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United States of America | |
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Motto: Other traditional mottos:
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Anthem: "The Star-Spangled Banner"[3] | |
Capital | Washington, D.C. 38°53′N 77°01′W |
Largest city | New York City 40°43′N 74°00′W |
Official languages | None at the federal level[lower-alpha 1] |
National language | English (de facto) |
Ethnic groups | By race:
By Hispanic or Latino origin:
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Religion (2021)[9] |
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Demonym(s) | American[lower-alpha 2][10] |
Government | Federal presidential constitutional republic |
Joe Biden (D) | |
Kamala Harris (D) | |
Nancy Pelosi (D) | |
John Roberts | |
Legislature | Congress |
Senate | |
House of Representatives | |
Independence from Great Britain | |
July 4, 1776 | |
March 1, 1781 | |
September 3, 1783 | |
June 21, 1788 | |
August 21, 1959 | |
Area | |
• Total area | 3,796,742 sq mi (9,833,520 km2)[lower-alpha 3][11] (3rd/4th) |
• Water (%) | 4.66[12] |
• Total land area | 3,531,905 sq mi (9,147,590 km2) |
Population | |
• 2021 estimate | 331,893,745[13] |
• 2020 census | 331,449,281[lower-alpha 4][14] (3rd) |
• Density | 87/sq mi (33.6/km2) (185th) |
GDP (PPP) | 2022 estimate |
• Total | $25.35 trillion[15] (2nd) |
• Per capita | $76,027[15] (9th) |
GDP (nominal) | 2022 estimate |
• Total | $25.35 trillion[15] (1st) |
• Per capita | $76,027[15] (8th) |
Gini (2020) | 48.5[16] high |
HDI (2019) | 0.926[17] very high (17th) |
Currency | U.S. dollar ($) (USD) |
Time zone | UTC−4 to −12, +10, +11 |
UTC−4 to −10[lower-alpha 5] | |
Date format | mm/dd/yyyy[lower-alpha 6] |
Driving side | right[lower-alpha 7] |
Calling code | +1 |
ISO 3166 code | US |
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- "The Great Seal of the United States" (PDF). U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs. 2003. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
- Cobarrubias 1983, p. 195. sfn error: no target: CITEREFCobarrubias1983 (help)
- García 2011, p. 167. sfn error: no target: CITEREFGarcía2011 (help)
- "2020 Census Illuminates Racial and Ethnic Composition of the Country". United States Census. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
- "Race and Ethnicity in the United States: 2010 Census and 2020 Census". United States Census. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
- "A Breakdown of 2020 Census Demographic Data". NPR. August 13, 2021.
- "About Three-in-Ten U.S. Adults Are Now Religiously Unaffiliated". Measuring Religion in Pew Research Center's American Trends Panel. Pew Research Center. December 14, 2021. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
- Compton's Pictured Encyclopedia and Fact-index: Ohio. 1963. p. 336.
- Areas of the 50 states and the District of Columbia but not Puerto Rico nor other island territories per "State Area Measurements and Internal Point Coordinates". Census.gov. August 2010. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
reflect base feature updates made in the MAF/TIGER database through August, 2010.
- "Surface water and surface water change". Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). 2015. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
- Bureau, US Census. "New Vintage 2021 Population Estimates Available for the Nation, States and Puerto Rico". Census.gov.
- "Census Bureau's 2020 Population Count". United States Census. Retrieved April 26, 2021. The 2020 census is as of April 1, 2020.
- "World Economic Outlook Database, April 2022". IMF.org. International Monetary Fund. April 2022. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
- "Human Development Report 2020: The Next Frontier: Human Development and the Anthropocene" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. December 15, 2020. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
- English is the official language of 32 states; English and Hawaiian are both official languages in Hawaii, and English and 20 indigenous languages are official in Alaska. Algonquian, Cherokee, and Sioux are among many other official languages in Native-controlled lands throughout the country. French is a de facto, but unofficial, language in Maine and Louisiana, while New Mexico law grants Spanish a special status. In five territories, English as well as one or more indigenous languages are official: Spanish in Puerto Rico, Samoan in American Samoa, and Chamorro in both Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. Carolinian is also an official language in the Northern Mariana Islands.[4][5]
- The historical and informal demonym Yankee has been applied to Americans, New Englanders, or northeasterners since the 18th century.