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 Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south.

The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to its east and Russia to the west across the Bering Strait.

The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Caribbean and Pacific.

Washington DC USA - Capital of the United States of America

California USA - The most populous state in the United States of America

California (State of California or California State) is located on the West Coast of the United States of America, and is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the northeast, Arizona to the southeast, the Mexican state of Baja California to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Its four largest cities are Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, and San Francisco.

Capital: Sacramento

Texas (State of Texas or Texas State) is bordered by Mexico to the south, New Mexico to the west, Oklahoma to the north, Arkansas to the northeast, and Louisiana to the east. It is the second-largest U.S. state in both area and population.

Capital: Austin

New York (State of New York or New York State) is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east. The state has a maritime border with Rhode Island east of Long Island, as well as an international border with the Canadian provinces of Ontario to the west, and Quebec to the north. New York is often referred to as New York State to distinguish it from New York City.

Capital: Albany

Florida (State of Florida or Florida State) is located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the north. Much of the land mass of the state is a large peninsula with the Gulf of Mexico to the west, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. It is nicknamed the "Sunshine State" because of its generally warm climate—subtropical in the northern and central regions of the state, with a true tropical climate in the southern portion

Capital: Tallahassee

Illinois (State of Illinois or Illinois State) is the 21st state admitted to the United States of America and is the most populous and demographically diverse Midwestern state. It is the fifth most populous state in the nation. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and western Illinois, and natural resources like coal, timber, and petroleum in the south, Illinois has a broad economic base.

Capital: Springfield

Pennsylvania (State of Pennsylvania or Pennsylvania State) is a state located in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and a water border with Ontario to the north, and New Jersey to the east. The state's three most populous cities are, respectively, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Allentown.

Capital: Harrisburg

Ohio (State of Ohio or Ohio State) is the thirty-fourth largest state by area in the U.S. It is the seventh-most populous with nearly 11.5 million residents. Ohio, whose name was derived from the Seneca word ohi:yo’, meaning "large creek," was formed primarily from the Ohio Territory and was admitted to the Union as the seventeenth state (and the first under the Northwest Ordinance) on March 1, 1803.Ohio is known as the "Buckeye State" for its prevalence of Ohio Buckeye trees, and, as such, Ohioans are also known as "Buckeyes."

Capital: Columbus

Michigan (State of Michigan or Michigan State) is the only state to consist entirely of two peninsulas. The Lower Peninsula, to which the name Michigan was originally applied, is often dubbed "the mitten" by residents, owing to its shape. The Upper Peninsula (often referred to as The U.P.) is separated from the Lower Peninsula by the Straits of Mackinac, a five-mile (8 km)-wide channel that joins Lake Huron to Lake Michigan. The Upper Peninsula is economically important for tourism and natural resources.

Capital: Lansing

Georgia (State of Georgia or Georgia State) is bordered on the south by Florida; on the east by the Atlantic Ocean and South Carolina; on the west by Alabama and by Florida in the extreme southwest; and on the north by Tennessee and North Carolina. The northern part of the state is in the Blue Ridge Mountains, a mountain range in the vast Appalachian Mountains system. The central piedmont extends from the foothills to the fall line, where the rivers cascade down in elevation to the continental coastal plain of the southern part of the state.

Capital: Atlanta

North Carolina (State of Carolina or Carolina State) 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 Carolina was one of the original Thirteen Colonies, originally known as Province of Carolina. North Carolina contains 100 counties and its largest city is Charlotte.

Capital: Raleigh

11 New Jersey; 12 Virginia; 13 Washington; 14 Arizona; 15 Massachusetts; 16 Indiana; 17 Tennessee; 18 Missouri; 19 Maryland; 20 Wisconsin

21 Minnesota; 22 Colorado; 23 Alabama; 24 South Carolina; 25 Louisiana; 26 Kentucky; 27 Puerto Rico; 28 Oregon; 29 Oklahoma; 30 Connecticut

31 Iowa; 32 Mississippi; 33 Arkansas; 34 Kansas; 35 Utah; 36 Nevada; 37 New Mexico; 38 West Virginia; 39 Nebraska; 40 Idaho

41 Maine; 42 New Hampshire; 43 Hawaii; 44 Rhode Island; 45 Montana; 46 Delaware; 47 South Dakota; 48 Alaska; 49 North Dakota; 50 Vermont;

51 District of Columbia; 52 Wyoming; 53 Guam; 54 U.S. Virgin Islands; 55 Northern Mariana Is.; 56 American Samoa

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