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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, ...
s: United States, 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 exonyms: 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/
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 ...
) * Etymology *
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 ...
* ISO country codes: US, USA, 840 * ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:US *Internet country code top-level domain:
.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 *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 ...
): **
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 (except western Aleutian Islands) ***
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 ...
***** Northern America *** Oceania **** Polynesia ** Time zones: *** Atlantic Standard Time ( UTC-04), Atlantic Daylight Time ( UTC-03) ( Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands) *** Eastern Standard Time ( UTC-05), Eastern Daylight Time ( 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 ( UTC-07), Mountain Daylight Time ( UTC-06) *** Pacific Standard Time ( UTC-08), Pacific Daylight Time ( UTC-07) *** Alaska Standard Time ( UTC-09), Alaska Daylight Time ( UTC-08) *** Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time ( UTC-10), Hawaii-Aleutian Daylight Time ( UTC-09) ** Extreme points of the United States: ***North: Point Barrow, Alaska ***South:
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, Maine ***Physically East: Eastern Semisopochnoi Island, Alaska ***West: Peaked Island, offshore Cape Wrangell,
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 ...
, Alaska ***Physically West: Western Amatignak Island, Alaska ***High: Denali ( Mount McKinley), Alaska at ***Low: Badwater Basin, Death Valley, 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: 308,745,538 (2010 census) – 3rd most populous country *
Area of the United States The term 'United States', when used in the geographical sense, refers to the contiguous United States, the state of Alaska, the island state of Hawaii, the five insular territories of Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, U.S. Virgin Island ...
: – 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 ...
* Environmental issues in the United States * Ecoregions in the United States * Renewable energy in the United States ** Geothermal energy in the United States ** Solar power in the United States ** Wind power in the United States * Geology of the United States **
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 ...
* Protected areas of the United States * Superfund sites in the United States * Wildlife of the United States ** Flora of the United States **
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 ...
*** Birds of the United States *** Mammals of the United States *** Reptiles of the United States *** Amphibians of the United States


Geographic features of the United States

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Fjords of the United States The fjords of the United States are mostly found along the glacial regions of the coasts of Alaska and Washington. These fjords — long narrow inlets in valleys carved by glacial activity — can have two or more basins separated by sills. ...
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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 **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 The following sortable table comprises the 209 most topographically isolated mountain peaks of the United States of America (including its territories) with at least of topographic prominence.This article defines a significant summit as a su ...
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Alaska Range The Alaska Range is a relatively narrow, 600-mile-long (950 km) mountain range in the southcentral region of the U.S. state of Alaska, from Lake Clark at its southwest endSources differ as to the exact delineation of the Alaska Range. ThBoar ...
** Appalachian Mountains ** Black Hills **
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, ...
** Ozark Mountains **
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 ...
** Rocky Mountains **
Volcanoes of the United States A list of volcanoes in the United States and its territories. Alaska American Samoa Arizona California Colorado Hawaii /[./[Https://www.sci.news/geology/puhahonu-shield-volcano-08435.html Puhahonu ...
*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' ...
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Waterfalls of the United States A waterfall is a point in a river or stream where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of steep drops. Waterfalls also occur where meltwater drops over the edge of a tabular iceberg or ice shelf. Waterfalls can be formed in several w ...
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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 ...
* West Coast of the United States *
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 ...
* New England * 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 ...
* Pacific Northwest * Southwest *
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 – 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 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. * Appalachian Highlands – lying on the eastern side of the United States, it includes the Appalachian Mountains, Adirondacks and New England 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 ...
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Interior Highlands The U.S. Interior Highlands is a mountainous region in the Central United States spanning northern and western Arkansas, southern Missouri, eastern Oklahoma, and extreme southeastern Kansas. The name is designated by the United States Geologica ...
– also part of the interior contentintal United States, this division includes the Ozark 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 – also divided into the Columbia Plateau, 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, 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. *
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.


Administrative divisions of the United States


States of the United States

At the Declaration of Independence, the United States consisted of 13 states, former colonies 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 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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Territories of the United States

* United States territory **
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


=Unincorporated organized territories

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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 *
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 ...
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Territory of 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 ...


