United States of America
'Motto:
Anthem:  March: "The Stars and Stripes Forever"
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The United States, including its territories
Capital	Washington, D.C. 38°53′N 77°01′W / 38.883°N 77.017°W / 38.883; -77.017
Official languages	No official language at federal level
English
Ethnic groups (2021)	By race: 61.6% White 12.4% Black 6.0% Asian 1.1% Native Americans 0.2% Pacific Islanders 8.4% other By Hispanic or Latino origin: 18.7% Hispanic or Latino
Religion (2022)	70% Christianity 34% Protestantism 23% Catholicism 2% Mormonism 11% other Christian 21% unaffiliated 2% Judaism 6% other religion 1% unanswered
Demonym(s)	American
Government	Federal presidential constitutional republic
• President	Joe Biden (D)
• Vice President	Kamala Harris (D)
• House Speaker	Mike Johnson (R)
• Chief Justice	John Roberts
Legislature	Congress
• Upper house	Senate
• Lower house	House of Representatives
Independence  from Great Britain
• Declaration	July 4, 1776
• Articles of Confederation	March 1, 1781
• Treaty of Paris	September 3, 1783
• Current constitution	June 21, 1788
• Bill of Rights	September 25, 1789
• Last state admitted	August 21, 1959 (Hawaii)
• Last amendment	May 5, 1992
Area
• Total area	Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (3rd/4th)
• Water (%)	6.97
• Total land area	3,531,905 sq mi (9,147,590 km2)
Population
• 2020 estimate	331,002,651 (3rd)
• 2010 census	308,745,538 (3rd)
• Density	Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (146th)
GDP (PPP)	2020 estimate
• Total	$22.321 trillion (2nd)
• Per capita	$67,426 (11th)
GDP (nominal)	2020 estimate
• Total	$22.321 trillion (1st)
• Per capita	$67,426 (7th)
Gini (2017)	▼ 39.0 medium · 56th
HDI (2018)	0.920 very high · 15th
Currency	[[{{#property:p38}}]] ($) (USD)
Time zone	UTC−4 to −12, +10, +11
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 to −10
Date format	mm/dd/yyyy yyyy-mm-dd
Mains electricity	120 V–60 Hz
Driving side	right
Calling code	+1
ISO 3166 code	US
Internet TLD	Generic top-level domain .com, .org, .net, .edu, .gov, .mil ccTLD (generally not used in the U.S.) .us, .pr, .as, .gu, .mp, .vi, .um

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or simply America, is a sovereign country mostly in North America. It is divided into 50 states. Forty-eight of these states and the District of Columbia border each other between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. They are bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwestern area of the continent and is separated from the other 48 states by Canada making it an exclave. Alaska is bordered by Canada to its east. The state of Hawaii is a set of islands in the Pacific located within Polynesia and is about 2,200 miles (3,500 kilometers) from the mainland. The country also possesses territories, and insular areas, in the Caribbean and Pacific. The capital city is Washington, D.C and the largest city by population is New York City with a population of 8.8 million people. And with a population of 331 million people, the United States is the third most populated country in the world. And with an area 3.79 million square miles (9.83 million km²) it is the third or fourth-largest country in the world by total area.