United States

Presentation

Capital: Washington

Population

Total Population (million): 301.62

Annual growth rate: 0.89%

Density: 31 inhab./km²

Urban population: 80.80%

Population of principal urban areas: New York (18 818 536); Los Angeles (12 950 129); Chicago (9 505 748); Houston (5 539 949); Phoenix (4 039 182)

Ethnic Origins: White alone (including people of Middle Eastern background) 73,9%; Hispanic or Latino of any race 14,8%; Black or African American alone 12,4%; Asian alone 4,4%; American Indian or Alaska Native alone 0,8%; Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander alone 0,14%; Others 8,3%.

Official Language: English

Other languages spoken: Spanish, in particular in Arizona, Texas, California and New Mexico. Other languages, such as Amerindian languages (Navajo, Hopi, etc.) and also Chinese, Japanese, Italian, German, Polish, Greek, etc. depending of the community of immigrants.

Business language: English.

Religion: Protestants 52%, Catholics 24%, Mormons 2%, Jews 1%, Muslims 1%, Others 10%, Without religion 10%.

Literacy rate: n.c.%

Local time:

It is %T:%M %A in New York, Washington DC, Philadelphia
It is %T:%M %A in Chicago, Houston, San Antonio, Dallas
It is %T:%M %A in Los Angeles, San Diego

Exchange rate on :

Country overview

Area: 9,632,030 km²

Type of State: A federal republic state based on parliamentary democracy having presidential form of government. United States has 51 states which are largely self governing and are legally considered as sovereign entities, enjoying a high degree of decentralization.

Type of economy: High-income economy, OECD member, G8 member
The leading world power; the world's leading exporter.

HID*: 0.951

HDI (world rank): 12/177

Note: (*) The HDI, Human Development Index, is an indicator which synthesizes several data such as life expectancy, level of education, professional careers, access to culture etc.

Weather in Washington

F° | C°

12°

Low: 14° | High: 16°

Humidity: 83% | Wind: 12 km/h
Sunrise: 6:39 am | Sunset: 5:04 pm

Source: Yahoo Weather

Telecommunication

Telephone code:
To call from the United States, dial 011
To call in the United States, dial 1

Internet suffix: .us

Computers: 54.4 per 100 inhabitants

Telephone lines: 59.1 per 100 inhabitants

Internet users: 70.2 per 100 inhabitants