Outline of the United States

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the United States of America:

General reference

Pronunciation: /jÊŠËŒnaÉª.tÉªd ËˆsteÉªts/
Abbreviations: USA or US
Common English country name: United States
Official English country name: United States of America
Common endonyms: United States, U.S., U.S.A., America
Official endonym: United States of America
Common exonyms: United States; America or The States (chiefly British/Commonwealth); North America (chiefly Latin America)
Adjectivals: United States, American
Demonyms: American (among others)
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International rankings of the United States
ISO country codes: US, USA, 840
ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:US
Internet country code top-level domain: .us

Geography of the United States

The United States is: a megadiverse country
Location (50 states):
- Northern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere (except western Aleutian Islands)
  - Americas
    - North America
      - Northern America
  - Oceania
    - Polynesia
- Time zones:
  - Atlantic Standard Time (UTC-04), Atlantic Daylight Time (UTC-03) (Puerto Rico)
  - Eastern Standard Time (UTC-05), Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-04)
  - Central Standard Time (UTC-06), Central Daylight Time (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 71Â°23â€²15â€³N 156Â°28â€²52â€³W
  - South: Ka Lae, Island of Hawai'i, Hawai'i (18Â°54â€²39â€³N 155Â°40â€²52â€³W)
  - East: Sail Rock, just offshore West Quoddy Head, Maine 44Â°48â€²54â€³N 66Â°56â€²52â€³W
  - Physically East: Eastern Semisopochnoi Island, Alaska 51Â°57â€²40â€³N 179Â°46â€²29â€³E
  - West: Peaked Island, offshore Cape Wrangell, Attu Island, Alaska 52Â°55â€²00â€³N 172Â°26â€²00â€³E
  - Physically West: Western Amatignak Island, Alaska 51Â°16â€²06â€³N 179Â°09â€²00â€³W
  - High: Mount McKinley (Denali), Alaska at 6,194 meters (20,322Â ft) 63Â°4â€²10â€³N 151Â°0â€²26â€³W
  - Low: Badwater Basin, Death Valley, California at âˆ'86 meters (âˆ'282Â ft) 36Â°13â€²58â€³N 116Â°46â€²42â€³W
- Land boundaries: 12,034Â km (7,477Â mi)

Â Canada 8,893 km (5,525 mi)

Â Mexico 3,141 km (1,951 mi)

Coastline: 19,924 km (12,380 mi)

Population of the United States: 308,745,538 (2010 census) â€" 3rd most populous country
Area of the United States: 9,826,630Â km² (3,794,080Â sqÂ mi) â€" 3rd 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
- Climate change in the United States
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
National parks of the United States
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
  - Birds of the United States
  - Mammals of the United States

Geographic features of the United States

Fjords of the United States
Glaciers of the United States
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
- Alaska Range
- Appalachian Mountains
- Black Hills
- Cascade Range
- Ozark Mountains
- Sierra Nevada
- Rocky Mountains
- Volcanoes of the United States
Rivers of the United States
- Columbia River
- Colorado River
- Hudson River
- Mississippi River
- Missouri River
- Potomac River
- Rio Grande
- Ohio River
- Delaware River
- Susquehanna River

- Waterfalls of the United States
Valleys of the United States
List of World Heritage Sites in the United States

Regions of the United States

East Coast of the United States
West Coast of the United States

Belt regions of the United States
New England
Mid-Atlantic
The South
Midwest
Great Plains
Pacific Northwest
Southwest
Hawaiian Archipelago

Physiographic divisions of the United States

The geography of the United States varies across their immense area. Within the contential 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 that extends into the northern United States Great Lakes area.
Atlantic Plain - 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 - part of the interior contentintal United States, it includes much of what is called the Great Plains.
Interior Highlands - also part of the interior contentintal United States, this division includes the Ozark Plateau.
Rocky Mountain System - one branch of the Cordilleran system lying far inland in the western states.
Intermontane Plateaus - also divided into the Columbia Plateau, the Colorado Plateau 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 Great Basin and Death Valley.
Pacific Mountain System - 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:

