Where are the United States of America?

United States of America (the) is located in the North America region at latitude 37.09024 and longitude -95.712891 and is part of the North American continent continent.

The DMS coordinates for the center of the country are:

37° 5' 24.86'' N
95° 42' 46.41'' W

You can see the location of United States of America on the world map below:

United States of America on the World Map

Flag of United States of America on map
United States location in North America, marked by a pin of its national flag.

United States of America Neighboring Countries

The neighboring countries of United States of America (US) are:

  1. Canada (CA)
  2. Mexico (MX)

Maritime Borders

The United States border with the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, and the Arctic Ocean.

United States of America (the) Key Facts

Country United States of America (the)
Coordinates Latitude: 37.09024
Longitude: -95.712891
Country Codes Alpha 2: US
Alpha 3: USA
Country Flag Emoji 🇺🇸
Int. Phone Prefix +1
Capital city Washington D.C.
Continent / Subcontinent North America
North America
Country Area 9,833,517 sq km
Population 2021 331,893,745
World Rank: 3
Median Age 37.7
Life expectancy 77.2
Major languages English, Spanish
UTC/GMT Time Number of time zones: 11
  • UTC−12:00 (AoE) — Baker Island and Howland Island
  • UTC−11:00 (ST) — American Samoa, Jarvis Island, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll and Palmyra Atoll
  • UTC−10:00 (HT) — Hawaii, most of the Aleutian Islands, and Johnston Atoll
  • UTC−09:00 (AKT) — most of the state of Alaska
  • UTC−08:00 (PT) — Pacific Time zone: the Pacific coast states, the Idaho Panhandle and most of Nevada and Oregon
  • UTC−07:00 (MT) — Mountain Time zone: most of Idaho, part of Oregon, and the Mountain states plus western parts of some adjacent states
  • UTC−06:00 (CT) — Central Time zone: a large area spanning from the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes
  • UTC−05:00 (ET) — Eastern Time zone: roughly a triangle covering all the states from the Great Lakes down to Florida and east to the Atlantic coast
  • UTC−04:00 (AST) — Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands UTC+10:00 (ChT) — Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands
  • UTC+12:00 (WAKT) — Wake Island
Internet TLD .us
Biggest Airport Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (Atlanta, Georgia)
Average temperature 25.00 °C
77.00 °F
Administrative Divisions 50 states 1 district 6 outlying areas
Political system Federal presidential representative democratic republic

United States of America Economy Facts

World Bank Income Group High income
World Bank Region North America
Currency US Dollar (USD)
GDP in 2020 $20893.7 (billions of USD)
World Rank: 1
GDP per capita in 2020 $63,028
World Rank: 7
Major Industries / Economic Sectors Manufacturing, services, agriculture, energy
Top 5 Import Countries China, Mexico, Canada, Japan, Germany
Top 5 Export Countries Canada, Mexico, China, Japan, United Kingdom

Biggest Cities in United States of America

Here are the largest cities in United States of America based on 2021 data:

City Population
New York 18,713,220
Los Angeles 12,750,807
Chicago 8,604,203
Miami 6,445,545
Dallas 5,743,938
Philadelphia 5,649,300
Houston 5,464,251
Atlanta 5,449,398
Washington 5,379,184
Boston 4,688,346

Map of United States of America with the Largest Cities

Image Sources and Copyright Information
  • USA Flag Pin on Map: © hyotographics/Shutterstock