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{{Infobox country
{{Infobox country
| conventional_long_name = United States of America
| conventional_long_name = United States of America
| common_name           = United States
| common_name = United States
| image_flag             = Flag of the United States (DoS ECA Color Standard).svg
| image_flag = Flag of the United States (DoS ECA Color Standard).svg
| alt_flag               = {{nbsp}} <!--Used to denote purely decorative images-->
| alt_flag = {{nbsp}}
| flag_type_article     = Flag of the United States
| flag_type_article = Flag of the United States
| image_coat             = Greater coat of arms of the United States.svg
| image_coat = Greater coat of arms of the United States.svg
| coat_alt               = {{nbsp}} <!--Used to denote purely decorative images-->
| coat_alt = {{nbsp}}
| symbol_type_article   = Great Seal of the United States#Obverse
| symbol_type_article = Great Seal of the United States#Obverse
| national_motto         = "[[In God We Trust]]"
| national_motto = "[[In God We Trust]]"{{collapsible list
|title={{nowrap|Other traditional mottos:}}
|titlestyle=background:transparent;color:inherit;text-align:center;line-height:1.15em;
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|{{native phrase|la|"[[Annuit cœptis]]"|italics=off}}<br />"Providence favors our undertakings"
|{{native phrase|la|"[[Annuit cœptis]]"|italics=off}}<br />"Providence favors our undertakings"
|{{native phrase|la|"[[Novus ordo seclorum]]"|italics=off}}<br />"New order of the ages"
|{{native phrase|la|"[[Novus ordo seclorum]]"|italics=off}}<br />"New order of the ages"
  }}
}}
| national_anthem       = "[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]"<div style="display:inline-block;margin-top:0.4em;">[[File:Star Spangled Banner instrumental.ogg]]</div>
| national_anthem = "[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]"
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| image_map = {{Switcher|[[File:USA orthographic.svg|frameless|alt=Orthographic map of the U.S. in North America]]|Show globe ([[U.S. state|states]] and [[Washington, D.C.|D.C.]] only)|[[File:US insular areas SVG.svg|upright=1.15|frameless|alt=World map showing the U.S. and its territories]]|Show the U.S. and [[Territories of the United States|its territories]]|[[File:NOAA Map of the US EEZ.svg|upright=1.15|frameless]]|Show territories with [[Exclusive economic zone of the United States|their exclusive economic zone]]|default=1}}
| march="[[The Stars and Stripes Forever]]"<ref name="urluscode.house.gov">{{cite web|url=https://uscode.house.gov/statviewer.htm?volume=112&page=1263|title=uscode.house.gov|date=August 12, 1999|website=Public Law 105-225|publisher=uscode.house.gov|pages=112 Stat. 1263|quote=Section 304. "The composition by John Philip Sousa entitled 'The Stars and Stripes Forever' is the national march."|access-date=September 10, 2017}}</ref><div style="display:inline-block;margin-top:0.4em;">[[File:"The Star-Spangled Banner" - Choral with band accompaniment - United States Army Field Band.oga]]</div>
| map_width = 220px
-->
| capital = [[Washington, D.C.]]
<!-- Consensus map, see talk page. -->
| largest_city = [[New York City]]
| image_map             = {{Switcher|[[File:USA orthographic.svg|frameless|alt=Orthographic map of the U.S. in North America]]|Show globe ([[U.S. state|states]] and [[Washington, D.C.|D.C.]] only)|[[File:US insular areas SVG.svg|upright=1.15|frameless|alt=World map showing the U.S. and its territories]]|Show the U.S. and [[Territories of the United States|its territories]]|[[File:NOAA Map of the US EEZ.svg|upright=1.15|frameless]]|Show territories with [[Exclusive economic zone of the United States|their exclusive economic zone]]|default=1}}
| official_languages = None at the [[Federal government of the United States|federal level]]
| map_width             = 220px
| languages_type = [[National language]]
| capital               = [[Washington, D.C.]]
| languages = [[American English|English]]
| largest_city           = [[New York City]]
| ethnic_groups = {{plainlist|''By race:''
| official_languages     = None at the [[Federal government of the United States|federal level]]{{efn|name=officiallanguage|Twenty-eight of the 50 states recognize only English as an official language. The [[State of Hawaii]] recognizes both [[Hawaiian language|Hawaiian]] and English as official languages, the [[State of Alaska]] officially recognizes 20 [[Alaska Native languages]] alongside English, and the [[State of South Dakota]] recognizes English and [[Sioux language|all Sioux dialects]] as official languages. Nineteen states and the District of Columbia have no official language.}}
 
