Facts about the U.S.A.

Capital: Washington, D.C.

Independence Day: July 4, 1776

Motto: In God We Trust

National Bird: Bald Eagle

National Flower: Rose

National Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner

Area (50 states and District of 9,631,418 sq km 

Columbia only): *Note:
Area of China: 9,596,960 sq km 
Area of HK: 1,092 sq km

Comparative Size: About one-half the size of Russia; about three-tenths

the size of Africa; about one-half the size of South
America (or slightly larger than Brazil); slightly larger
than China; about two and one-half times the size of
Western Europe.

Largest State: Alaska

Smallest State: Rhode Island

Largest Cities: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia,

San Diego, Detroit, Dallas, Phoenix, San Antonio

Border Countries and Oceans:
Canada, Mexico, Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific
Ocean
*Note: World's third-largest country by size (after
Russia and Canada) and by population (after China and
India); Mt. McKinley is highest point in North America
and Death Valley the lowest point on the continent.
Population: 295,734,134 (July 2005 est.)

Languages: English 82.1%, Spanish 10.7%, other Indo-European

3.8%, Asian and Pacific island 2.7%, other 0.7% (2000
census)

Religions: Protestant 52%, Roman Catholic 24%, Mormon 2%,

Jewish 1%, Muslim 1%, other 10%, none 10% (2002
est.)

Interesting facts about “the States”.

1. There are 50 stars on the United States flag, one for each state, and there are 13 stripes, one for
each of the original states.

2. Americans love their pizza; some claim that enough pizza is served in the USA each day to cover
33.5 hectares.

3. They are also quite keen on chicken, collectively consuming about 8-billion chickens each year.

4. The population has grown from about 2.5-million people in 1776 to around 314-million today.

5. There is less than 4km separating Russia and America at the nearest point.

6. Forty-five kilograms of chocolate are consumed every second in the USA

7. In 1867 the USA bought Alaska from Russia.

8. Most of the American population is Christian, and the second most popular religion is Judaism. 

9. According to the 2000 census in the USA, about 82% of Americans spoke English, and the next
most spoken language was Spanish.

10. The USA is about half the size of Russia.

11. The national flower of the USA is the rose.

12. America was born on 4 July 1776, with the Declaration of Independence

13. There is a region in the Midwest region of the USA called Tornado Alley, where most of the
world’s tornados occur.

14. The seven points on top of the Statue of Liberty represent the seven continents.
15. There are more cows in the state of Montana than humans.

16. The highest rollercoaster in the world is in New Jersey.

17. About 81% of Americans live in urban areas.

18. In 2009, 245-million Americans were Internet users.

19. The various states of the USA fall into six different time zones.

20. The USA has a Pledge of Allegiance, which is often recited when raising the US flag. The pledge
goes: “I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for
which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”