=Unincorporated unorganized territories

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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, uninhabited * Howland Island, uninhabited * Jarvis Island, 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, uninhabited * Bajo Nuevo Bank, 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, uninhabited (disputed with Colombia) * Midway Islands, 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, 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 ...
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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)


Geography of the states and territories

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Demography of the United States

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Climate of the United States


History of the United States


Period-coverage

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


History of the states and territories

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Presidents of the United States

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George Washington George Washington (February 22, 1732, 1799) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Continental Congress as commander of th ...
: 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 Franklin Pierce (November 23, 1804October 8, 1869) was the 14th president of the United States, serving from 1853 to 1857. He was a northern Democrat who believed that the abolitionist movement was a fundamental threat to the nation's unity ...
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James Buchanan James Buchanan Jr. ( ; April 23, 1791June 1, 1868) was an American lawyer, diplomat and politician who served as the 15th president of the United States from 1857 to 1861. He previously served as secretary of state from 1845 to 1849 and repr ...
: 1857–1861 * Abraham Lincoln: 1861–1865 *
Andrew Johnson Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808July 31, 1875) was the 17th president of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869. He assumed the presidency as he was vice president at the time of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Johnson was a Dem ...
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Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant ; April 27, 1822July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As Commanding General, he led the Union Ar ...
: 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 H. Taft William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857March 8, 1930) was the 27th president of the United States (1909–1913) and the tenth chief justice of the United States (1921–1930), the only person to have held both offices. Taft was elected pr ...
: 1909–1913 * Woodrow Wilson: 1913–1921 * Warren G. Harding: 1921–1923 *
Calvin Coolidge Calvin Coolidge (born John Calvin Coolidge Jr.; ; July 4, 1872January 5, 1933) was the 30th president of the United States from 1923 to 1929. Born in Vermont, Coolidge was a History of the Republican Party (United States), Republican lawyer ...
: 1923–1929 * Herbert Hoover: 1929–1933 * Franklin D. Roosevelt: 1933–1945 *
Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. A leader of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 34th vice president from January to April 1945 under Franklin ...
: 1945–1953 * Dwight D. Eisenhower: 1953–1961 * John F. Kennedy: 1961–1963 * Lyndon B. Johnson: 1963–1969 *
Richard M. Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and was t ...
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Gerald Ford Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. ( ; born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913December 26, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 38th president of the United States from 1974 to 1977. He was the only president never to have been elected ...
: 1974–1977 * Jimmy Carter: 1977–1981 *
Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan ( ; February 6, 1911June 5, 2004) was an American politician, actor, and union leader who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He also served as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 ...
: 1981–1989 *
George H. W. Bush George Herbert Walker BushSince around 2000, he has been usually called George H. W. Bush, Bush Senior, Bush 41 or Bush the Elder to distinguish him from his eldest son, George W. Bush, who served as the 43rd president from 2001 to 2009; pr ...
: 1989–1993 * Bill Clinton: 1993–2001 *
George W. Bush George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, Bush family, and son of the 41st president George H. W. Bush, he ...
: 2001–2009 * Barack Obama: 2009–2017 * Donald Trump: 2017–2021 * Joe Biden: 2021–present


Government and politics in the United States

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Form of government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...
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presidential President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university * President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese fu ...
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federal republic A federal republic is a federation of states with a republican form of government. At its core, the literal meaning of the word republic when used to reference a form of government means: "a country that is governed by elected representatives ...
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Capital Capital may refer to: Common uses * Capital city, a municipality of primary status ** List of national capital cities * Capital letter, an upper-case letter Economics and social sciences * Capital (economics), the durable produced goods used f ...
(political) of the United States: Washington, D.C. **
List of Capitals Below is an index of pages containing lists of capital cities. National capitals *List of national capitals *List of national capitals by latitude *List of national capitals by population *List of national capitals by area *List of capital citie ...
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Flag of the United States The national flag of the United States, United States of America, often referred to as the ''American flag'' or the ''U.S. flag'', consists of thirteen equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white, with a blue rect ...
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Political parties in the United States American electoral politics have been dominated by two major political parties since shortly after the founding of the republic of the United States of America. Since the 1850s, the two have been the Democratic Party and the Republican Party ...
* Elections in the United States * Voting rights in the United States *
List of political parties in the United States This is a list of political parties in the United States, both past and present. The list does not include independents. Active parties Major parties Third parties Represented in state legislatures ''The following third parties have ...
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Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to: *Democratic Party (United States) Democratic Party and similar terms may also refer to: Active parties Africa *Botswana Democratic Party *Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea *Gabonese Democratic Party *Demo ...
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History of the United States Democratic Party The Democratic Party is one of the two major political parties of the United States political system and the oldest existing political party in that country founded in the 1830s and 1840s. It is also the oldest voter-based political party in t ...
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Republican Party Republican Party is a name used by many political parties around the world, though the term most commonly refers to the United States' Republican Party. Republican Party may also refer to: Africa *Republican Party (Liberia) * Republican Part ...
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History of the United States Republican Party The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP (meaning Grand Old Party), is one of the two major political parties in the United States. It is the second-oldest extant political party in the United States after its main political rival, t ...
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Green Party A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as social justice, environmentalism and nonviolence. Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundation ...
** Independent Party ** Libertarian Party ** Reform Party ** Constitution Party ** Socialist Party USA * Political divisions of the United States * Canadian and American politics compared * Politics of the Southern United States


