# United States

United States

sovereign state, country| Part of | North America  |
| Year dem found am | 12 May 1784  |
| Official name | the United States of America  |
| Short name | USA, U.S.  |
| IPA transcription | ʉːɛˈsɑː, ˈmeɪɹ.ɹɪkə  |
| Ethnic group | White Americans, African Americans, Asian Americans, Native Americans in the United States  |
| Dem name after | America  |
| Official language | Hawaiian, Spanish  |
| Anthem | The Star-Spangled Banner  |
| Culture | culture of the United States  |
| Motto | In God We Trust, E pluribus unum  |
| Motto text | In God We Trust  |
| Continent | North America  |
| Country | United States  |
| Capital | Washington, D.C.  |
| Located in or next to body of water | Arctic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean  |
| Coordinate location | 39°49′41″N 98°34′46″W  |
| Coordinates of geographic center | 44°58′2″N 103°46′18″W  |
| Coordinates of easternmost point | 44°48′55″N 66°57′0″W  |
| Coordinates of northernmost point | 71°22′48″N 156°28′48″W  |
| Coordinates of southernmost point | 24°32′39″N 81°48′18″W  |
| Coordinates of westernmost point | 52°55′16″N 172°26′13″E  |
| Highest point | Denali  |
| Lowest point | Badwater Basin  |
| Government ein basic form | constitutional republic, democratic republic  |
| Office held by head of state | President of the United States  |
| State ein head | Donald Trump  |
| Office head of government hold | President of the United States  |
| Government ein head | Donald Trump  |
| Has cabinet | United States Cabinet  |
| Executive body | Federal Government of the United States  |
| Legislative body | United States Congress  |
| Highest judicial authority | Supreme Court of the United States  |
| Central bank | Federal Reserve System  |
| Currency | United States dollar  |
| Dey share bother plus | Mexico, Canada  |
| Foundational text | United States Declaration of Independence  |
| Driving side | right  |
| Electrical plug type | NEMA 1-15, NEMA 5-15  |
| Dey replace | United Colonies, Confederate States of America  |
| Language dem use | English  |
| Present in work | The City on the Edge of Forever  |
| Studied by | American studies  |
| Dema official website |   |
| Official blog URL |   |
| Privacy policy URL |   |
| Described at URL |    |
| External data available at URL |   |
| Top-level Internet domain | .us  |
| Main regulatory text | United States Constitution  |
| Flag | flag of the United States of America  |
| Coat of arms | Great Seal of the United States of America  |
| Has seal, badge, or sigil | Great Seal of the United States of America  |
| Official symbol | Bald Eagle  |
| Geography of topic | geography of the United States  |
| Get characteristic | free country  |
| History of topic | history of the United States  |
| ‎most populous urban area | New York City  |
| Railway traffic side | right  |
| Open data portal | data.gov  |
| Economy of topic | economy of the United States  |
| Demographics of topic | demographics of the United States  |
| Contains the statistical territorial entity | United States Minor Outlying Islands  |
| Gregorian calendar start date | 15 October 1582, 20 December 1582, 14 September 1752, 18 October 1867  |
| WordLift URL |   |
| Toki Pona headnoun | L220703  |
| Mobile country code | 310, 311, 312, 313, 316  |
| Country calling code | +1  |
| Emergency phone number | 911  |
| GS1 country code | 000-139  |
| Licence plate code | USA  |
| Maritime identification digits | 338, 366, 367, 368, 369  |
| Stack Exchange tag |    |
| Unicode character | 🇺🇸  |
| Category for honorary citizens of entity | Category:Honorary citizens of the United States  |
| Category for maps or plans | Category:Maps of the United States  |

Wikimedia | © OpenStreetMap
De **United States of America** (**USA**), commonly dem know as de **United States** (**U.S.**) anaa **America**, be country primarily wey dey locate insyd North America. Ebe federal union of 50 states, de federal capital district of Washington, D.C., den 326 Indian reservations. De 48 contiguous states dey border Canada to de north den Mexico to de south. De State of Alaska dey lie to de northwest, while de State of Hawaii be archipelago insyd de Pacific Ocean. De United States sanso dey assert sovereignty over five major island territories den various uninhabited islands. De country get de world ein third-largest land area, second-largest exclusive economic zone, den third-largest population, wey dey exceed 334 million.

