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Daten & Fakten

Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

Capital

Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

name: Washington, DC

geographic coordinates: 38 53 N, 77 02 W

time difference: UTC-5 (during Standard Time)

daylight saving time: +1hr, begins second Sunday in March; ends first Sunday in November

time zone note: the 50 United States cover six time zones

etymology: named after George WASHINGTON (1732-1799), the first president of the United States

Citizenship

Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

citizenship by birth: yes

citizenship by descent only: yes

dual citizenship recognized: no, but the US government acknowledges such situtations exist; US citizens are not encouraged to seek dual citizenship since it limits protection by the US

residency requirement for naturalization: 5 years

Legal system

Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

common law system based on English common law at the federal level; state legal systems based on common law, except Louisiana, where state law is based on Napoleonic civil code; judicial review of legislative acts

Suffrage

Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

18 years of age; universal

Area

Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

total: 9,833,517 sq km

land: 9,147,593 sq km

water: 685,924 sq km

note: includes only the 50 states and District of Columbia, no overseas territories

Land use

Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

agricultural land: 44.5% (2018 est.)

arable land: 16.8% (2018 est.)

permanent crops: 0.3% (2018 est.)

permanent pasture: 27.4% (2018 est.)

forest: 33.3% (2018 est.)

other: 22.2% (2018 est.)

Location

Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

North America, bordering both the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Pacific Ocean, between Canada and Mexico

Age structure

Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

0-14 years: 18.15% (male 31,509,186/female 30,154,408)

15-64 years: 63.72% (male 108,346,275/female 108,100,830)

65 years and over: 18.12% (2023 est.) (male 27,589,149/female 33,965,270)

Birth rate

Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

12.2 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Death rate

Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

8.4 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Languages

Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

English only 78.2%, Spanish 13.4%, Chinese 1.1%, other 7.3% (2017 est.)

note: data represent the language spoken at home; the US has no official national language, but English has acquired official status in 32 of the 50 states; Hawaiian is an official language in the state of Hawaii, and 20 indigenous languages are official in Alaska

Life expectancy at birth

Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

total population: 80.8 years (2023 est.)

male: 78.5 years

female: 82.9 years

Major urban areas - population

Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

18.937 million New York-Newark, 12.534 million Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, 8.937 million Chicago, 6.707 million Houston, 6.574 million Dallas-Fort Worth, 5.490 million WASHINGTON, D.C. (capital) (2023)

Median age

Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

total: 38.5 years (2020)

male: 37.2 years

female: 39.8 years

Mother's mean age at first birth

Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

27 years (2019 est.)

Net migration rate

Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Population distribution

Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

large urban clusters are spread throughout the eastern half of the US (particularly the Great Lakes area, northeast, east, and southeast) and the western tier states; mountainous areas, principally the Rocky Mountains and Appalachian chain, deserts in the southwest, the dense boreal forests in the extreme north, and the central prarie states are less densely populated; Alaska's population is concentrated along its southern coast - with particular emphasis on the city of Anchorage - and Hawaii's is centered on the island of Oahu

Population growth rate

Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

0.68% (2023 est.)

Total fertility rate

Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

1.84 children born/woman (2023 est.)

Urbanization

Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

urban population: 83.3% of total population (2023)

rate of urbanization: 0.96% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

Education expenditures

Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

6.1% of GDP (2020 est.)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

total: 16 years

male: 16 years

female: 17 years (2020)

Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)

Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

-3.4% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Industrial production growth rate

Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

3.25% (2021 est.)

Labor force

Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

164.797 million (2021 est.)

note: includes unemployed

Population below poverty line

Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

15.1% (2010 est.)

Unemployment rate

Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

5.46% (2021 est.)

8.05% (2020 est.)

3.67% (2019 est.)

Public debt

Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

126.39% of GDP (2020 est.)

100.9% of GDP (2019 est.)

