Key Statistics

Official Name – United States of America

Capital – Washington DC

Independence – 1776

Population – 313,778,000

Total Area – 9,826,675 km

Language Spoken – English, Spanish, Chinese, French, German, Russian, Vietnamese, Italian, Korean

Climate –

Summer (Jun/Jul/Aug) 18 – 31
Autumn (Sep/Oct/Nov) 4 – 26
Winter (Dec/Jan/Feb) -1 – 8
Spring (Mar/Apr/May) 2 – 25

Economic Indicators

Currency – United States dollar (USD)

Central Bank – Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

GDP – 15,094,025 Billion US$

Inflation – 2.1%

Unemployment Rate – 8.2%

GDP Composition by Sector –

Agriculture: 1.2%

Industry: 22.1%

Services: 76.7% (2011 estimate)

Major Industries By Rating –

The USA has been the industrial powerhouse of the world since the second world war, Today, heavy industry has declined and the USA’s economy is driven by service and financial industries, with the most important being defence, hi-tech & electronics.

Aerospace
Car Manufacture
Chemicals
Coal
Electronics
Engineering
Food Processing
Hi-Tech Industry
Research & Development
Textiles
Tourism

Biggest Companies in United States of America are as following –

JPMorgan Chase (Major Banks)
General Electric (Conglomerates)
ExxonMobil (Oil & Gas Operations)
Berkshire Hathaway (Investment Services)
Citigroup (Major Banks)
Wells Fargo (Major Banks)
AT&T (Telecommunications services)
Chevron (Oil & Gas Operations)
Wal-Mart Stores (Discount Stores)
ConocoPhillips (Oil & Gas Operations)
American Intl Group (Diversified Insurance)
IBM (Computer Services)
Procter & Gamble (Household-Personal Care)
Pfizer (Pharmaceuticals)
Goldman Sachs Group (Investment Services)
Hewlett-Packard (Computer Hardware)
Apple (Computer Hardware) Microsoft (Telecommunications services)
Ford Motor (Auto & Truck Manufacturers) Johnson & Johnson (Medical Equipment & Supplies)
General Motors (Auto & Truck Manufacturers)
Verizon Communications (Telecommunications services)
Morgan Stanley (Investment Services)