Federal government

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United States Constitution The Constitution of the United States is the Supremacy Clause, supreme law of the United States, United States of America. It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution, in 1789. Originally comprising seven ar ...


Legislative branch

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President pro tempore of the United States Senate The president pro tempore of the United States Senate (often shortened to president pro tem) is the second-highest-ranking official of the United States Senate, after the Vice President of the United States, vice president. According to Articl ...
, Patrick Leahy (D-VT) ** United States House of Representatives ***
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives The speaker of the United States House of Representatives, commonly known as the speaker of the House, is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives. The office was established in 1789 by Article I, Section 2 of the U. ...
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Nancy Pelosi Nancy Patricia Pelosi (; ; born March 26, 1940) is an American politician who has served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives since 2019 and previously from 2007 to 2011. She has represented in the United States House of ...
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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 Devi Harris ( ; born October 20, 1964) is an American politician and attorney who is the 49th vice president of the United States. She is the first female vice president and the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history, as well ...
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Kamala D. Harris Kamala Devi Harris ( ; born October 20, 1964) is an American politician and attorney who is the 49th vice president of the United States. She is the first female vice president and the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history, as well ...


=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

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Federal Trade Commission The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is an independent agency of the United States government whose principal mission is the enforcement of civil (non-criminal) antitrust law and the promotion of consumer protection. The FTC shares jurisdiction ov ...
* 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

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Politics of the states and territories

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Foreign relations

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Foreign policy of the United States The officially stated goals of the foreign policy of the United States of America, including all the bureaus and offices in the United States Department of State, as mentioned in the ''Foreign Policy Agenda'' of the Department of State, are ...


International organization membership

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Member state of the Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors The G20 or Group of Twenty is an intergovernmental forum comprising 19 countries and the European Union (EU). It works to address major issues related to the global economy, such as international financial stability, climate change mitigation, ...
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Member state of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) is an international military alliance that consists of 30 member states from Europe and North America. It was established at the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on 4 April 1949. Article 5 of the ...
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Member state of the United Nations The United Nations member states are the sovereign states that are members of the United Nations (UN) and have equal representation in the UN General Assembly. The UN is the world's largest intergovernmental organization. The criteria ...
* Member of the World Health Organization * Member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement *
World Veterans Federation The World Veterans Federation (WVF) is the world's largest international veteran organisation. The federation consists of 172 veterans organizations from 121 countries representing some 60 million veterans worldwide. It is a humanitarian organisa ...


Military

* United States Army ** United States Army Reserve **
Army National Guard The Army National Guard (ARNG), in conjunction with the Air National Guard, is an organized Militia (United States), militia force and a Reserve components of the United States Armed Forces, federal military reserve force of the United States A ...
* United States Marine Corps ** United States Marine Corps Reserve * United States Navy ** United States Navy Reserve * United States Air Force **
Air Force Reserve Command The Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) is a major command (MAJCOM) of the United States Air Force, with its headquarters at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. It is the federal Air Reserve Component (ARC) of the U.S. Air Force, consisting of commiss ...
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Air National Guard The Air National Guard (ANG), also known as the Air Guard, is a federal military reserve force of the United States Air Force, as well as the air militia of each U.S. state, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the ter ...
* United States Space Force * United States Coast Guard ** United States Coast Guard Reserve


