The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the

United States of America The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territo ...

General reference

*Pronunciation: * Abbreviations: USA or US *Common English country name: United States *Official English country name: United States of America *Common endonyms:

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori ...

, U.S., U.S.A., America *Official endonym: United States of America *Common

exonym An endonym (from Greek: , 'inner' + , 'name'; also known as autonym) is a common, ''native'' name for a geographical place, group of people, individual person, language or dialect, meaning that it is used inside that particular place, group, ...

s: United States; America or The States (chiefly

British British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...

/ Commonwealth); North America (chiefly Latin America) * Adjectivals: United States, American * Demonyms: American (among others) *

Etymology Etymology ()The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p. 633 "Etymology /ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi/ the study of the class in words and the way their meanings have changed throughout time". is the study of the history of the Phonological chan ...

* International rankings of the United States *

ISO country codes ISO 3166-1 (''Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 1: Country codes'') is a standard defining codes for the names of countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest. It ...

: US, USA, 840 *

ISO region codes ISO 3166-2 is part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), and defines codes for identifying the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1. The ...

: See ISO 3166-2:US *Internet

country code top-level domain A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country, sovereign state, or dependent territory identified with a country code. All ASCII ccTLD identifiers are two letters long, and all ...

.us .us is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the United States. It was established in early 1985. Registrants of .us domains must be U.S. citizens, residents, or organizations, or a foreign entity with a presence in the United ...

Geography of the United States

*The United States is: a megadiverse

country A country is a distinct part of the world, such as a state, nation, or other political entity. It may be a sovereign state or make up one part of a larger state. For example, the country of Japan is an independent, sovereign state, while ...

*Location (

50 states The United States of America is a federal republic consisting of 50 states, a federal district ( Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States), five major territories, and various minor islands. Both the states and the United ...

): ** Northern Hemisphere and

Western Hemisphere The Western Hemisphere is the half of the planet Earth that lies west of the prime meridian (which crosses Greenwich, London, United Kingdom) and east of the antimeridian. The other half is called the Eastern Hemisphere. Politically, the te ...

(except western

Aleutian Islands The Aleutian Islands (; ; ale, Unangam Tanangin,”Land of the Aleuts", possibly from Chukchi ''aliat'', "island"), also called the Aleut Islands or Aleutic Islands and known before 1867 as the Catherine Archipelago, are a chain of 14 large v ...

) ***

Americas The Americas, which are sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North and South America. The Americas make up most of the land in Earth's Western Hemisphere and comprise the New World. Along with th ...

**** North America *****

Northern America Northern America is the northernmost subregion of North America. The boundaries may be drawn slightly differently. In one definition, it lies directly north of Middle America (including the Caribbean and Central America).Gonzalez, Joseph. 2 ...

***

Oceania Oceania (, , ) is a geographical region that includes Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. Spanning the Eastern and Western hemispheres, Oceania is estimated to have a land area of and a population of around 44.5 million ...

****

Polynesia Polynesia () "many" and νῆσος () "island"), to, Polinisia; mi, Porinihia; haw, Polenekia; fj, Polinisia; sm, Polenisia; rar, Porinetia; ty, Pōrīnetia; tvl, Polenisia; tkl, Polenihia (, ) is a subregion of Oceania, made up of ...

Time zone A time zone is an area which observes a uniform standard time for legal, commercial and social purposes. Time zones tend to follow the boundaries between countries and their subdivisions instead of strictly following longitude, because it ...

s: ***

Atlantic Standard Time The Atlantic Time Zone is a geographical region that keeps standard time—called Atlantic Standard Time (AST)—by subtracting four hours from Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC), resulting in UTC−04:00. AST is observed in parts of North America ...

( UTC-04),

Atlantic Daylight Time The Atlantic Time Zone is a geographical region that keeps standard time—called Atlantic Standard Time (AST)—by subtracting four hours from Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC), resulting in UTC−04:00. AST is observed in parts of North America ...

( UTC-03) (

Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and unincorporated ...

and the

United States Virgin Islands The United States Virgin Islands,. Also called the ''American Virgin Islands'' and the ''U.S. Virgin Islands''. officially the Virgin Islands of the United States, are a group of Caribbean islands and an unincorporated and organized territory ...

) ***

Eastern Standard Time The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 U.S. states, states in the eastern part of the United States, parts of eastern Canada, the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico, Panama, Colombia, mainland Ecuador, Peru, and ...

( UTC-05),

Eastern Daylight Time The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 states in the eastern part of the United States, parts of eastern Canada, the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico, Panama, Colombia, mainland Ecuador, Peru, and a small p ...

( UTC-04) *** Central Standard Time ( UTC-06), Central Daylight Time ( UTC-05) ***

Mountain Standard Time The Mountain Time Zone of North America keeps time by subtracting seven hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) when standard time ( UTC−07:00) is in effect, and by subtracting six hours during daylight saving time ( UTC−06:00). The cloc ...

( UTC-07),

Mountain Daylight Time The Mountain Time Zone of North America keeps time by subtracting seven hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) when standard time ( UTC−07:00) is in effect, and by subtracting six hours during daylight saving time ( UTC−06:00). The clo ...

( UTC-06) ***

Pacific Standard Time The Pacific Time Zone (PT) is a time zone encompassing parts of western Canada, the western United States, and western Mexico. Places in this zone observe standard time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC−08:00 ...

( UTC-08),

Pacific Daylight Time The Pacific Time Zone (PT) is a time zone encompassing parts of western Canada, the western United States, and western Mexico. Places in this zone observe standard time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC−08:00 ...

( UTC-07) ***

Alaska Standard Time The Alaska Time Zone observes standard time by subtracting nine hours from Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC−09:00). During daylight saving time its time offset is eight hours ( UTC−08:00). The clock time in this zone is based on mean so ...

( UTC-09),

Alaska Daylight Time The Alaska Time Zone observes standard time by subtracting nine hours from Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC−09:00). During daylight saving time its time offset is eight hours ( UTC−08:00). The clock time in this zone is based on mean solar ...

( UTC-08) *** Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time ( UTC-10), Hawaii-Aleutian Daylight Time ( UTC-09) **

Extreme points of the United States This is a list of points in the United States that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location in the country. Also included are extreme points in elevation, extreme distances and other points of peculiar geographic interest ...

: ***North:

Point Barrow Point Barrow or Nuvuk is a headland on the Arctic coast in the U.S. state of Alaska, northeast of Utqiaġvik (formerly Barrow). It is the northernmost point of all the territory of the United States, at , south of the North Pole. (The nor ...

Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S. ...

***South: Ka Lae, Island of Hawai'i, Hawai'i () ***East: Sail Rock, just offshore

West Quoddy Head West Quoddy Head, in Quoddy Head State Park, Lubec, Maine, is the easternmost point of the contiguous United States. In 1808 a lighthouse was constructed at the site to guide ships through the Quoddy Narrows. The current tower, with distinctive r ...

Maine Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and ...

***Physically East: Eastern Semisopochnoi Island,

***West: Peaked Island, offshore

Cape Wrangell Cape Wrangell is considered to be the westernmost point of Alaska and all of the United States by direction of travel, named after the Russian explorer and seaman Ferdinand von Wrangel. It is located on Attu Island, which is situated in the Near ...

, Attu Island,

***Physically West: Western Amatignak Island,

***High:

Denali Denali (; also known as Mount McKinley, its former official name) is the highest mountain peak in North America, with a summit elevation of above sea level. With a topographic prominence of and a topographic isolation of , Denali is the th ...

(

Mount McKinley Denali (; also known as Mount McKinley, its former official name) is the highest mountain peak in North America, with a summit elevation of above sea level. With a topographic prominence of and a topographic isolation of , Denali is the thir ...

at ***Low:

Badwater Basin Badwater Basin is an endorheic basin in Death Valley National Park, Death Valley, Inyo County, California, noted as the lowest point in North America and the United States, with a depth of below sea level. Mount Whitney, the highest poi ...

Death Valley Death Valley is a desert valley in Eastern California, in the northern Mojave Desert, bordering the Great Basin Desert. During summer, it is the Highest temperature recorded on Earth, hottest place on Earth. Death Valley's Badwater Basin is the ...

, California at **Land boundaries: 12,034 km (7,477 mi) :: 8,893 km (5,525 mi) :: 3,145 km (1,954 mi) :*Coastline: 19,924 km (12,380 mi) *

Population of the United States The United States had an official estimated resident population of 333,287,557 on July 1, 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. This figure includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia but excludes the population of five unincorpor ...

