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AbOUT USA

USA or US is commonly referred for United States of America. USA is formed following the Treaty of Paris in 1783 after years of colonization from European Countries. USA is the first country to fight and gain Independence from a European nation.

• Regions

USA consists of 50 states and these are divided into 5 regions. A region is a group of states consisting common features. These features may be natural or artificial in nature. Some of the examples to define a region are Language, Government, Religion, Forests, Wildlife or Climate. The 5 different regions in the USA are -

• Northeast

• Southwest

• West

• Southeast

• Midwest

Time Zones

USA has the most number of time zones in the world not counting the dependent territories. It has 9 different time zones.

• Atlantic Time Zone (UTC -04:00)

• Eastern Time Zone (UTC -05:00)

• Central Time Zone (UTC -06:00)

• Mountain Time Zone (UTC -07:00)

• Pacific Time Zone (UTC -08:00)

• Alaska Time Zone (UTC -09:00)

• Hawaii – Aleutian Time Zone (UTC -10:00)

• Samoa Time Zone (UTC -11:00)

• Chamorro Time Zone (UTC +10:00)

Population

USA has a total population of 319 million as of July, 2014 estimates. 79.96% of the population is White, 12.85% is Black, 4.43% is Asian, 0.97% is American Indian or Alaskan, 0.18% is Pacific Islander and 1.61% of people with two or more races as per July 2007 estimates.

Language

There is no official national language in USA. But English has acquired official status in 31 out of 50 states, while Hawaiian is official in Hawaii. 79.2% of people speak English, 12.9% of people speak Spanish, 3.8% of people speak Indo-European languages, 3.3% of people speak Asian while 0.9% speak others languages as per 2011 estimates

Economy

USA is by far the largest and the most powerful nation on the earth. It has a per-capita income GDP of $49,800. Some of the important numbers about the US economy as per 2014 estimates

• GDP: $17.46 Trillion (Purchasing Power Parity)

• GDP: $17.42 Trillion (Official Exchange Rate)

• GDP Growth Rate: 2.42

• GDP Per capita: $54,800

• Gross National Savings: 17.3% of GDP

Reference: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html