query: What state in the United States covers the largest area?

title: State funerals in the United States

text: general attained in his military career. Like the Unknown Soldier of World War I, it was decided in June 1946 by the 79th United States Congress that a state funeral and burial in Arlington National Cemetery would be given to an unknown soldier after the end of World War II. However, the selection process would be simplified—an unidentified serviceman was to be chosen from each of the following: the European area, the Far East area, the Mediterranean zone, the Pacific area, the former Africa-Middle East zone now part of the Mediterranean zone, and the Alaskan Command chosen by one of

title: County statistics of the United States

text: There are 41 independent cities in the United States. In Virginia, any municipality that is incorporated as a city legally becomes independent of any county. Where indicated, the statistics below do not include Virginia's 38 independent cities. In Alaska, most of the land area of the state has no county-level government. Those parts of the state are divided by the United States Census Bureau into census areas, which are not the same as boroughs. The state's largest statistical division by area is the Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, which is larger than any of the state's boroughs. Although Anchorage is called a

title: Geothermal energy in the United States

text: Venture had to be closed and was affected by lava flows later. Geothermal energy in the United States Geothermal energy in the United States was first used for electric power production in 1960. The Geysers in California was developed into what is now the largest geothermal steam electrical plant in the world, at 750 megawatts. Other geothermal steam fields are known in the western United States and Alaska. Geothermally-generated electric power can be dispatchable to follow the demands of changing loads. Environmental impact of this energy source includes hydrogen sulfide emissions, corrosive or saline chemicals discharged in waste water, possible

title: Geothermal energy in the United States

text: Geothermal energy in the United States Geothermal energy in the United States was first used for electric power production in 1960. The Geysers in California was developed into what is now the largest geothermal steam electrical plant in the world, at 750 megawatts. Other geothermal steam fields are known in the western United States and Alaska. Geothermally-generated electric power can be dispatchable to follow the demands of changing loads. Environmental impact of this energy source includes hydrogen sulfide emissions, corrosive or saline chemicals discharged in waste water, possible seismic effects from water injection into rock formations, wast heat and noise.

title: State censuses in the United States

text: State censuses in the United States Throughout U.S. history, various U.S. states conducted their own censuses. These censuses were often conducted every ten years, in years ending with a five to complement the U.S. federal census (which is carried out in years that end with zero). Also, some of these censuses were conducted in U.S. states while they were still U.S. territories (as in, before they became U.S. states). Alabama conducted censuses in 1818, 1820, 1821, 1823, 1850, 1855, 1866, and 1907. Its first census was conducted before Alabama became a U.S. state. Alaska conducted censuses in 1870, 1878, 1879,

title: Fishing industry in the United States

text: Fishing industry in the United States As with other countries, the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) off the coast of the United States gives its fishing industry special fishing rights. It covers 11.4 million square kilometres (4.38 million sq mi), which is the largest zone in the world, exceeding the land area of the United States. According to the FAO, in 2005, the United States harvested 4,888,621 tonnes of fish from wild fisheries, and another 471,958 tonnes from aquaculture. This made the United States the fifth leading producer of fish, after China, Peru, India, and Indonesia, with 3.8 percent of the

title: Fishing industry in the United States

text: in fishing related expenses. Of these, 25.4 million were freshwater anglers who took 337 million trips and spent $26.3 billion. Saltwater fishing attracted 7.7 million anglers who took 67 million trips and spent $8.9 billion. Fishing industry in the United States As with other countries, the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) off the coast of the United States gives its fishing industry special fishing rights. It covers 11.4 million square kilometres (4.38 million sq mi), which is the largest zone in the world, exceeding the land area of the United States. According to the FAO, in 2005, the United States harvested

title: Embassy of the United States, Berlin

text:
Schleswig-Holstein
 American Consulate General in Leipzig covers Saxony, Thuringia, and Saxony-Anhalt
 Consulate General of the United States in Munich covers the largest Bundesland of Bavaria The Consulate General of the United States in Frankfurt is the largest American Consulate General in the world. It is the home of the overseas offices of the U.S. Department of State and numerous Federal agencies whose officers travel from Frankfurt in carrying out their regional duties. From 1946 until 2006, the "Amerika Haus Berlin", located near the Zoo station and the Kurfürstendamm, provided an opportunity for German citizens to learn about American culture and

title: Homelessness in the United States by state

text: individuals were without shelter in King County. 2,804 were without shelter in Seattle alone. Homelessness in the United States by state Homelessness in the United States exists in every state. Each state has different laws and other conditions which influence the number of homeless persons and what services are available to their homeless people. Although throughout the United States panhandling is discouraged, passive panhandling falls under First Amendment rights to free speech. In Alabama the prohibition of aggressive panhandling and regulation of passive panhandling is controlled by individual cities, with many panhandlers being charged with loitering offences. Loitering for the

text: Homelessness in the United States by state Homelessness in the United States exists in every state. Each state has different laws and other conditions which influence the number of homeless persons and what services are available to their homeless people. Although throughout the United States panhandling is discouraged, passive panhandling falls under First Amendment rights to free speech. In Alabama the prohibition of aggressive panhandling and regulation of passive panhandling is controlled by individual cities, with many panhandlers being charged with loitering offences. Loitering for the purposes of begging and prostitution in Alabama is a criminal offense. An issue for

title: State governments of the United States

text: is one of the largest areas of spending by state governments. This includes spending on Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program. State governments of the United States State governments of the United States are institutional units in the United States exercising some of the functions of government at a level below that of the federal government. Each state's government holds fiscal, legislative and executive authority over a defined geographic territory. The United States comprises 50 states: 13 that were already part of the United States at the time the present Constitution took effect in 1789, plus 37 that have

title: Fiber to the premises in the United States

text: Fiber to the premises in the United States This article describes fiber to the premises in the United States. In the United States, the largest fiber to the premises (FTTP) deployment to date is Verizon's FiOS, which covers 32 million people in Northeastern United States. Verizon is the only Regional Bell Operating Company thus far to deploy FTTP on a large scale. Verizon's initial FTTP offering was based on broadband passive optical network (BPON) technology. Verizon has already upgraded to Gigabit PON or GPON, a faster optical access technology capable of providing 1Gbit/s speeds to consumers. Lightower has the second

