One of the largest nations on Earth in terms of both land area and population, the United States is considered the world's last superpower now that the Soviet Union has disintegrated.
| Name | Capital | Largest City | Largest Metropolitan Statistical Area
|
| Alabama
| Montgomery
| Birmingham
| Birmingham-Hoover (1,090,026)
|
| Alaska
| Juneau
| Anchorage
| Anchorage (351,049)
|
| Arizona
| Phoenix
| Phoenix
| Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale (3,865,077)
|
| Arkansas
| Little Rock
| Little Rock
| Memphis, Tennessee-Arkansas-Missisippi (1,260,905)
|
| California
| Sacramento
| Los Angeles
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana (12,923,547)
|
| Colorado
| Denver
| Denver
| Denver-Aurora-Boulder(2,359,994)
|
| Connecticut
| Hartford
| Bridgeport
| Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford (1,188,241)
|
| Delaware
| Dover
| Wilmington
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland (5,823,233)
|
| Florida
| Tallahassee
| Jacksonville
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach (5,422,200)
|
| Georgia
| Atlanta
| Atlanta
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta (4,917,717)
|
| Hawaii
| Honolulu
| Honolulu
| Waikiki Beach-Honolulu (905,266)
|
| Idaho
| Boise
| Boise
| Boise-Nampa (544,201)
|
| Illinois
| Springfield
| Chicago
| Chicago-Naperville-Joliet-Elgin, Illinois-Indiana-Wisconsin (9,443,356)
|
| Indiana
| Indianapolis
| Indianapolis
| Chicago-Naperville-Joliet-Elgin, Illinois-Indiana-Wisconsin (9,443,356)
|
| Iowa
| Des Moines
| Des Moines
| Omaha-Council Bluffs-Lincoln, Nebraska-Iowa (813,170)
|
| Kansas
| Topeka
| Wichita
| Kansas City(MO)-Kansas City(KS)-Topeka, Missouri-Kansas (1,947,694)
|
| Kentucky
| Frankfort
| Louisville
| Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky-Indiana (1,208,452)
|
| Louisiana
| Baton Rouge
| Baton Rouge
| New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner (1,319,367)
|
| Maine
| Augusta
| Portland
| Portland-South Portland-Biddeford (514,227)
|
| Maryland
| Annapolis
| Baltimore
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland (5,823,233)
|
| Massachusetts
| Boston
| Boston
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts-New Hampshire (4,411,835)
|
| Michigan
| Lansing
| Detroit
| Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor (4,488,335)
|
| Minnesota
| Saint Paul
| Minneapolis
| Minneapolis-Saint Paul-Bloomington, Minnesota-Wisconsin (3,142,779)
|
| Mississippi
| Jackson
| Jackson
| Memphis, Tennessee-Arkansas-Mississippi (1,260,905)
|
| Missouri
| Jefferson City
| Kansas City
| St. Louis-East St. Louis-Clayton, Missouri-Illinois(2,778,518)
|
| Montana
| Helena
| Billings
| Billings (146,593)
|
| Nebraska
| Lincoln
| Omaha
| Omaha-Council Bluffs-Lincoln, Nebraska-Iowa (813,170)
|
| Nevada
| Carson City
| Las Vegas
| Las Vegas-Paradise (1,710,551)
|
| New Hampshire
| Concord
| Manchester
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts-New Hampshire (4,411,835)
|
| New Jersey
| Trenton
| Newark
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York-New Jersey-Pennsylvania (18,747,320)
|
| New Mexico
| Santa Fe
| Albuquerque
| Albuquerque (797,940)
|
| New York
| Albany
| New York
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York-New Jersey-Pennsylvania (18,747,320)
|
| North Carolina
| Raleigh
| Charlotte
| Charlotte (NC)-Gastonia (NC)-Concord (NC), North Carolina-South Carolina (1,521,278)
|
| North Dakota
| Bismarck
| Fargo
| Fargo, North Dakota-Minnesota (184,857)
|
| Ohio
| Columbus
| Columbus
| Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor(2,126,318)
|
| Oklahoma
| Oklahoma City
| Oklahoma City
| Oklahoma City-Tulsa (1,156,812)
|
| Oregon
| Salem
| Portland
| Portland-Vancouver(WA)-Beaverton, Oregon-Washington (2,095,861)
|
| Pennsylvania
| Harrisburg
| Philadelphia
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York-New Jersey-Pennsylvania (18,747,320)
|
| Rhode Island
| Providence
| Providence
| Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, Rhode Island-Massachusetts (1,622,520)
|
| South Carolina
| Columbia
| Columbia
| Charlotte (NC)-Gastonia (NC)-Concord (NC), North Carolina-South Carolina (1,521,278)
|
| South Dakota
| Pierre
| Sioux Falls
| Sioux Falls (207,918)
|
| Tennessee
| Nashville
| Memphis
| Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro (1,422,544)
|
| Texas
| Austin
| Houston
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (5,819,475)
|
| Utah
| Salt Lake City
| Salt Lake City
| Salt Lake City (1,034,484)
|
| Vermont
| Montpelier
| Burlington
| Burlington-South Burlington (205,230)
|
| Virginia
| Richmond
| Virginia Beach
| Washington DC-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia-Virginia-Maryland-West Virginia(5,214,656)
|
| Washington
| Olympia
| Seattle
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue (3,203,314)
|
| West Virginia
| Charleston
| Charleston
| Charleston (306,435)
|
| Wisconsin
| Madison
| Milwaukee
| Chicago-Naperville-Joliet-Elgin, Illinois-Indiana-Wisconsin (9,443,356)
|
| Wyoming
| Cheyenne
| Cheyenne
| Cheyenne (85,163)
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