U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the fifty states (four of which officially favor the term commonwealth) which, together with the District of Columbia and Palmyra Atoll (an uninhabited incorporated unorganized territory), form the United States of America. The separate state governments and the U.S. federal government share sovereignty, in that an "American" is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of residence.

See also

• Flags of the U.S. states
• Geography of the United States
• List of regions of the United States
• Political divisions of the United States
• Traditional U.S. state abbreviations
• United States territory
• List of U.S. counties that share names with U.S. states
• States' rights
• Lists of U.S. state insignia
• Codes: U.S. postal abbreviations, FIPS state code,