title: Education in the United States

text: recognized for their outstanding record in scholarship. Some of these institutions currently place among the elite in certain measurements of graduate education and research, especially among engineering and medical schools. Each state in the United States maintains its own public university system, which is always non-profit. The State University of New York and the California State University are the largest public higher education systems in the United States; SUNY is the largest system that includes community colleges, while CSU is the largest without. Most areas also have private institutions, which may be for-profit or non-profit. Unlike many other nations, there

title: State-recognized tribes in the United States

text: State-recognized tribes in the United States State-recognized tribes are Native American Indian tribes, Nations, and Heritage Groups that have been recognized by a process established under assorted state laws for varying purposes. With increasing activism by tribal nations since the mid-20th century to obtain federal recognition of their tribal sovereignty, many states have passed legislation to recognize some tribes and acknowledge the self-determination and continuity of historic ethnic groups. The majority of these groups are located in the Eastern US, including the three largest state-recognized tribes in the US, viz. the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, the Miami Nation of

title: Dominican Order in the United States

text: or The Dominican Friars of the Province of Saint Joseph, now covers the northeastern United States (i.e. Kentucky, the original home of the Dominican Order in the United States, and the states to the north and east of eastern Kentucky). The Central Province, or Province of Saint Albert the Great was established in 1939, and currently covers the states of Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North and South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Wyoming, and serves six parishes and four campus ministries within this area. The headquarters is in Chicago. In 2012 the Province completed construction on the

title: Russian language in the United States

text: Russian daily newspaper until 2009, when it went weekly. Two years later, in 2011, the only Russian-language daily, the "Reporter" (Репортер), began to be published in New York. "Vecherniy New York" (The Evening New York) serves Tri-State area Russian-speakers, and "Panorama", published since 1980, serves the Russian-speakers of the Greater Los Angeles area. "Kstati Russian American Newspaper" (To the Point) serves the Bay Area."V Novom Svete" (In the New World) covers mostly international news and is circulated nationwide, while "Evreiskii Mir" (The Jewish World) is targeted at Russian-speaking Jews. Some Russian television stations in the United States include NTV America,

title: Track gauge in the United States

text: 1876. The New England railways were similarly standard-gauged in the 1870s. In the 1960s, the gauge was selected for use in the Bay Area Rapid Transit system, serving the San Francisco Bay Area; it is the only place in the United States where this gauge is in use. The rapid transit segment of the system covers of double track in revenue service. and are commonly known as Pennsylvania trolley gauge because it was originally used by railroad lines in the state of Pennsylvania. Unlike other broad gauges, it remains in use in a number of urban rail transit systems: In

title: Deep state in the United States

text: many ways autonomous from the executive, and increasingly so." In a "Foreign Affairs" journal article and subsequent expansion in a law review, UCLA Law professor Jon D. Michaels rejects "the premise of an American deep state” in a defense of what he terms the 'administrative state' against Trump's attempts to “deconstruct" it. Michaels argues that the concept of the 'deep state' is more relevant to developing governments such as Egypt, Pakistan and Turkey, "where shadowy elites in the military and government ministries have been known to countermand or simply defy democratic directives" than the United States "where governmental power structures

title: Petroleum in the United States

text: Petroleum in the United States Petroleum in the United States has been a major industry since shortly after the oil discovery in the Oil Creek area of Titusville, Pennsylvania in 1859. The petroleum industry includes exploration for, production, processing (refining), transportation, and marketing of natural gas and petroleum products. As of 2008, the U.S. was the world's third-largest oil producer (after Saudi Arabia and Russia), producing 8.5 million barrels of oil and natural gas liquids per day. The leading oil-producing area in the United States in 2014 was Texas ( per day), followed by the federal zone of the Gulf

title: Lawns in the United States

text: Lawns in the United States In a 2005 NASA-sponsored study, it was estimated that the area covered by lawns in the United States to be about , making it the nation's largest irrigated crop by area. Lawn care is thus a popular business in the United States; proper maintenance, construction and management of lawns of various kinds being the focus of much of the modern horticulture industry. Estimates of the amount spent on professional lawn care services vary, but a Harris Survey put the total at $28.9 billion in 2002 (approximately $1,200 per household using such services). In her book

title: Lawns in the United States

text: fight against urban heat islanding. Lawns provide: In comparison to bare dirt, a lawn may be 20 °F cooler on a hot day, and up to 40 °F cooler than cement surfaces. Some companies and brands of lawn mowers in the US include: Lawns in the United States In a 2005 NASA-sponsored study, it was estimated that the area covered by lawns in the United States to be about , making it the nation's largest irrigated crop by area. Lawn care is thus a popular business in the United States; proper maintenance, construction and management of lawns of various kinds

title: State funerals in the United States

text: in state in the House Chamber at the United States Capitol are as follows: Supreme Court Justices who have lain in state in the Old Senate Chamber at the United States Capitol are as follows: Supreme Court Justices who have lain in repose in the Great Hall at the United States Supreme Court Building are as follows: Since state funerals in the United States are elaborate affairs which are in themselves rare occurrences, they are planned years in advance. Each president living, sitting or former, is generally expected to have funeral plans in place on becoming president. However, these details

title: State funerals in the United States

text: State funerals in the United States State funerals in the United States are the official funerary rites conducted by the Federal Government of the United States in the nation's capital, Washington, D.C. that are offered to a sitting or former President of the United States, a President-elect, and others who have rendered distinguished service to the nation. Administered by the Military District of Washington (MDW), a command unit of the Joint Force Headquarters National Capital Region, state funerals are greatly influenced by protocol, steeped in tradition, and rich in history. However, the overall planning as well as the decision to

title: Four State Area

text: region's economy is Walmart, the world's largest retail company, whose headquarters are in Bentonville. Also headquartered nearby in Northwest Arkansas are Tyson Foods, the world's largest processor of chicken, beef, and pork (Springdale); and major trucking and transportation company J. B. Hunt (Lowell). The city of Joplin, Missouri is the most centrally located city in the Four States Area. Outside Tulsa, the largest city in the Four States Area by far, the area is covered primarily by two television markets. The Joplin/Pittsburg market covers the counties in Missouri, Ottawa County, Oklahoma (Tulsa covers the rest of Northeast Oklahoma) as well

