General Information about U.S.A.

This article provides general information about U.S.A.

General Information about U.S.A.

History, Geography, Culture, Demographics and Other Facts

History

12,000 years ago, crossing Bering land bridge, the first settlers entered into (Turtle Island) North America from Siberia. Today they are known as First Citizens or Native Americans.

Early in the 17th century a few small group of pioneers sought new homes on the Atlantic coastline of North America. This was the beginning of an astonishingly rapid process of expansion, which in little more than three and half centuries has brought nearly 40 million immigrants across the ocean, carried all the institutions of modern civilization 3,500 miles across the continent to the Pacific, and made the United States in the 20th century not only the richest and most powerful nation in the world but also the sponsor of new ideals and new institutions.

The special qualities that differentiate the society of the U.S.A. from that of older nations spring from two primary factors.

In the first place, the United States was settled by men and women who came from other parts of the world and belonged to many different ethnic and cultural groups. Although some of them were transported to America by force, the majority came of their own volition in the hope of finding security against persecution and wider opportunities for economic and social advancement. This meant that the Americans from the beginning were an active and enterprising people, who had confidence in their own powers, who believed in resisting oppression rather than submitting to it. They were not disposed to accept unnecessary limitations upon their freedom. In the course of time they evolved a system of government whose primary objective to protect the rights of individuals. Faith in free institutions became the main formative principle of new American nationality. Unlike the European peoples, the Americans were unified not by a community of ancestry and tradition but by common ideals and hopes for the future.

U.S.A. Map

The second major factor in the evolution of American society has been the abundance of fertile land and natural resources. The pioneers who explored and colonized North America found millions of acres of virgin forest, rich soils suitable for almost all forms of agriculture, broad rivers providing communication with the heart of the continent, vast grassy plains, and almost every mineral known to man. There was no easy way to develop these resources, and unlike their Latin-American neighbors, the pioneers of North America did not find native races who could be successfully subjugated and compelled to labor for their white conquerors.

But opportunities unique in human history awaited men and women who had the necessary courage and initiative, and above all, the willingness and capacity for hard work. The natural wealth of the continent strengthened the optimistic and individualistic spirit of the American people, promoted social and political equality, and enabled them to achieve both the highest general standard of living ever known and the material power needed for the assumption of global responsibilities.

Geography

The U.S.A. has terrain of Vast central plain, mountains in west, hills and low mountains in east; rugged mountains and broad river valleys in Alaska; rugged, volcanic topography in Hawaii.

Climate is 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.

U.S. GENERAL INFORMATION

U.S.A. OFFICIAL NAME
United States of America

U.S. ALTERNATIVE NAMES
America, U.S., The U.S. or The US, U.S.A. or USA, The States and United States.

DEMONYM
American

U.S. NICKNAMES
The Land of Opportunity
The Melting Pot

U.S.A. LOCATION
U.S.A. Mainland:

System	Latitude	Longitude
Simple decimal standard	37.09024	-95.712891
Decimal Degrees (DD)	37.0902° N	95.7129° W
Degrees and Decimal Minutes (DDM)	37°5.414' N	95°42.773' W
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds (DMS)	37°5'24.9'' N	95°42'46.4'' W

Alaska: 64.2008° N, 149.4937° W
Hawaii: 19.8968° N, 155.5828° W

U.S.A. FLAG

U.S. COAT OF ARMS

U.S.A. MOTTO
“In God We Trust”

U.S.A. NATIONAL ANTHEM

“The Star-Spangled Banner”

U.S.A. MARCH ANTHEM
“The Stars and Stripes Forever”

U.S.A. INDEPENDENCE DAY
July 4

INDEPENDENCE DATE
U.S.A. declared independence from Great Britain in July 4, 1776.

CONSTITUTION DAY
September 17. In that day U.S.A. constitution was created.

ADOPTION OF CONSTITUTION
U.S.A. constitution came into effect from March 4, 1789.

FORM OF GOVERNMENT
Federal Presidential Constitutional Republic with two legislative houses:
Senate (100 members)
House of Representatives (4351 members)

HEAD OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT
President

FIRST PRESIDENT OF U.S.A.
George Washington

U.S.A. PRESIDENT
Joe Biden

U.S.A. FIRST CAPITAL
New York City

U.S. CAPITAL
Washington, D.C.

U.S.A. NUMBER OF STATES
50

U.S. TERRITORY NUMBER
Inhabited Territories: 5
Uninhabited Territories: 9
Disputed Territories: 2

U.S.A. OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
None at federal level

MAJOR LANGUAGES
English, Spanish, Chinese

U.S.A. OFFICIAL RELIGION
None at federal level

MAJOR FAITHS
Christianity, Atheism (Unaffiliated and unanswered)

MONETARY UNIT
US dollar

U.S. MONETARY UNIT SIGN

US$ or simply $

U.S. CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATE
1 US dollar equals 0.848 Euro

U.S. GDP
U.S. total GDP: 20.807 trillion USD

U.S. GDP per capita: 63,051 USD

U.S. GDP RANK
1st

U.S. TOTAL AREA
3,677,6493 (sq. mi)
9,525,0673 (sq. km)

U.S. AREA RANKING
3rd

U.S. POPULATION
308,401,808 (2010 survey)
330,052,960 (2020 estimate)

U.S. POPULATION RANK
3rd (2019)

U.S. POPULATION PROJECTION 2030
358,633,000

U.S. POPULATION DENSITY
Persons per sq mi: 93 (2018)
Persons per sq km: 35.9 (2018)

URBAN-RURAL POPULATION
Urban: 82.3% (2018)
Rural: 17.7% (2018)

U.S.A. SEX RATIO
97.948 males per 100 females (2019)
(The percentage of female population is 52.52 percent compare to 49.48 percent male population.)

U.S.A. HDI SCORE
0.920 (2018)

U.S.A. HDI RANK
15 out of 189 countries (2018)

U.S.A. AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY (AT BIRTH)
Universal: 78.7 years (2018)
Male: 76.2 years (2018)
Female: 81.2 years (2018)

U.S.A. LITERACY RATE (Percentage of Population Age 15 and over literate)
Male: 95.7% (2000–2004)
Female: 95.3% (2000–2004)

U.S. AVERAGE SALARY

$957 per week or $49,764 per year (2020)

U.S.A. UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
6.9 percent (2020)

U.S.A. COUNTRY CODE
+1

U.S.A. INTERNET TLD
Generic top-level domain: .us, .com, .org, .net, .edu, .gov, .mil
ccTLD: .pr, .as, .gu, .mp, .vi and .um

U.S.A. ISO 3166 CODE
US

U.S.A. ISD CODE
+1

U.S.A. DRIVING SIDE
Right

U.S.A. LARGEST STATE
Alaska

U.S. LARGEST CITY
Sitka

U.S.A. MOST POPULOUS CITY
New York City

U.S.A. NATIONAL ICON
Statue of Liberty

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• U.S.A. Basic Information: Main Page
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