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America
Languages:
English 82%, Spanish 11% (2000)
Ethnicity/race: White: 211,460,626 (75.1%); Black:
34,658,190 (12.3%); Asian: 10,242,998 (3.6%); American
Indian and Alaska Native: 2,475,956 (0.9%); Native
Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander: 398,835 (0.1%);
other race: 15,359,073 (5.5%); Hispanic origin:1
35,305,818 (12.5%)
Religions:
Protestant 52%, Roman Catholic 24%, Mormon 2%, Jewish
1%, Muslim 1%, none 10% (2002)
Literacy rate:
99% (2003 est.)
Economic
summary: GDP/PPP (2009 est.): $14.26 trillion; per
capita $46,400. Real growth rate: –2.4%. Inflation:
–0.7%. Unemployment: 9.3%. Arable land: 18%.
Agriculture: wheat, corn, other grains, fruits,
vegetables, cotton; beef, pork, poultry, dairy products;
fish; forest products. Labor force: 153.1 million
(includes unemployed); farming, forestry, and fishing
0.6%, manufacturing, extraction, transportation, and
crafts 22.6%, managerial, professional, and technical
35.5%, sales and office 24.8%, other services 16.5%;
note: figures exclude the unemployed (2007). Industries:
leading industrial power in the world, highly
diversified and technologically advanced; petroleum,
steel, motor vehicles, aerospace, telecommunications,
chemicals, electronics, food processing, consumer goods,
lumber, mining. Natural resources: coal, copper, lead,
molybdenum, phosphates, uranium, bauxite, gold, iron,
mercury, nickel, potash, silver, tungsten, zinc,
petroleum, natural gas, timber. Exports: $994.7 billion
(2009 est.): agricultural products 9.2% (soybeans,
fruit, corn), industrial supplies 26.8% (organic
chemicals), capital goods 49.0% (transistors, aircraft,
motor vehicle parts, computers, telecommunications
equipment), consumer goods 15.0% (automobiles,
medicines) (2003). Imports: $1.445 trillion (2009 est.):
agricultural products 4.9%, industrial supplies 32.9%
(crude oil 8.2%), capital goods 30.4% (computers,
telecommunications equipment, motor vehicle parts,
office machines, electric power machinery), consumer
goods 31.8% (automobiles, clothing, medicines,
furniture, toys) (2003). Major trading partners: Canada,
Mexico, Japan, UK, China, Germany (2004).
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