title: Community colleges in the United States

text: Texas offers the Virtual College of Texas whereby a student at any community college in the state can attend classes from any of the state's 51 community colleges or four Texas State Technical College campuses, paying local tuition plus a VCT fee of around $40. The Maricopa County Community College District in the Phoenix, Arizona metropolitan area, is the largest community college district in the United States in terms of enrollment. California has the lowest community college enrollment fees in the nation, currently set at $46 per unit for state residents. In terms of enrollment demographics the American Association of

title: Deep state in the United States

text: problem, a net of 28% of those surveyed. A March 2018 poll found most respondents (63%) were unfamiliar with the term "deep state", but a majority believe that a deep state likely exists in the United States when described as "a group of unelected government and military officials who secretly manipulate or direct national policy". Three-fourths (74%) of the respondents say that they believe this type of group definitely (27%) or probably (47%) exists in the federal government. Deep state in the United States In the United States the term “deep state” is used in political messaging to describe a

title: Government employees in the United States

text: Government employees in the United States Government employees in the United States includes the United States federal civil service, employees of the state governments of the United States, and employees of local government in the United States. Government employees are not necessarily the same as civil servants, as some jurisdictions specifically define which employees are civil servants; for example, it often excludes military employees. The federal government is the nation's single largest employer, although it employs only about 12% of all government employees, compared to 24% at the state level and 63% at the local level. Non-federal employees in states

title: Admission to the bar in the United States

text: that have no mandatory or integrated bar association. There are also many voluntary bar associations organized by geographic area (e.g., Chicago Bar Association), interest group or practice area (e.g., Federal Communications Bar Association), or ethnic or identity community (e.g., Hispanic National Bar Association). The American Bar Association (ABA) is a nationwide voluntary bar association with the largest membership in the United States. The National Bar Association was formed in 1925 to focus on the interests of African-American lawyers after they were denied membership by the ABA. Admission to a state bar does not automatically entitle an individual to practice in

text: with a sign or another form of indication that they are seeking donations. Half of the homeless population of the U.S. reside in one of five states, with Texas having the fourth largest population. Begging has been criminalized in a number of regions in the state of Texas. According to the U.S. United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Texas has seen a decrease of 2.4% in total homelessness since 2015 However, there is still over 15,000 individuals who lack housing and are considered homeless. Of this large population, 7,163 are people in families with children, 1,309 are unaccompanied

title: 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Kansas

text: of the state. Incumbent Democrat Dennis Moore defeated Republican Chuck Ahner, a businessman. The district covers the Metro Kansas City area. Incumbent Republican Todd Tiahrt defeated Democrat Garth McGinn. This district covers the metro Wichita area. 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Kansas The 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Kansas were held on November 4, 2006 to determine who will represent the state of Kansas in the United States House of Representatives. Kansas has four seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms. Incumbent Republican

title: Incarceration in the United States

text: dehumanization of Black youth across all areas of society." The Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice, is responsible for the administration of United States federal prisons. Imprisonment by the state judicial systems has steadily diminished since 2006 to 2012, from 689,536 annually to 553,843 annually. Incarceration in the United States Incarceration in the United States is one of the main forms of punishment and rehabilitation for the commission of felony and other offenses. The United States has the largest prison population in the world, and the highest per-capita incarceration rate. In 2016 in

title: Lynching in the United States

text: the Spanish colonial period. The Treaty of 1848 expanded United States territory by one-third after the Mexican–American War. To settle the war, Mexico ceded all or parts of Arizona, California, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming to the United States. In September 1850, California became the 31st state of the United States. Many of the Mexicans who were native to what would become a state within the United States were experienced miners, and they had great success mining gold in California. Their success aroused animosity by white prospectors, who intimidated Mexican miners with the threat of

title: Secession in the United States

text: Secession in the United States In the context of the United States, secession primarily refers to the withdrawal of one or more States from the Union that constitutes the United States; but may loosely refer to leaving a State or territory to form a separate territory or new State, or to the severing of an area from a city or county within a State. Threats and aspirations to secede from the United States, or arguments justifying secession, have been a feature of the country's politics almost since its birth. Some have argued for secession as a constitutional right and others

title: ADA Litigation in the United States

text: attended. See, "In re Welfare of M.S.T., State v. Dale T. and Danisha T.", WA State Court of Appeals, Second Division, No. 35419-5-II (2007). ADA Litigation in the United States This article on ADA Human Rights Litigation in the United States covers litigation concerning the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 In 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear two important ADA cases. The Supreme Court denied a writ of certiorari petition in "Danisha Tetreault, et al. v. Elaine Houghton, et al.", (no. 07-9710). U.S. Supreme Court Docket. The ADA litigation sought review of two related WA State Supreme

title: State funerals in the United States

text: Governor of Texas), while Trump had previously stated as early as 2014 that he wished to be buried in a newly constructed family cemetery in Bedminster, New Jersey overlooking the Trump National Golf Club. State funerals in the United States State funerals in the United States are the official funerary rites conducted by the Federal Government of the United States in the nation's capital, Washington, D.C. that are offered to a sitting or former President of the United States, a President-elect, and others who have rendered distinguished service to the nation. Administered by the Military District of Washington (MDW), a

title: State funerals in the United States

text: the House of Representatives and the Senate. Any person who has rendered distinguished service to the nation may lie in state if the family so wishes and the United States Congress approves. In the case of unknown soldiers, the president or the appropriate branch of the Armed Forces initiates the action. People who have lain in state in the United States Capitol rotunda are as follows: People who have lain in honor in the United States Capitol rotunda are as follows: People who have lain in state in the Herbert C. Hoover Building are as follows: People who have lain

title: Deep state in the United States

text: Deep state in the United States In the United States the term “deep state” is used in political messaging to describe a controversial belief. As described in 2013 by Mike Lofgren, a former Republican U.S. congressional aide, the deep state is “a hybrid association of elements of government and parts of top-level finance and industry that is effectively able to govern the United States without reference to the consent of the governed as expressed through the formal political process.” <ref name="Lofgren_2/21/2014"></ref> The term is often used in a critical sense "vis-à-vis" the general electorate to refer to the lack of

title: Chinatowns in the United States

text: United States wanted the Chinese out because of the belief that they were stealing jobs from the white working class. In the 1880s, farm labor in Salinas was done by many Chinese immigrants. Salinas boasted the second largest Chinatown in the state, slightly smaller than San Francisco. San Diego's Chinatown was founded in the 1870s around Market Street and Third Avenue, but faded quickly after World War Two. In 1987, due to its historic and cultural value, the city council of San Diego sought to preserve the area and officially designated it the Asian Pacific Thematic Historic District, which partially

