how many states and territories are there in the united states?
Confidence votes 173K. There are three kinds of answers: ones that are mostly right, ones that are mostly wrong, and those that once were right but now are wrong. There are 50 states in the United States. There are also 6 non-state regions and territories: (see the related question).
Currently, there are sixteen territories of the United States, five of which are permanently inhabited: Puerto Rico, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and American Samoa.