| languages_type         = [[National language]]
61.6% [[White Americans|White]]
| languages             = [[American English|English]]{{efn|English is the [[de facto]] language. For more information, see [[Languages of the United States]].}}
12.4% [[African Americans|Black]]
<!-- NOTE: For English, don't add "American English" -->
6% [[Asian Americans|Asian]]
| ethnic_groups         = {{plainlist|''By race:''
1.1% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]]
* 61.6% [[White Americans|White]]
0.2% [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]]
* 12.4% [[African Americans|Black]]
10.2% [[Multiracial Americans|two or more races]]
* 6% [[Asian Americans|Asian]]
8.4% [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|other]]
* 1.1% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]]
}}
* 0.2% [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]]
* 10.2% [[Multiracial Americans|two or more races]]
* 8.4% [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|other]]
  }}
{{plainlist|''By origin:''
{{plainlist|''By origin:''
* 81.3% non-[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]
81.3% non-[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]
* 18.7% Hispanic or Latino
18.7% Hispanic or Latino
  }}
}}
| ethnic_groups_year     = 2020
| ethnic_groups_year = 2020
 
| demonym = [[Americans|American]]
| demonym               = [[Americans|American]]{{efn|name=demonym|The historical and informal demonym [[Yankee]] has been applied to Americans, New Englanders, or northeasterners since the 18th century.}}
| government_type = [[Federalism in the United States|Federal]] presidential republic
| government_type       = [[Federalism in the United States|Federal]] presidential republic
| leader_title1 = [[President of the United States|President]]
<!-- Consensus is to list President, Vice President, Chief Justice, and Speaker of the House -->
| leader_name1 = [[Joe Biden]]
| leader_title1         = [[President of the United States|President]]
| leader_title2 = [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]
| leader_name1           = [[Joe Biden]]<!--[[Donald Trump]]-->
| leader_name2 = [[Kamala Harris]]
| leader_title2         = [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]
| leader_title3 = [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|House Speaker]]
| leader_name2           = [[Kamala Harris]]<!--[[JD Vance]]-->
| leader_name3 = [[Mike Johnson]]
| leader_title3         = [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|House Speaker]]
| leader_title4 = [[Chief Justice of the United States|Chief Justice]]
| leader_name3           = [[Mike Johnson]]
| leader_name4 = [[John Roberts]]
| leader_title4         = [[Chief Justice of the United States|Chief Justice]]
| legislature = [[United States Congress|Congress]]
| leader_name4           = [[John Roberts]]
| upper_house = [[United States Senate|Senate]]
| legislature           = [[United States Congress|Congress]]
| lower_house = [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]]
| upper_house           = [[United States Senate|Senate]]
| sovereignty_type = [[History of the United States|Independence]]
| lower_house           = [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]]
| sovereignty_note = from [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]]
| sovereignty_type       = [[History of the United States|Independence]]
| established_event1 = [[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration]]
| sovereignty_note       = from [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]]
| established_date1 = {{Start date|1776|7|4}}
| established_event1     = [[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration]]
| established_event2 = [[Confederation period|Confederation]]
| established_date1     = {{Start date|1776|7|4}}
| established_date2 = {{Start date|1781|3|1}}
| established_event2     = [[Confederation period|Confederation]]
| established_event3 = [[Treaty of Paris (1783)|Recognized]]
| established_date2     = {{Start date|1781|3|1}}
| established_date3 = {{Start date|1783|9|3}}
| established_event3     = [[Treaty of Paris (1783)|Recognized]]
| established_event4 = [[Constitution of the United States|Constitution]]
| established_date3     = {{Start date|1783|9|3}}
