Originally Posted by
nmh1204
no, Puerto Rico is an unincorportated territory, not part of the 50 US states, whereas Guadaloupe and Martinique are legislatively Departments of France, the same as a US state. Puerto Rico is the same as the Colectivités of France, which are unincorporated territories.
I thought the French Region was more akin to a U.S. State than the Departments. (Of course, those two are Regions as well...so yes, agree the Hawaii analogy is closer than the Puerto Rico analogy.)