: 308,745,538 (2010 census) – 3rd most populous country * Area of the United States: – 4th most extensive country * Atlas of the United States * Cities of the United States, by population

Environment of the United States

* Beaches in the United States *

Climate of the United States The climate of the United States varies due to changes in latitude, and a range of geographic features, including mountains and deserts. Generally, on the mainland, the climate of the U.S. becomes warmer the further south one travels, and dri ...

** Climate change in the United States *

Environmental issues in the United States Environmental issues in the United States include climate change, energy, species conservation, invasive species, deforestation, mining, nuclear accidents, pesticides, pollution, waste and over-population. Despite taking hundreds of measures, t ...

* Ecoregions in the United States *

Renewable energy in the United States According to preliminary data from the US Energy Information Administration, renewable energy accounted for about 12.6% of total primary energy consumption and about 19.8% of the domestically produced electricity in the United States in 202 ...

Geothermal energy in the United States Geothermal energy was first used for electric power production in the United States in 1960. The Geysers in Sonoma and Lake counties, California was developed into the largest geothermal steam electrical plant in the world, at 1,517 megawatt ...

Solar power in the United States Solar power includes solar farms as well as local distributed generation, mostly on rooftops and increasingly from community solar arrays. In 2021, utility-scale solar power generated 115 terawatt-hours (TWh), or 2.8% of electricity i ...

Wind power in the United States Wind power is a branch of the energy industry that has expanded quickly in the United States over the last several years. From January through December 2021, 379.8 terawatt-hours were generated by wind power, or 9.23% of electricity in the ...

Geology of the United States The richly textured landscape of the United States is a product of the dueling forces of plate tectonics, weathering and erosion. Over the 4.5 billion-year history of our Earth, tectonic upheavals and colliding plates have raised great mountain ...

** Earthquakes in the United States * National parks of the United States *

Protected areas of the United States The protected areas of the United States are managed by an array of different federal, state, tribal and local level authorities and receive widely varying levels of protection. Some areas are managed as wilderness, while others are operated wi ...

* Superfund sites in the United States *

Wildlife of the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories ...

Flora of the United States The native flora of the United States includes about 17,000 species of vascular plants, plus tens of thousands of additional species of other plants and plant-like organisms such as algae, lichens and other fungi, and mosses. About 3,800 addi ...

** Fauna of the United States ***

Birds of the United States A comprehensive listing of all the bird species confirmed in the United States follows. It includes species from all 50 U.S. state, states and the District of Columbia as of July 2022. Species confirmed in other Territories of the United State ...

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Mammals of the United States About 490 species of mammals are recorded in the United States. Unincorporated territories like for example Puerto Rico, Guam or Northern Mariana Islands are not covered. Mammals introduced and extinct in the Holocene except Pleistocene/Holocen ...

***

Reptiles of the United States Reptiles, as most commonly defined are the animals in the class Reptilia ( ), a paraphyletic grouping comprising all sauropsids except birds. Living reptiles comprise turtles, crocodilians, squamates ( lizards and snakes) and rhynchocephal ...

***

Amphibians of the United States Amphibians are four-limbed and ectothermic vertebrates of the class Amphibia. All living amphibians belong to the group Lissamphibia. They inhabit a wide variety of habitats, with most species living within terrestrial, fossorial, arborea ...

Geographic features of the United States

* Fjords of the United States * Glaciers of the United States * Islands of the United States * Lakes of the United States *

Mountain peaks of the United States This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaksThis article defines a significant summit as a summit with at least of topographic prominence, and a major summit as a summit with at least of topographic prominence. All su ...

**The 104 highest major summits of the United States **The 129 most prominent summits of the United States **The 112 most isolated major summits of the United States **

Alaska Range The Alaska Range is a relatively narrow, 600-mile-long (950 km) mountain range in the southcentral region of the U.S. state of Alaska, from Lake Clark at its southwest endSources differ as to the exact delineation of the Alaska Range. ThBoar ...

Appalachian Mountains The Appalachian Mountains, often called the Appalachians, (french: Appalaches), are a system of mountains in eastern to northeastern North America. The Appalachians first formed roughly 480 million years ago during the Ordovician Period. They ...

Black Hills The Black Hills ( lkt, Ȟe Sápa; chy, Moʼȯhta-voʼhonáaeva; hid, awaxaawi shiibisha) is an isolated mountain range rising from the Great Plains of North America in western South Dakota and extending into Wyoming, United States. Black ...

** Cascade Range **

Ozark Mountains The Ozarks, also known as the Ozark Mountains, Ozark Highlands or Ozark Plateau, is a physiographic region in the U.S. states of Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma and the extreme southeastern corner of Kansas. The Ozarks cover a significant port ...

** Sierra Nevada **

Rocky Mountains The Rocky Mountains, also known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range and the largest mountain system in North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch in straight-line distance from the northernmost part of western Canada, to New Mexico ...

** Volcanoes of the United States * Rivers of the United States **

Arkansas River The Arkansas River is a major tributary of the Mississippi River. It generally flows to the east and southeast as it traverses the U.S. states of Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. The river's source basin lies in the western United Stat ...

** Columbia River **

Colorado River The Colorado River ( es, Río Colorado) is one of the principal rivers (along with the Rio Grande) in the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico. The river drains an expansive, arid watershed that encompasses parts of seven U.S. s ...

** Connecticut River **

Hudson River The Hudson River is a river that flows from north to south primarily through eastern New York. It originates in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York and flows southward through the Hudson Valley to the New York Harbor between N ...

Mississippi River The Mississippi River is the second-longest river and chief river of the second-largest drainage system in North America, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system. From its traditional source of Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota, it fl ...

** Missouri River **

Potomac River The Potomac River () drains the Mid-Atlantic United States, flowing from the Potomac Highlands into Chesapeake Bay. It is long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map. Retrieved Augu ...

** Rio Grande ** Ohio River ** Delaware River ** Snake River ** Susquehanna River ** Yukon River * Waterfalls of the United States * Valleys of the United States * World Heritage Sites in the United States

Regions of the United States

* East Coast of the United States *

West Coast of the United States The West Coast of the United States, also known as the Pacific Coast, Pacific states, and the western seaboard, is the coastline along which the Western United States meets the North Pacific Ocean. The term typically refers to the contiguous U.S ...

* Belt regions of the United States *

New England New England is a region comprising six states in the Northeastern United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. It is bordered by the state of New York (state), New York to the west and by the Can ...

* Mid-Atlantic * The South * Midwest * Great Plains *

Pacific Northwest The Pacific Northwest (sometimes Cascadia, or simply abbreviated as PNW) is a geographic region in western North America bounded by its coastal waters of the Pacific Ocean to the west and, loosely, by the Rocky Mountains to the east. Tho ...

Southwest The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography. A compass rose is primarily composed of four cardinal directions—north, east, south, and west—each sepa ...

* Hawaiian Archipelago

Physiographic divisions of the United States

The geography of the United States varies across their immense area. Within the continental U.S., eight distinct physiographic divisions exist, though each is composed of several smaller physiographic subdivisions. These major divisions are: *

Laurentian Upland The Laurentian Upland (or Laurentian Highlands) is a physiographic region which, when referred to as the "Laurentian Region" or the Grenville geological province, is recognized by Natural Resources Canada as one of five provinces of the larger ...

– part of the Canadian Shield that extends into the northern United States

Great Lakes The Great Lakes, also called the Great Lakes of North America, are a series of large interconnected freshwater lakes in the mid-east region of North America that connect to the Atlantic Ocean via the Saint Lawrence River. There are five lak ...

area. * Atlantic Plain – the coastal regions of the eastern and southern parts includes the continental shelf, the Atlantic Coast and the

Gulf Coast The Gulf Coast of the United States, also known as the Gulf South, is the coast, coastline along the Southern United States where they meet the Gulf of Mexico. The list of U.S. states and territories by coastline, coastal states that have a shor ...

. *

Appalachian Highlands The Appalachian Mountains, often called the Appalachians, (french: Appalaches), are a system of mountains in eastern to northeastern North America. The Appalachians first formed roughly 480 million years ago during the Ordovician Period. They ...

– lying on the eastern side of the United States, it includes the

Adirondacks The Adirondack Mountains (; a-də-RÄN-dak) form a massif in northeastern New York with boundaries that correspond roughly to those of Adirondack Park. They cover about 5,000 square miles (13,000 km2). The mountains form a roughly circular d ...

and

province. * Interior Plains – part of the interior contentintal United States, it includes much of what is called the Great Plains. * Interior Highlands – also part of the interior contentintal United States, this division includes the

Ozark The Ozarks, also known as the Ozark Mountains, Ozark Highlands or Ozark Plateau, is a physiographic region in the U.S. states of Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma and the extreme southeastern corner of Kansas. The Ozarks cover a significant porti ...

