Key Facts

GDP (ppp) per CAPITA

$46,900 (2008 est.)

Inflation Rate

3.8% (2008 est.)

Population

307,212,123 (July 2009 est.)

Country Risk Ratings

A2

Ease of Doing Business

3/181

Global Competitiveness

1/134

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United States : Statistics

Economy

GDP - purchasing power parity:

$ 14.26 trillion (2008 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:

1.1% (2008 est.)

GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity:

$ 46,900 (2008 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:

agriculture: 1.2 %
industry: 19.2 %
services: 79.6 %

Industrial production growth rate:

-2% (2008 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share:

lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 30%

Inflation rate (consumer prices):

3.8% (2008 est.)

Labor force:

154.3 million (includes unemployed) (2008 est.)

Labor force - by occupation:

farming, forestry, and fishing: 0.6%
manufacturing, extraction, transportation, and crafts: 22.6%
managerial, professional, and technical: 35.5%
sales and office: 24.8%
other services: 16.5%

Unemployment rate:

7.2% (December 2008 est.)

Budget:

revenues: $ 2.524 trillion
expenditures: $ 2.978 trillion (2008 est.)

Exports:

$ 1.291 trillion (2008 est.)

Exports - partners:

Canada 20.1%, Mexico 11.7%, China 5.5%, Japan 5.1%, Germany 4.2%, UK 4.1% (2008)

Imports:

$ 2.112 trillion (2008 est.)

Imports - partners:

China 16.5%, Canada 15.7%, Mexico 10.1%, Japan 6.6%, Germany 4.6% (2008)

Debt - external:

$ 13.64 trillion (31 December 2008)

Economic aid - recipient:

NA

Distribution Of Family Income - GINI Index:

45% (2007)

Electricity Production:

4.167 trillion kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity Consumption:

3.892 trillion kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity Exports:

20.14 billion kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity Imports:

51.4 billion kWh (2007 est.)

Oil Production:

8.457 million bbl/day (2007 est.)

Oil Consumption:

20.68 million bbl/day (2007 est.)

Oil Exports:

1.165 million bbl/day (2005)

Oil Imports:

13.71 million bbl/day (2005)

Oil Proved Reserves:

20.97 billion bbl (1 January 2008 est.)

Natural Gas Production:

545.9 billion cu m (2007 est.)

Natural Gas Consumption:

652.9 billion cu m (2007 est.)

Natural Gas Exports:

23.28 billion cu m (2007 est.)

Natural Gas Imports:

130.3 billion cu m (2007 est.)

Natural Gas Proved Reserves:

5.977 trillion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)

People

Population:

307,212,123 (July 2009 est.)

Population growth rate:

0.975% (2009 est.)

Population Below Poverty Line:

12% (2004 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

6.26 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:

total population: 78.11 years
male: 75.65 years
female: 80.69 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate:

2.05 children born/woman (2009 est.)

Ethnic groups:

white 79.96%, black 12.85%, Asian 4.43%, Amerindian and Alaska native 0.97%, native Hawaiian and other Pacific islander 0.18%, two or more races 1.61% (July 2007 estimate)

Nationality:

noun: American(s)
adjective: American

Religions:

Protestant, Roman Catholic

Languages:

English, Spanish

Literacy:

total population: 99 %
male: 99 %
female: 99% (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - Adult Prevalence Rate:

0.6% (2007 est.)

Geography

Location:

North America, bordering both the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Pacific Ocean, between Canada and Mexico

Area:

total: 9,826,675 sq km
land: 9,161,966 sq km
water: 664,709 sq km

Land boundaries:

total: 12,034 km
border countries: Canada 8,893 km (including 2,477 km with Alaska), Mexico 3,141 km
note: US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba is leased by the US and is part of Cuba; the base boundary is 28 km

Coastline:

19,924 km

Climate:

mostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and Florida, arctic in Alaska, semiarid in the great plains west of the Mississippi River, and arid in the Great Basin of the southwest; low winter temperatures in the northwest are ameliorated occasionally in January and February by warm chinook winds from the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains

Terrain:

vast central plain, mountains in west, hills and low mountains in east; rugged mountains and broad river valleys in Alaska; rugged, volcanic topography in Hawaii

Elevation extremes:

lowest point: Death Valley -86 m
highest point: Mount McKinley 6,198 m

Environment - International Agreements:

party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Seals, Antarctic Treaty, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Biodiversity, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Hazardous Wastes

International Organization Participation:

ADB (nonregional member), AfDB (nonregional member), ANZUS, APEC, Arctic Council, ARF, ASEAN (dialogue partner), Australia Group, BIS, BSEC (observer), CBSS (observer), CE (observer), CERN (observer), CP, EAPC, EBRD, FAO, G-20, G-5, G-7, G-8, G-10, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt (signatory), ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MINUSTAH, NAFTA, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS, OECD, OPCW, OSCE, Paris Club, PCA, PIF (partner), SAARC (observer), SECI (observer), SPC, UN, UN Security Council, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNITAR, UNMIL, UNOMIG, UNRWA, UNTSO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC

Technology

Telephones:

150 million (2008)

Cellular Telephones:

270 million (2008)

Internet Country Code:

.us

Internet Hosts:

316 million (2008)

Internet Users:

223 million (2008)

Railways:

226,427 km (2007)

Highways:

6,465,799 km (2007)

Airports:

15,095 (2009)

Sources:
CIA World Factbook (September 2009)
U.S. Dept. of State Country Background Notes (October 2008)