1986 Edition

Agriculture

food grains, feed crops, oilbearing crops, cattle, dairy products

Aid

obligations and loan authorizations, including Ex-Im (FY82), economic $11.2 billion, military (FY82) $4.2 billion

Airfields

548 total, 345 usable; 246 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runways over 3,659 m, 37 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 137 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

15,422 in operation (1981)

Branches

Royal Army, Royal Navy, Royal Air Force, Royal Marines

executive (President), bicameral legislature (House of Representatives and Senate), and judicial (Supreme Court); branches, in principle, independent and maintain balance of power United States (continued)

Department of the Army, Department of the Navy (including Marine Corps), US Coast Guard, Department of the Air Force

Budget

(1985) receipts, $763.768 billion; outlays, $930.635 billion; deficit, $123.3 billion

Capital

Washington, D. C.

Civil air

618 major transport aircraft

2,960 commercial multiengine transport aircraft, including 2,724 jet, 185 turboprop, 51 piston (1984)

Coastline

19,924 km People

Communists

Communist Party (claimed 15,000-20,000 members), Gus Hall, general secretary; Socialist Workers Party (claimed 1,800 members); Jack Barnes, national secretary (1983)

Crude steel

83.9 million metric tons produced (1984)

Elections

presidential, every four years (next November 1988); all members of the House of Representatives, every two years; one-third of members of the Senate, every two years Political parties and leaders: Republican Party, Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr., national chairman; Democratic Party, Paul G. Kirk, Jr., national committee chairman; several other groups or parties of minor political significance

Electric power

(public utilities only) 705,961,000 kW capacity (1985); 2,679.857 billion (net) kWh produced (1985), 1 1,220 kWh per capita

Ethnic divisions

83.1% white; 11.6% black; 6.448% Spanish origin; 0.622% American Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut; 0.357% Chinese; 0.343% Filipino; 0.31% Japanese, 0.1595% other Asian; 0. 156% Korean; 0. 1 15% Vietnamese (1980)

Exports

$17,034.2 million (f.o.b., 1985); machinery, chemicals, transport equipment, agricultural products

Fiscal year

1 October-30 September Communications Rai/roads:270,312km

Fishing

catch 4,143 thousand metric tons (1983); 13.0 Ib per capita consumption (1981); imports $4.173 billion (1981); exports $1.156 billion, (1981); est. value, $2.388 billion (1981)

Freight carried

rail — 1,637.0 million metric tons, 1,345. 6 billion metric ton/km (1984); highways — 987.53 billion metric ton/km (1984); inland water freight (excluding Great Lakes traffic) — 582.81 million metric tons, 358.29 billion metric ton/km (1984); air— 11,495 million metric ton/km (1984)

GNP

$3,662.8 billion (1984 est); $2,186.5 billion (65%) personal consumption, $501.0 billion (14.9%) private investment, $701.8 billion (20.9%) government, - $25.9 billion (-.07%) net exports; $11,338 per capita; annual growth rate 6.8% (1984)

Government leaders

Ronald REAGAN, President (since January 1981); George BUSH, Vice President (since January 1981)

Highways

United Kingdom, 362,982 km total; Great Britain, 339,483 km paved (including 2,573 km limited-access divided highway); Northern Ireland, 23,499 km (22,907 paved, 592 km gravel)

6,365,590 km, including 88,641 km expressways

Imports

$31, 349.1 million (c.i.f., 1985); crude and partly refined petroleum, machinery, transport equipment (mainly new automobiles)

Infant mortality rate

10.6/1,000(1984)

Inland waterways

3,219 km publicly owned; 605 km major commercial routes

est. 41,009 km of navigable inland channels, exclusive of the Great Lakes

Labor force

115.24 million (includes 1.708 million members of the armed forces in the US); unemployment rate 7.2% ('985); 8,291 million unemployed (October 1985)

Language

predominantly English; sizable Spanish-speaking minority

Legal system

based on English common law; dual system of courts, state and federal; constitution adopted 1789; judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations

Life expectancy

men 71.6, women 76.3

Limits of territorial waters (claimed)

