List of U.S. states and territories

Interactive map of the USA's 50 states.

A U.S. state is one of the states of the United States of America. Four states (Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Kentucky) are officially named a "Commonwealth" rather than a "State."

The states are labeled with their U.S. postal abbreviations and capitals.

Abbreviation	State Name	Capital	Largest city	Became a State
AL	Alabama	Montgomery	Birmingham	December 14, 1819
AK	Alaska	Juneau	Anchorage	January 3, 1959
AZ	Arizona	Phoenix	Phoenix	February 14, 1912
AR	Arkansas	Little Rock	Little Rock	June 15, 1836
CA	California	Sacramento	Los Angeles	September 9, 1850
CO	Colorado	Denver	Denver	August 1, 1876
CT	Connecticut	Hartford	Bridgeport	January 9, 1788
DE	Delaware	Dover	Wilmington	December 7, 1787
FL	Florida	Tallahassee	Jacksonville	March 3, 1845
GA	Georgia	Atlanta	Atlanta	January 2, 1788
HI	Hawaii	Honolulu	Honolulu	August 21, 1959
ID	Idaho	Boise	Boise	July 3, 1890
IL	Illinois	Springfield	Chicago	December 3, 1818
IN	Indiana	Indianapolis	Indianapolis	December 11, 1816
IA	Iowa	Des Moines	Des Moines	December 28, 1846
KS	Kansas	Topeka	Wichita	January 29, 1861
KY	Kentucky	Frankfort	Louisville	June 1, 1792
LA	Louisiana	Baton Rouge	New Orleans	April 30, 1812
ME	Maine	Augusta	Portland	March 15, 1820
MD	Maryland	Annapolis	Baltimore	April 28, 1788
MA	Massachusetts	Boston	Boston	February 6, 1788
MI	Michigan	Lansing	Detroit	January 26, 1837
MN	Minnesota	Saint Paul	Minneapolis	May 11, 1858
MS	Mississippi	Jackson	Jackson	December 10, 1817
MO	Missouri	Jefferson City	Kansas City	August 10, 1821
MT	Montana	Helena	Billings	November 8, 1889
NE	Nebraska	Lincoln	Omaha	March 1, 1867
NV	Nevada	Carson City	Las Vegas	October 31, 1864
NH	New Hampshire	Concord	Manchester	June 21, 1788
NJ	New Jersey	Trenton	Newark	December 18, 1787
NM	New Mexico	Santa Fe	Albuquerque	January 6, 1912
NY	New York	Albany	New York City	July 26, 1788
NC	North Carolina	Raleigh	Charlotte	November 21, 1789
ND	North Dakota	Bismarck	Fargo	November 2, 1889
OH	Ohio	Columbus	Columbus	March 1, 1803
OK	Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma City	November 16, 1907
OR	Oregon	Salem	Portland	February 14, 1859
PA	Pennsylvania	Harrisburg	Philadelphia	December 12, 1787
RI	Rhode Island	Providence	Providence	May 19, 1790
SC	South Carolina	Columbia	Charleston	May 23, 1788
SD	South Dakota	Pierre	Sioux Falls	November 2, 1889
TN	Tennessee	Nashville	Memphis	June 1, 1796
TX	Texas	Austin	Houston	December 29, 1845
UT	Utah	Salt Lake City	Salt Lake City	January 4, 1896
VT	Vermont	Montpelier	Burlington	March 4, 1791
VA	Virginia	Richmond	Virginia Beach	June 25, 1788
WA	Washington	Olympia	Seattle	November 11, 1889
WV	West Virginia	Charleston	Charleston	June 20, 1863
WI	Wisconsin	Madison	Milwaukee	May 29, 1848
WY	Wyoming	Cheyenne	Cheyenne	July 10, 1890

In addition to the states, several other areas belong to the United States:

AS American Samoa
DC District of Columbia, which is the seat of the Federal government
GU Guam
MP Northern Mariana Islands, Commonwealth
PR Puerto Rico, Commonwealth
VI the United States Virgin Islands