Plateau. * Rocky Mountain System – one branch of the Cordilleran system lying far inland in the western states. *

Intermontane Plateaus In the context of physical geography, the Intermontane Plateaus is one of eight physiographic regions of the contiguous United States. The region consists mostly of plateaus and mountain ranges lying between the Rocky Mountains on the east and t ...

– also divided into the

Columbia Plateau The Columbia Plateau is a geologic and geographic region that lies across parts of the U.S. states of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. It is a wide flood basalt plateau between the Cascade Range and the Rocky Mountains, cut through by the Col ...

, the Colorado Plateau and the

Basin and Range Province The Basin and Range Province is a vast physiographic region covering much of the inland Western United States and northwestern Mexico. It is defined by unique basin and range topography, characterized by abrupt changes in elevation, alternating ...

, it is a system of plateaus, basins, ranges and gorges between the Rocky and Pacific Mountain Systems. It is the setting for the Grand Canyon, the Great Basin and

. *

Pacific Mountain System The Pacific Coast Ranges (officially gazetted as the Pacific Mountain System in the United States) are the series of mountain ranges that stretch along the West Coast of North America from Alaska south to Northern and Central Mexico. Although th ...

– the coastal mountain ranges and features in the

west coast of the United States The West Coast of the United States, also known as the Pacific Coast, Pacific states, and the western seaboard, is the coastline along which the Western United States meets the North Pacific Ocean. The term typically refers to the contiguous U.S ...

Administrative divisions of the United States

States of the United States

At the

Declaration of Independence A declaration of independence or declaration of statehood or proclamation of independence is an assertion by a polity in a defined territory that it is independent and constitutes a state. Such places are usually declared from part or all of th ...

, the United States consisted of 13 states, former

colonies In modern parlance, a colony is a territory subject to a form of foreign rule. Though dominated by the foreign colonizers, colonies remain separate from the administration of the original country of the colonizers, the '' metropolitan state'' ...

of the United Kingdom. In the following years, the number of states has grown steadily due to expansion to the west, conquest and purchase of lands by the American government, and division of existing states to the current number of 50 United States: Map of USA with state names

Territories of the United States

United States territory In the United States, a territory is any extent of region under the sovereign jurisdiction of the federal government of the United States, including all waters (around islands or continental tracts). The United States asserts sovereign rights for ...

** Territorial evolution of the United States

=Incorporated organized territories

= *''none since 1959''

=Incorporated unorganized territories

= *

Palmyra Atoll Palmyra Atoll (), also referred to as Palmyra Island, is one of the Northern Line Islands (southeast of Kingman Reef and north of Kiribati). It is located almost due south of the Hawaiian Islands, roughly one-third of the way between Hawaii a ...

=Unincorporated organized territories

= * Commonwealth of Puerto Rico *

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI; ch, Sankattan Siha Na Islas Mariånas; cal, Commonwealth Téél Falúw kka Efáng llól Marianas), is an unincorporated territory and commonwea ...

* Territory of Guam * Territory of the United States Virgin Islands

=Unincorporated unorganized territories

= * Territory of American Samoa, technically unorganized, but self-governing under a constitution last revised in 1967 *

Baker Island Baker Island, formerly known as New Nantucket, is an uninhabited atoll just north of the Equator in the central Pacific Ocean about southwest of Honolulu. The island lies almost halfway between Hawaii and Australia. Its nearest neighbor is H ...

, uninhabited *

Howland Island Howland Island () is an uninhabited coral island located just north of the equator in the central Pacific Ocean, about southwest of Honolulu. The island lies almost halfway between Hawaii and Australia and is an unorganized, unincorporated ter ...

, uninhabited *

Jarvis Island Jarvis Island (; formerly known as Bunker Island or Bunker's Shoal) is an uninhabited coral island located in the South Pacific Ocean, about halfway between Hawaii and the Cook Islands. It is an unincorporated, unorganized territory of the Un ...

, uninhabited * Johnston Atoll, uninhabited *

Kingman Reef Kingman Reef is a largely submerged, uninhabited, triangle-shaped reef, geologically an atoll, east-west and north-south, in the North Pacific Ocean, roughly halfway between the Hawaiian Islands and American Samoa. It has an area of 3 hectar ...

, uninhabited *

Bajo Nuevo Bank Bajo Nuevo Bank, also known as the Petrel Islands ( es, Bajo Nuevo, Islas Petrel), is a small, uninhabited reef with some small grass-covered islets, located in the western Caribbean Sea at , with a lighthouse on Low Cay at . The closest neighb ...

, uninhabited (disputed with Colombia) *

Serranilla Bank Serranilla Bank ( es, Isla Serranilla, Banco Serranilla and ''Placer de la Serranilla'') is a partially submerged reef, with small uninhabited islets, in the western Caribbean Sea. It is situated about northeast of Punta Gorda, Nicaragua, and ...

, uninhabited (disputed with Colombia) *

Midway Islands Midway Atoll (colloquial: Midway Islands; haw, Kauihelani, translation=the backbone of heaven; haw, Pihemanu, translation=the loud din of birds, label=none) is a atoll in the North Pacific Ocean. Midway Atoll is an insular area of the Unit ...

, no indigenous inhabitants, currently included in the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge *

Navassa Island Navassa Island (; ht, Lanavaz; french: l'île de la Navasse, sometimes ) is a small uninhabited island in the Caribbean Sea. Located northeast of Jamaica, south of Cuba, and west of Jérémie on the Tiburon Peninsula of Haiti, it is subject ...

, uninhabited (claimed by Haiti) * Wake Atoll consisting of Peale, Wake and Wilkes Islands,DOI Office of Internal Affairs no indigenous inhabitants, only contractor personnel (claimed by the

Marshall Islands The Marshall Islands ( mh, Ṃajeḷ), officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands ( mh, Aolepān Aorōkin Ṃajeḷ),'' () is an independent island country and microstate near the Equator in the Pacific Ocean, slightly west of the Intern ...

)

Geography of the states and territories

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Demography of the United States

Climate of the United States

History of the United States

Period-coverage

Prehistory of the United States The prehistory of the United States comprises the occurrences within regions now part of the United States during the interval of time spanning from the Earth, formation of the Earth to the documentation of local history in Writing system, written ...

Pre-Columbian era In the history of the Americas, the pre-Columbian era spans from the original settlement of North and South America in the Upper Paleolithic period through European colonization, which began with Christopher Columbus's voyage of 1492. Usually, ...

* Colonial period * 1776 to 1789 * 1789 to 1849 * 1849 to 1865 * 1865 to 1918 * 1918 to 1945 * 1945 to 1964 * 1964 to 1980 * 1980 to 1991 * 1991 to 2008 * 2008 to present

History of the states and territories

Presidents of the United States

George Washington George Washington (February 22, 1732, 1799) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Continental Congress as commander of ...

: 1789–1797 *

John Adams John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding Father who served as the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Before his presidency, he was a leader of t ...

: 1797–1801 *

Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. He was previously the natio ...

: 1801–1809 *

James Madison James Madison Jr. (March 16, 1751June 28, 1836) was an American statesman, diplomat, and Founding Father. He served as the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817. Madison is hailed as the "Father of the Constitution" for h ...

: 1809–1817 *

James Monroe James Monroe ( ; April 28, 1758July 4, 1831) was an American statesman, lawyer, diplomat, and Founding Father who served as the fifth president of the United States from 1817 to 1825. A member of the Democratic-Republican Party, Monroe was ...

: 1817–1825 *

John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams (; July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848) was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, and diarist who served as the sixth president of the United States, from 1825 to 1829. He previously served as the eighth United States ...

: 1825–1829 *

Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was an American lawyer, planter, general, and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Before being elected to the presidency, he gained fame as ...

: 1829–1837 *

Martin Van Buren Martin Van Buren ( ; nl, Maarten van Buren; ; December 5, 1782 – July 24, 1862) was an American lawyer and statesman who served as the eighth president of the United States from 1837 to 1841. A primary founder of the Democratic Party, he ...

: 1837–1841 *

William Henry Harrison William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773April 4, 1841) was an American military officer and politician who served as the ninth president of the United States. Harrison died just 31 days after his inauguration in 1841, and had the shortest pres ...