99.15% of GDP (2018 est.)

note: data cover only what the United States Treasury denotes as "Debt Held by the Public," which includes all debt instruments issued by the Treasury that are owned by non-US Government entities; the data include Treasury debt held by foreign entities; the data exclude debt issued by individual US states, as well as intragovernmental debt; intragovernmental debt consists of Treasury borrowings from surpluses in the trusts for Federal Social Security, Federal Employees, Hospital and Supplemental Medical Insurance (Medicare), Disability and Unemployment, and several other smaller trusts; if data for intragovernment debt were added, "gross debt" would increase by about one-third of GDP

Inflation rate (consumer prices)

Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

4.7% (2021 est.)

1.23% (2020 est.)

1.81% (2019 est.)

Exports

Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

$2.557 trillion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$2.159 trillion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$2.546 trillion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

Exports - partners

Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

Canada 16%, Mexico 15%, China 9%, Japan 4%, South Korea 4% (2021)

Imports

Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

$3.402 trillion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$2.813 trillion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$3.106 trillion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

Imports - partners

Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

China 19%, Mexico 13%, Canada 13%, Germany 5%, Japan 5% (2021)

Airports

Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

13,513 (2022)

note - 24.5% of airports are public

Broadband - fixed subscriptions

Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

total: 121.176 million (2020 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 37 (2020 est.)

Internet users

Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

total: 312.8 million (2021 est.)

percent of population: 92% (2021 est.)

Railways

Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

total: 293,564.2 km (2014)

standard gauge: 293,564.2 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge

Roadways

Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

total: 6,586,610 km (2012)

paved: 4,304,715 km (2012) (includes 76,334 km of expressways)

unpaved: 2,281,895 km (2012)

Telephones - fixed lines

Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

total subscriptions: 98 million (2021 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 29 (2021 est.)

Telephones - mobile cellular

Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

total subscriptions: 360 million (2021 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 110 (2021 est.)

Waterways

Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

41,009 km (2012) (19,312 km used for commerce; Saint Lawrence Seaway of 3,769 km, including the Saint Lawrence River of 3,058 km, is shared with Canada)

Disputes - international

Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

US-Antarctica: the US has made no territorial claim in Antarctica (but has reserved the right to do so) and does not recognize the claims of any other states

US-Bahamas: the Bahamas and US have not been able to agree on a maritime boundary; the two countries have met several times to define their maritime boundary

US-Canada: Canada and the United States dispute how to divide the Beaufort Sea and the status of the Northwest Passage but continue to work cooperatively to survey the Arctic continental shelf; because of the dispute over Machias Seal Island and adjoining North Rock, the terminus of the land boundary beyond Canada's Grand Manon Island and the US state of Maine is not defined

US-Canada-Mexico: the US has intensified domestic security measures and is collaborating closely with its neighbors, Canada and Mexico, to monitor and control legal and illegal personnel, transport, and commodities across the international borders

US-Cuba: the US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay is leased from Cuba and only mutual agreement or US abandonment of the area can terminate the lease

US-Haiti: Haiti claims US-administered Navassa Island; the dispute dates to 1857, when the US claimed the Navassa Island under the 1856 Guano Act; Haiti claims it has had ownership over Navassa Island continuously since its 1801 constitution laid claim to “adjacent lands”

US-Marshall Islands: in May 2016, the Marshall Islands filed a declaration of authority with the UN over Wake Island, which is currently a US territory, reaffirming that it considers Wake Island part of its territory; control over Wake Island would drastically increase the Marshall Islands’ exclusive economic zone; the US State Department is assembling a group of experts from both countries to discuss the maritime boundary

US-Russia: 1990 Maritime Boundary Agreement in the Bering Sea still awaits Russian Duma ratification

US-Tokelau: Tokelau included American Samoa's Swains Island among the islands listed in its 2006 draft constitution; Swains Island has been administered by American Samoa since 1925; the 1980 Treaty of Tokehega delineates the maritime boundary between American Samoa and Tokelau; while not specifically mentioning Swains Island, the treaty notes in its preamble that New Zealand does not claim as part of Tokelau any island administered as part of American Samoa

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