title: Insurance in the United States

text: the state insurance departments or divisions. Other US insurance topics: General insurance topics: Insurance in the United States Insurance in the United States refers to the market for risk in the United States, the world's largest insurance market by premium volume. Of the $4.640 trillion of gross premiums written worldwide in 2013, $1.274 trillion (27%) were written in the United States. Insurance, generally, is a contract in which the insurer agrees to compensate or indemnify another party (the insured, the policyholder or a beneficiary) for specified loss or damage to a specified thing (e.g., an item, property or life) from

title: Petroleum in the United States

text: the world's petroleum. In 1989, the United States contained 5 percent of the world's oil reserves. In 2007, state severance taxes amounted to $10.7 billion, mostly from oil, gas, and coal. States also received 50 percent of federal onshore oil and gas lease revenues within their borders, and 27 percent of federal offshore oil and gas revenues adjacent to their shorelines; the state share of federal revenues totalled $2.0 billion in 2007. By State: Petroleum in the United States Petroleum in the United States has been a major industry since shortly after the oil discovery in the Oil Creek area

title: Native Americans in the United States

text: & cultures include: Adena, Old Copper, Oasisamerica, Woodland, Fort Ancient, Hopewell tradition and Mississippian cultures. The Woodland period of North American pre-Columbian cultures refers to the time period from roughly 1000 BCE to 1000 CE in the eastern part of North America. The Eastern Woodlands cultural region covers what is now eastern Canada south of the Subarctic region, the Eastern United States, along to the Gulf of Mexico. The Hopewell tradition describes the common aspects of the culture that flourished along rivers in the northeastern and midwestern United States from 100 BCE to 500 CE, in the Middle Woodland period.

title: Sikhism in the United States

text: Indian-born person to be elected to the United States House of Representatives. The most concentrated Sikh community in the United States has traditionally resided in agricultural Yuba City, California, although this agglomeration has since dispersed as Sikhs have gained a greater educational foundation, enabling them to have now spread out to metropolitan areas all over the United States. The largest and most rapidly growing Sikh community in New York City is based in the Richmond Hill area of the borough of Queens; the majority consist of more recent emigres from India and Canada. Conversely, in the Sikh Foundation of Virginia,

title: Protestantism in the United States

text: the largest Protestant grouping in the United States accounting for one-third of all American Protestants. Prior to 1845, most white Baptist churches were loosely affiliated as the Triennial Convention. In that year, most southern congregations left to form a new Southern Baptist Convention, which is now the largest Protestant denomination in the U.S., with 15.7 million members. The remaining members organized what is now American Baptist Churches USA and includes 1.3 million members and 5402 congregations. African American Baptists, excluded from full participation in white Baptist organizations, have formed several denominations, of which the largest are the National Baptist Convention,

title: Puerto Ricans in the United States

text: of the entire population of the United States. Although the 2010 Census counted the number of Puerto Ricans living in the States at 4.6 million, estimates in 2012 show the Puerto Rican population to be over 5 million. Despite newer migration trends, New York City continues to be home by a significant margin to the largest demographic and cultural center for Puerto Rican on the Mainland United States, with Philadelphia having the second-largest community. The portmanteau "Nuyorican" refers to Puerto Ricans and their descendants in the New York City metropolitan area. A large portion of the Puerto Rican population in

title: Baptists in the United States

text: Baptists in the United States There are about 50 million self-professed Baptists in the United States who make up a significant portion of evangelicals in the United States and approximately one third of all Protestants in the United States; at the same time this also makes them the second largest religious grouping following Roman Catholics in the United States. About 16 million Baptists belong to congregations affiliated with Southern Baptist Convention, the largest such confederation of Baptists. More than 40% of all Baptists worldwide reside in the United States. The largest denomination among African Americans is the National Baptist Convention,

title: Zoroastrianism in the United States

text: Association was formed in 1929, when a group of seven Zoroastriansin the New York area gathered in one Phiroze Saklatwala’s living room on November 10, 1929. The oldest fire temple in the United States was one purchased by Arbab Rustam Guiv in New Rochelle. The most notable fire temple in the United States is the Dar-e-Mehr temple located in Pomona, New York. It was purchased in 2001 and subsequently purpose-built with Zoroastriasn tenets and then inaugurated in April 2016. In 2006, The United States had the world's third-largest Zoroastrian population at six thousand adherents. Based on mailing addresses rather than

title: Paleontology in the United States

text: period called the Dinosaur Renaissance. Another notable 20th-century find occurred in Montana during the 1970s. Jack Horner and Bob Makela's new duck-billed dinosaur genus "Maiasaura" provided both the first known dinosaur nests in North America as well as early evidence that dinosaurs provided parental care for their young, unlike most reptiles. During the early 1990s, the new genus ""Seismosaurus"" was put forward as a candidate for the largest known dinosaur. Some state rocks or stones are also fossils. Some state gems are also fossils. Paleontology in the United States Paleontology in the United States refers to paleontological research occurring within

title: Agriculture in the United States

text: which established in each state a land-grant university (with a mission to teach and study agriculture) and a federally funded system of agricultural experiment stations and cooperative extension networks which place extension agents in each state. Soybeans were not widely cultivated in the United States until the early 1930s, and by 1942 it became the world's largest soybean producer, due in part to World War II and the "need for domestic sources of fats, oils, and meal". Between 1930 and 1942, the United States' share of world soybean production grew from 3% to 47%, and by 1969 it had risen

title: Incarceration in the United States

text: Incarceration in the United States Incarceration in the United States is one of the main forms of punishment and rehabilitation for the commission of felony and other offenses. The United States has the largest prison population in the world, and the highest per-capita incarceration rate. In 2016 in the US, there were 655 people incarcerated per 100,000 population. This is the US incarceration rate for adults or people tried as adults. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), 2,220,300 adults were incarcerated in US federal and state prisons, and county jails in 2013 about 0.91% of adults (1

title: Christianity in the United States

text: Baptists desiring to practice Christianity away from racial discrimination, rapidly set up several separate state Baptist conventions. In 1866, black Baptists of the South and West combined to form the Consolidated American Baptist Convention. This convention eventually collapsed but three national conventions formed in response. In 1895 the three conventions merged to create the National Baptist Convention. It is now the largest African-American religious organization in the United States. The "secularization of society" is attributed to the time of the Enlightenment. In the United States, religious observance is much higher than in Europe, and the United States' culture leans conservative