: 1841 *

John Tyler John Tyler (March 29, 1790 – January 18, 1862) was the tenth president of the United States, serving from 1841 to 1845, after briefly holding office as the tenth vice president in 1841. He was elected vice president on the 1840 Whig tick ...

: 1841–1845 *

James K. Polk James Knox Polk (November 2, 1795 – June 15, 1849) was the 11th president of the United States, serving from 1845 to 1849. He previously was the 13th speaker of the House of Representatives (1835–1839) and ninth governor of Tennessee (183 ...

: 1845–1849 *

Zachary Taylor Zachary Taylor (November 24, 1784 – July 9, 1850) was an American military leader who served as the 12th president of the United States from 1849 until his death in 1850. Taylor was a career officer in the United States Army, rising to th ...

: 1849–1850 *

Millard Fillmore Millard Fillmore (January 7, 1800March 8, 1874) was the 13th president of the United States, serving from 1850 to 1853; he was the last to be a member of the Whig Party while in the White House. A former member of the U.S. House of Represen ...

: 1850–1853 * Franklin Pierce: 1853–1857 * James Buchanan: 1857–1861 *

Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln ( ; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the nation thro ...

: 1861–1865 * Andrew Johnson: 1865–1869 * Ulysses S. Grant: 1869–1877 *

Rutherford B. Hayes Rutherford Birchard Hayes (; October 4, 1822 – January 17, 1893) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 19th president of the United States from 1877 to 1881, after serving in the U.S. House of Representatives and as governo ...

: 1877–1881 *

James A. Garfield James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881) was the 20th president of the United States, serving from March 4, 1881 until his death six months latertwo months after he was shot by an assassin. A lawyer and Civil War gene ...

: 1881 *

Chester A. Arthur Chester Alan Arthur (October 5, 1829 – November 18, 1886) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 21st president of the United States from 1881 to 1885. He previously served as the 20th vice president under President James ...

: 1881–1885 *

Grover Cleveland Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837June 24, 1908) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897. Cleveland is the only president in American ...

: 1885–1889 *

Benjamin Harrison Benjamin Harrison (August 20, 1833March 13, 1901) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 23rd president of the United States from 1889 to 1893. He was a member of the Harrison family of Virginia–a grandson of the ninth pr ...

: 1889–1893 *

: 1893–1897 *

William McKinley William McKinley (January 29, 1843September 14, 1901) was the 25th president of the United States, serving from 1897 until his assassination in 1901. As a politician he led a realignment that made his Republican Party largely dominant in ...

: 1897–1901 *

Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Jr. ( ; October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), often referred to as Teddy or by his initials, T. R., was an American politician, statesman, soldier, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26t ...

: 1901–1909 * William H. Taft: 1909–1913 *

Woodrow Wilson Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856February 3, 1924) was an American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921. A member of the Democratic Party, Wilson served as the president of ...

: 1913–1921 *

Warren G. Harding Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923) was the 29th president of the United States, serving from 1921 until his death in 1923. A member of the Republican Party, he was one of the most popular sitting U.S. presidents. A ...

: 1921–1923 * Calvin Coolidge: 1923–1929 *

Herbert Hoover Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was an American politician who served as the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 and a member of the Republican Party, holding office during the onset of the Gr ...

: 1929–1933 *

Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt (; ; January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American politician and attorney who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. As the ...

: 1933–1945 * Harry S. Truman: 1945–1953 *

Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (born David Dwight Eisenhower; ; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American military officer and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961. During World War II, ...

: 1953–1961 *

John F. Kennedy John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to by his initials JFK and the nickname Jack, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination ...

: 1961–1963 *

Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson (; August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. He had previously served as the 37th vice ...

: 1963–1969 * Richard M. Nixon: 1969–1974 * Gerald Ford: 1974–1977 *

Jimmy Carter James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 76th governor of Georgia from 1 ...

: 1977–1981 * Ronald Reagan: 1981–1989 * George H. W. Bush: 1989–1993 *

Bill Clinton William Jefferson Clinton ( né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He previously served as governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and agai ...

: 1993–2001 * George W. Bush: 2001–2009 *

Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II ( ; born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Obama was the first African-American president of the ...

: 2009–2017 *

Donald Trump Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of P ...

: 2017–2021 * Joe Biden: 2021–present

Government and politics in the United States

* Form of government: presidential, federal republic * Capital (political) of the United States:

Washington, D.C. ) , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from top left: the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, United States Capitol, Logan Circle, Jefferson Memorial, White House, Adams Morgan, ...

** List of Capitals * Flag of the United States * Political parties in the United States *

Elections in the United States Elections in the United States are held for government officials at the federal, state, and local levels. At the federal level, the nation's head of state, the president, is elected indirectly by the people of each state, through an Ele ...

Voting rights in the United States Voting rights in the United States, specifically the enfranchisement and disenfranchisement of different groups, has been a moral and political issue throughout United States history. Eligibility to vote in the United States is governed by ...

* List of political parties in the United States ** Democratic Party *** History of the United States Democratic Party ** Republican Party *** History of the United States Republican Party ** Green Party ** Independent Party **

Libertarian Party Active parties by country Defunct parties by country Organizations associated with Libertarian parties See also * Liberal parties by country * List of libertarian organizations * Lists of political parties Lists of political part ...

** Reform Party ** Constitution Party **

Socialist Party USA The Socialist Party USA, officially the Socialist Party of the United States of America,"The article of this organization shall be the Socialist Party of the United States of America, hereinafter called 'the Party'". Art. I of th"Constitution o ...

Political divisions of the United States The United States of America is a federal republic consisting of 50 states, a federal district ( Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States), five major territories, and various minor islands. Both the states and the United ...

Canadian and American politics compared Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

Politics of the Southern United States The politics of the Southern United States generally refers to the political landscape of the Southern United States. The institution of slavery had a profound impact on the politics of the Southern United States, causing the American Civil War a ...

Federal government

* United States Constitution

Legislative branch

United States Congress The United States Congress is the legislature of the federal government of the United States. It is bicameral, composed of a lower body, the House of Representatives, and an upper body, the Senate. It meets in the U.S. Capitol in Washing ...

United States Senate The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The composition and pow ...

*** President pro tempore of the United States Senate,

Patrick Leahy Patrick Joseph Leahy (; born March 31, 1940) is an American politician and attorney who is the senior United States senator from Vermont and serves as the president pro tempore of the United States Senate. A member of the Democratic Party, ...

(D-VT) **

United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they ...

*** Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)

Executive branch

Head of state A head of state (or chief of state) is the public persona who officially embodies a state Foakes, pp. 110–11 " he head of statebeing an embodiment of the State itself or representatitve of its international persona." in its unity and l ...

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head of government The head of government is the highest or the second-highest official in the executive branch of a sovereign state, a federated state, or a self-governing colony, autonomous region, or other government who often presides over a cabinet, ...

, 46th President of the United States, Joseph R. Biden, Jr **

49th Vice President of the United States Kamala Devi Harris ( ; born October 20, 1964) is an American politician and attorney who is the 49th vice president of the United States. She is the first female vice president and the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history, as well ...

, Kamala D. Harris

=Federal executive departments

= All departments are listed by their present-day name and only departments with past or present cabinet-level status are listed. Order of succession applies only to within the cabinet; the vice president has always been first in the line of succession, and the Speaker of the House and the President pro tem of the Senate have at times been included.

Commissions

* Federal Trade Commission *

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government, created in the aftermath of the Wall Street Crash of 1929. The primary purpose of the SEC is to enforce the law against market ...

Judicial branch

United States federal courts The federal judiciary of the United States is one of the three branches of the federal government of the United States organized under the United States Constitution and laws of the federal government. The U.S. federal judiciary consists primaril ...

United States Supreme Court The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over state court cases that involve a point o ...

*** Chief Justice of the United States,

John Roberts John Glover Roberts Jr. (born January 27, 1955) is an American lawyer and jurist who has served as the 17th chief justice of the United States since 2005. Roberts has authored the majority opinion in several landmark cases, including '' Nat ...

United States court of appeals United may refer to: Places * United, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * United, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Arts and entertainment Films * ''United'' (2003 film), a Norwegian film * ''United'' (2011 film), a BBC Two f ...

United States district court The United States district courts are the trial courts of the U.S. federal judiciary. There is one district court for each federal judicial district, which each cover one U.S. state or, in some cases, a portion of a state. Each district co ...

State and territory governments

Politics of the states and territories

Foreign relations

* Foreign policy of the United States

International organization membership

* Member state of the Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors *

Member state of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) is an international military alliance that consists of 30 member states from Europe and North America. It was established at the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on 4 April 1949. Article 5 of th ...

