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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 ...
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General reference

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Abbreviation An abbreviation (from Latin ''brevis'', meaning ''short'') is a shortened form of a word or phrase, by any method. It may consist of a group of letters or words taken from the full version of the word or phrase; for example, the word ''abbrevia ...
s: USA or US *Common English country name: United States *Official English country name: United States of America *Common
endonym 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, ...
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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 territorie ...
, U.S., U.S.A.,
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 territorie ...
*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 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 territorie ...
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, ...
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Commonwealth A commonwealth is a traditional English term for a political community founded for the common good. Historically, it has been synonymous with "republic". The noun "commonwealth", meaning "public welfare, general good or advantage", dates from the ...
); North America (chiefly Latin America) * Adjectivals: United States,
American American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, pe ...
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Demonym A demonym (; ) or gentilic () is a word that identifies a group of people (inhabitants, residents, natives) in relation to a particular place. Demonyms are usually derived from the name of the place (hamlet, village, town, city, region, province, ...
s: American (among
others Others or The Others may refer to: Fictional characters * Others (A Song of Ice and Fire), Others (''A Song of Ice and Fire''), supernatural creatures in the fictional world of George R. R. Martin's fantasy series ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' * Ot ...
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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 ...
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International rankings of the United States The following are links to international rankings of the United States. Economics *World Economic Forum 2018–2019 Global Competitiveness Report, ranked 2 out of 141 countries *World Economic Forum 2016 Global Enabling Trade Report ranked 22 *The ...
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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 t ...
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.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 the ...
*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 S ...
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Northern Hemisphere The Northern Hemisphere is the half of Earth that is north of the Equator. For other planets in the Solar System, north is defined as being in the same celestial hemisphere relative to the invariable plane of the solar system as Earth's Nort ...
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 term We ...
(except western
Aleutian Islands The Aleutian Islands (; ; ale, Unangam Tanangin,”Land of the Aleuts", possibly from Chukchi language, Chukchi ''aliat'', "island"), also called the Aleut Islands or Aleutic Islands and known before 1867 as the Catherine Archipelago, are a cha ...
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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 ...
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North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...
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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. 20 ...
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Oceania Oceania (, , ) is a region, geographical region that includes Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. Spanning the Eastern Hemisphere, Eastern and Western Hemisphere, Western hemispheres, Oceania is estimated to have a land area of ...
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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 ...
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Time zone A time zone is an area which observes a uniform standard time for legal, Commerce, commercial and social purposes. Time zones tend to follow the boundaries between Country, countries and their Administrative division, subdivisions instead of ...
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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 ...
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Eastern Standard 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 port ...
( 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 por ...
( UTC-04) ***
Central Standard Time The North American Central Time Zone (CT) is a time zone in parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America, some Caribbean Islands, and part of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Central Standard Time (CST) is six hours behind Coordinate ...
( UTC-06),
Central Daylight Time The North American Central Time Zone (CT) is a time zone in parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America, some Caribbean Islands, and part of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Central Standard Time (CST) is six hours behind Coordinate ...
( 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 clo ...
( 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 ...
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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 solar ...
( 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 ...
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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 northe ...
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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., ...
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Ka Lae Ka Lae ( haw, the point), also known as South Point, is the southernmost point of the Big Island of Hawaii and of the 50 United States. The Ka Lae area is registered as a National Historic Landmark District under the name South Point Complex. ...
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Island of Hawai'i Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii ) is the largest island in the United States, located in the state of Hawaii. It is the southeasternmost of the Hawaiian Islands, a chain of volcanic islands in the North Pacific Ocean. With an area of , it has 63% of th ...
, 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 ...
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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 north ...
***Physically East: Eastern Semisopochnoi Island,
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., ...
***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 ...
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Attu Island Attu ( ale, Atan, russian: Атту, link=no) is an island in the Near Islands (part of the Aleutian Islands chain). It is the westernmost point of the U.S. state of Alaska. The island became uninhabited in 2010, making it the largest uninhabite ...
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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., ...
***Physically West: Western Amatignak Island,
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., ...
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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 thir ...
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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 ...
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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., ...
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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 point in ...
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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 United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau. This figure includes the U.S. state, 50 states and the Washington, D.C., District ...
: 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 ...
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Climate change in the United States Climate change in the United States has led to the country warming by 2.6°F (1.4°C) since 1970. Due to climate change, the climate of the United States is shifting in ways that are widespread and varied between regions. From 2010 to 2019, the U ...
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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 ...
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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 megawat ...
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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 in t ...
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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 U ...
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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 ...
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Earthquakes in the United States The following is a list of notable earthquakes and tsunamis which had their epicenter in areas that are now part of the United States with the latter affecting areas of the United States. Those in ''italics'' were not part of the United States whe ...
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National parks of the United States National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, c ...
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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 ...
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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 addition ...
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Fauna of the United States The fauna of the United States of America is all the animals living in the Continental United States and its surrounding seas and islands, the Hawaiian Archipelago, Alaska in the Arctic, and several island-territories in the Pacific and in the ...
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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 ...
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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 rhynchocephalians ( ...
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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, arboreal ...