title: Secession in the United States

text: the union if necessary; 53% opposed the idea. Republicans were somewhat more supportive than Democrats. Respondents cited issues like gridlock, governmental overreach, the Affordable Care Act and a loss of faith in the federal government as reasons for secession. Secession in the United States In the context of the United States, secession primarily refers to the withdrawal of one or more States from the Union that constitutes the United States; but may loosely refer to leaving a State or territory to form a separate territory or new State, or to the severing of an area from a city or county

title: 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska

text: 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska The 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska were held on November 4, 2006 to determine who will represent the state of Nebraska in the United States House of Representatives. Nebraska has three seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms. Incumbent Republican Jeff Fortenberry defeated Democrat Maxine Moul, a former Lieutenant Governor. This district covers the eastern part of the state. Incumbent Republican Lee Terry defeated Democrat Jim Esch, an attorney. This district covers the metro Omaha area.

title: State funerals in the United States

text: presidents may lie in repose in their home or adopted state, usually at their presidential library, before traveling to Washington, D.C. when thereafter, lying in state in the United States Capitol Rotunda will occur. Dwight D. Eisenhower was an exception to this general rule. Following his death at Walter Reed Army Hospital in 1969, Eisenhower lay in repose in the Bethlehem Chapel at Washington National Cathedral for 28 hours, rather than at his presidential library in Abilene, Kansas. A funeral procession occurs during a state funeral on Pennsylvania or Constitution Avenue en route to the United States Capitol. Every funeral

title: Sex education in the United States

text: 5. Academic and other proponents of the National Sexuality Education Standards advocate that by the end of the fifth grade, students should be able to "Define sexual orientation as the romantic attraction of an individual to someone of the same gender or a different gender." However, what students learn varies widely, because curriculum decisions are so decentralized. Many states have laws governing what is taught in sex education classes or allowing parents to opt out. Some state laws leave curriculum decisions to individual school districts. National public health goals for adolescents recommend providing a comprehensive sex education, which covers a

title: Human trafficking in the United States

text: as hubs for international travel and that have large immigrant populations. In the study, higher numbers of reported cases were found in California, New York, Texas, and Florida. This is consistent with the U.S. Department of Justice report that the largest concentrations of survivors of human trafficking were located in California, Oklahoma, New York, and Texas. According to the National Human Trafficking Resource Center (NHTRC) roughly 979,000 of the human trafficking cases reported by state are from California, making it the most affected area in the United States. According to a 2007 Washington Post expose entitled "Human Trafficking Evokes Outrage,

title: Christianity in the United States

text: 23.9%, was the largest individual denomination. A 2008 Pew study categorizes white evangelical Protestants, 26.3% of the population, as the country's largest religious cohort; another study in 2004 estimates evangelical Protestants of all races at 30–35%. The nation's second-largest church and the single largest Protestant denomination is the Southern Baptist Convention. The United Methodist Church is the third largest church and the largest mainline Protestant denomination in the United States. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) is the fourth-largest church in the United States and the largest church originating in the U.S. The Church of God in

title: Catholic Church in the United States

text: Catholic Church in the United States The Catholic Church in the United States is part of the worldwide Catholic Church in communion with the Pope in Rome. With 20.8% of the United States population as of 2018, the Catholic Church is the country's second largest single religious group after Protestantism, but the country's largest religious denomination. The United States has the fourth largest Catholic population in the world after Brazil, Mexico and the Philippines, the largest Catholic minority population, and the largest English-speaking Catholic population. The central leadership body of the Catholic Church in the United States is the U.S.

title: Evansville metropolitan area

text: Evansville metropolitan area The Evansville metropolitan area is the 142nd largest metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in the United States. The primary city is Evansville, Indiana, the largest city in Southern Indiana and hub for Southwestern Indiana. Other Indiana cities include Boonville, Mount Vernon, Oakland City, and Princeton. Large towns in Indiana include Chandler, Fort Branch, and Newburgh. Cities in Kentucky include Henderson, Dixon, Providence, and Robards and currently covers an area of . It is the primary metropolitan area in the Illinois–Indiana–Kentucky Tri-State Area. It was originally designated the Evansville, Indiana, standard metropolitan area and was formed by the United

title: Puerto Ricans in the United States

text: and social rights and preserving their cultural heritage. In New York City, which has the largest concentration of Puerto Ricans in the United States, they began running for elective office in the 1920s, electing one of their own to the New York State Assembly for the first time in 1937. Important Puerto Rican institutions have emerged from this long history. ASPIRA was established in New York City in 1961 and is now one of the largest national Latino nonprofit organizations in the United States. There is also the National Puerto Rican Coalition in Washington, DC, the National Puerto Rican Forum,

title: Environmental issues in the United States

text: United States is the second largest emitter, after China, of carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels. The energy policy of the United States is widely debated; many call on the country to take a leading role in fighting global warming. The U.S. is one of only three countries that has not signed up to the Kyoto Protocol. Since about 26% of all types of energy used in the United States are derived from fossil fuel consumption it is closely linked to greenhouse gas emissions. The energy policy of the United States is determined by federal, state and local

title: Securities regulation in the United States

text: to reform securities law in the wake of the financial crisis of 2007–2008. Securities regulation in the United States Securities regulation in the United States is the field of U.S. law that covers transactions and other dealings with securities. The term is usually understood to include both federal- and state-level regulation by purely governmental regulatory agencies, but sometimes may also encompass listing requirements of exchanges like the New York Stock Exchange and rules of self-regulatory organizations like the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). On the federal level, the primary securities regulator is the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Futures and

title: Geography of the United States

text: making it the world's third or fourth largest country. China and the United States are smaller than Russia and Canada in total area, but are larger than Brazil. By land area only (exclusive of waters), the United States is the world's third largest country, after Russia and China, with Canada in fourth. Whether the US or China is the third largest country by total area depends on two factors: (1) The validity of China's claim on Aksai Chin and Trans-Karakoram Tract. Both these territories are also claimed by India, so are not counted; and (2) How US calculates its own

text: Securities regulation in the United States Securities regulation in the United States is the field of U.S. law that covers transactions and other dealings with securities. The term is usually understood to include both federal- and state-level regulation by purely governmental regulatory agencies, but sometimes may also encompass listing requirements of exchanges like the New York Stock Exchange and rules of self-regulatory organizations like the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). On the federal level, the primary securities regulator is the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Futures and some aspects of derivatives are regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

