United States

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."Attorney General June 1, 1995 Memorandum on Indian Sovereignty". www.justice.gov. March 8, 2017. Retrieved May 9, 2024. 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."Common Core Document to U.N. Committee on Human Rights". U.S. State Department. December 30, 2011. Item 22, 27, 80. Retrieved April 6, 2016.

"U.S. Insular Areas: application of the U.S. Constitution" (PDF). U.S. General Accounting Office Report. November 1997. pp. 1, 6, 39n. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 3, 2013. Retrieved April 6, 2016. De country get de world ein third-largest land area,"China". The World Factbook. Retrieved June 10, 2016. second-largest exclusive economic zone, den third-largest population, wey dey exceed 334 million.The U.S. Census Bureau's latest official population estimate of 334,914,895 residents (2023) is for the 50 states and the District of Columbia; it excludes the 3.6 million residents of the five major U.S. territories and outlying islands. The Census Bureau also provides a continuously updated but unofficial population clock:

www.census.gov/popclock

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.Based on purchasing power 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,Including agencies such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Health Organization as well as permanent member of de UN Security Council.

 Etymology
 History 
 Indigenous peoples 
 European settlement den conflict (1607–1765) 

American Revolution den de early republic (1765–1800)
alt=See caption|thumb|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)
 Post–Civil War era (1865–1917) 

 Rise as a superpower (1917–1945) 
 Cold War (1945–1991) 
 Contemporary (1991–present) 
 Geography 


 Climate 
 Biodiversity den conservation 
alt=A bald eagle|thumb|De bald eagle, de national bird of de United States since 1782McDougall, Len (2004). The Encyclopedia of Tracks and Scats: A Comprehensive Guide to the Trackable Animals of the United States and Canada. Lyons Press. p. 325. ISBN 978-1-59228-070-4.

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.Morin, Nancy. "Vascular Plants of the United States" (PDF). Plants. National Biological Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 24, 2013. Retrieved October 27, 2008. De United States be home to 428 mammal species, 784 birds, 311 reptiles, 295 amphibians,Osborn, Liz. "Number of Native Species in United States". Current Results Nexus. Retrieved January 15, 2015. den around 91,000 insect species."Numbers of Insects (Species and Individuals)". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved January 20, 2009.

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."National Park FAQ". nps. National Park Service. Retrieved May 8, 2015. About 28% of de country ein land be publicly owned den federally managed,Lipton, Eric; Krauss, Clifford (August 23, 2012). "Giving Reins to the States Over Drilling". The New York Times. Retrieved January 18, 2015. primarily insyd de Western States.Vincent, Carol H.; Hanson, Laura A.; Argueta, Carla N. (March 3, 2017). Federal Land Ownership: Overview and Data (Report). Congressional Research Service. p. 2. Retrieved June 18, 2020. 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.Gorte, Ross W.; Vincent, Carol Hardy.; Hanson, Laura A.; Marc R., Rosenblum. "Federal Land Ownership: Overview and Data" (PDF). fas.org. Congressional Research Service. Retrieved January 18, 2015."Chapter 6: Federal Programs to Promote Resource Use, Extraction, and Development". doi.gov. U.S. Department of the Interior. Archived from the original on March 18, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2015.

 Government den politics 
 National government 
 Political parties 
 Subdivisions 
 Foreign relations 

 Military 
 Law enforcement den criminal justice 
 Economy 

 Science, technology, spaceflight den energy 
 Transportation 
 Demographics 
 Population 
 Language 
While dem dey speak chaw languages insyd de United States, English be by far de most commonly spoken den written.Kaur, Harmeet (May 20, 2018). "FYI: English isn't the official language of the United States". CNN. Retrieved May 11, 2023. 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."States Where English Is the Official Language". The Washington Post. August 12, 2014. Retrieved September 12, 2020. Three states den four U.S. territories recognize local anaa indigenous languages in addition to English, wey dey include Hawaii (Hawaiian),"The Constitution of the State of Hawaii, Article XV, Section 4". Hawaii Legislative Reference Bureau. November 7, 1978. Archived from the original on July 24, 2013. Retrieved June 19, 2007. Alaska (twenty Native languages),Inupiaq, Siberian Yupik, Central Alaskan Yup'ik, Alutiiq, Unanga (Aleut), Denaʼina, Deg Xinag, Holikachuk, Koyukon, Upper Kuskokwim, Gwichʼin, Tanana, Upper Tanana, Tanacross, Hän, Ahtna, Eyak, Tlingit, Haida, den TsimshianChapel, Bill (April 21, 2014). "Alaska OKs Bill Making Native Languages Official". NPR. South Dakota (Sioux),"South Dakota recognizes official indigenous language". Argus Leader. Retrieved March 26, 2019. 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.Siebens, Julie; Julian, Tiffany (December 2011). "Native North American Languages Spoken at Home in the United States and Puerto Rico: 2006–2010" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 5, 2024. Insyd Puerto Rico, dem dey speak Spanish more widely dan English."Translation in Puerto Rico". Puerto Rico Channel. Archived from the original on December 30, 2013. Retrieved December 29, 2013.

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)."American FactFinder—Results". Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 29, 2017.

 Immigration 
 Religion 
 Urbanization 
Largest metropolitan areas insyd de United States

2023 MSA population dey estimate from de U.S. Census BureauRankNameRegionPop.RankNameRegionPop.New York
Los Angeles1New YorkNortheast19,498,24911BostonNortheast4,919,179Chicago
Dallas–Fort Worth2Los AngelesWest12,799,10012Riverside–San BernardinoWest4,688,0533ChicagoMidwest9,262,82513San FranciscoWest4,566,9614Dallas–Fort WorthSouth8,100,03714DetroitMidwest4,342,3045HoustonSouth7,510,25315SeattleWest4,044,8376AtlantaSouth6,307,26116Minneapolis–Saint PaulMidwest3,712,0207Washington, D.C.South6,304,97517Tampa–St. PetersburgSouth3,342,9638PhiladelphiaNortheast6,246,16018San DiegoWest3,269,9739MiamiSouth6,183,19919DenverWest3,005,13110PhoenixWest5,070,11020BaltimoreSouth2,834,316

 Health 

 Education 
 Culture den society 

 Literature 

 Mass media 

 Theater 

 Visual arts 

 Music 

 Fashion 
 Cinema 

 Cuisine 

 Sports 

 References 

 External links 

 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
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