Центральная Россия

U.S. Economy

• World's largest economy. Many natural resources, including energy and raw materials. High-tech manufacturing. Development of scientific research. Well-developed services sector, competitive industry. Multinational companies such as «Ford», «General Motors» and Exxon. The leading manufacturer of software. A good system of higher education, especially in high technology. American businesses thrive thanks to the wide spread of American culture in the world. The world's largest exporter of goods. Political stability, qualified staff. Recently, a reduction in the number of jobs in the industry. Globalization, the leakage of jobs to countries with cheap labor (in 1945 almost 50% of world production came from the U.S. and in the 1990s. - 25%). Fierce competition in the field of technology with the countries of East Asia and the European Union. External debt exceeds $ 14 trillion U.S. dollars.

Population

• Native American tribes inhabited the territory of the United States about 10 thousand years ago, and their descendants were the predominant ethnic component to the end of the XVII century. Modern people - the descendants of relatively recent (XVII-XX centuries) immigrants from Europe (mainly Western), and Africa. It should be noted that the full right to be called Americans receive only the children of immigrants born in the United States. The country has maintained a clear distinction between foreigners and natives, between which there is a significant cultural and linguistic distance. This difference, however, the internal division is limited. Americans United States - a diverse, heterogeneous nation with conflicting racial composition. Dominant in all respects and regions (except Hawaii) is currently the Europoid race - came from the United Kingdom, Germany, Ireland and other European countries. Further distinguished African Americans, Hispanics, Asians, Indians and others, which account for more than a third of the population.

Languages ​​USA

• The most common native language in the United States - English. They, like their mother tongue, hold 215.4 million people from 293 million Americans (73.5%). Spanish is the mother tongue of 28 million U.S. residents (10.7%). Followed by: French (1606790), Chinese (1,499,635), German (1,382,615), Turkish (about 1,172,615), Tagalog (1.22424 million), Vietnamese (1,009,625), Italian (1008 370) and Korean (894 065). Russian language occupies 11 th place in the number of carriers in the U.S. - over 700 thousand (0.24%). The largest number of Russian-speaking population in the State of New York (218 765, or 30.98% of all Russian speakers), at the very least - in Wyoming (170, or 0.02%). The highest proportion of Russian speakers - in Alaska - about 3% or less understand the Russian language, and about 8.5% of the population are Orthodox Christians. This is a consequence of past supplies throughout the state of Russia. In the state of Hawaii and Hawaiian English language have official status. Some of the island territories also provide formal recognition of indigenous languages​​, along with English.