Geographic features of the United States

* Fjords of the United States *
Glaciers of the United States This is a list of glaciers existing in the United States, currently or in recent centuries. These glaciers are located in nine states, all in the Rocky Mountains or farther west. The southernmost named glacier among them is the Lilliput Glacier ...
* 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 ...
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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 ...
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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 Elk P ...
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Cascade Range The Cascade Range or Cascades is a major mountain range of western North America, extending from southern British Columbia through Washington and Oregon to Northern California. It includes both non-volcanic mountains, such as the North Cascades, ...
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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 portio ...
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Sierra Nevada The Sierra Nevada () is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin. The vast majority of the range lies in the state of California, although the Carson Range spur lies primarily ...
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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 in ...
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*List of rivers of the United States">Rivers of the United States The following list is a list of rivers of the United States. Alphabetical listing ''Listings of the rivers in the United States by letter of the alphabet:'' A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - ...
 **Arkansas River **Columbia River **Colorado River **Connecticut River **Hudson River **Mississippi River **Missouri River **Potomac River **Rio Grande **Ohio River **Delaware River **
Snake River The Snake River is a major river of the greater Pacific Northwest region in the United States. At long, it is the largest tributary of the Columbia River, in turn, the largest North American river that empties into the Pacific Ocean. The Snake ...
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Susquehanna River The Susquehanna River (; Lenape: Siskëwahane) is a major river located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, overlapping between the lower Northeast and the Upland South. At long, it is the longest river on the East Coast of the ...
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Yukon River The Yukon River (Gwichʼin language, Gwich'in: ''Ųųg Han'' or ''Yuk Han'', Central Alaskan Yup'ik language, Yup'ik: ''Kuigpak'', Inupiaq language, Inupiaq: ''Kuukpak'', Deg Xinag language, Deg Xinag: ''Yeqin'', Hän language, Hän: ''Tth'echù' ...
* Waterfalls of the United States *
Valleys of the United States A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains, which will typically contain a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers or streams ove ...
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World Heritage Sites in the United States The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Cultural h ...


Regions of the United States

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East Coast of the United States The East Coast of the United States, also known as the Eastern Seaboard, the Atlantic Coast, and the Atlantic Seaboard, is the coastline along which the Eastern United States meets the North Atlantic Ocean. The eastern seaboard contains the coa ...
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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 ...
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Belt regions of the United States The belt regions of the United States are portions of the country that share certain characteristics. The "belt" terminology was first applied to growing regions for various crops, which often follow lines of latitude because those are more likely ...
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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 to the west and by the Canadian provinces ...
* Mid-Atlantic * The South *
Midwest The Midwestern United States, also referred to as the Midwest or the American Midwest, is one of four Census Bureau Region, census regions of the United States Census Bureau (also known as "Region 2"). It occupies the northern central part of ...
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Great Plains The Great Plains (french: Grandes Plaines), sometimes simply "the Plains", is a broad expanse of flatland in North America. It is located west of the Mississippi River and east of the Rocky Mountains, much of it covered in prairie, steppe, an ...
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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. Though ...
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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 ...
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Hawaiian Archipelago The Hawaiian Islands ( haw, Nā Mokupuni o Hawai‘i) are an archipelago of eight major islands, several atolls, and numerous smaller islets in the North Pacific Ocean, extending some from the island of Hawaii in the south to northernmost Kur ...


