Territories of the United States

Territories of the United States are sub-national administrative divisions supervised by the United States government. The U.S. currently has fourteen territories in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. Two other territories (Bajo Nuevo Bank and Serranilla Bank) are claimed by the United States but ruled by Colombia — if these two territories are counted, the total number of U.S. territories is sixteen.

Territories of the United States
Membership	14 territories + 2 disputed American Samoa Baker Island Howland Island Guam Jarvis Island Johnston Atoll Kingman Reef Midway Islands Navassa Island Northern Mariana Islands Palmyra Atoll Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands Wake Island Bajo Nuevo Bank Serranilla Bank

Name	Abbr.	Location	Area	Population (2018)	Capital	Largest town	Status	Acquired
American Samoa	AS	Polynesia (South Pacific)	197.1 km2 (76 sq mi)	50,826	Pago Pago	Tafuna	Unincorporated, American Samoa is de facto organized.	April 17, 1900
Guam	GU	Micronesia (North Pacific)	543 km2 (210 sq mi)	167,772	Hagåtña	Dededo	Unincorporated, organized	April 11, 1899
Northern Mariana Islands	MP	Micronesia (North Pacific)	463.63 km2 (179 sq mi)	51,994	Saipan	Garapan	Unincorporated, organized (commonwealth)	November 4, 1986 (U.S.)
Puerto Rico	PR	Caribbean (North Atlantic)	9,104 km2 (3,515 sq mi)	3,294,626	San Juan	San Juan	Unincorporated, organized (commonwealth)	April 11, 1899
Virgin Islands (U.S.)	VI	Caribbean (North Atlantic)	346.36 km2 (134 sq mi)	106,977	Charlotte Amalie	Charlotte Amalie	Unincorporated, organized	March 31, 1917