Business Consulting - North America: United States
Overview (Taken from the CIA World Factbook and Wikipedia)
Country Name:
Long - United States of America
Short - United States
Population:
301,139,947 (July 2007 est.)
Age Structure:
0-14 years: 20.2% (male 31,152,050/female 29,777,438)
15-64 years: 67.2% (male 100,995,752/female 101,365,035)
65 years and over: 12.6% (male 15,858,477/female 21,991,195) (2007 est.)
Median Age:
total: 36.6 years
male: 35.3 years
female: 37.9 years (2007 est.)
Population Growth Rate:
0.894% (2007 est.)
Birth Rate:
14.16 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Religions:
Protestant 52%, Roman Catholic 24%, Mormon 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 1%, other 10%, none 10% (2002 est.)
Languages:
English 82.1%, Spanish 10.7%, other Indo-European 3.8%, Asian and Pacific island 2.7%, other 0.7% (2000 census)
note: Hawaiian is an official language in the state of Hawaii
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.)
Government Type:
Constitution-based federal republic; strong democratic tradition
Capital City:
Washington, DC
Administrative Divisions:
50 states and 1 district*; Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia*, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
Holidays in the United States:
* New Year's Day - January 1.
* Martin Luther King Day - The third Monday in January. Honors Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.
* Inauguration Day - January 20th, every fourth year, following the Presidential election. Observed by federal employees in Washington DC and surrounding counties only.
* Washington's Birthday - The third Monday in February. Commemorates the birth of the first US President, George Washington. Now commonly called "President's Day" in honor of both President Washington and President Abraham Lincoln.
* Memorial Day - The last Monday in May. Honors America's war dead.
* Independence Day - July 4. Commonly called "the Fourth of July" or "July 4th". Celebrates America's Declaration of Independence.
* Labor Day - The first Monday in September. Celebrate workers and the labor movement.
* Columbus Day - Second Monday in October. Honors Christopher Columbus, traditional discoverer of the Americas.
* Veterans Day - November 11. Honors veterans of the United States armed forces.
* Thanksgiving Day - Fourth Thursday in November
* Christmas Day - December 25.
Labor Force:
151.4 million (includes unemployed) (2006 est.)
Labor Force - by occupation:
farming, forestry, and fishing 0.7%,
manufacturing, extraction, transportation, and crafts 22.9%,
managerial, professional, and technical 34.9%,
sales and office 25%,
other services 16.5%
note: figures exclude the unemployed (2006)
Unemployment Rate:
4.8% (2006 est.)
Telephone Lines:
268 million (2003)
Cellular Phones:
219.4 million (2005)
Internet Country Code:
.us
Internet Users:
205.327 million (2005)
Airports:
14,858 (2006)
Railways:
total: 226,605 km
standard gauge: 226,605 km 1.435-m gauge (2004)
Roadways:
total: 6,430,366 km
paved: 4,165,110 km (includes 75,009 km of expressways)
unpaved: 2,265,256 km (2005)
Waterways:
41,009 km (19,312 km used for commerce)
note: Saint Lawrence Seaway of 3,769 km, including the Saint Lawrence River of 3,058 km, shared with Canada (2007)
Ports and Terminals:
Corpus Christi, Duluth, Hampton Roads, Houston, Long Beach, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, Tampa, Texas City
note: 13 ports north of New Orleans (South Louisiana Ports) on the Mississippi River handle 290,000,000 tons of cargo annually
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