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 The Canadian Shield (french: Bouclier canadien ), also called the Laurentian Plateau, is a geologic shield, a large area of exposed Precambrian igneous and high-grade metamorphic rocks. It forms the North American Craton (or Laurentia), the anc ...
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 lakes ...
area. *
Atlantic Plain The Atlantic Plain is one of eight distinct United States physiographic regions. The Atlantic Coast of the United States comprises the coastal states of Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Caro ...
– 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 coastline along the Southern United States where they meet the Gulf of Mexico. The coastal states that have a shoreline on the Gulf of Mexico are Texas, Louisiana, Mississ ...
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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
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 ...
,
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
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 to the west and by the Canadian provinces ...
province. *
Interior Plains The Interior Plains is a vast Physiographic province, physiographic region that spreads across the Laurentia, Laurentian craton of central North America, extending along the east flank of the Rocky Mountains from the Gulf Coast region to the Arcti ...
– part of the interior contentintal United States, it includes much of what is called the
Great Plains The Great Plains (french: Grandes Plaines), sometimes simply "the Plains", is a broad expanse of flatland in North America. It is located west of the Mississippi River and east of the Rocky Mountains, much of it covered in prairie, steppe, an ...
. * 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 portio ...
Plateau. *
Rocky Mountain System 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 in ...
– one branch of the Cordilleran system lying far inland in the western states. *
Intermontane Plateaus In the context of physical geography, the Intermontane Intermontane is a physiographic adjective formed from the prefix " inter-" (''signifying among, between, amid, during, within, mutual, reciprocal'') and the adjective "montane" (inhabiting ...
– 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 Columbia ...
, the
Colorado Plateau The Colorado Plateau, also known as the Colorado Plateau Province, is a physiographic and desert region of the Intermontane Plateaus, roughly centered on the Four Corners region of the southwestern United States. This province covers an area of ...
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 Grand Canyon (, yuf-x-yav, Wi:kaʼi:la, , Southern Paiute language: Paxa’uipi, ) is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in Arizona, United States. The Grand Canyon is long, up to wide and attains a depth of over a m ...
, the
Great Basin The Great Basin is the largest area of contiguous endorheic basin, endorheic watersheds, those with no outlets, in North America. It spans nearly all of Nevada, much of Utah, and portions of California, Idaho, Oregon, Wyoming, and Baja California ...
and
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 ...
. *
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 the ...
– 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 the ...
, 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:


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 The United States of America was created on July 4, 1776, with the U.S. Declaration of Independence of thirteen British colonies in North America. In the Lee Resolution two days prior, the colonies resolved that they were free and independent ...


=Incorporated organized territories

= *''none since 1959''


=Incorporated unorganized territories

= *
Palmyra Atoll Palmyra Atoll (), also referred to as Palmyra Island, is one of the Line Islands, 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 bet ...


=Unincorporated organized territories

= *
Commonwealth of 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 unincorporate ...
*
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 Guam (; ch, Guåhan ) is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the western Pacific Ocean. It is the westernmost point and territory of the United States (reckoned from the geographic cent ...
* Territory of the United States Virgin Islands


=Unincorporated unorganized territories

= *
Territory of American Samoa American Samoa ( sm, Amerika Sāmoa, ; also ' or ') is an unincorporated territories of the United States, unincorporated territory of the United States located in the Pacific Ocean, South Pacific Ocean, southeast of the island country of 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 Ho ...
, 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 Uni ...
, uninhabited *
Johnston Atoll Johnston Atoll is an Unincorporated territories of the United States, unincorporated territory of the United States, currently administered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). Johnston Atoll is a National Wildlife Refuge and ...
, 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 hecta ...
, 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 neighbo ...
, uninhabited (disputed with
Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
) *
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 National Wildlife Refuge System is a designation for certain protected areas of the United States managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. The National Wildlife Refuge System is the system of public lands and waters set aside to c ...
*
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 to ...
, uninhabited (claimed by
Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...
) *
Wake Atoll Wake Island ( mh, Ānen Kio, translation=island of the kio flower; also known as Wake Atoll) is a coral atoll in the western Pacific Ocean in the northeastern area of the Micronesia subregion, east of Guam, west of Honolulu, southeast of To ...
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 Internati ...
)


Geography of the states and territories

AK – AL – AR – AZ – CA – CO – CT – DC – DE – FL – GA – HI – IA – ID – IL – IN – KS – KY – LA – MA – MD – ME – MI – MN – MO – MS
MT – NC – ND – NE – NH – NM – NV – NJ – NY – OH – OK – OR – PA – RI – SC – SD – TN – TX – UT – VA – VT – WA – WI – WV – WY AS – GU – MP – PR – VI