De U.S. national government be presidential constitutional federal republic den liberal democracy plus three separate branches: legislative, executive, den judicial. E get bicameral national legislature compose of de House of Representatives, lower house base for population top; den de Senate, upper house base for equal representation top for each state. Dem dey provide substantial autonomy by federalism, plus political culture wey dey promote liberty, equality, individualism, personal autonomy, den limited government.

One of de world ein most developed countries, na de United States get de largest nominal GDP since about 1890 wey dey account for 15% of de global economy insyd 2023. E dey possess by far de largest amount of wealth of any country wey e get de highest disposable household income per capita among OECD countries. De U.S. dey rank among de world ein highest insyd economic competitiveness, productivity, innovation, human rights, den higher education. Ein hard power den cultural influence get global reach. De U.S. be founding member of de World Bank, Organization of American States, NATO, den United Nations, as well as permanent member of de UN Security Council.

## Etymology

## History

### Indigenous peoples

Cliff Palace, settlement of ancestors of de Native American Pueblo peoples insyd present-day Montezuma County, Colorado, dem build between c. 1200 den 1275
### European settlement den conflict (1607–1765)

De 1750 colonial possessions of Britain (insyd pink den purple), France (insyd blue), den Spain (insyd orange) for present-day Canada den de United States insyd
### American Revolution den de early republic (1765–1800)

*Declaration of Independence*, portrait by John Trumbull wey dey depict de Committee of Five dey present de draft of de Declaration to de Continental Congress for June 28, 1776, insyd Philadelphia
### Westward expansion den Civil War (1800–1865)

Historical territorial expansion of de United States
Plus over 50,000 casualties dem estimate, na de three-day Battle of Gettysburg be de bloodiest single battle of de Civil War.
### Post–Civil War era (1865–1917)

Duration: 2 minutes and 27 seconds.2:27Edison Studios film wey dey show immigrants dey arrive at Ellis Island insyd New York Harbor, a major point of entry for European immigrants insyd de late 19th den early 20th centuries
### Rise as a superpower (1917–1945)

### Cold War (1945–1991)

Mikhail Gorbachev den Ronald Reagan sign de Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty at de White House insyd 1987.
### Contemporary (1991–present)

## Geography

Topographic map of de United States
De Grand Canyon insyd Arizona
### Climate

### Biodiversity den conservation

De bald eagle, de national bird of de United States since 1782
De U.S. be one of 17 megadiverse countries wey dey contain large numbers of endemic species: about 17,000 species of vascular plants dey occur insyd de contiguous United States den Alaska, wey dem dey find over 1,800 species of flowering plants insyd Hawaii, few of wich occur for de mainland top. De United States be home to 428 mammal species, 784 birds, 311 reptiles, 295 amphibians, den around 91,000 insect species.

Der be 63 national parks, den hundreds of other federally managed parks, forests, den wilderness areas, manage by de National Park Service den oda agencies. About 28% of de country ein land be publicly owned den federally managed, primarily insyd de Western States. Dem dey protect chaw of dis land, though dem lease sam for commercial use, wey less dem dey use less dan one percent for military purposes.

## Government den politics

### National government

### Political parties

### Subdivisions

### Foreign relations

Na de United Nations headquarters dey situate along de East River insyd Midtown Manhattan since 1952; insyd 1945, na de United States be founding member of de UN.
### Military

### Law enforcement den criminal justice

## Economy

De U.S. dollar, de most-used currency insyd international transactions den de world ein foremost reserve currency
### Science, technology, spaceflight den energy

### Transportation

## Demographics

### Population

### Language

Most spoken languages insyd de U.S.
While dem dey speak chaw languages insyd de United States, English be by far de most commonly spoken den written. Although der be no official language at de federal level, sam laws, such as U.S. naturalization requirements, dey standardize English, wey chaw states declare am de official language. Three states den four U.S. territories recognize local anaa indigenous languages in addition to English, wey dey include Hawaii (Hawaiian), Alaska (twenty Native languages), South Dakota (Sioux), American Samoa (Samoan), Puerto Rico (Spanish), Guam (Chamorro), den de Northern Mariana Islands (Carolinian den Chamorro). In total, dem dey speak 169 Native American languages insyd de United States. Insyd Puerto Rico, dem dey speak Spanish more widely dan English.

