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The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal union of 50 states, the federal capital district of Washington, D.C., and 326 Indian reservations.
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or simply America, is a sovereign country mostly in North America. It is divided into 50 states. Forty-eight of these states and the District of Columbia border each other between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
The United States is the third most populous country in the world, and the most populous in the Americas and the Western Hemisphere. [ 14 ] The Census Bureau showed a population increase of 0.4% for the twelve-month period ending in July 2022, [ 15 ] below the world average annual rate of 0.9%. [ 16 ]
In the decades after World War II, the United States became a global influence in economic, political, military, cultural, and technological affairs. Following World War II, the United States emerged as one of the two dominant superpowers, the Soviet Union being the other.
A map of the United States showing its 50 states, federal district and five inhabited territories. Alaska, Hawaii, and the territories are shown at different scales, and the Aleutian Islands and the uninhabited northwestern Hawaiian Islands are omitted from the map.