United States • North America

Washington,United Statescapital city

United Statesflag

United Statesadministive divisions

50 states and 1 district*; Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia*, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

What continent does United States fall under?

North America

Most spoken language inUnited States, by order

English 78.2%, Spanish, Chinese, and others. The US has no official national language, but English has acquired official status in 32 of the 50 states; Hawaiian is an official language in the state of Hawaii, and 20 indigenous languages are official in Alaska

Geographical position of United Statesin the world

North America, bordering both the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Pacific Ocean, between Canada and Mexico

How is United Statesclimate?

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

note: many consider Denali, the highest peak in the US, to be the world’s coldest mountain because of its combination of high elevation and its subarctic location at 63 degrees north latitude; permanent snow and ice cover over 75 percent of the mountain, and enormous glaciers, up to 45 miles long and 3,700 feet thick, spider out from its base in every direction; it is home to some of the world’s coldest and most violent weather, where winds of over 150 miles per hour and temperatures of -93˚F have been recorded.  

What are United Statesneighbours?

Canada. Mexico.

What is United Statesmost predominant religion?

Protestant,

and United Statessecond most predominant religion

Roman Catholic,

and other practiced religions in United States?

Jewish, Church of Jesus Christ, other Christian, Muslim, Jehovah’s Witness, Buddhist, Hindu

What isUnited StatesISO country code?

US

andUnited StatesISO3

USA

United Statescountry area

9629091sq km

What isUnited Statescountry population?

327,167,434

What isUnited Statestime zone?

UTC −12:00 (AoE) — Baker Island and Howland Island
UTC −11:00 (ST) — American Samoa, Jarvis Island, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll and Palmyra Atoll
UTC −10:00 (HT) — Hawaii, most of the Aleutian Islands, and Johnston Atoll
UTC −09:00 (AKT) — most of the state of Alaska
UTC −08:00 (PT) — Pacific Time zone: the Pacific coast states, the Idaho Panhandle and most of Nevada and Oregon
UTC −07:00 (MT) — Mountain Time zone: most of Idaho, part of Oregon, and the Mountain states plus western parts of some adjacent states
UTC −06:00 (CT – Central Time) — Central Time zone: a large area spanning from the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes
UTC −05:00 (ET – Eastern Time (North America)) — Eastern Time zone: roughly a triangle covering all the states from the Great Lakes down to Florida and east to the Atlantic coast
UTC −04:00 (AST – Alaska Standard Time) — Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands
UTC +10:00 (ChT) — Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands
UTC +12:00 (WAKT) — Wake Island

What is internet country code(ccTLD) used to indicate theUnited Stateswebsites?

The websitesUnited Statesis .us

United Statescalling code

Calling from a different country, everyone should use the prefix1 before theUnited Statesphone number

United StatesGlobal Peace Index Rank

According to visionofhumanity.org,United Statesranks at position 122of the Global Peace Index Rank, with a Global Peace Index Score of 2.337

The currency name used in United States is the Dollarwith the currency codeUSD

What has been United StatesGPD per capita evolution in the last years?

United StatesGDP per capita, according to CIA, has been of$60,200 (2020 est.),$62,600 (2019 est.)and $61,600 (2018 est.)data are in 2017 US dollars.
United StatesGDP per capita is in rank 17compared to other countries in the world, with a value of$60,200- data from2020

The monthly minimum wage in local currency inUnited Statesis1.256,7$an approximate equivalence to1.109,5 €(euros),values of2022