SITUATION

The United States is a country in the Western Hemisphere. It consists of forty-eight contiguous states on the North American continent; Alaska, an enormous peninsula which forms the northwestern most part of North America, and Hawaii, an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean. It also holds several United States territories in the Pacific and Caribbean. The term “United States”,... when used in the geographical sense, means the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands of the United States.The country shares land borders with Canada and Mexico and a water border with Russia.

By total area including water, the United States is either slightly larger or smaller than the People's Republic of China, making it the world's third or fourth largest country. Its rank depends on whether one includes two territories claimed by India but governed by China when calculating China's size. Both China and the United States follow behind Canada and Russia in total area, and are followed by Brazil. By land area (exclusive of waters), the United States is the world's third largest country, following Russia and China.[2] In total area (including inland water), Russia and Canada are larger than the United States. Ranking for third-largest status is disputed. Some sources (including Encyclopædia Britannica and all publications of the People's Republic of China), list China as larger than the U.S. Many other sources list the U.S. as larger. The dispute appears to hinge on Taiwan, without which China takes fourth place. Total U.S. area is 3,718,711 square miles (9,631,418 km²), of which land is 3,537,438 square miles (9,161,923 km²) and water is 181,273 square miles (469,495 km²). Ranked by land area, the top countries in order are Russia, China, the U.S., Canada and Brazil.

States

1.ALABAMA
2.ALASKA

3. AMERICAN SAMOA
4. ARIZONA
5. ARKANSAS
6. CALIFORNIA
7. COLORADO
8. CONNECTICUT
9. DELAWARE
10. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
11. FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA
12. FLORIDA
13.GEORGIA
14. GUAM
15.HAWAII

16. IDAHO
17. ILLINOIS
18. INDIANA
19. IOWA
20. KANSAS
21. KENTUCKY
22.LOUISIANA
23. MAINE
24.MARSHALL ISLANDS
25.MARYLAND
26.MASSACHUSETTS
27.MICHIGAN
28.MINNESOTA
29.MISSISSIPPI
30.MISSOURI

31. MONTANA
32. NEBRASKA
33. NEVADA
34.NEW HAMPSHIRE
35.NEW JERSEY
36.NEW MEXICO
37.NEW YORK
38.NORTH CAROLINA
39.NORTH DAKOTA
40.NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS
41.OHIO
42.OKLAHOMA
43. OREGON
44. PALAU
45. PENNSYLVANIA
46.PUERTO RICO
47.RHODE ISLAND
48.SOUTH CAROLINA
49.SOUTH DAKOTA
50.TENNESSEE
51.TEXAS
52.UTAH
53.VERMONT
54.VIRGIN ISLANDS
55.VIRGINIA
56WASHINGTON
57WEST VIRGINIA
58.WISCONSIN
59.WYOMING