UNITED STATES UNITED STATES REGION NORTH AMERICA NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE JULY 4 1776 DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION MARCH 4 1789 POPULATION 272639608 1999 EST AREA 3536278 SQ MI CAPITAL WASHINGTON DC FORM OF GOVERNMENT FEDERAL REPUBLIC MAIN INDUSTRIES PETROLEUM STEEL MOTOR VEHICLES AEROSPACE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CHEMICALS ELECTRONICS FOOD PROCESSING CONSUMER GOODS AGRICULTURE CORN POTATO COTTON SOYBEAN TOBACCO OATS BARLEY PEANUTS NATURAL RESOURCES COAL COPPER LEAD MOLYBDENUM PHOSPHATES URANIUM BAUXITE GOLD IRON MERCURY NICKEL POTASH SILVER TUNGSTEN ZINC PETROLEUM NATURAL GAS TIMBER CURRENCY DOLLAR GDP 8.511 TRILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 31500 1998 EST LANGUAGES ENGLISH RELIGIONS PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS ROMAN CATHOLIC JEWISH LITERACY RATE 97 LIFE EXPECTANCY 73 YEARS MALE 80 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 14 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 9 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
