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| Introduction |
Unted States |
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Background: |
Britain's American colonies
broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new
nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in
1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the
original 13 as the nation expanded across the North American continent and
acquired a number of overseas possessions. The two most traumatic
experiences in the nation's history were the Civil War (1861-65) and the
Great Depression of the 1930s. Buoyed by victories in World Wars I and II
and the end of the Cold War in 1991, the US remains the world's most
powerful nation state. The economy is marked by steady growth, low
unemployment and inflation, and rapid advances in technology.
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Location: |
North America, bordering both
the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Pacific Ocean, between Canada and
Mexico |
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Geographic coordinates: |
38 00 N, 97 00 W |
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Map references: |
North America |
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Area: |
total: 9,631,418 sq km
land: 9,161,923 sq km
water: 469,495 sq km
note: includes only the 50 states and District of Columbia
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Area - comparative: |
about half the size of Russia;
about three-tenths the size of Africa; about half the size of South
America (or slightly larger than Brazil); slightly larger than China;
almost two and a half times the size of the European Union |
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Land boundaries: |
total: 12,034 km
border countries: Canada 8,893 km (including 2,477 km with
Alaska), Mexico 3,141 km
note: US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay,
Cuba is leased by the US and is part of Cuba; the base boundary is 29 km
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Coastline: |
19,924 km |
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Maritime claims: |
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200
nm
continental shelf: not specified |
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Climate: |
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 |
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Terrain: |
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 |
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Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Death
Valley -86 m
highest point: Mount McKinley 6,194 m |
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Natural resources: |
coal, copper, lead, molybdenum,
phosphates, uranium, bauxite, gold, iron, mercury, nickel, potash, silver,
tungsten, zinc, petroleum, natural gas, timber |
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Land use: |
arable land: 19.13%
permanent crops: 0.22%
other: 80.65% (2001) |
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Irrigated land: |
214,000 sq km (1998 est.)
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Natural hazards: |
tsunamis, volcanoes, and
earthquake activity around Pacific Basin; hurricanes along the Atlantic
and Gulf of Mexico coasts; tornadoes in the midwest and southeast; mud
slides in California; forest fires in the west; flooding; permafrost in
northern Alaska, a major impediment to development |
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Environment - current issues: |
air pollution resulting in acid
rain in both the US and Canada; the US is the largest single emitter of
carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels; water pollution from
runoff of pesticides and fertilizers; limited natural fresh water
resources in much of the western part of the country require careful
management; desertification |
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Environment - international agreements: |
party to: Air Pollution,
Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol,
Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Seals, Antarctic Treaty,
Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental
Modification, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer
Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94,
Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: Air
Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic
Compounds, Biodiversity, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Hazardous Wastes
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Geography - note: |
world's third-largest country
by size (after Russia and Canada) and by population (after China and
India); Mt. McKinley is highest point in North America and Death Valley
the lowest point on the continent |
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Population: |
295,734,134 (July 2005 est.)
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Age structure: |
0-14 years: 20.6% (male
31,095,725/female 29,703,997)
15-64 years: 67% (male
98,914,382/female 99,324,126)
65 years and over: 12.4% (male
15,298,676/female 21,397,228) (2005 est.) |
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Median age: |
total: 36.27 years
male: 34.94 years
female: 37.6 years (2005 est.)
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Population growth rate: |
0.92% (2005 est.) |
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Birth rate: |
14.14 births/1,000 population
(2005 est.) |
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Death rate: |
8.25 deaths/1,000 population
(2005 est.) |
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Net migration rate: |
3.31 migrant(s)/1,000
population (2005 est.) |
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Sex ratio: |
at birth: 1.05
male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64
years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.72
male(s)/female
total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2005
est.) |
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Infant mortality rate: |
total: 6.5 deaths/1,000
live births
male: 7.17 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.) |
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Life expectancy at birth: |
total population: 77.71
years
male: 74.89 years
female: 80.67 years (2005
est.) |
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Total fertility rate: |
2.08 children born/woman (2005
est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: |
0.6% (2003 est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: |
950,000 (2003 est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - deaths: |
14,000 (2003 est.) |
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Nationality: |
noun: American(s)
adjective: American |
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Ethnic groups: |
white 81.7%, black 12.9%, Asian
4.2%, Amerindian and Alaska native 1%, native Hawaiian and other Pacific
islander 0.2% (2003 est.)