Member state of the Organization of American States All 35 independent nations of the Americas are member states of the Organization of American States (OAS). Member States When formed on 5 May 1948 there were 21 members of the OAS. The organization's membership expanded as other nations in the ...

* Member state of the United Nations * Member of the World Health Organization * Member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement * World Veterans Federation

Military

The Pentagon US Department of Defense building

United States Army The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare, land military branch, service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight Uniformed services of the United States, U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army o ...

United States Army Reserve The United States Army Reserve (USAR) is a reserve force of the United States Army. Together, the Army Reserve and the Army National Guard constitute the Army element of the reserve components of the United States Armed Forces. Since July 2020 ...

** Army National Guard *

United States Marine Corps The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through combi ...

United States Marine Corps Reserve The Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES or MFR), also known as the United States Marine Corps Reserve (USMCR) and the U.S. Marine Corps Forces Reserve, is the reserve force of the United States Marine Corps. It is the largest command, by assigned p ...

United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage ...

United States Navy Reserve The United States Navy Reserve (USNR), known as the United States Naval Reserve from 1915 to 2005, is the Reserve Component (RC) of the United States Navy. Members of the Navy Reserve, called Reservists, are categorized as being in either the Se ...

United States Air Force The United States Air Force (USAF) is the Aerial warfare, air military branch, service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part ...

** Air Force Reserve Command ** Air National Guard *

United States Space Force The United States Space Force (USSF) is the space service branch of the U.S. Armed Forces, one of the eight U.S. uniformed services, and the world's only independent space force. Along with its sister branch, the U.S. Air Force, the Space ...

United States Coast Guard The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is the maritime security, search and rescue, and law enforcement service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the country's eight uniformed services. The service is a maritime, military, mu ...

United States Coast Guard Reserve The United States Coast Guard Reserve is the reserve component of the United States Coast Guard. It is organized, trained, administered, and supplied under the direction of the Commandant of the Coast Guard through the Assistant Commandant for ...

Intelligence organizations

Central Intelligence Agency The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA ), known informally as the Agency and historically as the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States, officially tasked with gathering, processing, ...

Sixteenth Air Force The Sixteenth Air Force (Air Forces Cyber) (16 AF) is a United States Air Force (USAF) organization responsible for information warfare, which encompasses intelligence gathering and analysis, surveillance, reconnaissance, cyber warfare and ele ...

United States Army Military Intelligence The Military Intelligence Corps is the intelligence branch of the United States Army. The primary mission of military intelligence in the United States Army is to provide timely, relevant, accurate, and synchronized intelligence and electronic ...

Defense Intelligence Agency The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) is an intelligence agency and combat support agency of the United States Department of Defense, specializing in defense and military intelligence. A component of the Department of Defense (DoD) and the ...

Marine Corps Intelligence Activity Marine Corps Intelligence is an element of the United States Intelligence Community. The Director of Intelligence supervises the Intelligence Department of HQMC and is responsible for policy, plans, programming, budgets, and staff supervision of ...

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is a combat support agency within the United States Department of Defense whose primary mission is collecting, analyzing, and distributing geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) in support of natio ...

National Reconnaissance Office The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is a member of the United States Intelligence Community and an agency of the United States Department of Defense which designs, builds, launches, and operates the reconnaissance satellites of the U.S. fe ...

National Security Agency The National Security Agency (NSA) is a national-level intelligence agency of the United States Department of Defense, under the authority of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI). The NSA is responsible for global monitoring, collect ...

Office of Naval Intelligence The Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) is the military intelligence agency of the United States Navy. Established in 1882 primarily to advance the Navy's modernization efforts, it is the oldest member of the U.S. Intelligence Community and serve ...

Coast Guard Intelligence Coast Guard Intelligence (CGI) is the military intelligence branch of the United States Coast Guard, and a component of the Central Security Service of the United States Department of Defense. The United States Coast Guard is a military, multi-mis ...

Federal Bureau of Investigation The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency. Operating under the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Justice, ...

Drug Enforcement Administration The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA; ) is a United States federal law enforcement agency under the U.S. Department of Justice tasked with combating drug trafficking and distribution within the U.S. It is the lead agency for domestic en ...

Bureau of Intelligence and Research The Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) is an intelligence agency in the United States Department of State. Its central mission is to provide all-source intelligence and analysis in support of U.S. diplomacy and foreign policy. INR is ...

* Office of Intelligence and Analysis *

Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence The Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI), formed in 2004, is an agency of the United States Department of the Treasury. TFI works to reduce the use of the financial system for illicit activities by terrorists (groups and state-sponso ...

* Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence

Law of the United States

Adoption in the United States In the United States, adoption is the process of creating a legal parent-child relationship between a child and a parent who was not automatically recognized as the child's parent at birth. Most adoptions in the US are adoptions by a stepparent. ...

* Age of candidacy laws in the United States *

Arbitration in the United States Arbitration, in the context of the law of the United States, is a form of alternative dispute resolution. Specifically, arbitration is an alternative to litigation through which the parties to a dispute agree to submit their respective evidence and ...

** Arbitration case law in the United States * Assisted suicide in the United States *

Attorneys in the United States An attorney at law (or attorney-at-law) in the United States is a practitioner in a court of law who is legally qualified to prosecute and defend actions in court on the retainer of clients. Alternative terms include counselor (or counsellor-a ...

* Bankruptcy in the United States * Bicycle law in the United States *

Birthright citizenship in the United States Birthright citizenship in the United States is United States citizenship acquired by a person automatically, by operation of law. This takes place in two situations: by virtue of the person's birth within United States territory or because one ...

* Blasphemy law in the United States * Blue laws in the United States * Campaign finance reform in the United States *

Cannabis in the United States The use, sale, and possession of cannabis over 0.3% THC in the United States, despite laws in many states permitting it under various circumstances, is illegal under federal law. As a Schedule I drug under the federal Controlled Substances Act ...

* Capital punishment in the United States ** Capital punishment debate in the United States * Censure in the United States * Census in the United States *

Censorship in the United States Censorship in the United States involves the suppression of speech or public communication and raises issues of freedom of speech, which is protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. Interpretation of this fundament ...

Book censorship in the United States Book censorship is the removal, suppression, or restricted circulation of literary, artistic, or educational material – of images, ideas, and information – on the grounds that these are morally or otherwise objectionable according to the stand ...

Censorship of broadcasting in the United States Censorship in the United States involves the suppression of speech or public communication and raises issues of freedom of speech, which is protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. Interpretation of this fundamental ...

*Child-related laws **

Child custody laws in the United States Child custody, conservatorship and guardianship describe the legal and practical relationship between a parent and the parent's child, such as the right of the parent to make decisions for the child, and the parent's duty to care for the child. Cu ...

** Child labor laws in the United States ** Child pornography laws in the United States ** Child sexual abuse laws in the United States **

Child support in the United States In the United States, child support is the ongoing obligation for a periodic payment made directly or indirectly by an "obligor" (or paying parent or payer) to an "obligee" (or receiving party or recipient) for the financial care and support of chil ...

Constitution of the United States The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America. It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution, in 1789. Originally comprising seven articles, it delineates the natio ...

United States Bill of Rights The United States Bill of Rights comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. Proposed following the often bitter 1787–88 debate over the ratification of the Constitution and written to address the objections rai ...

Separation of church and state in the United States "Separation of church and state" is a metaphor paraphrased from Thomas Jefferson and used by others in discussions regarding the Establishment Clause and Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution which reads: ...

** Separation of powers under the United States Constitution *

Copyright law in the United States The copyright law of the United States grants monopoly protection for "original works of authorship". With the stated purpose to promote art and culture, copyright law assigns a set of exclusive rights to authors: to make and sell copies of thei ...

Public domain in the United States Works are in the public domain if they are not covered by intellectual property rights (such as copyright) at all, or if the intellectual property rights to the works have expired. All works first published or released in the United States b ...

Crime in the United States Crime in the United States has been recorded since its founding. Crime rates have varied over time, with a sharp rise after 1900 and reaching a broad bulging peak between the 1970s and early 1990s. After 1992, crime rates began to fall year by ye ...

** Polygamy in the United States **

Race and crime in the United States In the United States, the relationship between race and crime has been a topic of public controversy and scholarly debate for more than a century. Crime rates vary significantly between racial groups. Academic research indicates that the over-re ...

Rape in the United States Rape in the United States is defined by the United States Department of Justice as "Penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the consent o ...

