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United States of America
Flag Coat of arms
Motto:  "In God We Trust"
Anthem: "The Star-Spangled Banner"
Capital	Washington, D.C.<
Largest city	New York City
Official languages	None at the federal level
National language	English (de facto)
Ethnic groups (2020)	By race: 61.6% White 12.4% Black 6.0% Asian Americans By Hispanic or Latino origin: 81.3% Non-Hispanic or Latino 18.7% Hispanic or Latino
Religion (2021)	63% Christianity —40% Protestantism —21% Catholicism —2% Other Christian 29% No religion 6% Others 2% Unanswered
Demonym(s)	American
Government	Federal presidential constitutional republic
• President	Joe Biden (D)
• Vice President	Kamala Harris (D)
• House Speaker	Nancy Pelosi (D)
• Chief Justice	John Roberts
Legislature	Congress
• Upper house	Senate
• Lower house	House of Representatives
Independence from Great Britain
• Declaration	July 4, 1776
• Confederation	March 1, 1781
• Treaty of Paris	September 3, 1783
• Constitution	June 21, 1788
• Last state admitted	August 21, 1959
Area
• Total area	3,796,742 sq mi (9,833,520 km2) (3rd/4th)
• Water (%)	4.66
• Land area	3,531,905 sq mi (9,147,590 km2)
Population
• 2021 estimate	331,893,745
• 2020 census	331,449,281 (3rd)
• Density	87/sq mi (33.6/km2) (185th)
GDP (PPP)	2022 estimate
• Total	$25.35 trillion (2nd)
• Per capita	$76,027 (9th)
GDP (nominal)	2022 estimate
• Total	$25.35 trillion (1st)
• Per capita	$76,027 (8th)
Gini (2020)	48.5 high
HDI (2019)	0.926 very high (17th)
Currency	U.S. dollar ($) (USD)
Time zone	UTC−4 to −12, +10, +11
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 to −10
Date format	mm/dd/yyyy
Driving side	right
Calling code	+1
ISO 3166 code	US

The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or simply America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, 326 Indian reservations, and nine minor outlying islands. At nearly 3.8 million square miles (9.8 million square kilometers), it is the world's fourth-largest country by land area and third-largest by total area. The United States shares land borders with Canada to the north and Mexico to the south as well as maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, and Russia, among others.[h] With more than 331 million people, it is the third most populous country in the world. The national capital is Washington, D.C., and the most populous city and financial center is New York City.