page_title: List of United States district and territorial courts
section_title: Active courts
hierarchical_section_title: List of United States district and territorial courts / Active courts
context_page_description: There are 94 active United States district and territorial courts. Each of the 50 states has between one and four district courts, and the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico each have a district court.
  The insular areas of Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands each have one territorial court; these courts are called "district courts" and exercise the same jurisdiction as district courts, but differ from district courts in that territorial courts are Article IV courts, with judges who serve ten-year terms rather than the lifetime tenure of judges of Article III courts, such as the district court judges. American Samoa does not have a district court or a federal territorial court, and so federal matters there are sent to either the District of Columbia or Hawaii.
context_section_description: Key
caption: Western District of Pennsylvania Courthouse in Erie, Pennsylvania
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