How Many States are in the USA? The United States of America consists of 50 states, a federal district and 5 major territories. Each state has a separate governor.

There are links - some stronger than others - to each of the 50 states of America. The Athletic has dug deep to discover them ...

Forget about state flowers and birds. Find out which state invented basketball, where the first skydiver jumped from, and other obscure state facts.