美国每个州都有自己的州宪法。从历史上看，州宪法的字数比美国宪法的7,500字多一些并且更多的是关于政府和人民日常关系的细节。例如：佛蒙特州的州宪法是8,295字而阿拉巴马州最近的1901年批准的州宪法是310,296个字。联邦政府和州政府宪法文档之间的不同的长度和细节规因于其不同的目的和用途。无论是联邦还是各州的宪法都是相应一级的法律和政治组织的基础。但美国宪法规定了限制联邦政府的权力，州宪法描述了结构细节和那些不能给联邦政府的权力。

许多州认为一些解决具体问题的法律很重要从而将其非常详细的写入到州宪法中。另外所有州宪法都必须符合美国宪法。

In the United States, each state has its own constitution.

Usually, they are longer than the 8,500-word federal Constitution and are more detailed regarding the day-to-day relationships between government and the people. The shortest is the Constitution of Vermont, adopted in 1793 and currently 8,295 words long. The longest is Alabama's sixth and current constitution, ratified in 1901, about 345,000 words long. Both the federal and state constitutions are organic texts: they are the fundamental blueprints for the legal and political organizations of the United States and the states, respectively.