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# United States

The United States of America is a federal republic of 50 states, one federal district and several territories, administratively divided into states, counties, municipalities and neighborhoods.

## Administrative divisions

The United States is a federal republic whose first-level divisions are 50 states plus one federal district[^enwiki]. Below the state level are counties (or independent cities), then municipalities and neighborhoods[^uscb2023].

## Basic facts

- Division hierarchy: country -> state -> county -> city/town -> neighborhood
- States: 50; federal district: 1 (District of Columbia)[^uscb2023]
- Counties: 3,143 (2023)[^uscb2023]
- Capital: Washington, D.C.[^enwiki]
- Total area: about 9,833,520 km2[^enwiki]
- ISO 3166-1: US / USA[^enwiki]

## Subdivisions

50 states and the federal district: [Alabama](/en/places/alabama.html), [Alaska](/en/places/alaska.html), [Arizona](/en/places/arizona.html), [Arkansas](/en/places/arkansas.html), [California](/en/places/california.html), [Colorado](/en/places/colorado.html), [Connecticut](/en/places/connecticut.html), [Delaware](/en/places/delaware.html), [Florida](/en/places/florida.html), [Georgia](/en/places/georgia.html), [Hawaii](/en/places/hawaii.html), [Idaho](/en/places/idaho.html), [Illinois](/en/places/illinois.html), [Indiana](/en/places/indiana.html), [Iowa](/en/places/iowa.html), [Kansas](/en/places/kansas.html), [Kentucky](/en/places/kentucky.html), [Louisiana](/en/places/louisiana.html), [Maine](/en/places/maine.html), [Maryland](/en/places/maryland.html), [Massachusetts](/en/places/massachusetts.html), [Michigan](/en/places/michigan.html), [Minnesota](/en/places/minnesota.html), [Mississippi](/en/places/mississippi.html), [Missouri](/en/places/missouri.html), [Montana](/en/places/montana.html), [Nebraska](/en/places/nebraska.html), [Nevada](/en/places/nevada.html), [New Hampshire](/en/places/new-hampshire.html), [New Jersey](/en/places/new-jersey.html), [New Mexico](/en/places/new-mexico.html), [New York](/en/places/new-york.html), [North Carolina](/en/places/north-carolina.html), [North Dakota](/en/places/north-dakota.html), [Ohio](/en/places/ohio.html), [Oklahoma](/en/places/oklahoma.html), [Oregon](/en/places/oregon.html), [Pennsylvania](/en/places/pennsylvania.html), [Rhode Island](/en/places/rhode-island.html), [South Carolina](/en/places/south-carolina.html), [South Dakota](/en/places/south-dakota.html), [Tennessee](/en/places/tennessee.html), [Texas](/en/places/texas.html), [Utah](/en/places/utah.html), [Vermont](/en/places/vermont.html), [Virginia](/en/places/virginia.html), [Washington](/en/places/washington.html), [West Virginia](/en/places/west-virginia.html), [Wisconsin](/en/places/wisconsin.html), [Wyoming](/en/places/wyoming.html), [District of Columbia](/en/places/district-of-columbia.html).

Territories: [Puerto Rico](/en/places/puerto-rico.html), [Guam](/en/places/guam.html), [United States Virgin Islands](/en/places/united-states-virgin-islands.html), [American Samoa](/en/places/american-samoa.html), [Northern Mariana Islands](/en/places/northern-mariana-islands.html).

更新时间：2026-10-29

## 标签

- [行政区划](/en/tags/admin-division.html)

## 关系

- Contains places：[Colorado](/en/places/colorado.html) 
- Contains places：[Connecticut](/en/places/connecticut.html) 
- Contains places：[Arkansas](/en/places/arkansas.html) 
- Contains places：[Alaska](/en/places/alaska.html) 
- Contains places：[Delaware](/en/places/delaware.html) 
- Contains places：[Arizona](/en/places/arizona.html) 
- Contains places：[California](/en/places/california.html) 
- Contains places：[Alabama](/en/places/alabama.html) 
- Contains places：[Hawaii](/en/places/hawaii.html) 
- Contains places：[Georgia](/en/places/georgia.html) 

## 正文反向链接

- [Alaska](/en/places/alaska.html)
- [Alabama](/en/places/alabama.html)
- [Arkansas](/en/places/arkansas.html)
- [American Samoa](/en/places/american-samoa.html)
- [Arizona](/en/places/arizona.html)
- [California](/en/places/california.html)
- [Colorado](/en/places/colorado.html)
- [Connecticut](/en/places/connecticut.html)
- [District of Columbia](/en/places/district-of-columbia.html)
- [Delaware](/en/places/delaware.html)

## 来源

- United States (Wikipedia)：https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States 
- 美国（维基百科）：https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%BE%8E%E5%9B%BD 
- U.S. Census Bureau 2023 FIPS state and county codes：https://www.census.gov/library/reference/code-lists/ansi.html