CartThe United States of America
Flag Colors & Description
Known as Old Glory, the flag of the United States of America is made of 13 equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white. A blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner bears 50 small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows of six stars (top and bottom) alternating with rows of five stars. The 50 stars represent the 50 states; the 13 stripes represent the 13 original colonies.People
Population: 298,444,215 (July 2006 estimate) (growth rate): 0.91% (2006 estimate)
Gdp: $12.98 trillion (2006 estimate) (per capita): $43,500 (2006 estimate)
Languages:
English 82.1%, Spanish 10.7%, other Indo-European 3.8%, Asian and Pacific island 2.7%, other 0.7% (2000 census)
Government
Capital: Washington, DC (capital)
Government type: Constitution-based federal republic; strong democratic tradition
Geography
Natural Resources: bauxite, coal, copper, gold, iron, lead, mercury, molybdenum, natural gas, nickel, petroleum, phosphates, potash, silver, timber, tungsten, uranium, zinc