Intelligence organizations

* Central Intelligence Agency *
Sixteenth Air Force The Sixteenth Air Force (Air Forces Cyber) (16 AF) is a United States Air Force (USAF) organization responsible for information warfare, which encompasses intelligence gathering and analysis, surveillance, reconnaissance, cyber warfare and ele ...
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United States Army Military Intelligence The Military Intelligence Corps is the intelligence branch of the United States Army. The primary mission of military intelligence in the United States Army is to provide timely, relevant, accurate, and synchronized intelligence and electronic ...
* Defense Intelligence Agency * 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 The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency. Operating under the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Justice, t ...
* Drug Enforcement Administration * Bureau of Intelligence and Research * Office of Intelligence and Analysis * Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence *
Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence The Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence (OICI), also abbreviated IN, DOE-IN, DOE/IN, I&CI, or OIC, was established in 2006 by the merger of pre-existing Energy Department intelligence and security organizations. It is an office of t ...


Law of the United States

* Adoption in the United States *
Age of candidacy laws in the United States This article delineates the age of candidacy laws of the federal government and individual states of the United States. The US has historically had minimum age requirements for many positions, ranging from President to local members of city counci ...
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Arbitration case law in the United States Arbitration in the United States is governed by the Federal Arbitration Act of 1925 (FAA, codified at 9 United States Code, U.S.C. 1 et seq.), which requires courts to compel parties who agree to arbitration to participate in binding arbitration, th ...
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Assisted suicide in the United States Assisted suicide is suicide with the aid of another person. In the United States, the term "assisted suicide" is typically used to describe what proponents refer to as medical aid in dying, in which terminally ill adults are prescribed and self-a ...
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Bankruptcy in the United States In the United States, bankruptcy is largely governed by federal law, commonly referred to as the "Bankruptcy Code" ("Code"). The United States Constitution (Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4) authorizes Congress to enact "uniform Laws on the sub ...
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Bicycle law in the United States Bicycle law in the United States is the law of the United States that regulates the use of bicycles. Although bicycle law is a relatively new specialty within the law, first appearing in the late 1980s, its roots date back to the 1880s and 1890s ...
* Birthright citizenship in the United States * Blasphemy law in the United States *
Blue laws in the United States Blue laws, also known as Sunday laws, are laws that restrict or ban some or all activities on specified days (most often on Sundays in the western world), particularly to promote the observance of a day of rest. Such laws may restrict shopping o ...
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Campaign finance reform in the United States Campaign finance laws in the United States have been a contentious political issue since the early days of the union. The most recent major federal law affecting campaign finance was the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA) of 2002, also know ...
* Cannabis in the United States *
Capital punishment in the United States In the United States, capital punishment is a legal penalty throughout the country at the federal level, in 27 states, and in American Samoa. It is also a legal penalty for some military offenses. Capital punishment has been abolished in 23 s ...
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Capital punishment debate in the United States The debate over capital punishment in the United States existed as early as the colonial period. As of April 2022, it remains a legal penalty within 27 states, the federal government, and military criminal justice systems. The states of Colorado, ...
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Censure in the United States Censure is a formal, public, group condemnation of an individual, often a group member, whose actions run counter to the group's acceptable standards for individual behavior. In the United States, governmental censure is done when a body's members ...
* 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 labor laws in the United States address issues related to the employment and welfare of working children in the United States. The most sweeping federal law that restricts the employment and abuse of child workers is the Fair Labor Standard ...
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Child pornography laws in the United States Child pornography laws in the United States specify that child pornography is illegal under federal law and in all states and is punishable by up to 20 years' imprisonment or a fine of $5000. The Supreme Court of the United States has found child ...
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Child sexual abuse laws in the United States Child sexual abuse laws in the United States have been enacted as part of the nation's child protection policies. Child maltreatment Child sexual abuse has been recognized specifically as a type of child maltreatment in U.S. federal law since t ...
** 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 Separation of powers is a political doctrine originating in the writings of Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu in ''The Spirit of the Laws'', in which he argued for a constitutional government with three separate branches, each of whi ...
* Copyright law in the United States ** Public domain in the United States * Crime in the United States **
