Here are a few of the most interesting United States statistics and facts I was able to dig up. As always, be sure to check back in the future as I will be updating this post as new and updated stats become available.

United States Statistics and Facts

• Location: United States on Google Maps

• Continental Area: 3.8 million square miles (9.8 million square kilometers)

• Continent:  North America

• Time Zone(s):

• Population: 327.3 million (2018)

• National Language: None

• Capital City: Washington, D.C.

• Largest City: New York, NY

• List of Major Cities in United States: 

  • New York City
  • Los Angeles
  • Chicago
  • Houston
  • Philadelphia
  • Phoenix
  • San Antonio
  • San Diego
  • Dallas
  • San Jose
  • Austin
  • Jacksonville
  • San Francisco
  • Columbus
  • Fort Worth
  • Indianapolis
  • Charlotte
  • Seattle
  • Denver
  • Washington D.C.
  • Boston
  • El Paso
  • Detroit
  • Nashville
  • Memphis
  • Atlanta

• Largest Public Companies in the US (source)

  1. JP Morgan Chase
  2. General Electric
  3. Exxon Mobil
  4. Berkshire Hathaway
  5. Wells Fargo
  6. Chevron
  7. Walmart
  8. Apple
  9. Citigroup
  10. AT&T
  11. Bank of America
  12. IBM
  13. Proctor & Gamble
  14. Pfizer
  15. Microsoft

• Largest Private Companies in the US (source)

  1. Uber
  2. Airbnb
  3. SpaceX
  4. Palantir Technologies
  5. WeWork
  6. Stripe
  7. JUUL Labs
  8. Pinterest
  9. Lyft
  10. Infor
  11. Slack

• Top Websites in the US (according to SimilarWeb on 10/9/18):

  1. google.com
  2. facebook.com
  3. youtube.com
  4. amazon.com
  5. yahoo.com
  6. pornhub.com
  7. xnxx.com
  8. twitter.com
  9. ebay.com
  10. xvideos.com
  11. wikipedia.org
  12. instagram.com
  13. reddit.com
  14. craigslist.org
  15. bing.com

• Top Social Networks in the US:

  • YouTube
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Snapchat
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • WhatsApp