Official name
United States of America
Name in local language
United States of America (en)
Continent
Americas
Subcontinent
North America
Population (ranking: 3e )
333,102,025 inhabitants (2022)
Population growth
0.29 % / year
Area
9,629,047 km²
Density
34.59 inhabitants / km²
GDP (ranking: 1er )22,996.100 billions $USD (2021)
GDP/capita (ranking )
69,288 $USD (2021)
GDP growth
5.67 % / year (2021)
Life expectancy (ranking )
76.10 years (2021)
Birth rate
10.90 ‰ (2020)
Fertility rate
1.64 children / woman (2020)
Death rate (ranking )
10.30 ‰ (2020)
Infant mortality rate (ranking )
5.40 ‰ (2020)
Literacy rate
99.04 % (2017)
Official languages
English de facto
Currency
United States Dollar ($ USD)
HDI (ranking: 25e )0.921 / 1 (2021)
EPI (ranking )71.19 (2018)
Government
Federal presidential constitutional republic
Head of State
President Joe Biden
National Day
July 4 (independence)
ISO Codes US, USA
Demonym
American
Tourists (ranking )
79,618,000 people (2018)
The United States of America (USA) is one of the largest and third most populous countries in the world. Located in North America, the United States (short form) is a federal constitutional republic consisting of 50 states and one district (for the capital city of Washington). The country is bordered to the north by Canada , and to the south by Mexico .
Monument Valley, Arizona, USA. Photo: Huebi Los Angeles downtown, California, USA. Photo: Nserrano
Urban areas (2019)
Urban areas
Population
New York
22,589,036 inhabitants
Los Angeles
18,711,436 inhabitants
Chicago
9,825,325 inhabitants
Washington - Baltimore
9,814,928 inhabitants
San Francisco - San Jose
9,665,887 inhabitants
Boston
8,287,710 inhabitants
Dallas - Fort Worth
8,057,796 inhabitants
Houston
7,253,193 inhabitants
Philadelphia
7,209,620 inhabitants
Miami
6,889,936 inhabitants
Atlanta
6,853,392 inhabitants
Detroit - Windsor
5,696,911 inhabitants
San Diego - Tijuana
5,319,631 inhabitants
Phoenix
5,002,221 inhabitants
Seattle
4,903,675 inhabitants
Orlando
4,160,646 inhabitants
Minneapolis
4,027,861 inhabitants
Denver
3,617,927 inhabitants
Cleveland
3,586,918 inhabitants
Portland OR
3,259,710 inhabitants
Tampa - St. Petersburg
3,194,831 inhabitants
St. Louis
2,907,648 inhabitants
Brownsville - McAllen - Matamoros - Reynosa
2,815,896 inhabitants
Charlotte
2,797,636 inhabitants
Salt Lake City
2,641,048 inhabitants
Administrative divisions
States
Population
Area
Alabama
4,903,185 inhabitants
135,765 km²
Alaska
731,545 inhabitants
1,717,854 km²
Arizona
7,278,717 inhabitants
295,254 km²
Arkansas
3,017,804 inhabitants
137,732 km²
California
39,512,223 inhabitants
423,970 km²
Colorado
5,758,736 inhabitants
269,837 km²
Connecticut
3,565,287 inhabitants
14,371 km²
Delaware
973,764 inhabitants
6,542 km²
District of Columbia (D.C.) (Federal District)
705,749 inhabitants
177 km²
Florida
21,477,737 inhabitants
170,451 km²
Georgia
10,617,423 inhabitants
154,077 km²
Hawaii
1,415,872 inhabitants
28,337 km²
Idaho
1,787,065 inhabitants
216,632 km²
Illinois
12,671,821 inhabitants
149,997 km²
Indiana
6,732,219 inhabitants
94,321 km²
Iowa
3,155,070 inhabitants
145,543 km²
Kansas
2,913,314 inhabitants
213,283 km²
Kentucky
4,467,673 inhabitants
104,749 km²
Louisiana
4,648,794 inhabitants
135,382 km²
Maine
1,344,212 inhabitants
86,542 km²
Maryland
6,045,680 inhabitants
32,160 km²
Massachusetts
6,892,503 inhabitants
27,360 km²
Michigan
9,986,857 inhabitants
250,941 km²
Minnesota
5,639,632 inhabitants
225,365 km²
Mississippi
2,976,149 inhabitants
125,546 km²
See also