Polygamy in the United States Polygamy is the practice of having more than one spouse. Specifically, polygyny is the practice of one man taking more than one wife while polyandry is the practice of one woman taking more than one husband. Polygamy is a common marriage pattern in ...
** Race and crime in the United States ** Rape in the United States **
Scientific plagiarism in the United States Scientific misconduct is the violation of the standard codes of scholarly conduct and ethical behavior in the publication of professional scientific research. A '' Lancet'' review on ''Handling of Scientific Misconduct in Scandinavian countries ...
* Human rights in the United States ** Abortion in the United States ** Censorship in the United States **
Civil liberties in the United States Civil liberties in the United States are certain unalienable rights retained by (as opposed to privileges granted to) citizens of the United States under the Constitution of the United States, as interpreted and clarified by the Supreme Court of t ...
** Freedom of association in the United States ** Freedom of information in the United States **
Freedom of movement under United States law Freedom of movement under United States law is governed primarily by the Privileges and Immunities Clause of the United States Constitution which states, "The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in ...
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Freedom of religion in the United States In the United States, freedom of religion is a constitutionally protected right provided in the religion clauses of the First Amendment. Freedom of religion is closely associated with separation of church and state, a concept advocated by Coloni ...
** Freedom of speech in the United States ** 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 are available in various forms in all states and territories, except American Samoa. All states have legal same-sex marriage, while others have the options of civil unions, domestic partnerships, or reciproca ...
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Domestic partnership in the United States In the United States, domestic partnership is a city-, county-, state-, or employer-recognized status that may be available to same-sex couples and, sometimes, opposite-sex couples. Although similar to marriage, a domestic partnership does not con ...
*** Marriage in the United States **** Common-law marriage in the United States **** Divorce in the United States ****
Same-sex marriage in the United States The availability of legally recognized same-sex marriage in the United States expanded from one state (Massachusetts) in 2004 to all fifty states in 2015 through various court rulings, state legislation, and direct popular votes. States each ...
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Same-sex marriage legislation in the United States In response to court action in a number of states, the United States federal government and a number of state legislatures passed or attempted to pass legislation either prohibiting or allowing same-sex marriage or other types of same-sex unions. ...
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Same-sex marriage status in the United States by state The availability of legally recognized same-sex marriage in the United States expanded from one state (Massachusetts) in 2004 to all fifty states in 2015 through various court rulings, state legislation, and direct popular votes. States each ...
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Prisoner rights in the United States All prisoners have the basic rights needed to survive and sustain a reasonable way of life. Most rights are taken away ostensibly so the prison system can maintain order, discipline, and security. Any of the following rights, given to prisoner ...
** 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 The right to keep and bear arms (often referred to as the right to bear arms) is a right for people to possess weapons (arms) for the preservation of life, liberty, and property. The purpose of gun rights is for self-defense, including securi ...
*** 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 According to the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO), there are 1,138 statutory provisions in which marital status is a factor in determining benefits, rights, and privileges. These rights were a key issue in the debate over federa ...
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Smoking in the United States Tobacco has a long history in the United States. Tobacco distribution is measured in the United States using the term, "tobacco outlet density." An estimated 34.3 million people, or 14% of all adults (aged 18 years or older), in the United State ...
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Smoking bans in the United States Smoking bans are public policies, including criminal laws and occupational safety and health regulations, that prohibit tobacco smoking in certain spaces. The United States Congress has not attempted to enact any type of nationwide federal smok ...
* Law enforcement in the United States *
Local ordinance A local ordinance is a law issued by a local government. such as a municipality, county, parish, prefecture, or the like. China In Hong Kong, all laws enacted by the territory's Legislative Council remain to be known as ''Ordinances'' () af ...
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Rent control in the United States In the United States, rent control refers to laws or ordinances that set price controls on the rent of residential housing to function as a price ceiling. More loosely, "rent control" describes sever ...
* 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 State law refers to the law of a federated state, as distinguished from the law of the federation of which it is a part. It is used when the constituent components of a federation are themselves called states. Federations made up of provinces, cant ...
* Taxation in the United States ** Capital gains tax in the United States ** Cigarette taxes in the United States **
Internal Revenue Code The Internal Revenue Code (IRC), formally the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, is the domestic portion of federal statutory tax law in the United States, published in various volumes of the United States Statutes at Large, and separately as Title 26 ...
** Property tax in the United States * Zoning in the United States


