Well, I only count 50 states plus the District of Columbia. You can't go by the number you have next to the state. Numbers 3, 7, & 15, for example, are all missing. To see how many unique states you have, you could do something like:
sort state
by state: keep if _n == 1
tab state
>ALABAMA 1
>ALASKA 2
>ARIZONA 4
>ARKANSAS 5
>CALIFORNIA 6
>COLORADO 8
>CONNECTICUT 9
>DELAWARE 10
>DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 11
>FLORIDA 12
>GEORGIA 13
>HAWAII 14
>IDAHO 16
>ILLINOIS 17
>INDIANA 18
>IOWA 19
>KANSAS 20
>KENTUCKY 21
>LOUISIANA 22
>MAINE 23
>MARYLAND 24
>MASSACHUSETTS 25
>MICHIGAN 26
>MINNESOTA 27
>MISSISSIPPI 28
>MISSOURI 29
>MONTANA 30
>NEBRASKA 31
>NEVADA 32
>NEW HAMPSHIRE 33
>NEW JERSEY 34
>NEW MEXICO 35
>NEW YORK 36
>NORTH CAROLINA 37
>NORTH DAKOTA 38
>OHIO 39
>OKLAHOMA 40
>OREGON 41
>PENNSYLVANIA 42
>RHODE ISLAND 44
>SOUTH CAROLINA 45
>SOUTH DAKOTA 46
>TENNESSEE 47
>TEXAS 48
>UTAH 49
>VERMONT 50
>VIRGINIA 51
>WASHINGTON 53
>WEST VIRGINIA 54
>WISCONSIN 55
>WYOMING 56
>
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