USA
Land area: Total 9,826,630 sq km
Population: 303 million
Labour force: 155 million (2008 est.)
Occupations: 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%
Languages: English 82.1%, Spanish 10.7%, other Indo-European 3.8%, Asian and Pacific island 2.7%, other 0.7% (2000 census)
Capital: Washington, DC
Head of State: President Barack H. OBAMA (since 20 January 2009);
National holiday: Independence Day, 4 July
Economy: The US has the largest and most technologically powerful economy in the world, with a per capita GDP of $48,000. In this market-oriented economy, private individuals and business firms make most of the decisions, and the federal and state governments buy needed goods and services predominantly in the private marketplace.
Imports: £34,676 million (2008) from the UK
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.
Inflation: 4.2% (12/2008 est.)
Did you know...
In spite of the famous Boston Tea Party... according to government data, in 2010 world net imports of black tea, a proxy for consumption, would amount to 1.15 million tonnes, reflecting an average annual increase of 0.6 percent from 1.08 million tonnes in 2000.
The United States is expected to increase net imports by 1.4 percent a year to 94,300 tonnes, whilst net imports by the United Kingdom are expected to decrease by 0.6 percent annually to 125,500 tonnes.
