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A map of the United States showing its 50 states, federal district and five inhabited territories. Alaska, Hawaii, and the territories are shown at different scales, and the Aleutian Islands and the uninhabited northwestern Hawaiian Islands are omitted from the map. The United States of America is a federal republic [ 1] consisting of 50 states ...
The United States is widely considered to be the leading country in the development of artificial intelligence technology [321] [322] [323] and maintains a space program since the late 1950s, with plans for long-term habitation of the Moon. [324] In 2022, the United States was the country with the second-highest number of published scientific ...
The US has the 2nd largest Exclusive Economic Zone of 11,351,000 km 2 (4,383,000 sq mi). By total area ( water as well as land), the United States is either slightly larger or smaller than the People's Republic of China, making it the world's third or fourth-largest country.
The states and territories included in the United States Census Bureau 's statistics for the United States population, ethnicity, and most other categories include the 50 states and Washington, D.C. Separate statistics are maintained for the five permanently inhabited territories of the United States: Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands ...
The United States is the third most populous country in the world, and the most populous in the Americas and the Western Hemisphere. [14] The Census Bureau showed a population increase of 0.4% for the twelve-month period ending in July 2022, [ 13 ] below the world average annual rate of 0.9%. [ 15 ]
Philippines (1898–1899): annexed as unincorporated, unorganized territories on April 11, 1899, when the Treaty of Paris took effect. Cuba (1898–1902): granted independence on May 20, 1902. Panama Canal (1903–1999): Canal Zone abolished on October 1, 1979, after the signing of the Torrijos–Carter Treaties in 1977.
Federal Reserve System districts. The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 divided the country into twelve districts with a central Federal Reserve Bank in each district. These twelve Federal Reserve Banks together form a major part of the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United States.
US Census Bureau map depicting territorial acquisitions, 2007. After Japan's defeat in World War II, the Japanese-ruled Northern Mariana Islands came under control of the United States. [ 1] The United States of America was formed after thirteen British colonies in North America declared independence from the British Empire on July 4, 1776.