The 50 geographic and governmental units of the United States, as well as Washington, D.C., and all U.S. Territories. Every state has its own laws regarding various aspects of the marketing. For some products in some states, direct-mail marketers are required to collect sales tax on purchases made by residents of those states. Some mailing list selections are made by state however zip selects are more common and more accurately targeted.



An independent existence being responsible for its own legal system. State may be seen as a supplier of public services education and health as a regulator of the economy, as a social engineer, a form of social engineering and acting as a referee between conflicting groups in society. The state is the medium of an organized government. The state is distinguished from other social groups by its purpose, methods, territory and sovereignty. In some countries also refers to nonsovereign political units subject to the authority of the larger state or federal union.

U.S. state is the 50 subnational entities of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. An American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. state citizenship is very flexible, and no government approval is required to move between states. United States Constitution allocates the power between the two levels of government in general terms. By ratifying the Constitution, each state transfers certain sovereign powers to the federal government. The Supreme Court of the United States has interpreted the Commerce Clause of the Constitution of the United States in an expansive way that has dramatically expanded the scope of federal power. States are free to organize their state governments. Each state has chosen to follow the federal model, there are significant differences in some states.

The legislatures of the other 49 states, has only one house. There is only one federal president, who then selects a Cabinet responsible to him, most states have a plural executive, with members of the executive branch elected directly by the people and serving as equal members of the state cabinet alongside the governor. And only a few states choose to have their judicial branch leaders—their judges on the state's courts—serve for life terms. States can also organize their judicial systems differently from the federal judiciary, as long as due process is protected.