U.S.A.GEOGRAPHY

AREA

• 9,826,675 sq km• country comparison to the world: 3• lowest point: Death Valley -86 m• highest point: Mount McKinley 6,194 m• Borders: Canada, Mexico, the Atlantic, the

Pacific

POPULATION

• 313,847,465 (July 2012 est.)• country comparison to the world: 3• Ethnic groups: white 79.96%, black 12.85%,

Asian 4.43%, Amerindian and Alaska native 0.97%, native Hawaiian and other Pacific islander 0.18%, two or more races 1.61%

• Languages: English 82.1%, Spanish 10.7%, other Indo-European 3.8%, Asian and Pacific island 2.7%, other 0.7%

LARGEST CITIES• 1 New York City 19,015,900 • 2 Los Angeles 12,944,801 • 3 Chicago 9,504,753 • 4 Dallas 6,526,548 • 5 Houston 6,086,538 • 6 Philadelphia 5,992,414 • 7 Washington, D.C. 5,703,948 • 8 Miami 5,670,125• 9 Atlanta 5,359,205• 10 Boston 4,591,112

ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISON

• 50 states• Washington, D.C.• Dependent areas: American Samoa, Baker

Island, Guam, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, Navassa Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Palmyra Atoll, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Wake Island

• 48 states + Washington, D.C. = continental USA

ECONOMY• The US has the largest and most technologically powerful economy in the world, with a per capita GDP of $48,100.Exports: $1.497 trillion (2011 est.)country comparison to the world: 3 $1.289 trillion (2010 est.)Exports - commodities: agricultural products (soybeans, fruit, corn) 9.2%, industrial supplies (organic chemicals) 26.8%, capital goods (transistors,

aircraft, motor vehicle parts, computers, telecommunications equipment) 49.0%, consumer goods (automobiles, medicines) 15.0%

Exports - partners: Canada 19%, Mexico 13.3%, China 7%, Japan 4.5% (2011)Imports: $2.236 trillion (2011 est.)country comparison to the world: 1 $1.935 trillion (2010 est.)Imports - commodities: agricultural products 4.9%, industrial supplies 32.9% (crude oil 8.2%), capital goods 30.4% (computers, telecommunications

equipment, motor vehicle parts, office machines, electric power machinery), consumer goods 31.8% (automobiles, clothing, medicines, furniture, toys)

Imports - partners: China 18.4%, Canada 14.2%, Mexico 11.7%, Japan 5.8%, Germany 4.4% (2011)

NAFTA = North American Free Trade Agreement