Explore key data points about the United States, including state capitals, population stats, and more.

State
Map
Capital
Entered Union
Land Area
(sq. mi.)
Population
Governor
U.S. Senators
U.S.
Reps.
Alabama
Montgomery
1819
50,645
5,074,296
Kay Ivey, R
2R
1D 6R
Alaska
Juneau
1959
570,641
733,583
Mike Dunleavy, R
2R
1D
Arizona
Phoenix
1912
113,594
7,359,197
Katie Hobbs, D
1D 1 Ind.
3D 6R
Arkansas
Little Rock
1836
52,035
3,045,637
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, R
2R
4R
California
Sacramento
1850
155,779
39,029,342
Gavin Newsom, D
2D
40D 12R
Colorado
Denver
1876
103,642
5,839,926
Jared Polis, D
2D
5D 3R
Connecticut
Hartford
1788
4,842
3,626,205
Ned Lamont, D
2D
5D
Delaware
Dover
1787
1,949
1,018,396
John Carney, D
2D
1D
District of Columbia
N/A
18001
61
671,803
Mayor Muriel Bowser, D
N/A
Florida
Tallahassee
1845
53,625
22,244,823
Ron DeSantis, R
2R
8D 20R
Georgia
Atlanta
1788
57,513
10,912,876
Brian Kemp, R
2D
5D 9R
Hawaii
Honolulu
1959
6,423
1,440,196
Josh Green, D
2D
2D
Idaho
Boise
1890
82,643
1,939,033
Brad Little, R
2R
2R
Illinois
Springfield
1818
55,519
12,582,032
J. B. Pritzker, D
2D
14D 3R
Indiana
Indianapolis
1816
35,826
6,833,037
Eric Holcomb, R
2R
2D 7R
Iowa
Des Moines
1846
55,857
3,200,517
Kim Reynolds, R
2R
4R
Kansas
Topeka
1861
81,759
2,937,150
Laura Kelly, D
2R
1D 3R
Kentucky
Frankfort
1792
39,486
4,512,310
Andy Beshear, D
2R
1D 5R
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
1812
43,204
4,590,241
John Bel Edwards, D
2R
1D 5R
Maine
Augusta
1820
30,843
1,385,340
Janet Mills, D
1R 1 Ind.
2D
Maryland
Annapolis
1788
9,707
6,164,660
Wes Moore, D
2D
7D 1R
Massachusetts
Boston
1788
7,800
6,981,974
Maura Healey, D
2D
9D
Michigan
Lansing
1837
56,539
10,034,113
Gretchen Whitmer, D
2D
7D 6R
Minnesota
St. Paul
1858
79,627
5,717,184
Tim Walz, D
2D
4D 4R
1. Age 16 years and over. Figures are for the month of February 2024.
2. Income received from all sources during the year, divided by the population. (Per capita means “per person.”) Includes money and nonmoney income, such as benefits and government assistance.
3. Persons whose income falls below the poverty line of each state. (Poverty lines vary depending on the size of families and other factors. In 2022, the national poverty line for a family of four was $29,678.)
4. Percent increase in the number of workers over a five-year period. A minus sign indicates a decrease. Annual averages; farmworkers not included.
5. Representative sampling of public school students by the U.S. Department of Education.
6. Property crimes are defined as offenses of theft or unlawful destruction of property that don’t involve force or the threat of force against a victim.
7. Year U.S. government moved from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C.
8. Year a treaty with the United Kingdom and Germany granted the U.S. control.
9. Year ceded to the U.S. by Spain after the Spanish-American War; became a U.S. territory in 1950.
10. Year administration by the U.S. began (in a trusteeship for the United Nations); became a self-governing commonwealth in 1978.
11. Year ceded to the U.S. by Spain after the Spanish-American War; became a self-governing commonwealth in 1952.
12. New Progressive Party.
13. Year purchased from Denmark.
SOURCES: Population figures and public school spending per student: U.S. Census Bureau (Spending is for fiscal year 2022.) Poverty rate: Center for American Progress Unemployment rate and job growth rate: Bureau of Labor Statistics (Unemployment figures are for February 2024.) Personal income per capita: Bureau of Economic Analysis High school graduation rate: U.S. News and World Report, state departments of education 8th-graders proficient or better in reading: The Nation’s Report Card, National Assessment of Educational Progress Property crimes per 100,000 people: FBI/Statista Entered Union/date acquired, land area, capital: The World Factbook (CIA); The Book of the States 2021 Nickname, origin of name: World Book Encyclopedia and state websites Population: Population Reference Bureau (U.S.), Census Bureau (50 states and D.C. estimates for July 1, 2023), and The World Factbook (territories: estimates for 2024) Governors: National Governors Association U.S. senators and U.S. representatives: senate.gov, house.gov, clerk.house.gov, and news accounts Unless otherwise noted, all figures are the latest available for each category as of August 7, 2024.