Explore key data points about the United States, including state capitals, population stats, and more.

1. Age 16 years and over. Figures are for the month of February 2024.
2. Income received from all sources during the year, divided by the population. (Per capita means “per person.”) Includes money and nonmoney income, such as benefits and government assistance.
3. Persons whose income falls below the poverty line of each state. (Poverty lines vary depending on the size of families and other factors. In 2022, the national poverty line for a family of four was $29,678.)
4. Percent increase in the number of workers over a five-year period. A minus sign indicates a decrease. Annual averages; farmworkers not included.
5. Representative sampling of public school students by the U.S. Department of Education.
6. Property crimes are defined as offenses of theft or unlawful destruction of property that don’t involve force or the threat of force against a victim.
7. Year U.S. government moved from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C.
8. Year a treaty with the United Kingdom and Germany granted the U.S. control.
9. Year ceded to the U.S. by Spain after the Spanish-American War; became a U.S. territory in 1950.
10. Year administration by the U.S. began (in a trusteeship for the United Nations); became a self-governing commonwealth in 1978.
11. Year ceded to the U.S. by Spain after the Spanish-American War; became a self-governing commonwealth in 1952.
12. New Progressive Party.
13. Year purchased from Denmark.
SOURCES: Population figures and public school spending per student: U.S. Census Bureau (Spending is for fiscal year 2022.) Poverty rate: Center for American Progress Unemployment rate and job growth rate: Bureau of Labor Statistics (Unemployment figures are for February 2024.) Personal income per capita: Bureau of Economic Analysis High school graduation rate: U.S. News and World Report, state departments of education 8th-graders proficient or better in reading: The Nation’s Report Card, National Assessment of Educational Progress Property crimes per 100,000 people: FBI/Statista Entered Union/date acquired, land area, capital: The World Factbook (CIA); The Book of the States 2021 Nickname, origin of name: World Book Encyclopedia and state websites Population: Population Reference Bureau (U.S.), Census Bureau (50 states and D.C. estimates for July 1, 2023), and The World Factbook (territories: estimates for 2024) Governors: National Governors Association U.S. senators and U.S. representatives: senate.gov, house.gov, clerk.house.gov, and news accounts Unless otherwise noted, all figures are the latest available for each category as of August 7, 2024.