Outline of the United States

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An orthographic projection of the United States

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the United States:

United States of America – federal republic located primarily in North America, and the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With the Soviet Union's collapse and the subsequent end of the Cold War in 1991, the United States emerged as the world's sole superpower.

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General reference

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An enlargeable map of the United States showing the population density in 2010

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Geography of the United States

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An enlargeable topographic map of the contiguous United States

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File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 8,893 km (5,525 mi)Template:NoteTag
File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 3,145 km (1,954 mi)[1]
  • Coastline: 19,924 km (12,380 mi)

Environment of the United States

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An enlargeable satellite composite image of the contiguous United States. Lush temperate, subtropical, and tropical vegetation and low to moderately high mountains prevail throughout the humid east, and high mountains, plateaus, temperate and subtropical savannas, and hot dry deserts prevail in the west.

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Geographic features of the United States

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Regions of the United States

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Physiographic divisions of the United States

The geography of the United States varies across their immense area. Within the contiguous U.S., eight distinct physiographic divisions exist, though each is composed of several smaller physiographic subdivisions.[2] These major divisions are:

Administrative divisions of the United States

States of the United States

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Map of the United States with state border lines. Alaska and Hawaii are shown at different scales, and that the Aleutian Islands and the uninhabited northwestern Hawaiian Islands are omitted from this map.

Territories of the United States

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  The United States of America
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Incorporated organized territories
  • none since 1959
Incorporated unorganized territories
Unincorporated organized territories

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Unincorporated unorganized territories

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Geography of the states and territories

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Demography of the United States

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Climate of the United States

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History of the United States

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John Trumbull's Declaration of Independence is usually incorrectly identified as a depiction of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, but it actually shows the drafting committee presenting its work to the Second Continental Congress.
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A map of the territorial evolution of the United States

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Period-coverage

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History of the states and territories

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History of cities

Presidents of the United States

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Government and politics in the United States

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Federal government

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Legislative branch

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The United States Capitol

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Executive branch

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The White House

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Federal executive departments

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All departments are listed by their present-day name and only departments with past or present cabinet-level status are listed. Order of succession applies only to within the cabinet; the vice president has always been first in the line of succession, and the Speaker of the House and the President pro tem of the Senate have at times been included.

Department Creation Order of
succession 		Modifications since creation 2007 Budget
in billions
of dollars 		Employees (2007)
State 1789 1 Initially named "Department of Foreign Affairs" 9.96 30,266
Treasury 1789 2 11.10 115,897
Defense 1947 3 Initially named "National Military Establishment" 439.30 3,000,000
Justice 1870 4 Position of Attorney General created in 1789, but had no department until 1870 23.40 112,557
Interior 1849 5 10.70 71,436
Agriculture 1889 6 77.60 109,832
Commerce 1903 7 Originally named Commerce and Labor; Labor later separated 6.20 36,000
Labor 1913 8 59.70 17,347
Health and Human Services 1953 9 Originally named Health, Education, and Welfare; Education later separated 543.20 67,000
Housing and Urban Development 1965 10 46.20 10,600
Transportation 1966 11 58.00 58,622
Energy 1977 12 21.50 116,100
Education 1979 13 62.80 4,487
Veterans Affairs 1989 14 73.20 235,000
Homeland Security 2002 15 44.60 208,000
Total budget (fiscal year 2007): 1,523.42 4,193,144

Commissions

Judicial branch

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The United States Supreme Court building

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State and territory governments

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Politics of the states and territories

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Foreign relations

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International organization membership

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Military

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The Pentagon

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Intelligence organizations

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Headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency

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Law of the United States

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Culture of the United States

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American cuisine

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Historical cuisine

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Cuisine of the regions

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Art in the United States

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Film

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Music in the United States

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Genres

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Music in the states and territories

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Radio

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Sports in the United States

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List of Major Sports Leagues in the United States

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Other top-level leagues and series

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Minor and developmental professional leagues and series

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College sports

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Sports governing bodies

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Sports by state and territory

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Sports Museums in the United States

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Education in the United States

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Education in the states and territories

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Economy and infrastructure of the United States

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The United States is the world's largest economy (IMF, 2010).

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Economy by state and territory

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Health in the United States

Tourism in the United States

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See also

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Notes

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References

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