MAP OF THE 50 STATESand U.S. POPULATION STATS
map of the 50 states
******************************************************** According to the United States Census Bureau, America's population reached 300 million in October of 2006. Roughly 66 percent of current United States residents identify themselves as white or Caucasian. Approximately 14 percent are Hispanic. About 12 percent are black or African American. Almost 5 percent are Asian. Only about 1.5 percent of U.S. residents are Native American (including Alaska Natives). Only one-third of one percent (0.33%) are Native Hawaiian (a.k.a. Pacific Islanders). The state of New Jersey has the nation's highest population density, with well over 1100 people per square mile. The most sparsely populated state is Alaska, which averages about one person per square mile. For an up-to-date list of the total population by state, click
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FUN FACTS ABOUT THE 50 STATESMeasured from east-to-west, the state of Alaska is wider than the entire U.S. mainland.Alaska extends further west than Hawaii. In June of 1846, the Oregon Treaty established the border between the United States and Canada. The United States has more than 12,000 miles of coastline. America's shoreline regions are the Atlantic Coast (eastern states), the Gulf Coast (southern states), the Pacific Coast (western states, including Hawaii but not Alaska) and the Arctic Coast (Alaska). The highest point in the USA is on Alaska's Mt. McKinley. The nation's lowest geographical location is in California's Death Valley. With Alaska and Hawaii included, the geographic center of the United States is near Castle Rock, South Dakota.
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