List of U.S. states facts for kids

A map showing the location of each territory controlled by the United States. The United States is marked in blue, inhabited territories are marked in green, and uninhabited territories are marked in orange.

This article lists the 50 states of the United States. It also lists their populations, date they became a state or agreed to the United States Declaration of Independence, their total area, land area, water area and the number of representatives in the United States House of Representatives.

Washington D.C. is not one of the 50 states. It is a city inside the District of Columbia (a federal district that is not part of any state). The United States also has sovereignty over 14 other territories. These are not included in this list.

Map of the U.S States

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List

States of the United States of America
Name & postal abbs.		Cities		Established	Population	Total area		Land area		Water area		Number of Reps.
Name & postal abbs.		Capital	Largest	Established	Population	mi²	km²	mi²	km²	mi²	km²	Number of Reps.
Alabama	AL	Montgomery	Birmingham	Dec 14, 1819	4,903,185	52,420	135,767	50,645	131,171	1,775	4,597	7
Alaska	AK	Juneau	Anchorage	Jan 3, 1959	731,545	665,384	1,723,337	570,641	1,477,953	94,743	245,384	1
Arizona	AZ	Phoenix		Feb 14, 1912	7,278,717	113,990	295,234	113,594	294,207	396	1,026	9
Arkansas	AR	Little Rock		Jun 15, 1836	3,017,804	53,179	137,732	52,035	134,771	1,143	2,961	4
California	CA	Sacramento	Los Angeles	Sep 9, 1850	39,512,223	163,695	423,967	155,779	403,466	7,916	20,501	53
Colorado	CO	Denver		Aug 1, 1876	5,758,736	104,094	269,601	103,642	268,431	452	1,170	7
Connecticut	CT	Hartford	Bridgeport	Jan 9, 1788	3,565,278	5,543	14,357	4,842	12,542	701	1,816	5
Delaware	DE	Dover	Wilmington	Dec 7, 1787	973,764	2,489	6,446	1,949	5,047	540	1,399	1
Florida	FL	Tallahassee	Jacksonville	Mar 3, 1845	21,477,737	65,758	170,312	53,625	138,887	12,133	31,424	27
Georgia	GA	Atlanta		Jan 2, 1788	10,617,423	59,425	153,910	57,513	148,959	1,912	4,951	14
Hawaiʻi	HI	Honolulu		Aug 21, 1959	1,415,872	10,932	28,313	6,423	16,635	4,509	11,678	2
Idaho	ID	Boise		Jul 3, 1890	1,787,065	83,569	216,443	82,643	214,045	926	2,398	2
Illinois	IL	Springfield	Chicago	Dec 3, 1818	12,671,821	57,914	149,995	55,519	143,793	2,395	6,202	18
Indiana	IN	Indianapolis		Dec 11, 1816	6,732,219	36,420	94,326	35,826	92,789	593	1,537	9
Iowa	IA	Des Moines		Dec 28, 1846	3,155,070	56,273	145,746	55,857	144,669	416	1,077	4
Kansas	KS	Topeka	Wichita	Jan 29, 1861	2,913,314	82,278	213,100	81,759	211,754	520	1,346	4
Kentucky	KY	Frankfort	Louisville	Jun 1, 1792	4,467,673	40,408	104,656	39,486	102,269	921	2,387	6
Louisiana	LA	Baton Rouge	New Orleans	Apr 30, 1812	4,648,794	52,378	135,659	43,204	111,898	9,174	23,761	6
Maine	ME	Augusta	Portland	Mar 15, 1820	1,344,212	35,380	91,633	30,843	79,883	4,537	11,750	2
