United States of
America
Geography
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United States
United States
American Flag
• Capital: Washington, D.C.
United States
• Population Growth Rate: 0.77 % (2014 est.)
• Population: 318,892,103 (July 2014 est.)
• Median Age: 37.8 years
• Life Expectancy: 79.56 (42nd)
• Ethnic Groups: White 79.96%, Black 12.85%, Asian 4.43%,
Amerindian and Alaska native 0.97%, native Hawaiian and
other Pacific islander 0.18%, two or more races 1.61%
• Religion: Protestant 51.3%, Roman Catholic 23.9%,
Mormon 1.7%, other Christian 1.6%, Jewish 1.7%, Buddhist
0.7%, Muslim 0.6%, other or unspecified 2.5%, unaffiliated
12.1%
• Birth Rate: 13.42 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)
• Infant Mortality Rate: 6.17 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)
United States Population Pyramid
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The 50 United States
United States Facts:
• The United States has one of the highest natural growth
rates (0.7%) of any industrialized country in the world.
• The US population is growing by about 2.5 million people
each year.
• The US average fertility rate is currently 2.1 births per
woman, an increase from 1.8 in 1988.
• Nearly half of the population lives 100 miles of the coasts.
• Since 1980, the US has converted more than 10 million
acres of forest to suburb.
• 16.2% of U.S. GDP goes to health care expenditures.
2010 United States Population
Density Map
United States Population Pole Map
United States Facts
Population by Sex and Selected Age
Groups: 2000 and 2010
We're Number One !!!!
• #1 in Billionaires (and No 1 in Children Living in Poverty)
• #1 in Health Care Absolute and Per Capita Expenditures (and No. 15 in
Life Expectancy)
• #1 in Total Health Spending (and No. 13 in Public Health Spending)
•
#1 in Wealth and Income Inequality and No 16 in Percentage of Total
Income Held by Poorest 40% of the Population
•
#1 in Percentage of Population without Health Care Coverage
•
#1 in Teenage Pregnancy and No 1 in Teenage Mothers under 14 Years
Old
• #2 in Cigarette Consumption and No 4 in Alcohol Consumption per
Capita
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#1 in Defense Spending and No 19 in Spending on the Poor, the Aged,
and the Disabled
•
#1 in Number of people killed in car accidents due to drunk driving
United States Facts
• The center of the U.S. is in the town of Castle Rock, South
Dakota.
• Alaska has a longer coastline than all the other 49 states
put together.
• The first US capital was New York City.
• California grows more food than any other state.
• Boulder, Colorado is the only city in the U.S. to own a
glacier.
• The United States has more roads than any other country
in the world.
United States Interstate Map
2005 Infant Mortality Rate: U.S. vs. The World
2005 Infant Mortality Rate:
U.S. Ethnicity
United States Physical Map
United States Topographic Map
Time Zones of the United States
Regions of the United States
“Perceptions” of the United States
Regions of the United States
Northeast Region of the United States
Northeast United States
New England: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont
Mid-Atlantic States: New Jersey, New York and
Pennsylvania
Northeast States Facts
• The northeast U.S has the highest population density with
the United States.
• This location was one of the earliest parts to be settled by
the Europeans.
• 1497 Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot) lands on the New
England mainland and claims it for the king of England.
• Washington D.C., which is not a US state, is also
considered part of the Northeast region.
• Land value is one of the highest in this region.
• Though lacking a unified cultural identity, the Northeastern
region is the nation's most economically
developed, densely populated, and culturally diverse.
Northeast States Facts
• The geography of New England is very rough.
• Its coastlines are very rough and has many bays.
• The region extends from the coast to inland plateaus and
mountains.
• Inland, it has tall mountains and rough soil, not good for
farming.
• It is moderately hot in summer and cold in the winter on
the northern part of the United States.
• Region is prone to storms induced by proximity to Atlantic
Ocean.
