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United States of America

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Great Seal

Motto:

"In God We Trust"[1][fn 1]

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Anthem:
"The Star-Spangled Banner"

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March:
"The Stars and Stripes Forever"[2][3]

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 The contiguous United States plus Alaska and Hawaii

The United States including its territories

Capital Washington, D.C.

38°53′N 77°01′W

Largest city New York City

40°43′N 74°00′W

Official languages None at federal level[fn 2]

National language English[fn 3]

Ethnic groups(2016[6]) By race:

77.1% White
13.3% Black
5.6% Asian
2.6% Other/multiracial
1.2% American Indian
0.2% Pacific Islander
Ethnicity:
17.6% Hispanic or Latino
82.4% non-Hispanic or Latino

Religion (2017[7]) 69% Christian

24% Unaffiliated
3% Unanswered
2% Jewish
1% Muslim
1% Buddhist
1% Hindu
1% Other

Demonym American

Government Federal presidentialconstitutional

republic

• President Donald Trump

• Vice President Mike Pence
• House Speaker Paul Ryan
• Chief Justice John Roberts
 Legislature Congress

• Upper house Senate

• Lower house House of Representatives

Independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain

• Declaration July 4, 1776
• Confederation March 1, 1781
• Treaty of Paris September 3, 1783
• Constitution June 21, 1788
• Last polity admitted March 24, 1976

Area
• Total area 3,796,742 sq mi
(9,833,520 km2)[8](3rd/4th)
• Water (%) 6.97
• Total land area 3,531,905 sq mi (9,147,590 km2)

Population
• 2017 estimate 325,719,178[9] (3rd)
• 2010 census 308,745,538[10] (3rd)
• Density 85/sq mi (32.8/km2) (179th)

GDP (PPP) 2017 estimate

• Total $19.390 trillion[11] (2nd)
• Per capita $59,501[11] (11th)

GDP (nominal) 2017 estimate

• Total $19.390 trillion[11] (1st)
• Per capita $59,501[11] (7th)

Gini (2015) 39.0[12]

medium

HDI (2015) 0.920[13]

very high · 10th

Currency United States dollar ($) (USD)

Time zone (UTC−4 to −12, +10, +11)

• Summer (DST) (UTC−4 to −10[fn 4])

Date format mm/dd/yyyy

Drives on the right[fn 5]

Calling code +1

ISO 3166 code US

 Internet TLD .us

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.)
or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-
governing territories, and various possessions.[fn 6] At 3.8 million square miles (9.8 million km2) and
with over 325 million people, the United States is the world's third- or fourth-largest country by
total area[fn 7] and the third-most populous country. The capital is Washington, D.C., and
the largest city by population is New York City. Forty-eight states and the capital's federal district
are contiguous in North America between Canada and Mexico. The State of Alaska is in the
northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east and across the Bering
Strait from Russia to the west. The State of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean.
The U.S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, stretching
across nine official time zones. The extremely diverse geography, climate, and wildlifeof the