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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the original 13 as the nation expanded across the North American continent and acquired a number of overseas possessions. The two most traumatic experiences in the nation's history were the Civil War (1861-65), in which a northern Union of states defeated a secessionist Confederacy of 11 southern slave states, and the Great Depression of the 1930s, an economic downturn during which about a quarter of the labor force lost its jobs. Buoyed by victories in World Wars I and II and the end of the Cold War in 1991, the US remains the world's most powerful nation state. The economy is marked by steady growth, low unemployment and inflation, and rapid advances in technology.
Diseases
N/A
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
Drug usage
world's largest consumer of cocaine (shipped from Colombia through Mexico and the Caribbean), Colombian heroin, and Mexican heroin and marijuana; major consumer of ecstasy and Mexican methamphetamine; minor consumer of high-quality Southeast Asian heroin; illicit producer of cannabis, marijuana, depressants, stimulants, hallucinogens, and methamphetamine; money-laundering center
Ethnic division
white 79.96%, black 12.85%, Asian 4.43%, Amerindian and Alaska native 0.97%, native Hawaiian and other Pacific islander 0.18%, two or more races 1.61% (July 2007 estimate) note: a separate listing for Hispanic is not included because the US Census B
HIV/AIDS prevalence rate
0.6% (2003 est.)
Climate info
mostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and Florida, arctic in Alaska, semiarid in the great plains west of the Mississippi River, and arid in the Great Basin of the southwest; low winter temperatures in the northwest are ameliorated occasionally in Janu
Natural Resources
coal, copper, lead, molybdenum, phosphates, uranium, bauxite, gold, iron, mercury, nickel, potash, silver, tungsten, zinc, petroleum, natural gas, timber note: the US has the world's largest coal reserves with 491 billion short tons accounting for 2
Economic data
The US has the largest and most technologically powerful economy in the world, with a per capita GDP of $48,000. In this market-oriented economy, private individuals and business firms make most of the decisions, and the federal and state governments buy needed goods and services predominantly in the private marketplace. US business firms enjoy greater flexibility than their counterparts in Western Europe and Japan in decisions to expand capital plant, to lay off surplus workers, and to develop new products. At the same time, they face higher barriers to enter their rivals' home markets than foreign firms face entering US markets. US firms are at or near the forefront in technological advances, especially in computers and in medical, aerospace, and military equipment; their advantage has narrowed since the end of World War II. The onrush of technology largely explains the gradual development of a "two-tier labor market" in which those at the bottom lack the education and the professional/technical skills of those at the top and, more and more, fail to get comparable pay raises, health insurance coverage, and other benefits. Since 1975, practically all the gains in household income have gone to the top 20% of households. The war in March-April 2003 between a US-led coalition and Iraq, and the subsequent occupation of Iraq, required major shifts in national resources to the military. Hurricane Katrina caused extensive damage in the Gulf Coast region in August 2005, but had a small impact on overall GDP growth for the year. Soaring oil prices between 2005 and the first half of 2008 threatened inflation and unemployment, and higher gasoline prices ate into consumers' budgets. Imported oil accounts for about two-thirds of US consumption. Long-term problems include inadequate investment in economic infrastructure, rapidly rising medical and pension costs of an aging population, sizable trade and budget deficits, and stagnation of family income in the lower economic groups. The merchandise trade deficit reached a record $847 billion in 2007, but declined to $810 billion in 2008, as a depreciating exchange rate for the dollar against most major currencies discouraged US imports and made US exports more competitive abroad. The global economic downturn, the sub-prime mortgage crisis, investment bank failures, falling home prices, and tight credit pushed the United States into a recession by mid-2008. To help stabilize financial markets, the US Congress established a $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) in October 2008. The government used some of these funds to purchase equity in US banks and other industrial corporations. President Barack OBAMA has announced his intention to support an additional $825 billion fiscal stimulus package - two-thirds on additional spending and one-third on tax cuts - to create jobs and to help the economy recover.
Environmental issues
air pollution resulting in acid rain in both the US and Canada; the US is the largest single emitter of carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels; water pollution from runoff of pesticides and fertilizers; limited natural fresh water resources in much of the western part of the country require careful management; desertification
Travel destinations in United States


