KNOWLEDGE ABOUT A.U.S A U.S. state is a constituent political entity of the United States of America . There are 50 states, which are bound together in a union with each other. Each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a defined geographic territory, and shares its sovereignty with the United States federal government . Due to the shared sovereignty between each state and the federal government, Americans are citizens of both the federal republic and of the state in which they reside . [3] Stat...