Continent: North America

Capital city: Washington D.C.

Land area: 9,631,418 sq km

Population: 295,734,134

Life expectancy: 77.71 years

Religions: Protestant 52%, Roman Catholic 24%, Mormon 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 1%, other 10%, none 10%

Languages: English 82.1%, Spanish 10.7%, other Indo-European 3.8%, Asian and Pacific island 2.7%, other 0.7%

Literacy: 97%

Currency Code: U.S. dollar

3 cool facts about America: 1. America is one of the only free countries in the world. 2. America’s favorite bird is a turkey. 3. There was only one royal place in America and that was Hawaii.