• As of 2007, forest-use covered approximately 60% of the
Northeastern states (including Delaware, Maryland, and the
District of Columbia), about twice the national average.
Northeast States Physical Map
United States Precipitation Map
United States Temperature Map
United States Temperature Map
Midwest Region of the United States
Midwestern United States
East-North Central: Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana,
Ohio
West-North Central: Missouri, North Dakota, South
Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa
Midwest States Facts
• Starting in the early 1800s easterners moved there in
search of better farmland.
• The region's fertile soil made it possible for farmers to
produce abundant harvests of cereal crops such as wheat,
oats, and corn.
• Known as the nation's "breadbasket."
• The Midwest gave birth to one of America's two major
political parties, the Republican Party, which was formed in
the 1850s to oppose the spread of slavery into new states.
• Most of the Midwest is flat.
• The Mississippi River has acted as a regional lifeline,
moving settlers to new homes and goods to market.
• The Midwest has the highest rate of life expectancy.
United States Farming Map
Midwest States Facts
• The Midwest is a cultural crossroads with may Europeans
bypassing the East Coast to migrate directly to the interior.
• The culture of the Midwest is generally acknowledged to be
"down to earth".
• The "Midwestern Accent" is the voice most commonly
heard on national newscasts across the country.
The “Rust Belt”
2011 Male Life Expectancy Map
2011 Female Life Expectancy Map
Midwest Physical Map
The Corn Belt
Plant Hardiness of the United States
Great Plains: A broad expanse of flat land, much of it
covered in prairie, steppe and grassland, which lies west of
the Mississippi River and east of the Rocky Mountains in the
United States and Canada.
100th
Meridian
The 100th Meridian roughly corresponds with the line which
divides the Great Plains into an area that receive 20” or more
of rainfall per year and an area that receives less than 20”.
Tornado Belt Map
Southern Region of the United States
Southern United States
South Atlantic:
Delaware, Maryland, District of
Columbia, Virginia, West
Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia, Florida
Southern United States
East-South Central: Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi,
Alabama
West South Central: Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas,
Louisiana
Southern States Facts
• The Southern United States—commonly referred to as the
American South, Dixie, or simply the South.
• Historically, the South relied heavily on agriculture, but has
become more industrialized and urban since the second
half of the 20th century, attracting national and
international migrants.
• Eight Southern states have the highest obesity rates in the
country : Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and West Virginia.
• Life expectancy is lower and death rates higher in the
South than in the other regions of the country for all racial
groups.
• The south is home to the Mason-Dixon line.
The Mason–Dixon Line
The Mason–Dixon Line symbolizes a cultural boundary
between the Northeastern United States and the Southern
United States (Dixie) and legality of slavery.
Southern United States Physical Map
Western Region of the United States
Western United States
Mountain: Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, Utah,
Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico
Pacific States
Pacific: Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, Hawaii
Western States Facts
• The Western states are usually mountainous and rocky.
• The Rocky and Cascade mountain ranges collect a large
part of the airborne moisture moving in from the ocean.
• The Rocky Mountains are North America’s largest
mountain chain.
• The climate of the West can be described as overall
semiarid.
• Parts of the West get extremely high amounts of rain
and/or snow, and still other parts are true desert and get
less than 5 inches of rain per year.
• The Pacific States are the most geologically active areas in
the United States with both earthquakes and volcanoes.
Western United States Physical Map
United States Fault Line Hazard Index
Western States Facts
• The West is still one of the most sparsely settled areas in
the United States with 49.5 inhabitants per square mile.
• The Western region has the highest percent of Hispanic
population.
• Agencies of the federal government own and manage vast
areas of land for the purpose of conservation and National
Parks.
• The west is home to “Silicon Valley.”
• Kilauea Iki, in Hawaii, is the world's most active and largest
volcano.
• Alaska is the largest state in the United States.
Hispanic or Latino Population as a Percent of
Total Population by County: 2010
American Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut Population as a
Percent of Total Population by County: 2010
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 2012
United States by State: Unemployment Rate 2012