U.S. Territories & Commonwealths

The United States has special relationships with two areas in the Atlantic and six areas in the Pacific Basin. These areas have rural health and human services issues in common with rural areas within the United States and also face challenges specific to their regions.

Atlantic Territory and Commonwealth

• Puerto Rico
• U.S. Virgin Islands

Pacific Territories, Commonwealth, and Freely Associated States

• American Samoa
• Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
• Guam
• Federated States of Micronesia
• Republic of Palau
• Republic of the Marshall Islands