Territory of the United States

Territories of the United States
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The 50 states and the Federal District   Commonwealth (see footnote)   Incorporated unorganized Territory   Unincorporated organized territory   Unincorporated unorganized territory
Largest settlement	San Juan, Puerto Rico
Languages	English, Spanish, Hawaiian, Chamorro, Carolinian, Samoan
Demonym	American
Territories	16 territories American Samoa Bajo Nuevo Bank Baker Island Howland Island Guam Jarvis Island Johnston Atoll Kingman Reef Midway Islands Navassa Island Northern Mariana Islands Palmyra Atoll Puerto Rico Serranilla Bank US Virgin Islands Wake Island
Leaders
• Head of state	Donald Trump
• Governors	List of current territorial governors
Area
• Total	22,294.19 km2 (8,607.83 sq mi)
Population
• Estimate	4,065,516
Currency	United States Dollar
Date format	mm/dd/yyyy (AD)
^ "The term 'Commonwealth' does not describe or provide for any specific political status or relationship. It has, for example, been applied to both states and territories. When used in connection with areas under U.S. sovereignty that are not states, the term broadly describes an area that is self-governing under a constitution of its adoption and whose right of self-government will not be unilaterally withdrawn by Congress."

Territories of the United States are sub-national administrative divisions directly overseen by the United States federal government (unlike U.S. states, which share sovereignty with the federal government). These territories are classified by whether they are incorporated (part of the United States proper) and whether they have an organized government through an Organic Act passed by the U.S. Congress.

Currently, the United States has sixteen territories, five of which are permanently inhabited: Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and American Samoa. They are classified as unincorporated territories. They are organized, self-governing territories with locally elected governors and territorial legislatures. Each also elects a non-voting member (or resident commissioner) to the U.S. House of Representatives. Eleven territories are small islands, atolls and reefs, spread across the Caribbean and Pacific, with no native or permanent populations. These are Palmyra Atoll, Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, Bajo Nuevo Bank, Navassa Island, Serranilla Bank and Wake Island, which are claimed by the United States under the Guano Islands Act of 1856. The status of some are disputed by Colombia, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, and the Marshall Islands. The Palmyra Atoll is the only territory currently incorporated.