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''Insular area'' is the current generic term used by the U.S. State Department to refer to any commonwealth, freely associated state, possession or territory controlled by the US government. In other contexts, U.S. insular areas may be described as ''dependencies'', '' Protectorate s'' or '' Dependent Area s''. (Dependent areas need not be under the formal jurisdiction of the United States, but excludes areas that are clearly part of or governed by another State .) Residents of insular areas are often U.S. Citizen s, although they do not pay American federal Tax es and cannot participate in U.S. Presidential Election s nor elect voting members of the U.S. Congress . Goods manufactured in insular areas of the United States can be labeled "Made in the USA." LIST AND STATUS OF INSULAR AREAS Several islands in the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea are considered Insular Areas of the United States. Incorporated (integral part of United States) Inhabited
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Unincorporated (United States' possessions) Inhabited
Uninhabited Along with Palmyra Atoll, these form the United States Minor Outlying Islands :
From July 18 , 1947 until October 1 , 1994 , the U.S. administered the Trust Territory Of The Pacific Islands , but more recently entered into a new political relationship with all four political units (one of which is the Northern Mariana Islands listed above, the others being the three Freely-associated States noted below). Disputed
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