Quick Facts

Explore the 50 states with a single page summary of each state, including when they entered the Union, it’s Altitude, Time Zone, Population,  State Flower and other fun facts.

A state of the United States of America is one of the 50 constituent political entities that share its sovereignty with the United States federal government. Because of the shared sovereignty between each U.S. state and the U.S. federal government, an American is a citizen of both the federal republic and of his or her state of domicile. State citizenship and residency are flexible and no government approval is required to move between states, except for persons covered by certain types of court orders (e.g., paroled convicts and children of divorced spouses who are sharing custody).

The United States shares international land borders with two nations: The Canada – United States border to the north and The Mexico – United States border to the south. There are 48 contiguous states in the USA plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.

Click on any State outline to visit that State’s ‘Quick Facts’ page.