constitution. States and the people that live in them are represented in the United States Congress, in the Senate and the House of Representatives. Each state also selects electors (an equal number to the number of Senators and Representatives from that state) to vote in the Electoral College, which elects the President of the United States. Puerto Rico, a territory of the United States, is considered as a possible 51st state for the future.
States of the United States
The 50 states, in alphabetical order, along with each state's flag:
Alabama- 22x20px Alaska
- 22x20px Arizona
- 22x20px Arkansas
- 22x20px California
Colorado- 22x20px Connecticut
Delaware- 22x20px Florida
- File:Flag of the State of Georgia.svg Georgia
- 22x20px Hawaii
- 22x20px Idaho
- File:Flag of Illinois.svg Illinois
- 22x20px Indiana
- 22x20px Iowa
- 22x20px Kansas
- 22x20px Kentucky
- File:Flag of Louisiana.svg Louisiana
- 22x20px Maine
Maryland- 22x20px Massachusetts
- 22x20px Michigan
- 22x20px Minnesota
- File:Flag of Mississippi.svg Mississippi
- 22x20px Missouri
- 22x20px Montana
- 22x20px Nebraska
- 22x20px Nevada
- 22x20px New Hampshire
- 22x20px New Jersey
- 22x20px New Mexico
New York- 22x20px North Carolina
- File:Flag of North Dakota.svg North Dakota
- 22x20px Ohio
Oklahoma- File:Flag of Oregon.svg Oregon
Pennsylvania- 22x20px Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee- File:Flag of Texas.svg Texas
Utah- 22x20px Vermont
Virginia- 22x20px Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin- File:Flag of Wyoming.svg Wyoming
U.S. State Media
Map of USA with state names 2
Ownership of federal lands in the 50 states
The order in which the original 13 states ratified the Constitution, then the order in which the others were admitted to the Union
A map showing the source languages of state names
References
- ↑ Erler, Edward. "Essays on Amendment XIV: Citizenship". The Heritage Foundation. Archived from the original on July 24, 2017. Retrieved January 12, 2016.