** Scientific plagiarism in the United States *

Human rights in the United States In the United States, human rights comprise a series of rights which are legally protected by the Constitution of the United States (particularly the Bill of Rights), state constitutions, treaty and customary international law, legislation ena ...

Abortion in the United States Abortion in the United States and its territories is a divisive issue in American politics and culture wars, with widely different abortion laws in U.S. states. Since 1976, the Republican Party has generally sought to restrict abortion acc ...

** Civil liberties in the United States ** Freedom of association in the United States **

Freedom of information in the United States Freedom of information in the United States results from freedom of information legislation at the federal level and in the fifty states. Federal level The federal government is bound by several laws intended to promote openness in government. ...

Freedom of movement under United States law Freedom of movement under United States law is governed primarily by the Privileges and Immunities Clause of the United States Constitution which states, "The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in ...

Freedom of religion in the United States In the United States, freedom of religion is a constitutionally protected right provided in the religion clauses of the First Amendment. Freedom of religion is closely associated with separation of church and state, a concept advocated by Coloni ...

Freedom of speech in the United States In the United States, freedom of speech and expression is strongly protected from government restrictions by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, many state constitutions, and state and federal laws. Freedom of speech, also ca ...

Freedom of the press in the United States Freedom of the press in the United States is legally protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. History Thirteen Colonies In the Thirteen Colonies before the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the newspa ...

Gambling in the United States In the United States, gambling is legally restricted. In 2008, gambling activities generated gross revenues (the difference between the total amounts wagered minus the funds or "winnings" returned to the players) of $92.27 billion in the United ...

LGBT rights in the United States Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights in the United States are among the most socially, culturally, and legally permissive and advanced in the world, with public opinion and jurisprudence on the issue changing significantly si ...

**Marriage and union in the United States *** Civil union in the United States ****

Same-sex unions in the United States Same-sex unions in the United States are available in various forms in all states and territories, except American Samoa. All states have legal same-sex marriage, while others have the options of civil unions, domestic partnerships, or reciprocal ...

*** Domestic partnership in the United States ***

Marriage in the United States Marriage in the United States is a legal, social, and religious institution. The marriage age in the United States is set by each state and territory, either by statute or the common law applies. An individual may marry in the United States as of ...

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Common-law marriage in the United States Common-law marriage, also known as sui juris marriage, informal marriage, marriage by habit and repute, or marriage in fact is a form of irregular marriage that survives only in seven U.S. states and the District of Columbia along with some provis ...

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Divorce in the United States Divorce in the United States is a legal process in which a judge or other authority dissolves the marriage existing between two persons. Divorce restores the persons to the status of being single and permits them to marry other individuals. In t ...

**** Same-sex marriage in the United States *****

Same-sex marriage law in the United States by state This article summarizes the same-sex marriage laws of states in the United States. Via the case '' Obergefell v. Hodges'' on June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court of the United States legalized same-sex marriage in a decision that applies nationwide ...

***** Same-sex marriage legislation in the United States ***** Same-sex marriage status in the United States by state ** Prisoner rights in the United States **

Pro se legal representation in the United States ''Pro se'' legal representation ( or ) comes from Latin ''pro se'', meaning "for oneself" or "on behalf of themselves" which, in modern law, means to argue on one's own behalf in a legal proceeding, as a defendant or plaintiff in civil cases, ...

Prostitution in the United States Prostitution is illegal in the vast majority of the United States as a result of state laws rather than federal laws. It is, however, legal in some rural counties within the state of Nevada. Prostitution nevertheless occurs elsewhere in the co ...

Right of foreigners to vote in the United States The right of foreigners to vote in the United States has historically been a contentious issue. A foreigner, in this context, is a person who is not a citizen of the United States. Since enactment of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant ...

** Right to keep and bear arms ***

Gun law in the United States In the United States, access to guns is controlled by law under a number of federal statutes. These laws regulate the manufacture, trade, possession, transfer, record keeping, transport, and destruction of firearms, ammunition, and firearms acc ...

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Gun laws in the United States by state Gun laws in the United States regulate the sale, possession, and use of firearms and ammunition. State laws (and the laws of the District of Columbia and of the U.S. territories) vary considerably, and are independent of existing federal fire ...

Right to petition in the United States In the United States the right to petition is enumerated in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, which specifically prohibits Congress from abridging "the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government ...

Rights and responsibilities of marriages in the United States According to the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO), there are 1,138 statutory provisions in which marital status is a factor in determining benefits, rights, and privileges. These rights were a key issue in the debate over feder ...

** Smoking in the United States *** Smoking bans in the United States *

Law enforcement in the United States Law enforcement in the United States is one of three major components of the criminal justice system of the United States, along with courts and corrections. Although each component operates semi-independently, the three collectively form a c ...

* Local ordinance * Rent control in the United States *

School anti-bullying legislation in the United States Anti-bullying legislation is a legislation enacted to help reduce and eliminate bullying. This legislation may be national or sub-national and is commonly aimed at ending bullying in schools or workplaces. According to one study, state-level anti-b ...

Secession in the United States In the context of the United States, secession primarily refers to the voluntary withdrawal of one or more states from the Union that constitutes the United States; but may loosely refer to leaving a state or territory to form a separate ...

Securities regulation in the United States Securities regulation in the United States is the field of U.S. law that covers transactions and other dealings with securities. The term is usually understood to include both federal and state-level regulation by governmental regulatory agencies, ...

Speed limits in the United States Speed limits in the United States are set by each state or territory. States have also allowed counties and municipalities to enact typically lower limits. Highway speed limits can range from an urban low of to a rural high of . Speed limits ...

Rail speed limits in the United States Rail speed limits in the United States are regulated by the Federal Railroad Administration. Railroads also implement their own limits and enforce speed limits. Speed restrictions are based on a number of factors including curvature, signalin ...

* State law *

Taxation in the United States The United States of America has separate federal, state, and local governments with taxes imposed at each of these levels. Taxes are levied on income, payroll, property, sales, capital gains, dividends, imports, estates and gifts, as well as ...

Capital gains tax in the United States In the United States of America, individuals and corporations pay U.S. federal income tax on the net total of all their capital gains. The tax rate depends on both the investor's tax bracket and the amount of time the investment was held. Sho ...

Cigarette taxes in the United States In the United States, cigarettes are taxed at both the federal and state levels, in addition to any state and local sales taxes and local cigarette-specific taxes. Cigarette taxation has appeared throughout American history and is still a contes ...

** Internal Revenue Code **

Property tax in the United States Most local governments in the United States impose a property tax, also known as a millage rate, as a principal source of revenue. This tax may be imposed on real estate or personal property. The tax is nearly always computed as the fair mark ...

Zoning in the United States Zoning in the United States includes various land use laws falling under the police power rights of state governments and local governments to exercise authority over privately owned real property. Zoning laws in major cities originated with the ...

Culture of the United States

* American humor * American family structure * Architecture of the United States * Languages of the United States **

American English American English, sometimes called United States English or U.S. English, is the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States. English is the most widely spoken language in the United States and in most circumstances i ...

National symbols of the United States National symbols of the United States are the symbols used to represent the United States of America. List of symbols See also * Lists of United States state symbols References External links National Symbols and Icons {{North America ...

* Religion in the United States * Society of the United States * World Heritage Sites in the United States

American cuisine

* Supermarket Chains in the United States * Food Companies in the United States * Fast Food Chains in the United States * Vineyards in the United States * Orchards in the United States

Historical cuisine

* American Chinese cuisine *

Cajun cuisine Cajun cuisine (french: cuisine cadienne , es, cocina acadiense) is a style of cooking developed by the Cajun–Acadians who were deported from Acadia to Louisiana during the 18th century and who incorporated West African, French and Spanish c ...

Italian-American cuisine Italian-American cuisine is a style of Italian cuisine adapted throughout the United States. Italian-American food has been shaped throughout history by various waves of immigrants and their descendants, called Italian Americans. As immigrants ...

Louisiana Creole cuisine Louisiana Creole cuisine (french: cuisine créole, lou, manjé kréyòl, es, cocina criolla) is a style of cooking originating in Louisiana, United States, which blends West African, French, Spanish, and Amerindian influences, as well as in ...

* Midwestern cuisine *

Native American cuisine Indigenous cuisine of the Americas includes all cuisines and food practices of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas. Contemporary Native peoples retain a varied culture of traditional foods, along with the addition of some post-contact foods ...

Southern cuisine The cuisine of the Southern United States encompasses diverse food traditions of several regions, including Tidewater, Appalachian, Lowcountry, Cajun, Creole, and Floribbean cuisine. In recent history, elements of Southern cuisine have spread t ...