title: Health insurance in the United States

text: of insured citizens in the United States at 97%. Public programs provide the primary source of coverage for most seniors and also low-income children and families who meet certain eligibility requirements. The primary public programs are Medicare, a federal social insurance program for seniors (generally persons aged 65 and over) and certain disabled individuals; Medicaid, funded jointly by the federal government and states but administered at the state level, which covers certain very low income children and their families; and CHIP, also a federal-state partnership that serves certain children and families who do not qualify for Medicaid but who cannot

title: Petroleum refining in the United States

text: Petroleum refining in the United States Petroleum refining in the United States in 2013 produced 18.9 million barrels per day of refined petroleum products, more than any other country. Although the US was the world's largest net importer of refined petroleum products as recently as 2008, the US became a net exporter in 2010, and in 2014 was the largest exporter and the largest net exporter of refined petroleum. As of January 2015, there were 137 operating refineries in the US, distributed among 30 states. Largest petroleum refining companies in the United States Largest petroleum refineries in the United States

title: Liberalism in the United States

text: Liberalism in the United States Liberalism in the United States is a broad political philosophy centered on what many see as the unalienable rights of the individual. The fundamental liberal ideals of freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion for all belief systems, and the separation of church and state, right to due process, and equality under the law are widely accepted as a common foundation across the spectrum of liberal thought. Modern liberalism in the United States includes issues such as same-sex marriage, reproductive and other women's rights, voting rights for all adult citizens, civil rights,

title: State funerals in the United States

text: man to be president as well as Chief Justice of the United States, William Howard Taft was given a state funeral in Washington D.C. that was scheduled for March 11, 1930, three days after his death. He lay in state in the Capitol rotunda and a funeral service was held at All Souls' Unitarian Church. Herbert Hoover had offered the East Room in the White House for the service. However, the president's widow, Helen Taft, decided that it would be more appropriate at the church of which the president was a member. Justices of the United States Supreme Court acted

title: Baptists in the United States

text: trend by church planters from many denominations to de-accentuate their denomination's name. Baptists in the United States There are about 50 million self-professed Baptists in the United States who make up a significant portion of evangelicals in the United States and approximately one third of all Protestants in the United States; at the same time this also makes them the second largest religious grouping following Roman Catholics in the United States. About 16 million Baptists belong to congregations affiliated with Southern Baptist Convention, the largest such confederation of Baptists. More than 40% of all Baptists worldwide reside in the United

title: Communications in the United States

text: little circulation outside their particular metropolitan area. The closest thing to a national paper the U.S. has is "USA Today". Other influential dailies include "The New York Times", "The Washington Post" and "The Wall Street Journal" which are sold in most U.S. cities. The largest newspapers (by circulation) in the United States are "USA Today", "The Wall Street Journal", "The New York Times" and the "Los Angeles Times". The legal monopoly of the government-owned United States Postal Service has narrowed during the 20th and 21st centuries due to competition from companies such as UPS & FedEx, although still delivers the

title: Assisted suicide in the United States

text: as opening the door for debate on the issue at the state level. "Gonzales v. Oregon" was brought to the United States Supreme Court in 2006. The court ruled that the United States Attorney General could not enforce the federal Controlled Substances Act against physicians who prescribed drugs, in compliance with Oregon state law, for the assisted suicide of the terminally ill. Assisted suicide in the United States Assisted suicide is defined as suicide committed with the aid of another person, sometimes a doctor. “Assisted suicide" has been used to describe what proponents refer to as medical aid in dying

title: State censuses in the United States

text: censuses were conducted before Washington became a U.S. state. West Virginia is not known to have carried out any state censuses. Wisconsin conducted censuses in 1836, 1838, 1842, 1846, 1847, 1855, 1865, 1875, 1885, 1895, and 1905. Its first five censuses were conducted before Wisconsin became a U.S. state. Wyoming conducted censuses in 1875 and 1878, more than a decade before it became a U.S. state. State censuses in the United States Throughout U.S. history, various U.S. states conducted their own censuses. These censuses were often conducted every ten years, in years ending with a five to complement the U.S.

title: History of the Southern United States

text: the state of Florida; the earliest was Tristán de Luna y Arellano's failed colony in what is now Pensacola in 1559. More successful was Pedro Menéndez de Avilés's St. Augustine, founded in 1565; St. Augustine remains the oldest continuously inhabited European settlement in the continental United States. Spain also colonized parts of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. Spain issued land grants in the South from Kentucky to Florida and into the southwestern areas of what is now the United States. There was also a Spanish colony location near King Powhatan's ruling town in the Chesapeake Bay area of what is

title: State funerals in the United States

text: American Civil War is performed by one lone bugler from the United States Marine Band, thirty to fifty yards away. Immediately thereafter, the United States Marine Band will perform William Whiting's "Eternal Father, Strong to Save" as the "Final Salute" is given. During interment, fighter aircraft provided by the United States Air Force will perform a second and final aerial flyover in missing man formation, as would be previously observed during a ceremonial procession on Constitution Avenue in Washington D.C. A final component of a state funeral, as is typically offered during military funerals for fallen veterans, is the folding

title: Silver mining in the United States

text: mines are presently active in the district. The discovery of the Comstock Lode in 1858 inaugurated large-scale silver mining in the United States. The Comstock was the first important silver-mining district in the United States, and its discovery stimulated a great deal of prospecting for silver across the Great Basin area of the United States. The resulting silver rush led to many other silver discoveries in Nevada, including El Dorado Canyon (1861), Austin (1862), Eureka (1864), and Pioche (1869). The Rochester Mine is the only operating primary silver producer in Nevada and the second largest in the USA (after the

title: Housing segregation in the United States

text: Americans currently living in the suburbs. Due to Immigration to the United States over the past decades, the Latino population has grown exponentially, making Latinos the largest minority group in the United States. After African Americans, Latinos experience the second highest level of residential segregation. From 1980–2000, the level of neighborhood dissimilarity and isolation increased between the Latino population and the white population. Although around 50% of Latinos live in the suburban area, it is projected that with increasing immigration, the divide between Latino and white populations will continue to persist in residential areas. Asians in the United States are

