United States Territories

Name

Status

Location

Area

Year Acquired

American Samoa	Unorganized and unincorporated territory under the authority of the Department of the Interior.	Central Pacific Ocean; about 3,700 km (about 2,300 mi) southwest of Honolulu, Hawaii.	200 sq km (77 sq mi)	In stages between 1900 and 1925.
Baker Island	Unincorporated territory under the authority of the Fish and Wildlife Service.	Central Pacific Ocean; about 2,655 km (about 1,650 mi) southwest of Honolulu, Hawaii.	2.6 sq km (1 sq mi)	1856
Guam	Self-governing organized and unincorporated territory.	Western Pacific Ocean; about 5,955 km (about 3,700 mi) west of Honolulu, Hawaii.	541 sq km (209 sq mi)	1898
Howland Island	Unincorporated territory under the authority of the Fish and Wildlife Service.	Central Pacific Ocean; about 2,600 km (about 1,620 mi) southwest of Honolulu, Hawaii.	1.89 sq km (.73 sq mi)	1856
Jarvis Island	Unincorporated territory under the authority of the Fish and Wildlife Service.	Central Pacific Ocean; about 2,000 km (about 1,300 mi) south of Honolulu, Hawaii.	4.4 sq km (1.8 sq mi)	1856
Johnston Atoll	Unincorporated territory managed by the Fish and Wildlife Service.	Central Pacific Ocean; about 1,100 km (about 700 mi) southwest of Honolulu, Hawaii.	2.8 sq km (1.1 sq mi)	1858
Kingman Reef	Unincorporated territory under the authority of the Department of the Navy.	Central Pacific Ocean; about 1,730 km (about 1,075 mi) southwest of Honolulu, Hawaii.	1 sq km (.4 sq mi)	1922
Midway Islands	Unincorporated territory managed by the Fish and Wildlife Service.	Central Pacific Ocean; about 2,100 km (about 1,300 mi) northwest of Honolulu, Hawaii.	5.2 sq km (2.0 sq mi)	1867
Navassa Island	Unincorporated territory under the authority of the Department of the Interior.	Caribbean Ocean; about 56 km (about 35 mi) west of Haiti.	5.2 sq km (2.0 sq mi)	1856
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands	Commonwealth associated with the United States.	Western Pacific Ocean; about 160 km (about 100 mi) northeast of Guam.	464 sq km (179 sq mi)	1947
Palmyra Atoll	Privately owned unincorporated territory under the authority of the Department of the Interior.	Central Pacific Ocean; about 1,700 km (about 1,100 mi) southwest of Honolulu, Hawaii.	5.2 sq km (2.0 sq mi)	1898
Puerto Rico	Commonwealth associated with the United States.	West Indies; about 1,600 km (about 1,000 mi) southeast of Miami, Florida.	8,876 sq km (3,427 sq mi)	1898
Virgin Islands of the United States	Organized and unincorporated territory under the authority of the Department of the Interior.	West Indies; about 64 km (about 40 mi) west of Puerto Rico.	344 sq km (133 sq mi)	1917
Wake Island	Unincorporated territory under the authority of the Space and Strategic Defense Command.	Central Pacific Ocean; about 3,700 km (about 2,300 mi) west of Honolulu, Hawaii.	8 sq km (3 sq mi)	1898
Definitions of terms used in this table: 'Unincorporated' means that not all provisions of the United States Constitution apply to the territory. 'Unorganized' means that the United States government has not passed an act to organize a government for the territory.