¢º Location: North America
¢º Official Name: United States of America
¢º Population: 281,421,906 (as of April 2001)
Eighty-five percent of the population are European origin. Minorities include: African-Americans, who constitute the largest minority group with 12 percent of the entire population, Hispanics, Asia-Pacific islanders, Amerindian natives, and other ethnicities.
¢º Capital: Washington
¢º Languages:
Official language: English. Spanish is widely used in California, New Mexico, New York, and Florida.
¢º Currency: US dollars
¢º per capita GNP: $32,340 (as of 1998)