Statistics for Most Common Words in Official U.S. State and Territory Names

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#	Answer	Incidences	% Correct
46	State	All states except for Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, & Virginia	84%
2	North	North Carolina & North Dakota	77%
2	South	South Carolina & South Dakota	77%
4	New	New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, & New York	73%
54	of	All states, D.C., and 3 territories (not American Samoa or Guam)	68%
6	Commonwealth	Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennyslvania, Virginia, N. Mariana Islands, & Puerto Rico	59%
2	Carolina	North Carolina & South Carolina	52%
2	Dakota	North Dakota & South Dakota	52%
2	Virginia	Virginia & West Virginia	41%
2	Islands	Northern Mariana Islands & Virgin Islands	39%