Southwestern cuisine The cuisine of the Southwestern United States is food styled after the rustic cooking of the Southwestern United States. It comprises a fusion of recipes for things that might have been eaten by Spanish colonial settlers, cowboys, Native Ame ...

Tex-Mex cuisine Tex-Mex cuisine (from the words ''Texan'' and ''Mexican'') is an American cuisine that derives from the culinary creations of the ''Tejano'' people of Texas. It has spread from border states such as Texas and others in the Southwestern United ...

Cuisine of the regions

Cuisine of the Southwestern United States The cuisine of the Southwestern United States is food styled after the rustic cooking of the Southwestern United States. It comprises a fusion of recipes for things that might have been eaten by Spanish colonial settlers, cowboys, Native Ameri ...

Cuisine of the Mid-Atlantic United States The cuisine of the Mid-Atlantic states encompasses the cuisines of the states of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland, as well as Washington, D.C. The influences on cuisine in this region of the United States are extremely ...

Cuisine of the Midwestern United States Midwestern cuisine is a regional cuisine of the American Midwest. It draws its culinary roots most significantly from the cuisines of Central, Northern and Eastern Europe, and Native North America, and is influenced by regionally and locall ...

* Cuisine of the Northeastern United States *

Cuisine of the Southern United States The cuisine of the Southern United States encompasses diverse food traditions of several regions, including Tidewater, Appalachian, Lowcountry, Cajun, Creole, and Floribbean cuisine. In recent history, elements of Southern cuisine have spread ...

Cuisine of the Western United States The Western United States has its own cuisine, distinct in various ways from that of the rest of the country. States west of Texas, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska would be considered part of this area, as would, in some cases, western parts of adjo ...

Art in the United States

* American Literature ** American novelists ** Great American Novel * Dance in the United States *

Museums in the United States A list of museums in the United States by state. According to a government statement, there are more than 35,000 museums in the US. Alabama :''See List of museums in Alabama.'' :''See also :Museums in Alabama.'' Alaska :''See List of museu ...

Music of the United States The music of the United States reflects the country's multi-ethnic population through a diverse array of styles. It is a mixture of music influenced by the music of Europe, Indigenous peoples, West Africa, Latin America, Middle East, North ...

Theater of the United States Theater in the United States is part of the old European theatrical tradition and has been heavily influenced by the British theater. The central hub of the American theater scene is Manhattan, with its divisions of Broadway, Off-Broadway, and ...

** American playwrights *

Television in the United States Television is one of the major mass media outlets in the United States. , household ownership of television sets in the country is 96.7%, with approximately 114,200,000 American households owning at least one television set as of August 2013. ...

* Visual arts of the United States

Film

Cinema of the United States The cinema of the United States, consisting mainly of major film studios (also known as Hollywood) along with some independent film, has had a large effect on the global film industry since the early 20th century. The dominant style of Am ...

Academy Award The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...

* Golden Globe Award * Highest-grossing films * Film production companies

Music in the United States

* Best-selling Music Artists * Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

=Genres

= *

Alternative rock Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from mainstream or commerci ...

Americana Americana may refer to: *Americana (music), a genre or style of American music *Americana (culture), artifacts of the culture of the United States Film, radio and television * ''Americana'' (1992 TV series), a documentary series presented by J ...

* Bluegrass music * Blues * Contemporary Christian music *

Country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...

Folk music Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has b ...

* Gospel music *

Hardcore punk Hardcore punk (also known as simply hardcore) is a punk rock music genre and subculture that originated in the late 1970s. It is generally faster, harder, and more aggressive than other forms of punk rock. Its roots can be traced to earlier p ...

*Heavy metal music, Heavy metal *Hip hop *Jazz *Punk rock *R&B music *Rock music *Soul music

=Music in the states and territories

= Music of Alaska, AK – Music of Alabama, AL – Music of Arkansas, AR – Music of Arizona, AZ – Music of California, CA – Music of Colorado, CO – Music of Connecticut, CT – Music of Washington, D.C., DC – Music of Delaware, DE – Music of Florida, FL – Music of Georgia (U.S. state), GA – Music of Hawaii, HI – Music of Iowa, IA – Music of Idaho, ID – Music of Illinois, IL – Music of Indiana, IN – Music of Kansas, KS – Music of Kentucky, KY – Music of Louisiana, LA – Music of Massachusetts, MA – Music of Maryland, MD – Music of Maine, ME – Music of Michigan, MI – Music of Minnesota, MN – Music of Missouri, MO – Music of Mississippi, MS
Music of Montana, MT – Music of North Carolina, NC – Music of North Dakota, ND – Music of Nebraska, NE – Music of New Hampshire, NH – Music of New Mexico, NM – Music of Nevada, NV – Music of New Jersey, NJ – Music of New York, NY – Music of Ohio, OH – Music of Oklahoma, OK – Music of Oregon, OR – Music of Pennsylvania, PA – Music of Rhode Island, RI – Music of South Carolina, SC – Music of South Dakota, SD – Music of Tennessee, TN – Music of Texas, TX – Music of Utah, UT – Music of Virginia, VA – Music of Vermont, VT – Music of Washington, WA – Music of Wisconsin, WI – Music of West Virginia, WV – Music of Wyoming, WY Music of American Samoa, AS – Music of Guam, GU – Music of the Northern Mariana Islands, MP – Music of Puerto Rico, PR – Music of the Virgin Islands, VI

Radio

*National Association of Broadcasters *NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame

Sports in the United States

*History of American football, Football in the United States *History of baseball in the United States, Baseball in the United States *Little League Baseball *Motorsport in the United States *Soccer in the United States **Women's soccer in the United States *List of U.S. stadiums by capacity, Stadiums in the United States

List of Major Sports Leagues in the United States

* Major League Baseball (MLB) * National Basketball Association (NBA) * National Football League (NFL) * National Hockey League (NHL) * Major League Soccer (MLS)

= Other top-level leagues and series

= * IndyCar Series * Legends Tour – for women's golfers age 45 and over * LPGA Tour (Ladies' Professional Golf Association) * Major League Lacrosse (MLL) * Major League Rugby (MLR) – rugby union * NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing) ** NASCAR Cup Series * National Lacrosse League (NLL) * National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) * PGA Tour * PGA Tour Champions – for men's golfers age 50 and over * Professional Bull Riders (PBR) * Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) * Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) * Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)

= Minor and developmental professional leagues and series

= * American Hockey League (AHL) * American Indoor Football Association (AIFA) * American National Rugby League (AMNRL) * Continental Indoor Football League (CIFL) * ECHL (formerly East Coast Hockey League) * Korn Ferry Tour – men's golf * Minor League Baseball * National Arena League * NBA G League * Professional Inline Hockey Association (PIHA) * Rugby Super League (US), Rugby Super League (RSL) * Symetra Tour – women's golf * United Indoor Football (UIF) * United States Australian Football League (USAFL) * Xfinity Series – NASCAR

= College sports

= * College baseball * College football * College ice hockey * College lacrosse * College soccer * College softball * Collegiate wrestling * Athletic scholarship * College recruiting * National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) ** List of NCAA conferences ** NCAA Division I *** NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision ** NCAA Division II ** NCAA Division III

= Sports governing bodies

= * Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA of America) * United States of America Cricket Association (USACA) * United States Golf Association (USGA) * United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) * United States Soccer Federation (U.S. Soccer) * United States Tennis Association (USTA) * USA Basketball * USA Rugby – governs rugby union * USA Track and Field

Sports by state and territory

Sports in Alaska, AK – Sports in Alabama, AL – Sports in Arkansas, AR – Sports in Arizona, AZ – Sports in California, CA – Sports in Colorado, CO – Sports in Connecticut, CT – Sports in Washington, D.C., DC – Sports in Delaware, DE – Sports in Florida, FL – Sports in Georgia (U.S. state), GA – :Sports in Hawaii, HI – Sports in Iowa, IA – Sports in Idaho, ID – Sports in Illinois, IL – Sports in Indiana, IN – Sports in Kansas, KS – Sports in Kentucky, KY – Sports in Louisiana, LA – Sports in Massachusetts, MA – Sports in Maryland, MD – Sports in Maine, ME – Sports in Michigan, MI – Sports in Minnesota, MN – Sports in Missouri, MO – Sports in Mississippi, MS
Sports in Montana, MT – Sports in North Carolina, NC – :Sports in North Dakota, ND – Sports in Nebraska, NE – Sports in New Hampshire, NH – Sports in New Mexico, NM – Sports in Nevada, NV – Sports in New Jersey, NJ – Sports in New York, NY – Sports in Ohio, OH – Sports in Oklahoma, OK – Sports in Oregon, OR – Sports in Pennsylvania, PA – Sports in Rhode Island, RI – Sports in South Carolina, SC – Sports in South Dakota, SD – Sports in Tennessee, TN – Sports in Texas, TX – Sports in Utah, UT – Sports in Virginia, VA – Sports in Vermont, VT – Sports in Washington, WA – Sports in Wisconsin, WI – Sports in West Virginia, WV – Sports in Wyoming, WY Sports in American Samoa, AS – Sports in Guam, GU – Sports in the Northern Mariana Islands, MP – Sports in Puerto Rico, PR – Sports in the United States Virgin Islands, VI