note: a separate listing for Hispanic
is not included because the US Census Bureau considers Hispanic to mean a
person of Latin American descent (including persons of Cuban, Mexican, or
Puerto Rican origin) living in the US who may be of any race or ethnic
group (white, black, Asian, etc.) |
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Religions: |
Protestant 52%, Roman Catholic
24%, Mormon 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 1%, other 10%, none 10% (2002 est.)
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Languages: |
English 82.1%, Spanish 10.7%,
other Indo-European 3.8%, Asian and Pacific island 2.7%, other 0.7% (2000
census) |
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Literacy: |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 97%
male:
97%
female: 97% (1999 est.) |
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Country name: |
conventional long form:
United States of America
conventional short form: United States
abbreviation: US or USA |
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Government type: |
Constitution-based federal
republic; strong democratic tradition |
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Capital: |
Washington, DC |
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Administrative 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 |
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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
note: from 18 July 1947 until
1 October 1994, the US administered the Trust Territory of the Pacific
Islands; it entered into a political relationship with all four political
units: the Northern Mariana Islands is a commonwealth in political union
with the US (effective 3 November 1986); the Republic of the Marshall
Islands signed a Compact of Free Association with the US (effective 21
October 1986); the Federated States of Micronesia signed a Compact of Free
Association with the US (effective 3 November 1986); Palau concluded a
Compact of Free Association with the US (effective 1 October 1994) |
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Independence: |
4 July 1776 (from Great
Britain) |
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National holiday: |
Independence Day, 4 July (1776)
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Constitution: |
17 September 1787, effective 4
March 1789 |
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Legal system: |
federal court system based on
English common law; each state has its own unique legal system, of which
all but one (Louisiana's) is based on English common law; judicial review
of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations
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Suffrage: |
18 years of age; universal
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Executive branch: |
chief of state:
President George W. BUSH (since 20 January 2001); note - the president is
both the chief of state and head of government
head of
government: President George W. BUSH (since 20 January 2001); note -
the president is both the chief of state and head of government
cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president with Senate
approval
elections: president and vice president elected on the
same ticket by a college of representatives who are elected directly from
each state; president and vice president serve four-year terms; election
last held 2 November 2004 (next to be held November 2008)
election
results: George W. BUSH reelected president; percent of popular vote -
George W. BUSH (Republican Party) 50.9%, John KERRY (Democratic Party)
48.1%, other 1.0% |
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Legislative branch: |
bicameral Congress consists of
the Senate (100 seats, one-third are renewed every two years; two members
are elected from each state by popular vote to serve six-year terms) and
the House of Representatives (435 seats; members are directly elected by
popular vote to serve two-year terms)
elections: Senate - last
held 2 November 2004 (next to be held November 2006); House of
Representatives - last held 2 November 2004 (next to be held November
2006)
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party -
NA%; seats by party - Republican Party 55, Democratic Party 44,
independent 1; House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA%;
seats by party - Republican Party 231, Democratic Party 200, undecided 4
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Judicial branch: |
Supreme Court (its nine
justices are appointed for life on condition of good behavior by the
president with confirmation by the Senate); United States Courts of
Appeal; United States District Courts; State and County Courts |
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Political parties and leaders: |
Democratic Party [Howard DEAN];
Green Party [leader NA]; Libertarian Party [Steve DAMERELL]; Republican
Party [Ken MEHLMAN] |
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Political pressure groups and leaders: |
NA |
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International organization participation: |
AfDB, ANZUS, APEC, ARF, AsDB,
ASEAN (dialogue partner), Australia Group, BIS, CE (observer), CERN
(observer), CP, EAPC, EBRD, FAO, G-5, G-7, G- 8, G-10, IADB, IAEA, IBRD,
ICAO, ICC, ICCt (signatory), ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO,
ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, MIGA, MINUSTAH, NAM (guest),
NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS, OECD, OPCW, OSCE, Paris Club, PCA, UN, UN Security
Council, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNITAR, UNMEE, UNMIK, UNMIL, UNMOVIC,
UNOMIG, UNRWA, UNTSO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC |
