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Administrative divisions: 50 states and 1 district (Colombia).
Dependent areas: American Samoa, Baker Island, Guam, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, Navassa Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Palmyra Atoll, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Wake Island.
note: from 18 July 1947 until 1 October 1994, the US administered the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, but recently entered into a new political relationship with all four political units: the Northern Mariana Islands is a commonwealth in political union with the US (effective 3 November 1986); Palau concluded a Compact of Free Association with the US (effective 1 October 1994); the Federated States of Micronesia signed a Compact of Free Association with the US (effective 3 November 1986); the Republic of the Marshall Islands signed a Compact of Free Association with the US (effective 21 October 1986).

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Census Division A geographic area consisting of several States defined by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. The States are grouped into four regions and nine divisions: Northeast: New England - Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont Middle Atlantic - New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania Midwest: East North Central - Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin West North Central - Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota South: South Atlantic - Delaware, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia East: South Central - Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee West South Central - Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas West Mountain - Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming Pacific - Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.