United States Country Profile
Key Facts of United States
| Government type: | constitutional federal republic |
| Capital: | Washington, DC |
| Languages: | English only 78.2%, Spanish 13.4%, Chinese 1.1%, other 7.3% (2017 est.) |
United States Demographic Data
Ethnic Groups in United States(2020 est.)
Religious Groups in United States (2014 est.)
Age pyramid of United States
United States Economy Statistics
Economic overview of United States
high-income, diversified North American economy; NATO leader; largest importer and second-largest exporter; home to leading financial exchanges; high and growing public debt; rising socioeconomic inequalities; historically low interest rates; hit by COVID-19
United States Real GDP (purchasing power parity) in Billion $
United States Real GDP per capita in $
United States's Exports & Imports in trillion $
Top 5 Import Partnerin 2022 (55%) of United States
Top 5 Import Commoditiesin 2022 of United States
- crude petroleum 🛢️
- cars 🚗
- broadcasting equipment 📡
- garments 👕
- computers 💻
Top 5 Export Partnerin 2022 (55%) of United States
Top 5 Export Commoditiesin 2022 of United States
- refined petroleum ⛽
- crude petroleum 🛢️
- natural gas 💨
- cars 🚗
- integrated circuits 💻
Geography of United States
Map of United States
Land and Water Distrubtion of United States
Natural Resources of United States
- coal ⚫
- copper 🟧🪙
- lead 🪙
- molybdenum 🪨
- phosphates ⛏️
- rare earth elements 🪨🪙💎
- uranium ☢️
- bauxite 🪨
- gold 💰
- iron 🛠️
- mercury ⚗️
- nickel 🪙
- potash 🪙
- silver 🪙
- tungsten 🔧
- zinc 🔩
- petroleum 🛢️
- natural gas 💨
- timber 🌲
- arable land 🌱
Climate inUnited States
mostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and Florida, arctic in Alaska, semiarid in the great plains west of the Mississippi River, and arid in the Great Basin of the southwest; low winter temperatures in the northwest are ameliorated occasionally in January and February by warm chinook winds from the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains
History of United States - a Summary
Thirteen of Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added as the nation expanded across the North American continent and acquired a number of overseas possessions. Two of the most traumatic experiences in the nation's history were the Civil War (1861-65), in which a northern Union of states defeated a secessionist Confederacy of 11 southern slave states, and the Great Depression of the 1930s, an economic downturn during which about a quarter of the labor force lost its jobs. Buoyed by victories in World Wars I and II and the end of the Cold War in 1991, the US remains the world's most powerful nation state. Since the end of World War II, the economy has achieved relatively steady growth, low unemployment, and rapid advances in technology.