Michelle-Curt

=U n i t e d S t a t e s =

Curt and Michelle

15-64 years: 66.8% (male 104,411,352/female 104,808,064) 65 years and over: 13.1% (male 17,745,363/female 23,377,542 || male: 75.92 years female: 80.93 years || male: 99% female: 99% ||
 * ~ Geography ||~  ||
 * Location || North America ||
 * Geographic Coordinates || 38 00 North, 97 00 West ||
 * Continent || North America ||
 * Area || 9,826,675 Sq. Kilometers= 3,794,100 Sq Miles ||
 * Area Comparison || About half the size of Russia, three-tenths the size of Africa, about half the size of South America, slightly larger than China, More than the size of the European Union ||
 * Border Countries || Mexico, Canada ||
 * 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 in January and February by warm winds from the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains ||
 * Terrain || Vast central plain, mountains in west, hills and low mountains in east, rugged mountains and broad river valleys in Alaska, rugged and volcanic topography in Hawaii ||
 * Natural Resources || Coal, copper, lead, molybdenum, phosphates, rare earth elements, uranium, bauxite, gold, iron, mercury, nickel, potash, silver, tungsten, zinc, petroleum, natural gas and timber ||
 * Natural Hazards || Tsunamis, volcanoes, earthquake activity around Pacific Basin, hurricanes along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts, tornadoes in the Midwest and Southeast, mud slides in California, forest fires in the west, flooding, permafrost in northern Alaska, a major impediment to development ||
 * ~ People ||~  ||
 * Total Population || 313,232,044 ||
 * Age Structure || 0-14 years: 20.1% (male 32,107,900/female 30,781,823)
 * Life Expectancy || total population: 78.37 years
 * Nationality || white 79.96%, black 12.85%, Asian 4.43%, Amerindian and Alaska native 0.97%, native Hawaiian and other Pacific islander 0.18%, two or more races 1.61% ||
 * Religions || Protestant 51.3%, Roman Catholic 23.9%, Mormon 1.7%, other Christian 1.6%, Jewish 1.7%, Buddhist 0.7%, Muslim 0.6%, other or unspecified 2.5%, unaffiliated 12.1%, none 4% ||
 * Languages || English 82.1%, Spanish 10.7%, other Indo-European 3.8%, Asian and Pacific island 2.7%, other 0.7% ||
 * Literacy || Definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99%


 * ~ Government ||~  ||
 * Country Name || United States of America ||
 * Government Type || Constitution-based federal republic; strong democratic tradition ||
 * Capital || Washington, DC ||
 * Chief of State/ Head of government || President Barack H. OBAMA (since 20 January 2009); Vice President Joseph R. BIDEN (since 20 January 2009) ||


 * ~ Economy ||~  ||
 * Agriculture || wheat, corn, other grains, fruits, vegetables, cotton; beef, pork, poultry, dairy products, fish and forest products ||
 * Industry || highly diversified, world leading, high-technology innovator, second largest industrial output in world; petroleum, steel, motor vehicles, aerospace, telecommunications, chemicals, electronics, food processing, consumer goods, lumber, mining ||
 * Exported Commodities || agricultural products (soybeans, fruit, corn) 9.2%, industrial supplies (organic chemicals) 26.8%, capital goods (transistors, aircraft, motor vehicle parts, computers, telecommunications equipment) 49.0%, consumer goods (automobiles, medicines) 15.0% ||
 * Imported Commodities || agricultural products 4.9%, industrial supplies 32.9% (crude oil 8.2%), capital goods 30.4% (computers, telecommunications equipment, motor vehicle parts, office machines, electric power machinery), consumer goods 31.8% (automobiles, clothing, medicines, furniture, toys) ||
 * Currency || 1 Dollar ||
 * ~ Communication ||~  ||
 * Number of Land Line Phones || 151 million ||
 * Number of Cell Phones || 279 million ||


 * ~ Transportation ||~  ||
 * Airports || 15,079 ||
 * Paved Airports || 5,194 ||
 * Roadways || 6,506,204 km ||
 * Roadway Compared To The World || 1 ||


 * ~ Sources ||~  ||
 * CIA Fact Book || [|http://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html] ||
 * Dollar Bills || [|http://www.squidoo.com] ||
 * White House || [|http://www.answers.yourdictionary.com] ||
 * Barack Obama || [|http://www.whitehouse.gov] ||