According to de American Community Survey insyd 2010, sam 229 million people out of de total U.S. population of 308 million speak English per for home. About 37 million speak Spanish at home, wey dey make am de second most commonly used language. Oda languages dem dey speak at home by one million people anaa more dey include Chinese (2.8 million), Tagalog (1.6 million), Vietnamese (1.4 million), French (1.3 million), Korean (1.1 million), den German (1 million).

### Immigration

De Mexico–United States border wall between San Diego (left) den Tijuana (right)
### Religion

### Urbanization

| Largest metropolitan areas insyd de United States

2023 MSA population dey estimate from de U.S. Census Bureau |
| --- |
|  | Rank | Name | Region | Pop. | Rank | Name | Region | Pop. |  |
| New York
Los Angeles | 1 | New York | Northeast | 19,498,249 | 11 | Boston | Northeast | 4,919,179 | Chicago
Dallas–Fort Worth |
| 2 | Los Angeles | West | 12,799,100 | 12 | Riverside–San Bernardino | West | 4,688,053 |
| 3 | Chicago | Midwest | 9,262,825 | 13 | San Francisco | West | 4,566,961 |
| 4 | Dallas–Fort Worth | South | 8,100,037 | 14 | Detroit | Midwest | 4,342,304 |
| 5 | Houston | South | 7,510,253 | 15 | Seattle | West | 4,044,837 |
| 6 | Atlanta | South | 6,307,261 | 16 | Minneapolis–Saint Paul | Midwest | 3,712,020 |
| 7 | Washington, D.C. | South | 6,304,975 | 17 | Tampa–St. Petersburg | South | 3,342,963 |
| 8 | Philadelphia | Northeast | 6,246,160 | 18 | San Diego | West | 3,269,973 |
| 9 | Miami | South | 6,183,199 | 19 | Denver | West | 3,005,131 |
| 10 | Phoenix | West | 5,070,110 | 20 | Baltimore | South | 2,834,316 |

### Health

Texas Medical Center insyd Houston be de largest medical complex insyd de world. As of 2018, e employ 120,000 people wey e treat 10 million patients annually.
### Education

77% of American college students attend public institutions such as de University of Virginia, found by Thomas Jefferson insyd 1819.
## Culture den society

De Statue of Liberty (*Liberty Enlightening the World*) for Liberty Island insyd New York Harbor na ebe 1866 gift from France wey cam turn iconic symbol of de American Dream.
### Literature

Mark Twain, wey William Faulkner bell "the father of American literature"
### Mass media

Comcast Center insyd Philadelphia, headquarters of Comcast, one of de world ein largest telecommunications companies den media conglomerates
### Theater

Broadway theaters insyd Theater District, Manhattan
### Visual arts

*American Gothic* (1930) by Grant Wood be one of de most famous American paintings wey ebe widely parodied.
### Music

De Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum insyd Nashville, Tennessee
### Fashion

Haute couture fashion models for de catwalk top during New York Fashion Week
### Cinema

De iconic Hollywood Sign, insyd de Hollywood Hills, dem often regard am as de symbol of de American film industry
### Cuisine

Thanksgiving dinner plus roast turkey, mashed potatoes, pickles, corn, candied yams, cranberry jelly, shrimps, stuffing, green peas, deviled eggs, green salad, den apple sauce
### Sports

American football be de most popular sport insyd de United States; insyd dis September 2022 National Football League game, de Jacksonville Jaguars play de Washington Commanders at FedExField.

* Key Development Forecasts for the United States from International Futures

### Government

* Official U.S. Government web portal – gateway to government sites
* House – official website of de United States House of Representatives
* Senate – official website of de United States Senate
* White House – official website of de presido of de United States
* Supreme Court – official website of de Supreme Court of de United States

### History

* "Historical Documents" – website from de National Center for Public Policy Research
* "U.S. National Mottos: History and Constitutionality". Religious Tolerance. Analysis by de Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance.
* "Historical Statistics" – links to U.S. historical data

### Maps

* "National Atlas of the United States" – official maps from de U.S. Department of de Interior
* Wikimedia Atlas of the United States
* Geographic data related to United States at OpenStreetMap
* "Measure of America" – a variety of mapped information relating to health, education, income, safety and demographics in the United States