Title: Commonwealth (U.S. state)
Content:  Commonwealth is a term used by four of the 50 states of the United States in their full official state names. "Commonwealth" is a traditional English term for a political community founded for the common good. The four states – Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia – are all in the Eastern United States, and prior to the formation of the United States in 1776, were British colonial possessions (although Kentucky did not exist as an independent polity under British rule, instead being a part of Virginia). As such, they share a strong influence of English common law in some of their laws and institutions.
Title: Commonwealth
Content: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, since 1952 ; Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, since 1978 Two organized but unincorporated U.S. territories are called commonwealths. The two are: In 2016, the Washington, D.C. city council also selected "Douglass Commonwealth" as the potential name of State of Washington, D.C., following the 2016 statehood referendum, at least partially in order to retain the initials "D.C." as the state's abbreviation.
Title: Commonwealth
Content: Kentucky is designated a commonwealth by the Kentucky Constitution as the "Commonwealth of Kentucky". ; Massachusetts is a commonwealth, declaring itself as such in its constitution, which states: "[T]he body politic is formed by a voluntary association of individuals: it is a social compact, by which the whole people covenants with each citizen, and each citizen with the whole people, that all shall be governed by certain laws for the common good." ; Pennsylvania uses the "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania" constitutionally and in its official title. ; Virginia has been known as the "Commonwealth of Virginia" since before the American Revolutionary War, and is referred to as a commonwealth in its constitution. Four states of the United States of America officially designate themselves as "commonwealths". All four were part of Great Britain's possessions along the Atlantic coast of North America prior to the American Revolution. As such, they share a strong influence of English common law in some of their laws and institutions. The four are:
Title: List of U.S. states by date of admission to the Union
Content:   A state of the United States is one of the 50 constituent entities that shares its sovereignty with the federal government. Americans are citizens of both the federal republic and of the state in which they reside, due to the shared sovereignty between each state and the federal government. Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia use the term commonwealth rather than state in their full official names. States are the primary subdivisions of the United States. They possess all powers not granted to the federal government, nor prohibited to them by the Constitution of the United States. In general, state governments have the power to 
Title: Commonwealth (U.S. state)
Content:  their earlier colonial status that was derived from the British crown. It refers to the common "wealth", or welfare, of the public and is derived from a loose translation of the Latin term res publica. Criminal charges in these four states are brought in the name of the Commonwealth. Besides the four aforementioned states, other states have also on occasion used the term commonwealth to refer to themselves: Two U.S. territories are also designated as commonwealths: Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands. When used in connection with areas under U.S. sovereignty that are not states, the term broadly describes an area that is self-governing under a constitution of its own adoption and whose right of self-government will not be unilaterally withdrawn by the United States Congress.
Title: Commonwealth (U.S. state)
Content: The term commonwealth is used interchangeably with the term state in the Constitution of Vermont, but the act of Congress admitting that state to the Union calls it "the State of Vermont." ; Delaware was primarily referred to as a "state" in its 1776 Constitution; however, the term commonwealth was also used in one of its articles. The term "commonwealth" does not describe or provide for any specific political status or legal relationship when used by a state. Those that do use it are equal to those that do not. A traditional English term for a political community founded for the common good, it is used symbolically to emphasize that these states have a "government based on the common consent of the people" as opposed to one legitimized 
Title: Commonwealth (U.S. insular area)
Content:  Commonwealth is a term used by two unincorporated territories of the United States in their full official names, which are the Northern Mariana Islands, whose full name is Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Puerto Rico, which is named Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in English and Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico in Spanish, translating to "Free Associated State of Puerto Rico." The term was also used by the Philippines during most of its period under U.S. sovereignty, when it was officially called the Commonwealth of the Philippines. The definition of Commonwealth according to 2013 U.S. State Department policy, as codified in the department's Foreign Affairs Manual, reads: "The term 'Commonwealth' does not describe or provide for any specific political status or relationship. It has, for example, been applied to both states and territories. When used in connection with areas under U.S. sovereignty that are not states, the term broadly describes an area that is self-governing under a constitution of its adoption and whose right of self-government will not be unilaterally withdrawn by the U.S. Congress."
Title: List of states and territories of the United States
Content:   The United States of America is a federal republic consisting of 50 states, a federal district (Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States), five major territories, and various minor islands. The 48 contiguous states and Washington, D.C., are in North America between Canada and Mexico. Alaska is an exclave in the far northwestern part of North America, connected only to Canada, and Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. Territories of the United States are scattered throughout the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. According to the numerous decisions of the United States Supreme Court, the 50 individual states and the United States as 
Title: Shattered Union
Content: California Commonwealth: Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah ; Commonwealth of Hawaii: Hawaii (non-playable faction) ; Confederacy: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia ; European Union Occupation: Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia ; Great Plains Federation: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin ; New England Alliance: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, West Virginia, Vermont ; Pacifica: Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming ; Republic of Texas: Arkansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas ; Russia: Alaska (only multiplayer) The factions in the game include the entirety or portions of the following states: 
Title: Index of United States–related articles
Content:  Dakota ; State of Ohio ; State of Oklahoma ; State of Oregon ; Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; State of Rhode Island ; State of South Carolina ; State of South Dakota ; State of Tennessee ; State of Texas ; State of Utah ; State of Vermont ; Commonwealth of Virginia ; State of Washington ; State of West Virginia ; State of Wisconsin ; State of Wyoming ; Territories of the United States: ; 🇦🇸 Territory of American Samoa ; 🇬🇺 Territory of Guam ; 🇲🇵 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands ; 🇵🇷 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ; Territory of 

Question: how many us states are commonwealths and which states are they?
Answer: Kentucky.
Pennsylvania.
Massachusetts.
Virginia.