| established_date4 = {{Start date|1788|6|21}}
| established_event4     = [[Constitution of the United States|Constitution]]
| area_link = Geography of the United States
| established_date4     = {{Start date|1788|6|21}}
| area_label = Total area
| area_link             = Geography of the United States
| area_rank = 3rd
| area_label             = Total area
| area_sq_mi = 3,796,742
| area_rank             = 3rd
| percent_water = 7.0 (2010)
| area_sq_mi             = 3,796,742
| area_label2 = Land area
| percent_water         = 7.0
| area_data2 = {{convert|3,531,905|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}} (3rd)
| area_label2           = Land area
| population_census = 331,449,281 (2020)
| area_data2             = {{convert|3,531,905|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}} (3rd)
| population_census_year = 2020
| population_census     = {{IncreaseNeutral}} 331,449,281{{efn|name="pop"}}census_year = 2020
| population_estimate = 340,110,988 (2024)
| population_estimate   = {{IncreaseNeutral}} 340,110,988
| population_estimate_year = 2024
| population_estimate_year = 2024
| population_census_rank = 3rd
| population_census_rank = 3rd
| population_density_sq_mi = 87<!-- Figure uses (population/land + water area) as of July 2019. -->
| population_density_sq_mi = 87
| population_density_rank = 185th
| population_density_rank = 185th
| GDP_PPP               = {{increase}} $29.168&nbsp;trillion
| GDP_PPP = $29.168 trillion
| GDP_PPP_year           = 2024
| GDP_PPP_year = 2024
| GDP_PPP_rank           = 2nd
| GDP_PPP_rank = 2nd
| GDP_PPP_per_capita     = {{increase}} $86,601
| GDP_PPP_per_capita = $86,601
| GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank = 8th
| GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank = 8th
| GDP_nominal           = {{increase}} $29.168&nbsp;trillion
| GDP_nominal = $29.168 trillion
| GDP_nominal_year       = 2024
| GDP_nominal_year = 2024
| GDP_nominal_rank       = 1st
| GDP_nominal_rank = 1st
| GDP_nominal_per_capita = {{increase}} $86,601
| GDP_nominal_per_capita = $86,601
| GDP_nominal_per_capita_rank = 6th
| GDP_nominal_per_capita_rank = 6th
| Gini                   = 41.6<!-- Number only. -->
| Gini = 41.6
| Gini_year             = 2023
| Gini_year = 2023
| Gini_change           = decrease
| Gini_change = decrease
| HDI                   = 0.927<!-- Number only. -->
| HDI = 0.927
| HDI_year               = 2022<!-- Please use the year to which the data refers, not the publication year. -->
| HDI_year = 2022
| HDI_change             = increase<!-- Increase/decrease/steady. -->
| HDI_change = increase
| HDI_rank               = 20th
| HDI_rank = 20th
| currency               = [[United States dollar|U.S. dollar]] ([[$]])
| currency = [[United States dollar|U.S. dollar]] ([[$]])
| currency_code         = USD
| currency_code = USD
| utc_offset             = −4 to −12, +10, +11
| utc_offset = −4 to −12, +10, +11
| utc_offset_DST         = −4 to −10{{efn|name="time"}}
| utc_offset_DST = −4 to −10
| date_format           = mm/dd/yyyy{{efn|See [[Date and time notation in the United States]].}}
| date_format = mm/dd/yyyy
| drives_on             = Right{{efn|name="drive"}}
| drives_on = Right
| calling_code           = [[North American Numbering Plan|+1]]
| calling_code = [[North American Numbering Plan|+1]]
| iso3166code           = US
| iso3166code = US
| cctld                 = [[.us]]
| cctld = [[.us]]
| religion = {{ublist|item_style=white-space:nowrap;
|{{Tree list}}
|{{Tree list}}
* 67% [[Christianity in the United States|Christianity]]
67% [[Christianity in the United States|Christianity]]
** 33% [[Protestantism in the United States|Protestantism]]
** 33% [[Protestantism in the United States|Protestantism]]
** 22% [[Catholic Church in the United States|Catholicism]]
** 22% [[Catholic Church in the United States|Catholicism]]
** 1% [[Mormons|Mormonism]]
** 1% [[Mormons|Mormonism]]
** 11% other [[List of Christian denominations|Christian]]
** 11% other [[List of Christian denominations|Christian]]
{{Tree list/end}}
{{Tree list/end}}
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|6% [[Religion in the United States|other religion]]
|6% [[Religion in the United States|other religion]]
|3% unanswered
|3% unanswered
  }}
| religion_year          = 2023
}}
}}
 