Demography of the United States

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


Climate of the United States


History of the United States


Period-coverage

*Prehistory of the United States *Pre-Columbian era *Colonial history of the United States, Colonial period *History of the United States (1776–1789), 1776 to 1789 *History of the United States (1789–1849), 1789 to 1849 *History of the United States (1849–1865), 1849 to 1865 *History of the United States (1865–1918), 1865 to 1918 *History of the United States (1918–1945), 1918 to 1945 *History of the United States (1945–1964), 1945 to 1964 *History of the United States (1964–1980), 1964 to 1980 *History of the United States (1980–1991), 1980 to 1991 *History of the United States (1991–2008), 1991 to 2008 *History of the United States (2008–present), 2008 to present


History of the states and territories

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


Presidents of the United States

*George Washington: 1789–1797 *John Adams: 1797–1801 *Thomas Jefferson: 1801–1809 *James Madison: 1809–1817 *James Monroe: 1817–1825 *John Quincy Adams: 1825–1829 *Andrew Jackson: 1829–1837 *Martin Van Buren: 1837–1841 *William Henry Harrison: 1841 *John Tyler: 1841–1845 *James K. Polk: 1845–1849 *Zachary Taylor: 1849–1850 *Millard Fillmore: 1850–1853 *Franklin Pierce: 1853–1857 *James Buchanan: 1857–1861 *Abraham Lincoln: 1861–1865 *Andrew Johnson: 1865–1869 *Ulysses S. Grant: 1869–1877 *Rutherford B. Hayes: 1877–1881 *James A. Garfield: 1881 *Chester A. Arthur: 1881–1885 *Grover Cleveland: 1885–1889 *Benjamin Harrison: 1889–1893 *Grover Cleveland: 1893–1897 *William McKinley: 1897–1901 *Theodore Roosevelt: 1901–1909 *William Howard Taft, William H. Taft: 1909–1913 *Woodrow Wilson: 1913–1921 *Warren G. Harding: 1921–1923 *Calvin Coolidge: 1923–1929 *Herbert Hoover: 1929–1933 *Franklin D. Roosevelt: 1933–1945 *Harry S. Truman: 1945–1953 *Dwight D. Eisenhower: 1953–1961 *John F. Kennedy: 1961–1963 *Lyndon B. Johnson: 1963–1969 *Richard Nixon, Richard M. Nixon: 1969–1974 *Gerald Ford: 1974–1977 *Jimmy Carter: 1977–1981 *Ronald Reagan: 1981–1989 *George H. W. Bush: 1989–1993 *Bill Clinton: 1993–2001 *George W. Bush: 2001–2009 *Barack Obama: 2009–2017 *Donald Trump: 2017–2021 *Joe Biden: 2021–present


Government and politics in the United States

*Form of government: presidential system, presidential, federal republic *Capital city, Capital (political) of the United States: Washington, D.C. **List of capitals in the United States, List of Capitals *Flag of the United States *List of political parties in the United States, Political parties in the United States *Elections in the United States *Voting rights in the United States *List of political parties in the United States **Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party ***History of the United States Democratic Party **Republican Party (United States), Republican Party ***History of the United States Republican Party **Green Party (United States), Green Party **Independent (politician)#United States, Independent Party **Libertarian Party (United States), Libertarian Party **Reform Party of the United States of America, Reform Party **Constitution Party (United States), Constitution Party **Socialist Party USA *Political divisions of the United States *Canadian and American politics compared *Politics of the Southern United States


Federal government

*United States Constitution


Legislative branch

*United States Congress **United States Senate ***President pro tempore of the United States Senate, Patrick Leahy (D-VT) **United States House of Representatives ***Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)


Executive branch

*Head of state and head of government, 46th President of the United States, Joseph R. Biden, Jr **49th Vice President of the United States, 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


Judicial branch

*United States federal courts **United States Supreme Court ***Chief Justice of the United States, John Roberts **United States court of appeals **United States district court


State and territory governments

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


Politics of the states and territories

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


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


Military

*United States Army **United States Army Reserve **Army National Guard *United States Marine Corps **United States Marine Corps Reserve *United States Navy **United States Navy Reserve *United States Air Force **Air Force Reserve Command **Air National Guard *United States Space Force *United States Coast Guard **United States Coast Guard Reserve


Intelligence organizations

*Central Intelligence Agency *Sixteenth Air Force *United States Army Military Intelligence *Defense Intelligence Agency *Marine Corps Intelligence Activity *National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency *National Reconnaissance Office *National Security Agency *Office of Naval Intelligence *Coast Guard Intelligence *Federal Bureau of Investigation *Drug Enforcement Administration *Bureau of Intelligence and Research *DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis, Office of Intelligence and Analysis *Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence *Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence


