Sentence:  Determine for each <WSD>State</WSD> ( except the Virgin Islands , Guam and Puerto Rico , and , prior to 1962 , Alaska and Hawaii ) that percentage which bears the same ratio to 50 % as the particular State 's average per capita income bears to the average per capita income of the U. S. . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation