There are 50 states in the U.S.A. -- 48 connected in North America, Alaska (which has Canada between) and Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. That's 50 altogether. There are a couple of places that occasionally talk about becoming a state, such as Puerto Rico, but nothing yet.
...The oblique, and correct, answer is 46. Of the oft-quoted 50 states, 4 of them - Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Virginia - are commonwealths.
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