<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> U.S. states </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Also known as: Commonwealth (in four states) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Category </Th> <Td> Federated state </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> United States of America </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Number </Th> <Td> 50 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Populations </Th> <Td> 585,501 (Wyoming)--39,250,017 (California) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Areas </Th> <Td> 1,214 square miles (3,140 km) (Rhode Island)--663,268 square miles (1,717,860 km) (Alaska) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Government </Th> <Td> State government </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Subdivisions </Th> <Td> County (or equivalent) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> U.S. states </Th> </Tr>

States of the united states in alphabetical order