Sentence:  For each State ( except the <WSD>Virgin</WSD> Islands , Guam , Puerto Rico , and , prior to 1962 , Alaska and Hawaii ) , determine the average per capita income for the last three years . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a group of islands in northeastern West Indies (east of Puerto Rico) discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1493; owned by United States and Britain