title: Abortion in the United States by state

text: on women, particularly on poor and rural women living in west Texas and the Rio Grande Valley. Abortion in the United States by state Abortion in the United States is legal, via the landmark case of "Roe v. Wade". Specifically, abortion is legal in all U.S. states, and every state has at least one abortion clinic. However, individual states can regulate/limit the use of abortion or create "trigger laws", which would make abortion illegal within the first and second trimesters if Roe were overturned by the US Supreme Court. Currently, 6 states have trigger laws and 3 other states have

title: Abortion in the United States by state

text: Abortion in the United States by state Abortion in the United States is legal, via the landmark case of "Roe v. Wade". Specifically, abortion is legal in all U.S. states, and every state has at least one abortion clinic. However, individual states can regulate/limit the use of abortion or create "trigger laws", which would make abortion illegal within the first and second trimesters if Roe were overturned by the US Supreme Court. Currently, 6 states have trigger laws and 3 other states have laws intending to criminalize abortion. In accordance with the US Supreme Court case of "Planned Parenthood v.

title: Christianity in the United States

text: of expansion and immigration over the country's history, the number of adherents has grown dramatically and it is the largest profession of faith in the United States today. With over 67 million registered residents professing the faith in 2008, the United States has the fourth largest Catholic population in the world after Brazil, Mexico, and the Philippines, respectively. The Church's leadership body in the United States is the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, made up of the hierarchy of bishops and archbishops of the United States and the U.S. Virgin Islands, although each bishop is independent in his own

title: ADA Litigation in the United States

text: ADA Litigation in the United States This article on ADA Human Rights Litigation in the United States covers litigation concerning the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 In 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear two important ADA cases. The Supreme Court denied a writ of certiorari petition in "Danisha Tetreault, et al. v. Elaine Houghton, et al.", (no. 07-9710). U.S. Supreme Court Docket. The ADA litigation sought review of two related WA State Supreme Court case (no. 80613-6 and no. 80725-6) brought by attorney Ernest M. Edsel of the NCLC of WA, a non-profit public interest law firm.

title: State visits to the United States

text: State visits to the United States State and official visits to the United States are formal visits by the head of state (state visit) or chief of government (official visit) from one country to the United States, during which the president of the United States acts as official host of the visitor. State visits are considered to be the highest expression of friendly bilateral relations between the United States and a foreign state and are, in general, characterized by an emphasis on official public ceremonies. The first visit of a foreign state to the United States was the state visit

title: State tax levels in the United States

text: for state governments only; they do not include tax collections from local governments. % represents the proportion of total taxes from that category and not the tax rate. This data is collected by the United States Census Bureau for state governments during fiscal year 2012. These statistics include tax collections for state governments only; they do not include tax collections from local governments. % represents the proportion of total taxes from that category and not the tax rate. State taxes: Federal: General: State tax levels in the United States State tax levels indicate both the tax burden and the services

title: Medical cannabis in the United States

text: Medical cannabis in the United States In the United States, the use of cannabis for medical purposes is legal in 33 states, plus the territories of Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Northern Mariana Islands, and the District of Columbia, as of November 2018. Fourteen other states have more restrictive laws limiting THC content, for the purpose of allowing access to products that are rich in cannabidiol (CBD), a non-psychoactive component of cannabis. There is considerable variation in medical cannabis laws from state to state, including how it is produced and distributed, how it can be consumed, and what medical conditions

title: Human rights in the United States

text: in all circumstances, especially in a state of armed conflict. However, the United States Government has categorized a large number of people as unlawful combatants, a classification which denies the privileges of prisoner of war (POW) designation of the Geneva Conventions. Certain practices of the United States military and Central Intelligence Agency have been widely condemned domestically and internationally as torture. A fierce debate regarding non-standard interrogation techniques exists within the U.S. civilian and military intelligence community, with no general consensus as to what practices under what conditions are acceptable. Abuse of prisoners is considered a crime in the United

title: Cocaine in the United States

text: at younger ages. NHSDA found a steady decline in the mean age of first use from 23.6 years in 1992 to 20.6 years in 1998. General: Cocaine in the United States Cocaine is the second most popular illegal recreational drug in the United States behind marijuana, and the U.S. is the world's largest consumer of cocaine. Calls for prohibition began long before the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act was passed by Congress in 1914 – a law requiring cocaine and narcotics to be dispensed only with a doctor's order. Before this, various factors and groups acted on primarily at the state

title: Internet in the United States

text: contrast to much of the rest of the world, where ISPs are subject to state mandates, most content regulation in the United States occurs at the private or voluntary level. The broadband Internet access providers in the United States with more than one million subscribers at the end of Q2 2018 were: In 2010 four of these companies ranked among the ten largest ISPs in the world in terms of subscribers: Comcast (4th), AT&T (5th), Time Warner (7th), and Verizon (8th). With the advent of the World Wide Web, the commercialization of the Internet, and its spread beyond use within

title: Literacy in the United States

text: PIAAC 2012 and 2014 data were released.. Participating adults from Singapore and the United States had the largest number of adults scoring "at or below Level 1 in literacy proficiency" compared to other participating countries in their performance in "all three reading components". The authors of the OECD report stated, "These results may be related to the language background of the immigrant population in the United States." Between 2005 and 2009, Dr. Jack Miller of the Central Connecticut State University conducted annual studies aimed at identifying America's most literate cities drawing from a variety of available data resources, the America’s

title: Cocaine in the United States

text: Cocaine in the United States Cocaine is the second most popular illegal recreational drug in the United States behind marijuana, and the U.S. is the world's largest consumer of cocaine. Calls for prohibition began long before the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act was passed by Congress in 1914 – a law requiring cocaine and narcotics to be dispensed only with a doctor's order. Before this, various factors and groups acted on primarily at the state level influencing a move towards prohibition and away from a "laissez-faire" attitude. Cocaine consumption had grown in 1903 to about five times that of 1890, predominately

title: Energy in the United States

text: in the 1920s, Congress enacted a price-support system. Similar cycles have occurred in the 1950s and '70s. Natural gas was the largest source of energy production in the United States in 2016, representing 33 percent of all energy produced in the country. Natural gas has been the largest source of electrical generation in the United States since July 2015. The United States has been the world's largest producer of natural gas since 2009, when it surpassed Russia. US Natural gas production achieved new record highs for each year from 2011 through 2015. Marketed natural gas production in 2015 was 28.8

