country US State cgrondin ExO:0000099 2017-04-06T03:47:29Z location One of the fifty states which is a member of the federation known as the United States of America. Other US geographic areas, such as Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia, are essentially equivalent to State when used in an address. https://ncit.nci.nih.gov/ncitbrowser/pages/concept_details.jsf?dictionary=NCI_Thesaurus&version=17.02d&code=C30010&ns=NCI_Thesaurus&type=properties&key=1797607167&b=1&n=0&vse=null