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Flag description: |
13 equal horizontal stripes of
red (top and bottom) alternating with white; there is a blue rectangle in
the upper hoist-side corner bearing 50 small, white, five-pointed stars
arranged in nine offset horizontal rows of six stars (top and bottom)
alternating with rows of five stars; the 50 stars represent the 50 states,
the 13 stripes represent the 13 original colonies; known as Old Glory; the
design and colors have been the basis for a number of other flags,
including Chile, Liberia, Malaysia, and Puerto Rico |
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Economy - overview: |
The US has the largest and most
technologically powerful economy in the world, with a per capita GDP of
$40,100. In this market-oriented economy, private individuals and business
firms make most of the decisions, and the federal and state governments
buy needed goods and services predominantly in the private marketplace. US
business firms enjoy considerably greater flexibility than their
counterparts in Western Europe and Japan in decisions to expand capital
plant, to lay off surplus workers, and to develop new products. At the
same time, they face higher barriers to entry in their rivals' home
markets than the barriers to entry of foreign firms in US markets. US
firms are at or near the forefront in technological advances, especially
in computers and in medical, aerospace, and military equipment; their
advantage has narrowed since the end of World War II. The onrush of
technology largely explains the gradual development of a "two-tier labor
market" in which those at the bottom lack the education and the
professional/technical skills of those at the top and, more and more, fail
to get comparable pay raises, health insurance coverage, and other
benefits. Since 1975, practically all the gains in household income have
gone to the top 20% of households. The response to the terrorist attacks
of 11 September 2001 showed the remarkable resilience of the economy. The
war in March/April 2003 between a US-led coalition and Iraq, and the
subsequent occupation of Iraq, required major shifts in national resources
to the military. The rise in GDP in 2004 was undergirded by substantial
gains in labor productivity. The economy suffered from a sharp increase in
energy prices in the second half of 2004. Long-term problems include
inadequate investment in economic infrastructure, rapidly rising medical
and pension costs of an aging population, sizable trade and budget
deficits, and stagnation of family income in the lower economic groups.
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GDP: |
purchasing power parity -
$11.75 trillion (2004 est.) |
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GDP - real growth rate: |
4.4% (2004 est.) |
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GDP - per capita: |
purchasing power parity -
$40,100 (2004 est.) |
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GDP - composition by sector: |
agriculture: 0.9%
industry: 19.7%
services: 79.4% (2004 est.) |
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Investment (gross fixed): |
15.7% of GDP (2004 est.) |
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Population below poverty line: |
12% (2004 est.) |
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Household income or consumption by percentage
share: |
lowest 10%: 1.8%
highest 10%: 30.5% (1997) |
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Distribution of family income - Gini index: |
45 (2004) |
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Inflation rate (consumer prices): |
2.5% (2004 est.) |
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Labor force: |
147.4 million (includes
unemployed) (2004 est.) |
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Labor force - by occupation: |
farming, forestry, and fishing
0.7%, manufacturing, extraction, transportation, and crafts 22.7%,
managerial, professional, and technical 34.9%, sales and office 25.5%,
other services 16.3%
note: figures exclude the unemployed
(2004) |
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Unemployment rate: |
5.5% (2004 est.) |
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Budget: |
revenues: $1.862
trillion
expenditures: $2.338 trillion, including capital
expenditures of NA (2004 est.) |
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Public debt: |
65% of GDP (2004 est.) |
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Agriculture - products: |
wheat, corn, other grains,
fruits, vegetables, cotton; beef, pork, poultry, dairy products; forest
products; fish |
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Industries: |
leading industrial power in the
world, highly diversified and technologically advanced; petroleum, steel,
motor vehicles, aerospace, telecommunications, chemicals, electronics,
food processing, consumer goods, lumber, mining |
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Industrial production growth rate: |
4.4% (2004 est.) |
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Electricity - production: |
3.839 trillion kWh (2002)
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Electricity - production by source: |
fossil fuel: 71.4%
hydro: 5.6%
nuclear: 20.7%
other: 2.3%
(2001) |
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Electricity - consumption: |
3.66 trillion kWh (2002) |
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Electricity - exports: |
13.36 billion kWh (2002) |
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Electricity - imports: |
36.23 billion kWh (2002) |
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Oil - production: |
7.8 million bbl/day (2004 est.)
