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  1. Date of Independence: July 4, 1776
  2. Date of Current Constitution: March 4, 1789
  3. Population: 272,639,608 (1999 est.)
  4. Area: 3,536,278 sq. mi.
  5. Capital: Washington DC
  6. Form of Government: federal republic
  7. Main Industries: petroleum, steel, motor vehicles, aerospace, telecommunications, chemicals, electronics, food processing, consumer goods 
  8. Agriculture: corn, potato, cotton, soybean, tobacco, oats, barley, peanuts
  9. Natural Resources: coal, copper, lead, molybdenum, phosphates, uranium, bauxite, gold, iron, mercury, nickel, potash, silver, tungsten, zinc, petroleum, natural gas, timber
  10. Currency: dollar
  11. GDP: $8.511 trillion (1998 est.)
  12. GDP per capita: $31,500 (1998 est.)
  13. Languages: English
  14. Religions: Protestant denominations, Roman Catholic, Jewish  
  15. Literacy Rate: 97%
  16. Life Expectancy:     73 years (male)
  17.                 80 years (female)
  18. Birthrate: 14 births per 1,000 population
  19. Death Rate: 9 deaths per 1,000 population