Sports Museums in the United States

*National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum *Pro Football Hall of Fame *Hockey Hall of Fame *International Boxing Hall of Fame *International Tennis Hall of Fame *NASCAR Hall of Fame *Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame *World Golf Hall of Fame

Education in the United States

*Early childhood education in the United States *K-12 education in the United States **High school in the United States **Homeschooling in the United States *Higher education in the United States **Community colleges in the United States **Vocational education in the United States **For-profit higher education in the United States **Liberal arts colleges in the United States *Language education in the United States

Education in the states and territories

Outline of Alaska#Education in Alaska, AK – Outline of Alabama#Education in Alabama, AL – Outline of Arkansas#Education in Arkansas, AR – Outline of Arizona#Education in Arizona, AZ – Outline of California#Education in California, CA – Outline of Colorado#Education in Colorado, CO – Outline of Connecticut#Education in Connecticut, CT – Outline of Washington, D.C.#Education in Washington, D.C., DC – Outline of Delaware#Education in Delaware, DE – Outline of Florida#Education in Florida, FL – Outline of Georgia (U.S. state)#Education in Georgia, GA – Outline of Hawaii#Education in Hawaii, HI – Outline of Iowa#Education in Iowa, IA – Outline of Idaho#Education in Idaho, ID – Outline of Illinois#Education in Illinois, IL – Outline of Indiana#Education in Indiana, IN – Outline of Kansas#Education in Kansas, KS – Outline of Kentucky#Education in Kentucky, KY – Outline of Louisiana#Education in Louisiana, LA – Outline of Massachusetts#Education in Massachusetts, MA – Outline of Maryland#Education in Maryland, MD – Outline of Maine#Education in Maine, ME – Outline of Michigan#Education in Michigan, MI – Outline of Minnesota#Education in Minnesota, MN – Outline of Missouri#Education in Missouri, MO – Outline of Mississippi#Education in Mississippi, MS
Outline of Montana#Education in Montana, MT – Outline of North Carolina#Education in North Carolina, NC – Outline of North Dakota#Education in North Dakota, ND – Outline of Nebraska#Education in Nebraska, NE – Outline of New Hampshire#Education in New Hampshire, NH – Outline of New Mexico#Education in New Mexico, NM – Outline of Nevada#Education in Nevada, NV – Outline of New Jersey#Education in New Jersey, NJ – Outline of New York#Education in New York, NY – Outline of Ohio#Education in Ohio, OH – Outline of Oklahoma#Education in Oklahoma, OK – Outline of Oregon#Education in Oregon, OR – Outline of Pennsylvania#Education in Pennsylvania, PA – Outline of Rhode Island#Education in Rhode Island, RI – Outline of South Carolina#Education in South Carolina, SC – Outline of South Dakota#Education in South Dakota, SD – Outline of Tennessee#Education in Tennessee, TN – Outline of Texas#Education in Texas, TX – Outline of Utah#Education in Utah, UT – Outline of Virginia#Education in Virginia, VA – Outline of Vermont#Education in Vermont, VT – Outline of Washington#Education in Washington, WA – Outline of Wisconsin#Education in Wisconsin, WI – Outline of West Virginia#Education in West Virginia, WV – Outline of Wyoming#Education in Wyoming, WY American Samoa#Education, AS – Outline of Guam#Education in Guam, GU – Outline of the Northern Mariana Islands#Education, MP – Outline of Puerto Rico#Education in Puerto Rico, PR – Outline of the United States Virgin Islands#Education in the United States Virgin Islands, VI

Economy and infrastructure of the United States

*List of countries by GDP (nominal), Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2010): 1st *List of countries by GDP (PPP), Economic rank, by GDP (PPP) (2010): 1st *Currency, Currency of the United States: US$ **ISO 4217: USD *Banking in the United States **Federal Reserve System *Communications in the United States **Internet in the United States ***American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) **EDGAR **Form 10-K *Economic history of the United States **National debt by U.S. presidential terms **United States public debt *Energy in the United States **Electricity sector of the United States ***Coal power in the United States ****Coal mining in the United States ***Nuclear power in the United States ****Nuclear energy policy of the United States ***

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*****United States Wind Energy Policy **Energy conservation in the United States **Energy policy of the United States ***U.S. Lighting Energy Policy ***United States energy independence ***Nuclear energy policy of the United States ***United States Department of Energy ***United States energy law ***United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources ***United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce ***United States Wind Energy Policy **Petroleum in the United States ***Offshore oil and gas in the United States ***Oil reserves in the United States *Health care in the United States *List of industry trade groups in the United States, Industry trade groups in the United States *Tourism in the United States **List of shopping malls in the United States, Shopping malls in the United States *Transportation in the United States **Air transportation in the United States ***List of airports in the United States, Airports in the United States **Highway system in the United States **Rail transport in the United States *Trade policy of the United States **North American Free Trade Agreement **Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development **World Trade Organization *Wealth in the United States **American decline **American Dream **Household income in the United States **Income inequality in the United States **Personal income in the United States **Poverty in the United States *Water supply and sanitation in the United States

Economy by state and territory

Economy of Alaska, AK – Economy of Alabama, AL – Economy of Arkansas, AR – Economy of Arizona, AZ – Economy of California, CA – Economy of Colorado, CO – Economy of Connecticut, CT – Economy of Washington, D.C., DC – Economy of Delaware, DE – Economy of Florida, FL – Economy of Georgia (U.S. state), GA – Economy of Hawaii, HI – Economy of Iowa, IA – Economy of Idaho, ID – Economy of Illinois, IL – Economy of Indiana, IN – Economy of Kansas, KS – Economy of Kentucky, KY – Economy of Louisiana, LA – Economy of Massachusetts, MA – Economy of Maryland, MD – Economy of Maine, ME – Economy of Michigan, MI – Economy of Minnesota, MN – Economy of Missouri, MO - Economy of Mississippi, MS
Economy of Montana, MT – Economy of North Carolina, NC – Economy of North Dakota, ND – Economy of Nebraska, NE – Economy of New Hampshire, NH – Economy of New Mexico, NM – Economy of Nevada, NV – Economy of New Jersey, NJ – Economy of New York (state), NY – Economy of Ohio, OH – Economy of Oklahoma, OK – Economy of Oregon, OR – Economy of Pennsylvania, PA – Economy of Rhode Island, RI – Economy of South Carolina, SC – Economy of South Dakota, SD – Economy of Tennessee, TN – Economy of Texas, TX – Economy of Utah, UT – Economy of Virginia, VA – Economy of Vermont, VT – Economy of Washington, WA – Economy of Wisconsin, WI – Economy of West Virginia, WV – Economy of Wyoming, WY Economy of American Samoa, AS – Economy of Guam, GU – Economy of the Northern Mariana Islands, MP – Economy of Puerto Rico, PR – Economy of the United States Virgin Islands, VI

Tourism in the United States

*Walt Disney World *Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood *List of ski areas and resorts in the United States, Ski Resorts

Notes

References

External links

* ; Government
Official U.S. Government Web Portal
Gateway to governmental sites
White House
Official site of the President of the United States
Senate
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House
Official site of the United States House of Representatives *[ Supreme Court] Official site of the Supreme Court of the United States
Library of Congress
Official site of the Library of Congress ; Overviews and Data
Portrait of the United States
Overview from the U.S. Information Agency
United States
CIA ''World Factbook'' entry
United States
''Encyclopædia Britannica'' entry
U.S. Census Housing and Economic Statistics
Wide-ranging data from the U.S. Census Bureau
State Fact Sheets
Population, employment, income, and farm data from the U.S. Economic Research Service

Collected informational links for each state ; History

Collected by the National Center for Public Policy Research

Analysis by the Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance

Collected links to historical data ; Maps *
National Atlas of the United States
Official maps from the U.S. Department of the Interior ; Other
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
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