Area: 9,629,091 sq km Land: 9,158,960 sq km
Arable land: 19% Irrigated land: 207,000 sq km
Infant mortality rate: 6.76 deaths/1,000 live births
Total fertility rate: 2.06 children born/woman
Religions: Protestant 56%, Roman Catholic 28%, Jewish 2%, other 4%, none 10%
Ethnic groups: white 83.5%, black 12.4%, Asian 3.3%, Amerindian 0.8%
Judicial System: Supreme Court; United States Courts of Appeal; United States District Courts; State and County Courts
Legal System: based on English common law; judicial review of legislative acts
GDP per capita: $36,200 GDP — agriculture: 2% industry: 18% services: 80%
Unemployment rate: 4% Literacy — male: 97% female: 97%
Exports: $776 billion Commodities: capital goods, automobiles, industrial supplies and raw materials, consumer goods, agricultural products
Exports partners: Canada , Mexico, Japan, UK, Germany, France, Netherlands
Imports: $1.223 trillion Commodities: crude oil and refined petroleum products, machinery, automobiles, consumer goods, industrial raw materials, food and beverages Imports partners: Canada 19%, Japan 11%, Mexico 11%, China 8%, Germany 5%, UK, Taiwan
Telephones — main lines in use:194 million Internet Service Providers: 7,800
Manpower fit for military service: NA
Military expenditures: $276.7 billion — 3.2% of GDP
Independence: 4 July 1776
from UK
Government type: Republic
Population: 278,058,881
