<Dt> October 1, 1994 </Dt> <Dd> Palau attained de jure independence, but it remained in free association with the United States . </Dd> <Dt> December 11, 2012 </Dt> <Dd> The Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico enacted a concurrent resolution to request the President and the Congress of the United States to respond diligently and effectively, and to act on the demand of the people of Puerto Rico, as freely and democratically expressed in the plebiscite held on November 6, 2012, to end, once and for all, its current form of territorial status and to begin the process to admit Puerto Rico to the Union as a State . </Dd>

Puerto rico is an unincorporated territory of the united states