User:Paul.deprado/Infobox/Country

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United States of America
Motto: 
"
In God we trust" (official)[1][2][3]
Anthem: "The Star-Spangled Banner"


March: "
Joseph Biden
John Boehner
John Roberts
Legislature
Constitution
June 21, 1788
August 21, 1959
Calling code
+1
ISO 3166 codeUS
Internet TLD.us   .gov   .mil   .edu
  1. official language of at least 28 states; some sources give higher figures, based on differing definitions of "official".[13] English and Hawaiian are both official languages in the state of Hawaii. French is a de facto language in the states of Maine and Louisiana, while New Mexico state law grants Spanish a special status.[14][15][16][17]
  2. ^ English is the de facto language of American government and the sole language spoken at home by 80 percent of Americans aged five and older. 28 states and five territories have made English an official language. Other official languages include Hawaiian, Samoan, Chamorro, Carolinian.
  3. ^ Whether the United States or China is larger has been disputed. The figure given is from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency's The World Factbook. Other sources give smaller figures. All authoritative calculations of the country's size include only the 50 states and the District of Columbia, not the territories.
  4. ^ See Time in the United States for details about laws governing time zones in the United States.
  5. ^ Except the United States Virgin Islands
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  1. ^ 36 U.S.C. § 302 National motto
  2. ^ Simonson, 2010
  3. ^ Dept. of Treasury, 2011
  4. ^ "U.S. Code: Title 36, 304". United States Code. United States: Cornell Law School. August 12, 1998. Retrieved February 15, 2015. The composition by John Philip Sousa entitled 'The Stars and Stripes Forever' is the national march.
  5. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference WF was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "U.S. and World Population Clock". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
  7. ^ "GDP (current US$)". World Bank Open Data. The World Bank. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
  8. ^ "GDP per capita (current US$)". World Bank Open Data. The World Bank. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
  9. ^ "OECD Income Distribution Database: Gini, poverty, income, Methods and Concepts". Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
  10. ^ "Global inequality: How the U.S. compares". Pew Research.
  11. ^ "Income Distribution and Poverty : by country - INEQUALITY". OECD.
  12. ^ "2014 Human Development Report Summary" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2014. pp. 21–25. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
  13. ^ Cite error: The named reference ILW was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  14. ^ New Mexico Code 1-16-7 (1981).
  15. ^ New Mexico Code 14-11-13 (2011).
  16. . Retrieved December 27, 2011.
  17. . Retrieved December 27, 2011.
  18. ^ "Ecological Footprint Atlas 2010" (PDF). Global Footprint Network. Retrieved July 11, 2011.