Country Profile and Demographics: 50 States of USA

50 States of USA

All 50 US States

State Capital

Epithet

Location / Adjacent to

Accession to Union

Population (million)

Rank by pop

Area sq miles

Area sq km

Rank by size

Alabama

Montgomery

Cotton State

South-east

14 Dec 1819

4.60

52423

135775

Alaska

Juneau

Last Frontier

North-west

3 Jan 1959

0.67

663263

1717854

Arizona

Phoenix

Grand Canyon State

South-west / Mexico

14 Feb 1912

6.16

114006

295276

Arkansas

Little Rock

Natural State

South Central

15 Jun 1836

2.81

53182

137742

California

Sacramento

Golden State

West Coast

09 Sep 1850

37.25

163695

423970

Colorado

Denver

Centennial State

Central

01 Aug 1876

4.75

104184

269837

Connecticut

Hartford

Constitution State

North-east coast

09 Jan 1788

3.50

5549

14371

Delaware

Dover

First State

North-east coast

07 Dec 1787

0.85

2491

6452

Florida

Tallahassee

Sunshine State

South-east coast

03 Mar 1845

18.09

65811

170451

Georgia

Atlanta

Peach State

South-east coast

02 Jan 1788

9.36

59489

154077

Hawaii

Honolulu

Aloha State

Pacific / Polynesia

21 Aug 1959

1.29

10941

28337

Idaho

Boise

Gem State

North-west / Canada

03 Jul 1890

1.46

83642

216632

Illinois

Springfield

Land of Lincoln

Eastern central

03 Dec 1818

12.83

57914

149998

Indiana

Indianapolis

Hoosier State

North-east central

11 Dec 1816

6.31

36417

94321

Iowa

Des Moines

Hawkeye State

Northern central

28 Dec 1846

2.98

56271

145743

Kansas

Topeka

Sunflower State

Central

29 Jan 1861

2.76

82349

213283

Kentucky

Frankfort

Bluegrass State

Eastern central

01 Jun 1792

4.20

40444

104749

Louisiana

Baton Rouge

Pelican State

Gulf of Mexico

30 Apr 1812

4.50

51842

134270

Maine

Augusta

Pine Tree State

North-east coast

15 Mar 1820

1.32

35387

91653

Maryland

Annapolis

Free State

North-east coast

28 Apr 1788

5.77

12407

32133

Massachusetts

Boston

Bay State

North-east coast

06 Feb 1788

6.54

10554

27336

Michigan

Lansing

Great Lakes State

North / Canada

26 Jan 1837

9.88

96716

250494

Minnesota

Saint Paul

North Star State

North / Canada

11 May 1858

5.30

86939

225171

Mississippi

Jackson

Magnolia State

Gulf of Mexico

10 Dec 1817

2.96

48430

125434

Missouri

Jefferson City

Show Me State

Central

10 Aug 1821

5.98

69704

180533

Montana

Helena

Treasure State

North-west / Canada

08 Nov 1889

0.99

147042

380838

Nebraska

Lincoln

Cornhusker State

Central

01 Mar 1867

1.82

77421

200520

Nevada

Carson City

Silver State

West

31 Oct 1864

2.70

110560

286351

New Hampshire

Concord

Granite State

North-east coast

21 Jun 1788

1.31

9350

24216

New Jersey

Trenton

Garden State

North-east coast

18 Dec 1787

8.79

8721

22588

New Mexico

Santa Fe

Land of Enchantment

South / Mexico

6 Jan 1912

2.06

121589

314915

New York

Albany

Empire State

North-east coast

26 Jul 1788

19.37

54556

141299

North Carolina

Raleigh

Tar Heel State

East Coast

21 Nov 1789

9.53

53818

139389

North Dakota

Bismarck

Peace Garden State

North / Canada

02 Nov 1889

0.67

70700

183112

Ohio

Columbus

Buckeye State

North-east

01 Mar 1803

11.53

44825

116096

Oklahoma

Oklahoma City

Sooner State

South central

16 Nov 1907

3.75

69898

181035

Oregon

Salem

Beaver State

North-west coast

14 Feb 1859

3.83

98380

254805

Pennsylvania

Harrisburg

Keystone State

North-east

12 Dec 1787

12.7

46055

119283

Rhode Island

Providence

Ocean State

North-east coast

29 May 1790

1.05

1545

4002

South Carolina

Columbia

Palmetto State

East coast

23 May 1788

4.62

32020

82932

South Dakota

Pierre

Mount Rushmore State

Northern central

02 Nov 1889

0.81

77116

199731

Tennessee

Nashville

Volunteer State

Eastern central

01 Jun 1796

6.34

42143

109151

Texas

Austin

Lone Star State

Gulf of Mexico

29 Dec 1845

25.14

268579

695621

Utah

Salt Lake City

Beehive State

Western central

04 Jan 1896

2.76

84898

219887

Vermont

Montpelier

Green Mountain State

North-east / Canada

04 Mar 1791

0.62

9614

24901

Virginia

Richmond

Old Dominion

East Coast

25 Jun 1788

8.00

42774

110785

Washington

Olympia

Evergreen State

North-west coast

11 Nov 1889

6.72

71299

184665

West Virginia

Charleston

Mountain State

North-east

20 Jun 1863

1.85

24230

62755

Wisconsin

Madison

Badger State

Northern central

29 May 1848

5.68

65498

169639

Wyoming

Cheyenne

Equality State

North-west

10 Jul 1890

0.56

97813

253336

Biggest Insular Areas

Capital

Location

Possession in

Population

Area sq miles

Area sq km

U.S. Virgin Islands

Charlotte Amalia

Caribbean

1917

108000

135

349

American Samoa

Pago Pago

Polynesia / South Pacific

1899

58000

199

Guam

Hagåtña

Pacific / south of Japan

1898

185000

212

549

Navassa

Lulu Town

Caribbean / Greater Antilles

1857

–

5.4

Northern Mariana Islands

Saipan

Pacific / south of Japan

1945

44500

179

463

Midway Islands (Midway-Atoll)

Sand Island

Pacific / West of Hawaii

1867

6.2

Puerto Rico

San Juan

Caribbean

1898

3750000

3459

8959

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