TheUnitedStatesismadeupof50states,theDistrictofColumbiaand16territories.Fiveoftheseterritoriesarepermanentlyinhabited.

TheyaretheCommonwealthofPuertoRico,theU.S.VirginIslands,Guam,theCommonwealthoftheNorthernMarianaIslandsandAmericanSamoa.Morethanfourmillionpeopleliveinthem.

ExceptforAmericanSamoa,peoplebornintheseterritoriesautomaticallybe