STUDY IN USA

The United States of America (commonly referred to as the United States, the U.S., the USA, or America) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west across the Bering Strait. The country also possesses several territories in the Caribbean and Pacific. New York City is the largest city in the US. The United States is the third or fourth-largest country by total area and the third largest both by land area and population. It is one of the world’s most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many countries The U.S. economy is the largest national economy in the world.

The U.S. is a country of 50 states covering a vast swath of North America, with Alaska in the northwest and Hawaii extending the nation’s presence into the Pacific Ocean. Major Atlantic Coast cities are New York, a global finance and culture center, and capital Washington, DC. Midwestern metropolis Chicago is known for influential architecture and on the west coast, Los Angeles’ Hollywood is famed for filmmaking.

• Capital – Washington, D.C
• Largest City – New York City
• Language – English, Spanish, Hawaiian, and French

Ethnic groups

• By Race:-76.6%
• White- 13.4%
• Black-  5.8%
• Asian- 2.7%
• Other/multiracial- 1.3 %
• Native American- 0.2% Pacific Islander

Ethnicity
– 18.1% Hispanic or Latino
– 81.9% non- Hispanic or Latino

• Religion( 2017)
• 0% Christian
• 3% Unaffiliated
• 1% Jewish
• 8% Muslim
• 9% Other

Area

• Total Area – 3,796,742 sq mi (9,833,520 km²)
• Water – 6.97
• Total land area – 3,531905 sq mi (9,147,590 km²)

Population

• 2018 estimate – 327,167,434
• 2010 census – 308,745,538
• Density – 85/sq mi (32.8 km²)
• Currency – American dollar $ (USD)
• Calling code – +1
• Drives on – Right