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Source: The World Factbook
| Area: | 9,631,418 sq km |
| Capital: | Washington D.C. |
| Geographic coordinates: | 38 00 N, 97 00 W |
| Climate: | mostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and Florida, arctic in Alaska, semiarid in the great plains west of the Mississippi River, and arid in the Great Basin of the southwest; low winter temperatures in the northwest are ameliorated occasionally in January and February by warm chinook winds from the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains |
| Government: | Constitution-based federal republic; strong democratic tradition |
| Currency: | US dollar (USD) |
| Literacy(%): | 97 |
| Languages: | English, Spanish (spoken by a sizable minority) |
| Ethnicity/race: | white, black, Asian, Amerindian and Alaska native, native Hawaiian and other Pacific islander, other |
| Religions: | Protestant, Roman Catholic, Mormon, Jewish, Muslim, other, none |
| Population | 293027571[04] |
| Population growth rate(%) | 0.92[04] |
| Net migration rate per 1000 | 3.41[04] |
| Currency (per US$) | 0.6139[03] |
| GDP: purchasing power parity(PPP) (US$ billion) | 10990[04] |
| GDP growth (annual%) | 3.1[04] |
| GDP - PPP per capita (US$) | 37800[04] |
| Sources: World Factbook, CIA |
| Industries: | leading industrial power in the world, highly diversified and technologically advanced; petroleum, steel, motor vehicles, aerospace, telecommunications, chemicals, electronics, food processing, consumer goods, lumber, mining |
| Natural resources: | coal, copper, lead, molybdenum, phosphates, uranium, bauxite, gold, iron, mercury, nickel, potash, silver, tungsten, zinc, petroleum, natural gas, timber |
Trade & Investment Statistics | |
| Foreign direct investment (US$ billion) | 39.9[03] |
| Direct investment abroad (US$ billion) | 173.8[03] |
| Source: OECD International Direct Investment Database. | |
| Imports (US$ billion) | 1260[03] |
| Exports(US$ billion) | 714.5[03] |
| Source: CIA World Factbook |
| Imports: | crude oil and refined petroleum products, machinery, automobiles, consumer goods, industrial raw materials, food and beverages |
| Import partners: | Canada, China, Mexico, Japan, Germany |
| Exports: | capital goods, automobiles, industrial supplies and raw materials, consumer goods, agricultural products |
| Export partners: | Canada, Mexico, Japan, UK, Germany |
R&D Output | |
| High technology exports % of manufactured exports | 32[02] |
R&D expenditure | |
| GERD as a % of GDP | 2.61[03] |
| GERD (US$ billion) | 283.8[03] |
GERD expenditure by sector | |
| Industry (US$ billion) | 193.7[03] |
| Government federal (US$ billion) | 25.0[03] |
| Universities & Colleges (US$ billion) | 40.3[03] |
| FFRDCs (US$ billion) | 12.2[03] |
| Other non-profit institutions | 12.7[03] |
GERD - Source of funds | |
| Industry (US$ billion) | 179.6[03] |
| Federal government(US$ billion) | 85.3[03] |
| Non-federal government (US$ billion) | 18.9[03] |
BERD & GDP | |
| BERD as a % of GDP | 1.87[03] |
| BERD (US$ billion) | 193.7[03] |
R&D Output/Innovation | |
| U.S. patent citations to S&E articles | 71807[02] |
| Labor force in million (2004) | 146.5[04] |
| Scientists & Engineer work force (million) | 5.41[02] |
| Annual tele- communication investment (million US$) | 29620[01] |
| Television equipped households in million | 106.64[02] |
| Number of PCs in Millions in 2002 (penetration% given in brackets) | 190(65.9)[02] |
| Fixed phones (millions (penetration%)) | 186.2[02] |
| Mobile phone(millions (penetration%)) | 140.8(48.8)[02] |
| Internet users(millions (penetration%)) | 165.8[02] |
| Internet hosts(million) | 115.3[02] |