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Oil - consumption: |
19.65 million bbl/day (2001
est.) |
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Oil - exports: |
NA |
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Oil - imports: |
NA |
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Oil - proved reserves: |
22.45 billion bbl (1 January
2002) |
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Natural gas - production: |
548.1 billion cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - consumption: |
640.9 billion cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - exports: |
11.16 billion cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - imports: |
114.1 billion cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - proved reserves: |
5.195 trillion cu m (1 January
2002) |
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Current account balance: |
$-646.5 billion (2004 est.)
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Exports: |
$795 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)
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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% (2003) |
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Exports - partners: |
Canada 23%, Mexico 13.6%, Japan
6.7%, UK 4.4%, China 4.3% (2004) |
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Imports: |
$1.476 trillion f.o.b. (2004
est.) |
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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) (2003) |
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Imports - partners: |
Canada 17.1%, China 13.7%,
Mexico 10.4%, Japan 8.8%, Germany 5.2% (2004) |
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Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: |
$85.94 billion (2003) |
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Debt - external: |
$1.4 trillion (2001 est.)
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Economic aid - donor: |
ODA, $6.9 billion (1997) |
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Currency: |
US dollar (USD) |
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Currency code: |
USD |
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Exchange rates: |
British pounds per US dollar -
0.5457 (2004), 0.6139 (2003), 0.6661 (2002), 0.6944 (2001), 0.6596 (2000);
Canadian dollars per US dollar - 1.3014 (2004), 1.4045 (2003), 1.5693
(2002), 1.5488 (2001), 1.4851 (2000); Japanese yen per US dollar - 108.13
(2004), 116.08 (2003), 125.39 (2002), 121.53 (2001), 107.77 (2000); euros
per US dollar - 0.8048 (2004), 0.8866 (2003), 1.0626 (2002), 1.1175
(2001), 1.08540 (2000) |
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Fiscal year: |
1 October - 30 September
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| Communications |
United States |
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Telephones - main lines in use: |
181,599,900 (2003) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular: |
158.722 million (2003) |
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Telephone system: |
general assessment: a
large, technologically advanced, multipurpose communications system
domestic: a large system of fiber-optic cable, microwave radio
relay, coaxial cable, and domestic satellites carries every form of
telephone traffic; a rapidly growing cellular system carries mobile
telephone traffic throughout the country
international: country
code - 1; 24 ocean cable systems in use; satellite earth stations - 61
Intelsat (45 Atlantic Ocean and 16 Pacific Ocean), 5 Intersputnik
(Atlantic Ocean region), and 4 Inmarsat (Pacific and Atlantic Ocean
regions) (2000) |
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Radio broadcast stations: |
AM 4,854, FM 8,950, shortwave
18 (2004) |
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Radios: |
575 million (1997) |
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Television broadcast stations: |
more than 1,500 (including
nearly 1,000 stations affiliated with the five major networks - NBC, ABC,
CBS, FOX, and PBS; in addition, there are about 9,000 cable TV systems)
(1997) |
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Televisions: |
219 million (1997) |
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Internet country code: |
.us |
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Internet hosts: |
115,311,958 (2002) |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs): |
7,000 (2002 est.) |
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Internet users: |
159 million (2002)
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| Transportation |
United States |
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Railways: |
total: 228,464 km
standard gauge: 228,464 km 1.435-m gauge (2003) |