Territories of the United States

United States territory
- Territorial evolution of the United States

Incorporated organized territories

none since 1959

Incorporated unorganized territories

Palmyra Atoll

Unincorporated organized territories

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Territory of Guam
Territory of the United States Virgin Islands

Unincorporated unorganized territories

Territory of American Samoa, technically unorganized, but self-governing under a constitution last revised in 1967
Baker Island, uninhabited
Howland Island, uninhabited
Jarvis Island, uninhabited
Johnston Atoll, uninhabited
Kingman Reef, uninhabited
Bajo Nuevo Bank, uninhabited (disputed with Colombia)
Serranilla Bank, uninhabited (disputed with Colombia)
Midway Islands, no indigenous inhabitants, currently included in the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
Navassa Island, uninhabited (claimed by Haiti)
Wake Atoll consisting of Peale, Wake and Wilkes Islands, 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

Main article: Demography of the United States

Demographics of the states and territories

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Climate of the United States

History of the United States

Main outline: Outline of United States history

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 present

History of the states and territories

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Presidents of the United States

George Washington: 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: 1853-1857
James Buchanan: 1857-1861
Abraham Lincoln: 1861-1865
Andrew Johnson: 1865-1869
Ulysses S. Grant: 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: 1909-1913
Woodrow Wilson: 1913-1921
Warren Harding: 1921-1923
Calvin Coolidge: 1923-1929
Herbert Hoover: 1929-1933
Franklin D. Roosevelt: 1933-1945
Harry S. Truman: 1945-1953
Dwight D. Eisenhower: 1953-1961
John F. Kennedy: 1961-1963
Lyndon B. Johnson: 1963-1969
Richard M. Nixon: 1969-1974
Gerald Ford: 1974-1977
Jimmy Carter: 1977-1981
Ronald Reagan: 1981-1989
George H. W. Bush: 1989-1993
Bill Clinton: 1993-2001
George W. Bush: 2001-2009
Barack Obama: 2009â€"Present

Government and politics in the United States

Main articles: Government of the United States and Politics of the United States

Form of government: presidential, federal republic
Capital (political) of the United States: Washington, D.C.
- List of Capitals
Flag of the United States
Political parties in the United States
Elections in the United States
Voting rights in the United States
List of political parties in the United States
- Democratic Party
  - History of the United States Democratic Party
- Republican Party
  - History of the United States Republican Party
- Green Party
- Independent Party
- Libertarian Party
- Reform Party
- Constitution Party
- Socialist Party USA
Political divisions of the United States
Canadian and American politics compared
International Politics of the United States
Politics of the Southern United States

Federal government

United States Constitution

Legislative branch

United States Congress
- United States Senate
  - President pro tempore of the United States Senate
- United States House of Representatives
  - Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

Executive branch

Head of state and head of government: President of the United States, Barack H. Obama(44th)
- Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden(47th)

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

Federal Trade Commission
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Judicial branch

United States federal courts
- United States Supreme Court
  - Chief Justice of the United States
- 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

Foreign policy of the United States

International organization membership

Member state of the Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors
Member state of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Member state of the Organization of American States
Member state of the United Nations
Member of the World Health Organization
Member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement
World Veterans Federation

Military

United States Army
- United States Army Reserve
United States Marine Corps
- United States Marine Corps Reserve
United States Navy
- United States Navy Reserve
- United States Navy SEALS
United States Air Force
- Air Force Reserve Command
United States Coast Guard
- United States Coast Guard Reserve
National Guard of the United States
- Army National Guard
- Air National Guard
- Naval militia
- State Defense Forces
Uniformed services of the United States
- United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps

US Military Awards and Decorations

Awards and decorations of the United States military
- Medal of Honor recipients

Intelligence Organizations

Central Intelligence Agency
Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency
United States Army Military Intelligence
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
Drug Enforcement Administration
Bureau of Intelligence and Research
Office of Intelligence and Analysis
Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence
Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence

Law of the United States

Main article: Law of the United States

Adoption in the United States
Age of candidacy laws in the United States
Arbitration in the United States
- Arbitration case law in the United States
Assisted suicide in the United States
Attorneys in the United States
Bankruptcy in the United States
Bicycle law in the United States
Birthright citizenship in the United States
Blasphemy law in the United States
Blue laws in the United States
Campaign finance reform in the United States
- Canadian cricket team in the United States in 1844
Capital punishment in the United States
- Capital punishment debate in the United States
Censure in the United States
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 pornography laws in the United States
- Child sexual abuse laws in the United States
- 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
Copyright law in the United States
- Public domain in the United States
Crime in the United States
- Polygamy in the United States
- Race and crime in the United States
- Rape in the United States
- Scientific plagiarism in the United States
Human rights in the United States
- Abortion in the United States
- Censorship in the United States
- Civil liberties in the United States
- Freedom of association in the United States
- Freedom of information in the United States
- Freedom of movement under United States law
- Freedom of religion in the United States
- 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
  - Domestic partnership in the United States
  - Marriage in the United States
    - Common-law marriage in the United States
    - Divorce in the United States
    - Same-sex marriage in the United States
      - Same-sex marriage law in the United States by state
      - Same-sex marriage legislation in the United States
      - Same-sex marriage status in the United States by state
- Prisoner rights in the United States
- 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
  - 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
- Smoking in the United States
  - Smoking bans in the United States
Law enforcement in the United States
Local ordinance
Rent control in the United States
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
Taxation in the United States
- Capital gains tax in the United States
- Cigarette taxes in the United States
- Internal Revenue Code
- Property tax in the United States
Zoning in the United States

Culture of the United States

Main article: Culture of the United States

American humor
American family structure
Languages of the United States
- American English
National symbols of the United States
Religion in the United States
Society of the United States
World Heritage Sites in the United States

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

Cajun cuisine
Louisiana Creole cuisine
Midwestern cuisine
Native American cuisine
Southern cuisine
Southwestern cuisine
Tex-Mex cuisine

Cuisine of the states and territories

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Art in the United States

American Literature
- American novelists
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
- Andy Warhol

Film

Cinema of the United States
Academy Award
Golden Globe Award
Highest-grossing films
Film production companies

Music in the United States

Best-selling Music Artists
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Genres

Alternative rock
Bluegrass music
Blues music
Country music
Folk music
Gospel music
Hardcore punk
Heavy metal
Hip hop
Jazz
Punk rock
R&B music
Rock music
Soul music

Music in the states and territories

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Radio

Radio in the United States
- National Association of Broadcasters
- NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame

Sports in the United States

Main article: Sports in the United States

Football in the United States
Baseball in the United States
Little League Baseball
Soccer in the United States
Stadiums in the United States

List of Major Sports Leagues in the United States

Main article: Major North American professional sports leagues

Sports by state and territory

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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

Main article: Education in the United States

Lists of schools in the United States
- List of Baptist schools in the United States
- List of independent Catholic schools in the United States
- List of international schools in the United States
- List of Lutheran schools in the United States

Education in the states and territories

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Economy and infrastructure of the United States

Main article: Economy of the United States

Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2010): 1st
Economic rank, by GDP (PPP) (2010): 1st

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)
Companies of the United States
- 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
Industry trade groups in the United States
Tourism in the United States
- Shopping malls in the United States
Transportation 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
- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
- World Trade Organization
Wealth in the United States
- 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

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Tourism in the United States

Walt Disney World
Hollywood
Ski Resorts

References

External links

United States travel guide from Wikivoyage

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 EncyclopÃ¦dia 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
The 50 States of the U.S.A. Collected informational links for each state

History

Historical Documents Collected by the National Center for Public Policy Research
U.S. National Mottos: History and Constitutionality Analysis by the Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance
USA Collected links to historical data

Maps

Wikimedia Atlas of the United States
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

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