How many states in the USA?

YouTube · by **JaoSming** on Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:45 am

Just post your answer...

by **Patr1ck** on Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:47 am

Fifty damnit.

Washington D.C. is not a state.
Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, American Samoa, etc are not states.

Sometimes I think there are 52 states. I wonder if I was taught this somewhere because it's confusing.

by **Jing** on Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:53 am

by **Oznogrd** on Mon Jan 21, 2008 3:06 am

by **Joe'** on Mon Jan 21, 2008 3:09 am

Lower 44 States + 4 Commonwealths + State of Alaska = Continental United States (49 States) + State of Hawaii = 50 States.

by **JT_55** on Mon Jan 21, 2008 3:38 am

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6....48, 49, 50.

by **Drex** on Mon Jan 21, 2008 5:15 am

Is this supposed to be a trick question?

Anyway, 50.

by **cyanide** on Mon Jan 21, 2008 5:54 am

Is this a homework question?

by **Joe'** on Mon Jan 21, 2008 5:56 am

^More like the first question on the U.S. Citizenship Application Test.

by **Pera** on Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:00 am

Or it might be alcohol talking ..

YouTube · by **JaoSming** on Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:06 am

it was an argument....the person i was arguing with actually thought there were 52 states...and the sad part is that they learned this in high school. I was given names of teachers who actually teach A.P. US History saying that there are 52 states in the US. The scarier part is that this person's siblings gave me the same exact answer as well.

They say Washington D.C. is a state and either Alaska or Hawaii is the other state.........I want to go home, now.

by **SVG18** on Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:19 am

51: Israel

by **JT_55** on Mon Jan 21, 2008 10:08 am

^lol....nice. One can make the case for Iraq or Taiwan, too. Both for different reasons, of course.

by **Chaser7** on Mon Jan 21, 2008 10:51 am

JaoSming wrote:it was an argument....the person i was arguing with actually thought there were 52 states...and the sad part is that they learned this in high school. I was given names of teachers who actually teach A.P. US History saying that there are 52 states in the US. The scarier part is that this person's siblings gave me the same exact answer as well.

They say Washington D.C. is a state and either Alaska or Hawaii is the other state.........I want to go home, now.

lmfao... but that would only be 51 if they included D.C! ... Do they not realize alaska and Hawaii are already part of the 50!?? Haha classic, god us Americans are so dumb..

YouTube · by **shadowgrin** on Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:30 pm

JT_55 wrote:One can make the case for Iraq or Taiwan, too. Both for different reasons, of course.

Taiwan is China's. Hands off Yanks!

As for that flag you posted, counting is hard.

by **Patr1ck** on Mon Jan 21, 2008 3:27 pm

I wonder if the state that The Simpsons live in counts. You know, the one that is bordered by Ohio, Nevada, Maine and Kentucky

by **Joe'** on Tue Jan 22, 2008 12:34 am

shadowgrin wrote:
JT_55 wrote:One can make the case for Iraq or Taiwan, too. Both for different reasons, of course.

Taiwan is China's. Hands off Yanks!

As for that flag you posted, counting is hard.

Taiwan hasn't been China's since the early 50's.

by **Oznogrd** on Tue Jan 22, 2008 2:15 am

disregard my statemnt, did research: apparently taiwan is also known as the republic of china...

by **Joe'** on Tue Jan 22, 2008 4:31 am

^By China I meant The People's Republic of China.

by **ultimateplaya** on Tue Jan 22, 2008 10:21 am

Isn't Washington D.C. in Virginia?

Edit: Oh thats what D.C means. District of Columbia. :wall:

by **Elbeen** on Tue Jan 22, 2008 10:35 am

Wikipedia has it at 50

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._state#List_of_states

by **Silas** on Tue Jan 22, 2008 2:17 pm

Fifty Nifty United States from thirteen original colonies... Scout em shout em tell all about em, one by one till we've given a name to fifty states, in the U.S.A!!!

Alabama, Alaska Arizona Arkinsas California Colorado, Connecticut, Doo Dee Doo!

And I assume you can figure out the remaining lyrics.

by **bigh0rt** on Wed Jan 23, 2008 12:09 pm

anybody (from America) who answers anything other than 50 should be kicked in the face.

by **mcoll86-2** on Wed Jan 23, 2008 1:09 pm

yes its counted as 50+ territories, but actually its not states. the answer back in the posting of states+ territories is the actual technical right answer, at least when i was school we were thought both ways. states 50, but the right answer is states, Territorials and commonwealth and if you listen in throws that of judge in the commonwealth the court will say commonwealth not state sometimes so then next ? is can you name the us commonwealth that are considered states.

ps i also this right because my grandfather was a poly sci professor at a major US college for more than 40 years.

by **benji** on Wed Jan 23, 2008 1:18 pm

mcoll86-2 wrote:yes its counted as 50+ territories, but actually its not states. the answer back in the posting of states+ territories is the actual technical right answer, at least when i was school we were thought both ways. states 50, but the right answer is states, Territorials and commonwealth and if you listen in throws that of judge in the commonwealth the court will say commonwealth not state sometimes so then next ? is can you name the us commonwealth that are considered states.

ps i also this right because my grandfather was a poly sci professor at a major US college for more than 40 years.

Well, he obviously wasn't an English professor.

Not that "political science professors" are anyone to tout. It doesn't make me someone anyone should ever listen to.

Of course, I am not contending what appears to be the technical accuracy of your (and an earlier) post.

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