How many states does the us have and names?
The 50 States of the United States of America:
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State of Delaware: 1787-pres.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: 1787-pres.
State of New Jersey: 1787-pres.
State of Georgia: 1788-1861, 1870-pres.
State of Connecticut: 1788-pres.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts: 1788-pres.
State of Maryland: 1788-pres.
State of South Carolina: 1788-1860, 1868-pres.
State of New Hampshire: 1788-pres.
Commonwealth of Virginia: 1788-1861, 1870-pres.
State of New York: 1788-pres.
State of North Carolina: 1789-1861, 1868-pres.
State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations: 1790-pres.
State of Vermont: 1791-pres.
Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1792-pres.
State of Tennessee: 1796-1861, 1866-pres.
State of Ohio: 1803-pres.
State of Louisiana: 1812-1861, 1868-pres.
State of Indiana: 1816-pres.
State of Mississippi: 1817-1861, 1870-pres.
State of Illinois: 1818-pres.
State of Alabama: 1819-1861, 1868-pres.
State of Maine: 1820-pres.
State of Missouri: 1821-pres.
State of Arkansas: 1836-1861, 1868-pres.
State of Michigan: 1837-pres.
State of Florida: 1845-1861, 1868-pres.
State of Texas: 1845-1861, 1870-pres.
State of Iowa: 1846-pres.
State of Wisconsin: 1848-pres.
State of California: 1850-pres.
State of Minnesota: 1858-pres.
State of Oregon: 1859-pres.
State of Kansas: 1861-pres.
State of West Virginia: 1863-pres.
State of Nevada: 1864-pres.
State of Nebraska: 1867-pres.
State of Colorado: 1876-pres.
State of North Dakota: 1889-pres.
State of South Dakota: 1889-pres.
State of Montana: 1889-pres.
State of Washington: 1889-pres.
State of Idaho: 1890-pres.
State of Wyoming: 1890-pres.
State of Utah: 1896-pres.
State of Oklahoma: 1907-pres.
State of New Mexico: 1912-pres.
State of Arizona: 1912-pres.
State of Alaska: 1959-pres.
State of Hawaii: 1959-pres.
Also, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico officially requested
statehood on December 11, 2012. The U.S. Congress has not yet voted
on it.