title: Protestantism in the United States

text: Protestantism in the United States Protestantism is the largest grouping of Christians in the United States with its combined denominations collectively accounting for about half the country's population or 150 million people. Simultaneously, this corresponds to around 20% of the world's total Protestant population. America has the largest number of Protestants of any country in the world. Baptists account for about one third of American Protestants. The Southern Baptist Convention is the largest single Protestant denomination in the United States with one-tenth of American Protestants. The country's history is often traced back to the Pilgrim Fathers whose Brownist beliefs motivated

title: State legislation in protest of federal law in the United States

text: laws purporting to nullify federal statutes or to exempt states and their citizens from federal statutes have only symbolic impact. These resolutions attempt to reassert state sovereignty over any area not listed among the "enumerated powers" (i.e., any law based on an "expansive reading" of the Commerce Clause, the Necessary and Proper Clause, or the Supremacy Clause would, according to this resolution, be invalid). A "State Sovereignty Bill" is one step beyond a State Sovereignty Resolution. The bill would mandate action against what the state legislature perceives as unconstitutional federal legislation. Starting in 2012, in response to a threat of

title: Arab lobby in the United States

text: Ashcroft. Mohammed bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, brother of the Emir of Qatar, is alleged to be directing the U.S. lobbying campaign. The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) was started in 1980 by United States Senator James Abourezk. It is the largest Arab American grassroots civil rights organization in the United States. Former US Congresswoman Mary Rose Oakar is the current president. ADC is at the forefront in addressing anti-Arabism - discrimination and bias against Arab Americans. It also advocates what it calls a more balanced US policy towards the Middle East. The Arab American Institute ("AAI"), founded in 1985

title: Campus carry in the United States

text: Campus carry in the United States Campus carry in the United States refers to the possession of firearms on college or university campuses in the United States. Each state has its own discretion on laws concerning campus carry. There are three different forms of campus carry laws that states enact: mandatory, institutional, or non-permissive. Mandatory refers to a law or court decision which requires a publicly funded institution to generally allow firearms on campus, though some locations may be exempted depending on the school policy (e.g. in a secure area, or at a sporting event). Restricted areas vary by state

title: Deep state in the United States

text: private part of the deep state. However, Marc Ambinder has suggested that a myth about the "deep state" is that it functions as one entity; in reality, he states, "the deep state contains multitudes, and they are often at odds with one another." Tufts University professor Michael J. Glennon claimed that President Barack Obama did not succeed in resisting and/or changing what he calls the "double government"; the defense and national security network. Mike Lofgren felt Obama was pushed into the Afghanistan "surge" in 2009. Another major campaign promise Obama made was the closure of Guantanamo Bay Prison Camp, which

title: Native Americans in the United States

text: villages (suburbs) linked together by a loose trading network, the largest city being Cahokia, believed to be a major religious center. The civilization flourished from the southern shores of the Great Lakes at Western New York and Western Pennsylvania in what is now the Eastern Midwest, extending south-southwest into the lower Mississippi Valley and wrapping easterly around the southern foot of the Appalachians barrier range into what is now the Southeastern United States. Numerous pre-Columbian societies were sedentary, such as the Pueblo peoples, Mandan, Hidatsa and others, and some established large settlements, even cities, such as Cahokia, in what is

title: History of the Poles in the United States

text: History of the Poles in the United States The history of Poles in the United States dates to the American Colonial era. Poles have lived in present-day United States territories for over 400 years—since 1608. There are 10 million Americans of Polish descent in the U.S. today, making it the largest diaspora of Poles in the world. Polish Americans have always been the largest group of Slavic origin in the United States. Historians divide Polish American immigration into three "waves", the largest from 1870 to 1914, a second after World War II, and a third after Poland's independence in 1989.

title: Natural gas in the United States

text: pipelines were under construction to carry cheaper gas from Pennsylvania to New England. Natural gas in the United States Natural gas in the United States was the nation's largest source of energy production in 2016, representing 33 percent of all energy produced in the country. Natural gas has been the largest source of electrical generation in the United States since July 2015. The United States has been the world's largest producer of natural gas since 2009, when it surpassed Russia. In 2012, the United States produced 25.3 trillion cubic feet of marketed natural gas, with an average wellhead value of

title: Natural gas in the United States

text: Natural gas in the United States Natural gas in the United States was the nation's largest source of energy production in 2016, representing 33 percent of all energy produced in the country. Natural gas has been the largest source of electrical generation in the United States since July 2015. The United States has been the world's largest producer of natural gas since 2009, when it surpassed Russia. In 2012, the United States produced 25.3 trillion cubic feet of marketed natural gas, with an average wellhead value of $2.66 per thousand cubic feet, for a total wellhead value of $67.3 billion.

title: Deep state in the United States

text: war against Kurdish insurgents". In "The Concealment of the State", Professor Jason Royce Lindsey argues that even without a conspiratorial agenda, the term "deep state" is useful for understanding aspects of the national security establishment in developed countries, with emphasis on the United States. Lindsey writes that the deep state draws power from the national security and intelligence communities, a realm where secrecy is a source of power. Alfred W. McCoy states that the increase in the power of the U.S. intelligence community since the September 11 attacks "has built a fourth branch of the U.S. government" that is "in

title: Corn production in the United States

text: of corn value of production. Almost 1.88 billion bushels of corn were grown in the state in 2012 on 13.7 million acres of land, while the 2013 projections are 2.45 billion bushels of corn on 13.97 million acres of land. Nebraska is known as the "Cornhusker State" – and is the third-largest corn-producing state in the United States. Corn is Minnesota's largest crop. In 1922-1931, production averaged 30.4 bushels per acre; in 1947-1956, it average 46.6 bushels per acre; in 1973, it averaged 91.4 bushels per acre; and in 1994, the average was 142 bushels per acre. In 1935-1946, a

title: Female state legislators in the United States

text: Female state legislators in the United States Women have served in state legislatures in the United States since 1895 and their ranks have increased steadily with the advent of nationwide women's suffrage after 1920. In 2016, the highest shares of female members of a state legislature - at least 35% per state legislature - were in Colorado (30/65 in the House, 12/35 in the Senate), Vermont (65/150 in the House, 9/30 in the Senate), and Arizona (19/60 in the House, 13/30 in the Senate). The shares in Colorado and Vermont decreased to below 40% in 2017, while Arizona, Illinois, Nevada