How many commonwealth states are there and what are they?

Answer 1

4 Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Virginia

Answer 2

In the terminology of the United States insular areas, a commonwealth is an organized territory or colony that has established with the Federal Government a more highly developed relationship, usually embodied in a written mutual agreement.

There are currently two United States insular areas holding the status of commonwealth, the Northern Mariana Islands and Puerto Rico.

The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico), also Porto Rico (archaic) and more commonly Puerto Rico, is a United States territory with Commonwealth status located east of the Dominican Republic in the northeastern Caribbean. Puerto Rico, the smallest of the Greater Antilles, includes the main island of Puerto Rico and a number of smaller islands and keys, the largest of which are Mona, Vieques, and Culebra.

The nature of Puerto Rico's political relationship with the United States is the subject of ongoing debate in the island and also in the United Nations. Those who support maintaining the status quo (i.e., Commonwealth status) insist that upon attaining this status, Puerto Rico entered into a voluntary association with the U.S. "in the nature of a compact", but opponents of Commonwealth disagree: according to them, Puerto Rico is an unincorporated organized territory of the United States, subject to the plenary powers of the United States Congress.

The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), is a commonwealth in political union with the United States of America at a strategic location in the West Pacific Ocean. It consists of 15 islands about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to the Philippines, at 15°1′2″N, 145°4′5″E. It has a population (2005 est) of 80,362. The official 2000 census count was 69,221. The total land area of all islands is 463.63 km² (179.01 sq mi), as reported by the United States Census Bureau.

Answer 3

Four of the constituent states of the United States officially designate themselves Commonwealths: Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. This designation, which has no constitutional impact, emphasizes that they have a "government based on the common consent of the people" .

Don't believe the bull! I'm from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and we certainly do not have a government based on the common consent of the people. Anyone who has been involved in the marriage definition ballot initiative can attest to that fact.

Answer 4

Puerto Rico, Saipan, etc..

That's all I know..

Well Guam and US Virgin Islands are US territories they don't count as a commonwealth.

Answer 5

Im not sure how many there are but I know Puerto Rico and American Samoa.