Country Profile-United States

Physical Geography
Official Name of Country: United States of America
Climate: 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
Absolute Location: 38 00 N, 97 00 W
Relative location: North America, bordering both the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Pacific Ocean, between Canada and Mexico
Political Geography
Type of government: Constitution-based federal republic; strong democratic tradition
Major political parties: Democratic Party, Green Party, Libertarian Party, Republican Party
Capital: Washington D.C.
International Organization participation: ADB, AfDB, ANZUS, APEC, Arctic Council, ARF, ASEA, Australia Group, BIS, BSEC, CBSS, CE, CERN, CP, EAPC, EBRD, FAO, G-20, G-5, G-7, G-8, G-10, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MINUSTAH, NAFTA, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS, OECD, OPCW, OSCE, Paris Club, PCA, PIF, SAARC, SECI, SPC, UN, UN Security Council, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNITAR, UNMIL, UNOMIG, UNRWA, UNTSO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC
Cultural Geography
Official language: English
Other languages spoken: Spanish, French
Ethnic composition: White 79.96%, Black 12.85%, Asian 4.43%
Major religions: Protestant 51.3%, Roman Catholic 23.9%
Population: 307,212,123
Population growth rate: 0.975%
Major cities: Washington D.C, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Miami, Detroit, New Orleans, Chicago, Memphis, Houston, Dallas, Oklahoma City, Denver, Phoenix, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle
Infant mortality rate: 6.26 deaths/1,000 live births
Average life expectancy: 78.11 years
Economic Geography
GDP: $14.44 trillion
Major exports: agricultural products 9.2%, industrial supplies 26.8%, capital goods 49.0%, consumer goods 15.0%
Major imports: agricultural products 4.9%, industrial supplies 32.9%, capital goods 30.4%, consumer goods 31.8%
Currency: 32.36NT: $1
Balance of trade: Export: $4.132 trillion

References:
CIA World factbook:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ug.html