Culture of the United States

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American humor American humor refers collectively to the conventions and common threads that tie together humor in the United States. It is often defined in comparison to the humor of another country – for example, how it is different from British humor and ...
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American family structure The traditional family structure in the United States is considered a family support system involving two married individuals providing care and stability for their biological offspring. However, this two-parent, heterosexual, nuclear family ...
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Architecture of the United States The architecture of the United States demonstrates a broad variety of architectural styles and built forms over the country's history of over two centuries of independence and former Spanish and British rule. Architecture in the United States h ...
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Languages of the United States The United States does not have an official language at the federal level, but the most commonly used language is English language, English (specifically, American English), which is the de facto national language. It is also the language spoke ...
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American English American English, sometimes called United States English or U.S. English, is the set of variety (linguistics), varieties of the English language native to the United States. English is the Languages of the United States, most widely spoken lan ...
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Religion in the United States Christianity is the most widely professed religion in the United States, with Protestantism being its largest branch, although the country is believed to be "rapidly secularizing".
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Society of the United States The society of the United States is based on Western culture, and has been developing since long before the United States became a country with its own unique social and cultural characteristics such as dialect, music, arts, social habits, ...
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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 ...


American cuisine

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


Historical cuisine

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American Chinese cuisine American Chinese cuisine is a cuisine derived from Chinese cuisine that was developed by Chinese Americans. The dishes served in many North American Chinese restaurants are adapted to American tastes and often differ significantly from those ...
* Cajun cuisine * Italian-American cuisine * Louisiana Creole cuisine *
Midwestern cuisine Midwestern cuisine is a regional cuisine of the American Midwest. It draws its culinary roots most significantly from the cuisines of Central, Northern and Eastern Europe, and Native North America, and is influenced by regionally and locally g ...
* Native American cuisine * Southern cuisine * Southwestern cuisine * Tex-Mex cuisine


Cuisine of the regions

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


Art in the United States

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American Literature American literature is literature written or produced in the United States of America and in the colonies that preceded it. The American literary tradition thus is part of the broader tradition of English-language literature, but also inc ...
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Great American Novel The Great American Novel (sometimes abbreviated as GAN) is a canonical novel that is thought to embody the essence of America, generally written by an American and dealing in some way with the question of America's national character. The ter ...
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Dance in the United States There is great variety in dance in the United States of America. It is the home of the hip hop dance, salsa, swing, tap dance and its derivative Rock and Roll, and modern square dance (associated with the United States of America due to its hi ...
* Museums in the United States * Music of the United States * Theater of the United States ** American playwrights * Television in the United States *
Visual arts of the United States Visual art of the United States or American art is visual art made in the United States or by U.S. artists. Before colonization there were many flourishing traditions of Native American art, and where the Spanish colonized Spanish Colonial arch ...


Film

* Cinema of the United States * Academy Award *
Golden Globe Award The Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association beginning in January 1944, recognizing excellence in both American and international film and television. Beginning in 2022, there are 105 members of t ...
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Film production companies This is a list of Filmmaking, film production and film distribution, distribution companies. A production company may specialize in producing their in-house films or own subsidiary development companies. Major production companies often distribute ...


Music in the United States

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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (RRHOF), sometimes simply referred to as the Rock Hall, is a museum A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and othe ...


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Bluegrass music Bluegrass music is a genre of American roots music The term American folk music encompasses numerous music genres, variously known as ''traditional music'', ''traditional folk music'', ''contemporary folk music'', ''vernacular music,'' or ...
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Blues Blues is a music genre and musical form which originated in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues incorporated spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts, chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads from the Afr ...
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Contemporary Christian music Contemporary Christian music, also known as CCM, Christian pop, and occasionally inspirational music is a genre of modern popular music, and an aspect of Christian media, which is lyrically focused on matters related to the Christian faith and s ...
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Gospel music Gospel music is a traditional genre of Christian music, and a cornerstone of Christian media. The creation, performance, significance, and even the definition of gospel music varies according to culture and social context. Gospel music is com ...
* Hardcore punk * Heavy metal * Hip hop * Jazz * Punk rock * R&B music * Rock music * Soul music


=Music in the states and territories

= AK – 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

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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 **** Geothermal energy in the United States **** Solar power in the United States **** Wind power in the United States *****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
Official government site {{DEFAULTSORT:United States Outlines of countries, United States United States-related lists,