The first insular areas that the United States occupied were Baker Island, Howland Island and Navassa Island … See more

Congress has extended citizenship rights by birth to all inhabited territories except American Samoa, and these citizens may vote and run for office in any U.S. jurisdiction in which they are residents. The people of … See more

Residents of the five major populated insular areas do not pay U.S. federal income taxes but are required to pay other U.S. federal taxes such as import and export taxes, federal commodity taxes, Social Security ta… See more

The U.S. State Department and the U.S. Code also use the term "insular area" to refer not only to territories under the sovereignty of the United States, but also those independent nations that have signed a … See more

The following islands, or island groups, are considered insular areas:
None
One (uninhabited)
• Palmyra Atoll – U.S. Territory of Palmyra Island (mos… See more

• Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands: U.N. trust territory administered by the U.S.; included the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Isl… See more

• Dependent territory
• Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
• Insular Cases
• List of states and territories of the United States… See more