Law of the United States

*Adoption in the United States *Age of candidacy laws in the United States *Arbitration in the United States **Arbitration case law in the United States *Assisted suicide in the United States *Attorneys in the United States *Bankruptcy in the United States *Bicycle law in the United States *Birthright citizenship in the United States *Blasphemy law in the United States *Blue laws in the United States *Campaign finance reform in the United States *Cannabis in the United States *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 **Book censorship in the United States **Censorship of broadcasting in the United States *Child-related laws **Child custody laws in the United States **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 *Constitution of the United States **United States Bill of Rights **Separation of church and state in the United States **Separation of powers under the United States Constitution *Copyright law in the United States **Public domain in the United States *Crime in the United States **Polygamy in the United States **Race and crime in the United States **Rape in the United States **Scientific plagiarism in the United States *Human rights in the United States **Abortion in the United States **Censorship in the United States **Civil liberties in the United States **Freedom of association#United States Constitution, Freedom of association in the United States **Freedom of information in the United States **Freedom of movement under United States law **Freedom of religion in the United States **Freedom of speech in the United States **Freedom of the press in the United States **Gambling in the United States **LGBT rights in the United States **Marriage and union in the United States ***Civil union in the United States ****Same-sex unions in the United States ***Domestic partnership in the United States ***Marriage in the United States ****Common-law marriage in the United States ****Divorce in the United States ****Same-sex marriage in the United States *****Same-sex marriage law in the United States by state *****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 **Prostitution in the United States **Right of foreigners to vote in the United States **Right to keep and bear arms#United States, Right to keep and bear arms ***Gun law in the United States ****Gun laws in the United States ****Gun laws in the United States by state **Right to petition in the United States **Rights and responsibilities of marriages in the United States **Smoking in the United States ***List of smoking bans in the United States, Smoking bans in the United States *Law enforcement in the United States *Local ordinance *Rent control in the United States *School anti-bullying legislation in the United States *Secession in the United States *Securities regulation in the United States *Speed limits in the United States **Rail speed limits in the United States *State law (United States), State law *Taxation in the United States **Capital gains tax in the United States **Cigarette taxes in the United States **Internal Revenue Code **Property tax in the United States *Zoning in the United States


Culture of the United States

*American humor *American family structure *Architecture of the United States *Languages of the United States **American English *List of official United States national symbols, National symbols of the United States *Religion in the United States *Society of the United States *
World Heritage Sites in the United States The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Cultural h ...


American cuisine

*List of supermarket chains in the United States, Supermarket Chains in the United States *List of food companies#United States, Food Companies in the United States *List of restaurant chains in the United States, Fast Food Chains in the United States *List of vineyards and wineries#United States, Vineyards in the United States *Orchard#Orchards by region, Orchards in the United States


Historical cuisine

*American Chinese cuisine *Cajun cuisine *Italian-American cuisine *Louisiana Creole cuisine *Cuisine of the Midwestern United States, Midwestern cuisine *Native American cuisine *Cuisine of the Southern United States, Southern cuisine *Cuisine of the Southwestern United States, Southwestern cuisine *Tex-Mex cuisine


Cuisine of the regions

*:Cuisine of the Southwestern United States, Cuisine of the Southwestern United States *:Cuisine of the Mid-Atlantic states, Cuisine of the Mid-Atlantic United States *:Cuisine of the Midwestern United States, Cuisine of the Midwestern United States *:Cuisine of the Northeastern United States, Cuisine of the Northeastern United States *:Cuisine of the Southern United States, Cuisine of the Southern United States *:Cuisine of the Western United States, Cuisine of the Western United States


Art in the United States

*American Literature **List of American novelists, American novelists **Great American Novel *Dance in the United States *List of museums in the United States, Museums in the United States *Music of the United States *Theater of the United States **List of playwrights from the United States, American playwrights *Television in the United States *Visual arts of the United States


Film

*Cinema of the United States *Academy Award *Golden Globe Award *List of highest-grossing films in Canada and the United States, Highest-grossing films *List of film production companies, Film production companies


Music in the United States

*List of best-selling music artists in the United States, Best-selling Music Artists *Rock and Roll Hall of Fame


=Genres

= *Alternative rock *Americana music, Americana *Bluegrass music *Blues *Contemporary Christian music *Country music *American folk music revival, Folk music *Gospel music *Hardcore punk *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 ***
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 ...
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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 megawat ...
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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 in t ...
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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 U ...
*****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


See also

*Topic overview: **United States **Index of United States-related articles * * * *


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
Official site of the United States Senate
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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