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Full country name: The United States of America
Area: 3,618,000 sq miles
(9,629,091 sq km)
land: 9,158,960 sq km
water : 470,131 sq km
Share of world land area : 6.2%
Northernmost point: Point Barrow, Alaska
Easternmost point: West Quoddy Head, Maine
Southernmost point: Ka Lae (South Cape), Hawaii
Westernmost point: Cape Wrangell, Alaska
Geographic center: West of Castle Rock, S.D., in Butte County, S.D. (44' 58' N. lat., 103' 46' W. long.)
Population: 265,000,000 (1% growth rate)
267,954,764 (July 1997 est.)
Capital city: Washington, DC (pop: 607,000)
Largest cities (1990 census):
New York, 7,322,564;
Los Angeles, 3,485,398;
Chicago, 2,783,726;
Houston, 1,630,553;
Philadelphia, 1,585,577;
San Diego, 1,110,549;
Detroit, 1,027,974;
Dallas, 1,006,877;
Phoenix, 983,403;
San Antonio, 935,933
People: Caucasian (74%), African American (12%), Latino (9%), Asian (3%), Native American (0.8%)
Languages: English, plus many secondary languages, chiefly Spanish
Religion: Protestant (56%), Roman Catholic (28%), Jewish (2%), Muslim (1%)
Government: Federal republic of 50 states
President: Bill Clinton
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