There are 50 states. Each has its own State government. All 50 States are under one Federal government.
The US has 50 states and therefore there are 50 state governments in the US. In addition associated territories such as Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, and Guam are not states and do not have state governments, but do have governments that in many respects function like state governments.
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In addition to the US Federal Government and the 50 state governments, there are county, city and town governments in every state. So the total number of governments in the US can be counted in the thousands.
There are 50 state governments: one for each state.
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50 states = 50 state goverments. There are, however, local governments in DC, Puerto Rico, etc (US territories that aren't 'states').
50-the same number of U.S states.
State affairs only.
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Like all American governments, power is derived from the people.
Local governments get their power from the state government.
The 1997 Census of Government says it best... "There were 87,504 governmental units in the United States as of June 1997. In addition to the Federal Government and the 50 state governments, there were 87,453 units of local government. Of these, 39,044 are general purpose local governments - 3,043 county governments and 36,001 subcounty general purpose governments, including 13,726 school distict governments and 34,683 special district governments."