Total Population: 301,621,000

Annual growth rate: 1.0%

Density: 33 inhabitant/km²

Urban population: 81.4%

Population of main cities including suburbs: New York (21,900,000); Los Angeles (18,000,000); Chicago (9,850,000); Washington (8,250,000); San Francisco (7,300,000); Dallas (6,350,000); Philadelphia (6,000,000); Houston (5,800,000); Atlanta (5,700,000).

Ethnic Origins: White alone (including people of Middle Eastern background) 73,9%; Hispanic or Latino of any ethnic origins 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 on the community of immigrants.

Business language: English.

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

Type of State: A federal republic state based on representative democracy with three equally powerful branches of government. United States has 50 states which are largely self governing and semi-sovereign entities.

 

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

HDI*: 0,950/1

HDI (world rank): 15th/177

Telephone code:
To call from the United States, dial 011
To call in the United States, dial +1 (except Canada and the Caribbean).

Internet suffix: .us

Computers: 80.5 per 100 inhabitants

Telephone lines: 51.3 per 100 inhabitants

Internet users: 70.6 per 100 inhabitants

Access to electricity: 100% of the population