# Most Americans don't know how many inhabited territories the U.S. has

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## Reading

No estimate wins a majority: nearly three-in-ten Americans (28%) put the number of U.S. inhabited territories at five or six, ahead of any other guess in an August 2025 Verasight survey.

Guesses run in both directions, as 21% estimate three or four territories and one-in-five (20%) estimate eleven or more, while about one-in-ten each land on zero (10%) or one or two (9%). Fewer estimate seven or eight (8%) or nine or ten (4%).

## Topline

How many inhabited territories does the U.S. have?

Most Americans don't know how many inhabited territories the U.S. has.

- 5-6: 28.0%
- 3-4: 21.1%
- 11+: 19.9%
- 0: 9.9%
- 1-2: 9.4%
- 7-8: 7.8%
- 9-10: 3.8%

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: United States adults
- Field dates: 2025-08-20 → 2025-08-25
- Base (unweighted): 1,000
- Margin of error: +/- 3.1%
- Module: ASA Omnibus Survey
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

- Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/asa-2025#number-of-inhabited-u.s.-territories](https://reports.verasight.io/r/asa-2025#number-of-inhabited-u.s.-territories)

## Citation

ASA Omnibus Survey, fielded August 20-25, 2025, N=1,000 United States adults, +/- 3.1%.

Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/asa-2025#number-of-inhabited-u.s.-territories](https://reports.verasight.io/r/asa-2025#number-of-inhabited-u.s.-territories)