United States
of America

Map of the United States of America
 
Facts about the United States of America
(As of March, 2012)

Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783.

During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the original 13 as the nation expanded across the North American continent and acquired a number of overseas possessions.

The two most traumatic experiences in the nation's history were the Civil War (1861-65), in which a northern Union of states defeated a secessionist Confederacy of 11 southern slave states, and the Great Depression of the 1930s, an economic downturn during which about a quarter of the labor force lost its jobs.

Buoyed by victories in World Wars I and II and the end of the Cold War in 1991, the United States remains the world's most powerful nation state.

Total Area
Land:  9,161,966 sq km
Water:  664,709 sq km
Total:  9,826,675 sq km
 
Total Area - Comparative
The United States is about half the size of Russia; about three-tenths the size of Africa; about half the size of South America (or slightly larger than Brazil); slightly larger than China; and more than twice the size of the European Union.
 
Elevation extremes
Lowest point:
Death Valley -86 m
Highest point:
Mount McKinley 6,194 m
 
Natural resources
Coal, copper, lead, molybdenum, phosphates, rare earth elements, uranium, bauxite, gold, iron, mercury, nickel, potash, silver, tungsten, zinc, petroleum, natural gas, timber
Population
313,847,465

The U.S.A. is the third largest country in terms of population (after China and India).

 
Age Structure
0-14 years: 20.1%
15-64 years: 66.8%
65 years and over: 13.1%
 
Median age
Male: 35.6 years
Female: 38.2 years
Total: 36.9 years
 
Life expectancy at birth
Male: 76.05 years
Female: 81.05 years
Total: 78.49 years
Industries
Second largest industrial output in world. Petroleum, steel, motor vehicles, aerospace, chemicals, electronics, food processing, consumer goods, lumber, mining, telecommunications
 
Agriculture Products
Wheat, corn, other grains, fruits, vegetables, cotton; beef, pork, poultry, dairy products; fish; forest products
 
Languages
English - 82.1%
Spanish - 10.7%
Other Indo-European - 3.8%
Asian / Pacific island - 2.7%
Other - 0.7%
 
Ethnic groups
White - 79.96%
Black - 12.85%
Asian - 4.43%
Amerindian,
Alaska native
.97%
Hawaiian,
Pacific islanders
0.18%
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