Carpenter, Allen and Provorse, Carl. "The World Almanac Of The U.S.A." World Almanac Books, New Jersey. (C)1996.

• The world's only remaining superpower.
  
• Initiated the atomic age.
  
• Landed the first and only men on the moon.
  
• Mariner 9 - first spacecraft to orbit Mars, 1971.
  
• Largest portrait art - Mount Rushmore
  
• World's first air mail.
  
• One of the world's greatest enginneering feets - the reversal of the Chicago River, creating a water route from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico
  
• World's first oil well
  
• World's first powered air flight.
  
• World's largest cavern -- Carlsbad, New Mexico.
  
• The Declaration of Independence, whose statement of the right of self-determinationi was a landmark in the history of freedom.
  
• World's largest economy, or biggest gross national product.
  

• Independence declared: July 4, 1776
  
• Capital: Washington, DC
  
• Motto: In God We Trust
  
• Bird: Bald Eagle
  
• Song: "The Star-Spangled Banner"

• Area: 3,717,522 Square Miles
  
• Land: 3,536,338 Square Miles
  
• Water: 181,184 Square Miles
  
• Number of Counties: 3,096
  
• Number of States: 50
  
• Highest point: 20,320 feet (Mount McKinley, Alaska)
  
• Lowest point: -282 feet (Death Valley, California)
  
• Coastline: 12,373 miles
  

• Hazardous Waste sites (1995): 1,227
  
• ---Federal: 153
  
• ---Nonfederal: 1,074
  

• Population (1995): 262,755,270
  
• Projected population (2000): 276,242,000
  
• People per square mile (1995): 70.68
  
• White (1994): 216,470,000
  
• Black (1994): 32,672,000
  
• Native American (1994): 2,210,000
  
• Asian (1994): 8,989,000
  
• Hispanic (1994): 26,077,000
  
• Males: 48.72%
  
• Females: 51.28%
  
• Mariages per 1,000 (1993): 9
  
• Divorces per 1,000 (1993): 4.6
  
• Median age (1993): 34.0
  

• Literacy rate (persons age 15 or older; 1991): 96%
  
• Public elementary and secondary schools (1992-93)84,501
  
• Total enrollment (1993): 43,476,267
  
• Teachers (1993): 2,505,075
  
• Pupil/teacher ratio (fall 1993): 17.4
  
• Average teacher salary (1993-94): $35,819
  
• Public libraries (1993): 8,929
  

• Russia - 6,591,027
  
• Canada - 3,850,790
  
• United States - 3,717,522 (including inland and coastal water)
  
• China - 3,704,427
  
• India - 1,269,010
  
• France - 211,154
  
• Japan - 145,844
  
• Germany - 137,767
  
• Italy - 116,275
  
• United Kingdom - 94,501
  

• China - 1,203,097,268
  
• India - 936,545,814
  
• United States - 262,755,270
  
• Russia - 149,909,089
  
• Japan - 125,506,492
  
• Germany - 81,337,541
  
• United Kingdom - 58,295,119
  
• Italy - 58,261,971
  
• France - 58,109,160
  
• Canada - 28,434,545
  

• Germany - 100%
  
• Japan - 100%
  
• United Kingdom - 100%
  
• France - 99%
  
• Russia - 98%
  
• Italy - 97%
  
• Canada - 96%
  
• United States - 96%
  
• China - 78%
  
• India - 48%
  

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Information on this page was made possible by:
Carpenter, Allan and Provorse, Carl. "The World Almanac of the U.S.A." World Almanac Books: New Jersey. (C)1996.