Input interpretation
californium | discovery country
Result
United States
Name
full name | United States of America alternate names | America | US | USA | U.S. | U.S.A. nationality name | American ISO name | UNITED STATES country code | US internet code | .us UN code | USA UN number | 840 calling code | +1 license plate code | USA
Flag
Flag
Location
Location
Geographic properties
total area | 9.631×10^6 km^2 (square kilometers) (world rank: 3rd) land area | 9.162 million km^2 (square kilometers) (world rank: 3rd) continent | North America
annual-crop land fraction | 16.93% (world rank: 70th) natural resources | bauxite | coal | copper | gold | iron | lead | mercury | molybdenum | natural gas | nickel | oil | phosphates | potash | silver | timber | tungsten | uranium | zinc coastline length | 19924 km (kilometers) (world rank: 9th) highest point | 6190 meters (Denali (mountain)) lowest point | -86 meters (Death Valley) time zones | UTC - 10 | UTC - 9 | UTC - 8 | UTC - 7 | UTC - 6 | UTC - 5
Bordering countries/regions
Canada | Mexico 8893 km (kilometers) | 3141 km (kilometers)
Dependencies
American Samoa | Guam | Northern Mariana Islands | Puerto Rico | United States Minor Outlying Islands | United States Virgin Islands
Demographics
population | 324 million people (world rank: 3rd) (2017 estimate) population density | 35.5 people/km^2 (people per square kilometer) (world rank: 184th) (2017 estimate) population growth | 0.713 %/yr (world rank: 154th) (2017 estimate) life expectancy | 80.1 years (world rank: 46th) (2018 estimate) median age | 37.6 years (world rank: 50th) (2015 estimate)
Rates
annual births | 4.08 million people per year (world rank: 6th) (2017 estimate) birth rate fraction | 0.0126 people per person per year (world rank: 161st) (2017 estimate) annual deaths | 2.7 million people per year (world rank: 3rd) (2017 estimate) death rate fraction | 0.00833 people per person per year (world rank: 78th) (2017 estimate) net migration per capita | +0.002937 people per person per year (world rank: 32nd) (2017 estimate) total fertility rate | 1.8 children per female (world rank: 155th) (2016 estimate)
Distribution
| child | adult | elderly | all male | 9.416% | 32.63% | 7.438% | 49.48% female | 9.612% | 33.31% | 7.593% | 50.52% all | 19.03% | 65.94% | 15.03% | 100%
Cultural properties
languages | English (81%) | Spanish (11%) | Mandarin Chinese (0.53%) | Tagalog (0.48%) | German (0.46%) | French (0.46%) | Vietnamese (0.39%) | Korean (0.34%) | Cajun French (0.33%) | Italian (0.33%) | ... ethnic mix | white (79.96%) | Hispanic (15.1%) | black (12.85%) | Asian (4.43%) | mixed (1.61%) | Amerindian Alaska Native (0.97%) | Pacific Islander (0.18%) religions | Christianity (84%) | Judaism (1.9%) | Islam (1.6%) | Buddhism (0.91%) | ethnic religions (0.39%) | Hinduism (0.38%) | Bahá'í Faith (0.28%) literacy rate | 99% (2003 estimate) (Hispanic persons may be of any race)
Ethnic mix
Cultural properties Ethnic mix
Religions
Cultural properties Religions
Capital city
Washington, District of Columbia
Largest cities
city | population New York City, New York | 8.623 million people Los Angeles, California | 4 million people Chicago, Illinois | 2.716 million people Houston, Texas | 2.313 million people Phoenix, Arizona | 1.626 million people Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1.581 million people San Antonio, Texas | 1.512 million people San Diego, California | 1.42 million people Dallas, Texas | 1.341 million people San Jose, California | 1.035 million people (2009 and 2017 estimates)
Currency
currency unit | $1 (US dollar) currency code | USD local currency conversion | $1 (US dollar) = 84.57c (euro cents)
Economic properties
