Western United States Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Outlying areas === [[File:Ofu_Beach_American_Samoa_US_National_Park_Service.jpg|thumb|right|225px|Ofu Beach on [[Ofu-Olosega|Ofu Island]] in [[American Samoa]]]] The three inhabited [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]] [[Territories of the United States|U.S. territories]] ([[American Samoa]], [[Guam]] and the [[Northern Mariana Islands]]) are sometimes considered part of the Western United States. American Samoa is in [[Polynesia]] in the [[South Pacific Ocean]], while Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands are in the [[Mariana Islands]] in the western [[North Pacific Ocean]]. Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands have district courts within the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit|9th Circuit]], which includes western states such as California and Nevada.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/judicial_council/what_is_the_ninth_circuit.php |website =United States Courts for the Ninth Circuit|publisher= ca9.uscourts.gov|title = What Is The Ninth Circuit?}}</ref> (See [[District Court of Guam]] and [[District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands]]). American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands are also considered part of the western U.S. by the [[U.S. National Park Service]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/partnerships/contactus.htm |publisher=U.S. National Park Service |title=Contact Us |access-date=September 9, 2019}}</ref> the [[Federal Reserve Bank]] system,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.federalreserve.gov/aboutthefed/federal-reserve-system-san-francisco.htm |title=Federal Reserve Banks |publisher=United States Federal Reserve |access-date=September 9, 2019}}</ref> [[FEMA]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.fema.gov/fema-region-ix-recovery-division |title=FEMA Region IX: Recovery Division |access-date=June 30, 2020 |archive-date=July 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701011430/https://www.fema.gov/fema-region-ix-recovery-division |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the [[United States Geological Survey|USGS]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1152/ |title=Proceedings of a Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning Workshop for the Western United States |publisher=United States Geological Survey |access-date=July 6, 2020}}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable" ![[Territories of the United States|Territory]] !2020 Population<br />Estimate<br /><ref name="AS">[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/american-samoa/ American Samoa]. ''[[The World Factbook]]''. [[Central Intelligence Agency]].</ref><ref name="GU">[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/guam/ Guam]. ''[[The World Factbook]]''. [[Central Intelligence Agency]].</ref><ref name="MP">[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/northern-mariana-islands/ Northern Mariana Islands]. ''[[The World Factbook]]''. [[Central Intelligence Agency]].</ref> !2010 Census<br /> population<ref>American FactFinder. 2010 U.S. Census. Retrieved September 9, 2019.</ref> !Change !Area<br /><ref name="AS" /><ref name="GU" /><ref name="MP" /> !Density |- |{{flag|American Samoa}} |{{change|invert=on|49,437 |55,519}} |{{convert|224|km2|abbr=on}} |{{Pop density|49437|224|km2|sqmi|prec=0}} |- |{{flag|Guam}} |{{change|invert=on|168,485|159,358}} |{{convert|544|km2|abbr=on}} |{{Pop density|168485|544|km2|sqmi|prec=0}} |- |{{flag|Northern Mariana Islands}} |{{change|invert=on|51,433|53,833}} |{{convert|464|km2|abbr=on}} |{{Pop density|51433|464|km2|sqmi|prec=0}} |} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page