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Highways: |
total: 6,393,603 km
paved: 4,180,053 km (including 74,406 km of expressways)
unpaved: 2,213,550 km (2003) |
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Waterways: |
41,009 km (19,312 km used for
commerce)
note: Saint Lawrence Seaway of 3,769 km, including
the Saint Lawrence River of 3,058 km, shared with Canada (2004) |
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Pipelines: |
petroleum products 244,620 km;
natural gas 548,665 km (2003) |
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Ports and harbors: |
Anchorage, Baltimore, Boston,
Charleston, Chicago, Duluth, Hampton Roads, Honolulu, Houston,
Jacksonville, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, Port
Canaveral, Portland (Oregon), Prudhoe Bay, San Francisco, Savannah,
Seattle, Tampa, Toledo |
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Merchant marine: |
total: 486 ships (1,000
GRT or over) 12,436,658 GRT/14,630,116 DWT
by type: barge
carrier 7, bulk carrier 19, cargo 152, chemical tanker 19, container 92,
passenger 17, passenger/cargo 57, petroleum tanker 79, refrigerated cargo
2, roll on/roll off 28, vehicle carrier 14
foreign-owned: 49
(Australia 2, Canada 8, China 1, Denmark 20, Malaysia 2, Netherlands 1,
Norway 2, Singapore 11, Sweden 1, United Kingdom 1)
registered in
other countries: 680 (2005) |
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Airports: |
14,857 (2004 est.) |
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Airports - with paved runways: |
total: 5,128
over
3,047 m: 188
2,438 to 3,047 m: 221
1,524 to 2,437
m: 1,375
914 to 1,523 m: 2,383
under 914 m: 961
(2004 est.) |
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Airports - with unpaved runways: |
total: 9,729
over
3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 7
1,524 to 2,437 m:
160
914 to 1,523 m: 1,718
under 914 m: 7,843 (2004
est.) |
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Heliports: |
155 (2004 est.) |
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Military branches: |
Army, Navy and Marine Corps,
Air Force, and Coast Guard (Coast Guard administered in peacetime by the
Department of Homeland Security, but in wartime reports to the Department
of the Navy) |
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Military manpower - military age and obligation: |
18 years of age (2004) |
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Military manpower - availability: |
males age 18-49:
67,742,879 (2005 est.) |
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Military manpower - fit for military service: |
males age 18-49: NA
(2005 est.) |
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Military manpower - reaching military age
annually: |
males: 2,143,873 (2005
est.) |
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Military expenditures - dollar figure: |
$370.7 billion (FY04 est.)
(March 2003) |
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP: |
3.3% (FY03 est.) (February
2004) |
| Transnational Issues |
United States |
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Disputes - international: |
prolonged drought, population
growth, and outmoded practices and infrastructure in the border region
strains water-sharing arrangements with Mexico; the US has stepped up
efforts to stem nationals from Mexico, Central America, and other parts of
the world from crossing illegally into the United States from Mexico;
illegal immigrants from the Caribbean, notably Haiti and the Dominican
Republic, attempt to enter the US through Florida by sea; 1990 Maritime
Boundary Agreement in the Bering Sea still awaits Russian Duma
ratification; managed maritime boundary disputes with Canada at Dixon
Entrance, Beaufort Sea, Strait of Juan de Fuca, and around the disputed
Machias Seal Island and North Rock; US and Canada seek greater cooperation
in monitoring people and commodities crossing the border; The Bahamas and
US have not been able to agree on a maritime boundary; US Naval Base at
Guantanamo Bay is leased from Cuba and only mutual agreement or US
abandonment of the area can terminate the lease; Haiti claims
US-administered Navassa Island; US has made no territorial claim in
Antarctica (but has reserved the right to do so) and does not recognize
the claims of any other state; Marshall Islands claims Wake Island |
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Illicit drugs: |
consumer of cocaine shipped
from Colombia through Mexico and the Caribbean; consumer of heroin,
marijuana, and increasingly methamphetamine from Mexico; consumer of
high-quality Southeast Asian heroin; illicit producer of cannabis,
marijuana, depressants, stimulants, hallucinogens, and methamphetamine;
money-laundering center |
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