Maryland	MD	Annapolis	Baltimore	Apr 28, 1788	6,045,680	12,406	32,131	9,707	25,142	2,699	6,990	8
Massachusetts	MA	Boston		Feb 6, 1788	6,892,503	10,554	27,336	7,800	20,202	2,754	7,134	9
Michigan	MI	Lansing	Detroit	Jan 26, 1837	9,986,857	96,714	250,487	56,539	146,435	40,175	104,052	14
Minnesota	MN	St. Paul	Minneapolis	May 11, 1858	5,639,632	86,936	225,163	79,627	206,232	7,309	18,930	8
Mississippi	MS	Jackson		Dec 10, 1817	2,976,149	48,432	125,438	46,923	121,531	1,508	3,907	4
Missouri	MO	Jefferson City	Kansas City	Aug 10, 1821	6,137,428	69,707	180,540	68,742	178,040	965	2,501	8
Montana	MT	Helena	Billings	Nov 8, 1889	1,068,778	147,040	380,831	145,546	376,962	1,494	3,869	1
Nebraska	NE	Lincoln	Omaha	Mar 1, 1867	1,934,408	77,348	200,330	76,824	198,974	524	1,356	3
Nevada	NV	Carson City	Las Vegas	Oct 31, 1864	3,080,156	110,572	286,380	109,781	284,332	791	2,048	4
New Hampshire	NH	Concord	Manchester	Jun 21, 1788	1,359,711	9,349	24,214	8,953	23,187	397	1,027	2
New Jersey	NJ	Trenton	Newark	Dec 18, 1787	8,882,190	8,723	22,591	7,354	19,047	1,368	3,544	12
New Mexico	NM	Santa Fe	Albuquerque	Jan 6, 1912	2,096,829	121,590	314,917	121,298	314,161	292	757	3
New York	NY	Albany	New York	Jul 26, 1788	19,453,561	54,555	141,297	47,126	122,057	7,429	19,240	27
North Carolina	NC	Raleigh	Charlotte	Nov 21, 1789	10,488,084	53,819	139,391	48,618	125,920	5,201	13,471	13
North Dakota	ND	Bismarck	Fargo	Nov 2, 1889	762,062	70,698	183,108	69,001	178,711	1,698	4,397	1
Ohio	OH	Columbus		Mar 1, 1803	11,689,100	44,826	116,098	40,861	105,829	3,965	10,269	16
Oklahoma	OK	Oklahoma City		Nov 16, 1907	3,956,971	69,899	181,037	68,595	177,660	1,304	3,377	5
Oregon	OR	Salem	Portland	Feb 14, 1859	4,217,737	98,379	254,799	95,988	248,608	2,391	6,191	5
Pennsylvania	PA	Harrisburg	Philadelphia	Dec 12, 1787	12,801,989	46,054	119,280	44,743	115,883	1,312	3,397	18
Rhode Island	RI	Providence		May 29, 1790	1,059,361	1,545	4,001	1,034	2,678	511	1,324	2
South Carolina	SC	Columbia	Charleston	May 23, 1788	5,148,714	32,020	82,933	30,061	77,857	1,960	5,076	7
South Dakota	SD	Pierre	Sioux Falls	Nov 2, 1889	884,659	77,116	199,729	75,811	196,350	1,305	3,379	1
Tennessee	TN	Nashville		Jun 1, 1796	6,829,174	42,144	109,153	41,235	106,798	909	2,355	9
Texas	TX	Austin	Houston	Dec 29, 1845	28,995,881	268,596	695,662	261,232	676,587	7,365	19,075	36
Utah	UT	Salt Lake City		Jan 4, 1896	3,205,958	84,897	219,882	82,170	212,818	2,727	7,064	4
Vermont	VT	Montpelier	Burlington	Mar 4, 1791	623,989	9,616	24,906	9,217	23,871	400	1,035	1
Virginia	VA	Richmond	Virginia Beach	Jun 25, 1788	8,535,519	42,775	110,787	39,490	102,279	3,285	8,508	11
Washington	WA	Olympia	Seattle	Nov 11, 1889	7,614,893	71,298	184,661	66,456	172,119	4,842	12,542	10
West Virginia	WV	Charleston		Jun 20, 1863	1,792,147	24,230	62,756	24,038	62,259	192	497	3
Wisconsin	WI	Madison	Milwaukee	May 29, 1848	5,822,434	65,496	169,635	54,158	140,268	11,339	29,367	8
Wyoming	WY	Cheyenne		Jul 10, 1890	578,759	97,813	253,335	97,093	251,470	720	1,864	1