3 nm (200 nm exclusive economic zone); includes Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, Johnston Atoll, Wake Island, Jarvis Island, Kingman Reef, Rowland and Baker Islands, Northern Marianas

Literacy

99%

Major trade partners

exports — $4,030 million Canada, $1,925.7 million Japan, $1,015.7 rr illion Mexico, $842.8 million UK, $651.4 million FRG (1985); imports— $6,153.8 million Canada, $6,451.8 million Japan, $1,479.4 million Mexico, $1,300.1 million UK, $1,807.5 million FRG (1985)

Member of

ADB, ANZUS, Bank of International Settlements, CCC, CENTO, Colombo Plan, DAC, FAO, ESCAP, GATT, Group of Ten, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAC, ICAO, ICEM, ICES, ICO, IDA, IDE— InterAmerican Development Bank, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IHO, ILO, International Lead and Zinc Study Group, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IPU, IRC, ITC, ITU, IWC— International Whaling Commission, IWC — International Wheat Council, NATO, OAS, OECD, PAHO, SPG, UN, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WSG, WTO Economy

Military budget

for fiscal year ending 31 March 1985, $24.1 billion; about 19.7% of central government budget North Atlantic Ocean This "Factsheet" on the US is provided solely as a service to those wishing to make rough comparisons of foreign country data with a US "yardstick." Information is from US open sources and publications and in no sense represents estimates by the US Intelligence Community. Land 9,372,614 km2 (contiguous US plus Alaska and Hawaii); 32% forest; 27% grazing and pasture; 19% cultivated; 22% waste, urban, and other Water

$266.151 billion (1984 prop.); 29.1% of central government budget (planned, 1985)

Military manpower

males 15-49, 14,039,000; 11,906,000 fit for military service; no conscription

2,135,900 total; 780,800, army; 594,500, air force; 564,800, navy; 196,600, marines (1984)

National holiday

Independence Day, 4 July

Natural gas

18.5 trillion cubic feet produced (1984)

Natural resources

coal, copper, lead, molybdenum, phosphates, uranium, bauxite, gold, iron, mercury, nickel, potash, silver, tungsten, zinc

Official name

United States of America

Organized labor

approximately 17.3 million members; 18% of civilian labor force (1985) Government

Pipelines

933 km crude oil, almost all insignificant; 2,993 km refined products; 12,800 km natural gas

petroleum, 883.3 billion metric ton/km, 1,049.6 million metric tons carried (1984)

Political subdivisions

50 states and the District of Columbia; dependencies include Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Wake and Midway Islands, Johnston Atoll, and Kingman Reef; under UN trusteeship Caroline, Marshall, and Northern Mariana Islands

Population

240,856,000 (July 1986), average annual growth rate 0.9%

Ports

9 major, 15 secondary, 190 minor

44 handling 10.9 million metric tons or more per year

Religion

total membership in religious bodies 139.604 million; Protestant 76.754 million, Roman Catholic 52.089 million, Jewish 5.725 million, other religions 5.036 million; 60% of the population processes a religious affiliation (1982)

Suffrage

all citizens over age 18; not compulsory

Telecommunications

modern, efficient domestic and international system; 29.5 million telephones (52.5 per 100 popl.); excellent countrywide broadcast systems with 210 AM, 436 FM, 2,736 TV stations; 35 coaxial submarine cables; 4 earth satellite stations with a total of 9 antennas Defense Forces

182,558,000 telephones (791 telephones per 1,000 popl.); 4,892 AM, 3,915 FM, 1,285 noncommercial FM stations (10,092 total); 796 commercial, 300 noncommercial (public broadcasting), 6,200 commercial cable TV broadcast stations (7,296 total); 495 million radio and 150 million TV receivers (1982) Defense Forces

Type

federal republic; strong democratic tradition

Voting strength

40% voter participation (1982 congressional election); 53.3% voter participation (1984 presidential election); Republican Party (Ronald Reagan), 59% of the popular vote (525 electoral votes); Democratic Party (Walter Mondale), 41% (13 electoral votes)