GDP | $20.49 trillion per year (world rank: 1st) (2018 estimate) GDP at parity | $20.49 trillion per year (world rank: 2nd) (2018 estimate) real GDP | $17.84 trillion per year (world rank: 1st) (2018 estimate) GDP per capita | $62641 per year per person (world rank: 13th) (2018 estimate) GDP real growth | +2.857% per year (world rank: 115th) (2018 estimate) Gini index | 0.415 (world rank: 100th) (2016 estimate) consumer price inflation | +2.44% per year (world rank: 97th) (2018 estimate)
Employment
unemployment rate | 3.87% (world rank: 146th highest) (2019 estimate) long-term unemployment rate | 1.42% (world rank: 75th highest) (2014 estimate) labor force | 165.7 million people (50.19% of population) (world rank: 3rd) (2019 estimate)
Labor force information
primary education | 2.873 million people (world rank: 41st) (2014 estimate) secondary education | 92.57 million people (world rank: 1st) (2014 estimate) tertiary education | 53.95 million people (world rank: 1st) (2014 estimate)
Employment information
agriculture | 2.25 million people (world rank: 49th) (2019 estimate) industry | 30.6 million people (world rank: 3rd) (2019 estimate) services | 127 million people (world rank: 3rd) (2019 estimate)
Business information
Business taxes
total business tax rate | 36.6% of profit (world rank: 92nd) (2019 estimate) number of business taxes | 10.6 (world rank: 126th) (2019 estimate)
Business statistics
new businesses registered | 676830 per year (13.13% of total businesses) (world rank: 1st) (2005 estimate) total registered businesses | 5.156 million (world rank: 2nd) (2005 estimate)
Business operating costs
typical cost of business start up procedures | 0% of GNI per capita (world rank: 1st lowest) (2019 estimate)
Business procedures
typical time required to register property | 15.2 days (world rank: 44th lowest) (2019 estimate) typical time required to start a business | 4.2 days (world rank: 22nd lowest) (2019 estimate) typical time required to build a warehouse | 80.6 days (world rank: 19th lowest) (2019 estimate) typical time required to enforce a contract | 444 days (world rank: 41st lowest) (2019 estimate) time to prepare and pay taxes | 175 hours (world rank: 80th lowest) (2019 estimate) time to resolve insolvency | 1 year (world rank: 10th lowest) (2019 estimate)
Trade facilitation
typical cost to export one container | $1224 (US dollars) (world rank: 95th lowest) (2014 estimate) typical cost to import one container | $1289 (US dollars) (world rank: 81st lowest) (2014 estimate) typical documents required per export shipment | 1.8 (world rank: 1st lowest) (2014 estimate) typical documents required per import shipment | 3 (world rank: 4th lowest) (2014 estimate)
Media and telecommunications
Telecommunications information
telephone lines | 116.7 million (world rank: 2nd) (2018 estimate) mobile cellular subscriptions | 404.6 million (world rank: 3rd) (2018 estimate) internet usage | 283.7 million people (87.27% of population) (world rank: 3rd) (2017 estimate) fixed broadband internet subscribers | 116.5 million people (world rank: 2nd) (2018 estimate) average broadband upload rate | 2.8 Mb/s (megabits per second) (world rank: 36th) (2011 estimate) average broadband download rate | 11.6 Mb/s (megabits per second) (world rank: 30th) (2011 estimate) secure internet servers | 21.52 million (world rank: 1st) (2018 estimate)
Media information
daily newspaper circulation | 56.57 million (world rank: 4th) (2004 estimate) radio stations | 13769 (world rank: 1st) (2006 estimate) FM radio stations | 8961 (world rank: 1st) (2006 estimate) television receivers | 219 million (world rank: 2nd) (1997 estimate) television stations | 2218 (world rank: 3rd) (2006 estimate)