United States of America

America
• lesser-known navigator and explorer, Amerigo Vespucci.
• American is derived from America, a term originally denoting all of
the New World (also called the Americas).
Capital: Washington, D.C.
Seasons:
Spring: April - June
Summer: July - September
Fall: October - December
Winter: January - March
Location:
North America
FUN FACTS
• 3rd Most Populous Country
• Estimate of 300 Languages
Culture
 “Country of Immigrants”
“Melting Pot for Diversity”
Primary Language Spoken at Number of
Rank Percentage
Home in the US speakers

1 English 231,122,908 79.29%

12.85%
2 Spanish 37,458,470 12.85%

Chinese (incl. Cantonese, Mandarin, 2,896,766

3 0.64%
other Chinese languages)

4 French and French Creole 2,047,467 0.55%

5 Tagalog 1,613,346 0.43%
6 Vietnamese 1,399,936 0.38%
7 Korean 1,117,343 0.36%
8 German 1,063,773 0.32%
9 Arabic 924,374 0.30%
10 Russian 879,434
 Other Languages
11 Italian 708,966
12 Portuguese 693,469
13 Hindi 643,337
14 Polish 580,153
15 Japanese 449,475
16 Urdu 397,502
17 Persian 391,113
18 Gujarati 373,253
19 Greek 304,932
20 Bengali 257,740
21 Panjabi 253,740
22 Telugu 247,760
23 Armenian 237,840
24 Hmong 214,943
25 Hebrew 212,747
 Rank Ancestry or race Population Percent of total population
1 German 46,403,053 14.7%
2 Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 38,785,726 12.3%
3 Mexican (of any race) 34,640,287 10.9%
4 Irish 33,526,444 10.6%
5 English 24,787,018 7.8%
6 American 22,746,991 7.2%
7 Italian 17,285,619 5.5%
8 Polish 9,385,766 3.0%
9 French 8,272,538 2.6%
10 Scottish 5,409,343 1.7%
11 Puerto Rican (of any race) 5,174,554 1.6%
12 Norwegian 4,445,030 1.4%
13 Dutch 4,289,116 1.4%
14 Swedish 3,933,024 1.2%
14 Chinese 3,852,099 1.2%
16 Asian Indian 3,303,512 1.0%
17 Scotch-Irish 3,046,005 1.0%
18 Russian 2,843,400 0.9%
19 West Indian (non-Hispanic) 2,824,722 0.9%
20 Filipino 2,717,844 0.9%
Costume
• No National or Official Costume
• Costume and Traditions are mostly based on their location or state

Western Costume
Deep South Wear
Upper Midwest
Costume
Alaskan Costume

Native American Costume

 Flag (Blue, Red & White) outfit

Common American Outfit

Political-Legal
Independence Day: July 14, 1776
• During the American Revolution of 1776 and the Legal Separation of the Thirteen
American Colonies from the British Crown
Federal Government
President: Donald Trump
Economy
• Currency: United States Dollars ($)
• GDP: $18.57 Trillion (2017) → $20.41 Trillion (est. 2018)
• GDP Growth: 1.6%
• GDO per capita: $57, 466.79 (2016)
• Inflation Rate: 2.1% (2016) → 2.7% (August 2018)
• Population: 325.7 Million (2017)
• Poverty Rate: 12.7% or 43.1 Million (2016)
• Labor force: 160 Million (January 2018)
• Unemployment Rate: 3.7% (September 2018)

Source: World Bank and Trading Economics

• State with the highest GDP: District of Columbia 159,227 (2017)
• Most Populous State: California 39, 144,818 (2015)
Top Industry (2017)
Biggest Industries
Real Estate (renting & leasing)
($2,265.7 B)
Professional & business services
($2,098.3 B)
State and local government ($1,538.7 B)
Finance & Insurance ($1,261.2 B)
Health care & social assistance
($1,244.2 B)
Most Profitable Industry (based
on revenue)
Health ($24.4 B)
IT Services ($17.5 B)
Business Products & Services ($15.2 B)
Logistics & Transportation ($14.4 B)
Consumer Products & Services ($13 B)
Export
• Exports = $1.547 Trillion (2017)
• Export Goods
• Top Exports:
• Machinery including computers: US$201.7 billion (13% of total exports)
• Electrical machinery, equipment: $174.2 billion (11.3%)
• Mineral fuels including oil: $138 billion (8.9%)
• Aircraft, spacecraft: $131.2 billion (8.5%)
• Vehicles: $130.1 billion (8.4%)
• Optical, technical, medical apparatus: $83.6 billion (5.4%)
• Plastics, plastic articles: $61.5 billion (4%)
• Gems, precious metals: $60.4 billion (3.9%)
• Pharmaceuticals: $45.1 billion (2.9%)
• Organic chemicals: $36.2 billion (2.3%)

• Top Export Partners:

• China, Canada, Mexico, Japan, Germany
Import
• Import = $2.409 Trillion (2017)
• Import goods
• Top Import Goods
• Electrical machinery, equipment: US$356.8 billion (14.8% of total imports)
• Machinery including computers: $349.1 billion (14.5%)
• Vehicles: $294.6 billion (12.2%)
• Mineral fuels including oil: $204.2 billion (8.5%)
• Pharmaceuticals: $96.4 billion (4%)
• Optical, technical, medical apparatus: $86.2 billion (3.6%)
• Furniture, bedding, lighting, signs, prefab buildings: $67.2 billion (2.8%)
• Gems, precious metals: $60 billion (2.5%)
• Plastics, plastic articles: $54.9 billion (2.3%)
• Organic chemicals: $46.1 billion (1.9%)

• Top Import Partners

• China, Canada, Mexico, Japan, Germany