| Local Name:United States |
| Captial:Washington, D.C. |
| Continent:North America |
| Major Cities:New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Phoenix, Philadelphia, San Antonio, San Diego, Dallas, San Jose, Detroit, Jacksonville, Indianapolis, San Francisco, Columbus, Austin, Memphis, Fort Worth, Baltimore, Charlotte, El Paso, Milwaukee, Boston, Seattle, Denver (Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area ranks 4th) |
| Government |
| Constitutional Form:Republic |
| Head of State:Executive |
| Basis of Executive: Presidency is independent of legislature |
| Head of State and Government: President Barack Obama |
| Area |
| Area Rank: 4 |
| Total Area: 9,522,055 km2(3,676,486 sqmi) |
| Land: 9,161,966 km2(3,537,455 sqmi) |
| Water: 664,709 km2(256,646 sqmi) |
| Water in Percent: 6.76% |
| Population |
| Population Rank: 3 |
| Population: 313,064,000 |
| Date: 23-Feb-12 |
| World Population: 4.47% |
| Source : Official population clock |
| Languages:English, Spanish, Cajun French, Indigenous, Hawaiian |
| Currency |
| Currency: United States dollar |
| Currency Sign: $ |
| Currency ISO Code: USD |
| Fractional Unit: Cent |
| Number to Basic: 100 |
| Time Zone |
| Number of Time Zones: 11 |
| Time Zone: UTC−12:00 (unofficial) — Baker Island and Howland Island UTC−11:00 (SST) — American Samoa and Midway Atoll UTC−10:00 (HAST) — Hawaii and most of the Aleutian Islands UTC−09:00 (AKST) — most of the state of Alaska UTC−08:00 (PST) — the states on the Pacific coast plus Nevada UTC−07:00 (MST) — Arizona, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Utah parts of Idaho, Kansas, Oregon, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Texas UTC−06:00 (CST) — Gulf Coast, Tennessee Valley, and Great Plains UTC−05:00 (EST) — the states on the Atlantic coast, the eastern two-thirds of the Ohio Valley and most of Michigan UTC−04:00 (AST) — Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Palmer Station UTC+10:00 (ChST) — Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands UTC+12:00 (unofficial) — Wake Island, McMurdo Station, and Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station |
| International Codes |
| ISD Code: +1 |
| ISO Code A2: US |
| ISO Code A3: USA |
| ISO Number: 840 |
| Coordinates |
| Latitude: 38 |
| Longitude: -97 |
| Information: United States of America News |
| Drive on:Right side |