https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._state
In the United States, a state is a political entity.There are currently 50 of them, and they are bound together in a federation.Each has a government and can make laws over a particular area that the state covers. All states have a shared sovereignty with the U.S. federal government.People who were born or naturalized in states are citizens of both the United States and the state they are …