Since you specified "4", I'm guessing you mean the Commonwealths of Massachusetts, Virginia, Pennsylvania and Kentucky.
The term doesn't actually mean anything legally, it's just the official name of the state (instead of the more common "State of...").
In the United States we have states, territories, commonwealths and a district instead of provinces.
In the United States we have states, territories, commonwealths and a district instead of provinces.
Four States of the United States of America style themselves Commonwealths:MassachusettsKentuckyVirginiaPennsylvaniaIn addition two dependencies of the US, Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands, style themselves commonwealths.
There are four "states" that are commonwealths. They are Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
36 states in the US are states, and 4 are officially commonwealths. (Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Virginia, and Kentucky)
Because there are 46 states and 4 commonwealths (VA, PA, MA, KY)
Only four of the fifty states are Commonwealths: THey are: Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia
3 are commonwealths Virginia, Massachusetts,and Pennsylvania the other ten are states
Kentucky does. the other three commonwealths are PA and MA.
Four U.S. states call themselves commonwealth: Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
In the United States Massachusetts , Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and Virginia are styled commonwealths, not states, although functionally there is no difference. The United states also has two insular territories that are styled commonwealths. They are the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands..
There are 46 States and 4 Commonwealths in the United States. However they are commonly referred to as the 50 States.