United States

The United States of America 🇺🇸 (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is the country where the Apple Computer Company (predecessor to Apple Inc.) was founded in 1976.
==Statistics==
The United States consists of 50 , a , five major , and .U.S. State Department, Common Core Document to U.N. Committee on Human Rights, December 30, 2011, Item 22, 27, 80. And U.S. General Accounting Office Report, U.S. Insular Areas: application of the U.S. Constitution, November 1997, pp. 1, 6, 39n. Both viewed April 6, 2016. At 3.8 million square miles (9.8 million km2), it is the world's , depending on the inclusion of coastal and territorial waters.
 is located in central North America between Canada and Mexico. With an estimated population of over 329 million, the U.S. is the in the world. The capital is Washington, D.C., and the is California, where Apple is headquartered.
==Apple in the United States==
As of January 20, 2024, there were 271 Apple retail stores in the United States, more than any other country.Number of Apple retail stores in the United States and Canada as of November 2022 by Federica Laricchia, Statista. 2022-11-25.Big crowd gathers for American Dream Mall Apple Store opening by Malcolm Owen, AppleInsider. 2022-12-04. On May 30, 2020, stores in the United States were looted in the wake of over the .Apple Stores in Minneapolis and Portland were hit by Rioters Overnight by Jack Purcher, Patently Apple. 2020-05-03. Many were also temporarily closed during the COVID-19 pandemic.COVID-19: Which Apple Stores have reopened? by Michael Steeber, 9to5Mac. 2021-04-16. On December 14, 2023, the newest U.S. store, the Apple Birkdale Village, was opened within the shopping complex in . The next newest U.S. store, the Apple Del Amo, is expected to open in the spring of 2024, within the mall in .https://www.macrumors.com/2023/12/29/new-apple-stores-planned-near-la-toronto-atlanta/
==References==
==External links==
*U.S. Government Services and Information official portal
*Apple Retail Stores, United States at Apple
*Atlas of the United States at Wikimedia Commons
* at Wikipedia