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66.69 C
  Yuma
37.12 C
  Yreka
58.21 C
44.08 C
  York
45.43 C
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59.92 C
  Yakima
68.32 C
  Yakima
52.49 C
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  Woburn
8.22 C
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  Wise
30.29 C
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  Winona
55.52 C
71.1 C
  Wink
57.84 C
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  Windom
51.99 C
  Winder
69.57 C
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  Willow
56.92 C
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  Wells
40.71 C
51.91 C
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  Wausau
64.48 C
  Wausau
40.71 C
  Waukon
45.03 C
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  Ware
59.21 C
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  Wales
79.64 C
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  Waco
61.36 C
  Waco
55.79 C
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  Vichy
49.95 C
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  Vernal
77.63 C
57.71 C
  Venice
7.48 C
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  Valle
80.96 C
53.15 C
70.72 C
48.09 C
  Valdez
52.06 C
  Uvalde
49.71 C
  Utica
45.7 C
  Utica
62.66 C
  Upland
68.06 C
  Upland
68.16 C
24.2 C
16.2 C
  Umiat
48.59 C
  Ukiah
38.91 C
24.21 C
  Tyonek
53.35 C
  Tyler
35.52 C
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  Tupelo
32.25 C
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32.99 C
74.78 C
  Tulsa
42.89 C
  Tulsa
40.98 C
55.5 C
64.99 C
  Tulare
55.38 C
86.38 C
  Tucson
52.6 C
  Tucson
51.61 C
  Tucson
67.52 C
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  Troy
15.49 C
86.16 C
  Trona
55.51 C
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  Topeka
45.44 C
  Topeka
65.76 C
62.63 C
48.53 C
64.53 C
  Toledo
68.71 C
  Toledo
60.35 C
  Toledo
38.91 C
39.4 C
  Tokeen
17.82 C
  Tok
49.06 C
  Toccoa
82.95 C
40.8 C
  Tioga
36.42 C
56.9 C
  Tifton
73.55 C
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  Temple
33.04 C
44.19 C
  Teller
38.26 C
  Telida
51.38 C
57.23 C
  Taylor
71.5 C
  Taylor
47.33 C
81.52 C
  Taos
15.18 C
  Tanana
-0.62 C
65.99 C
  Tampa
33.06 C
  Tampa
33.91 C
  Tampa
42.11 C
  Tampa
71.72 C
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  Tacoma
40.14 C
  Tacoma
34.42 C
  Tacoma
28.66 C
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  Sumter


Airlines based in United States

Active Aero -Michigan Freight carrier
Air Royale International -California Your liaison to the world of private jets. Excellence in air charter since 1994.
AirTran Airways -Florida AirTran Airways is one of America's largest low-fare airlines with our hub located at "Hartsfield Jackson Atl
Alaska Airlines / Horizon Air -Washington
Alaska Mountain Flying -Alaska Charter Scenic Flights
Aloha Airlines -Hawaii
America West Airlines -Arizona Merged into US Airways
American Airlines -Texas
American Trans Air -Indiana
Amerijet International -Florida
Atkin Air -California Charter Service.
Atlantic Airlines -Florida
C & C Aviation -Oregon
Channel Islands Aviation -California
Colgan Air -Maine to South Carolina
Continental Airlines
Delta Airlines
Exel -Tennessee
Frontier Airlines -Colorado
Great Lakes Aviation
JetBlue Airways
Kitty Hawk Airlines -Michigan
Mesa Air Group -Arizona
Mesaba -Minnesota
Midwest Express -Wisconsin
New England -Rhode Island
NorthWestAir
Penair -Alaska
Skywest -Utah
Southwest Airlines -Texas
Spirit Airlines -Florida
Sun Country Airlines -Minnesota
United Airlines
US Airways -Arizona merged America West Airlines
World Airways


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