| religion_year = 2023
The '''United States of America''' ('''USA'''), commonly known as the '''United States''' ('''U.S.''') or '''America''', is a country primarily located in [[North America]]. It is a [[federation|federal union]] of 50 [[U.S. state|states]] and a federal capital district, [[Washington, D.C.]] The [[48 contiguous states]] border [[Canada]] to the north and [[Mexico]] to the south, with the states of [[Alaska]] to the northwest and the [[archipelagic]] [[Hawaii]] in the [[Pacific Ocean]].
}}
The '''United States of America''' ('''USA'''), commonly known as the '''United States''' ('''U.S.''') or '''America''', is a country primarily located in [[North America]]. It is a [[federation|federal union]] of 50 [[U.S. state|states]] and a federal capital district, [[Washington, D.C.]] The [[48 contiguous states]] border [[Canada]] to the north and [[Mexico]] to the south, with the states of [[Alaska]] to the northwest and the [[archipelagic]] [[Hawaii]] in the [[Pacific Ocean]]. The United States also asserts sovereignty over five [[Territories of the United States|major island territories]] and [[United States Minor Outlying Islands|various uninhabited islands]].

Revision as of 02:30, 27 December 2024

United States of America
 
Flag
 
Coat of arms
Motto: "In God We Trust"
Other traditional mottos:
Anthem: "The Star-Spangled Banner"
Orthographic map of the U.S. in North America
World map showing the U.S. and its territories
NOAA Map of the US EEZ.svg
CapitalWashington, D.C.
Largest cityNew York City
Official languagesNone at the federal level
National languageEnglish
Ethnic groups
(2020)
By race:

61.6% White 12.4% Black 6% Asian 1.1% Native American 0.2% Pacific Islander 10.2% two or more races 8.4% other

By origin:

81.3% non-Hispanic or Latino 18.7% Hispanic or Latino

Religion
(2023)

  • 67% Christianity

  • 22% unaffiliated
  • 2% Judaism
  • 6% other religion
  • 3% unanswered
Demonym(s)American
GovernmentFederal presidential republic
• President
Joe Biden
Kamala Harris
Mike Johnson
John Roberts
LegislatureCongress
• Upper house
Senate
• Lower house
House of Representatives
Independence 
from Great Britain
July 4, 1776 (1776-07-04)
March 1, 1781 (1781-03-01)
September 3, 1783 (1783-09-03)
June 21, 1788 (1788-06-21)
Area
• Total area
3,796,742 sq mi (9,833,520 km2) (3rd)
• Water (%)
7.0 (2010)
• Land area
3,531,905 sq mi (9,147,590 km2) (3rd)
Population
• 2024 estimate
340,110,988 (2024)
• 2020 census
331,449,281 (2020) (3rd)
• Density
87/sq mi (33.6/km2) (185th)
GDP (PPP)2024 estimate
• Total
$29.168 trillion (2nd)
• Per capita
$86,601 (8th)
GDP (nominal)2024 estimate
• Total
$29.168 trillion (1st)
• Per capita
$86,601 (6th)
Gini (2023)Positive decrease 41.6
medium
HDI (2022)Increase 0.927
very high (20th)
CurrencyU.S. dollar ($) (USD)
Time zoneUTC−4 to −12, +10, +11
• Summer (DST)
UTC−4 to −10
Date formatmm/dd/yyyy
Driving sideright
Calling code+1
ISO 3166 codeUS
Internet TLD.us

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal union of 50 states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous states border Canada to the north and Mexico to the south, with the states of Alaska to the northwest and the archipelagic Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. The United States also asserts sovereignty over five major island territories and various uninhabited islands.

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