What do you know about the United States? Get the facts.

Official name: United States of America

Location: North America

Size: 3,794,100 square miles (9,826,675 square kilometers); about half the size of South America

Population: 313,847,465 in 2012

Capital: Washington, D.C.

Climate: Mostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and Florida, and arctic in Alaska

Currency: U.S. dollar

Products: Wheat, corn, fruits, vegetables, cotton, beef, pork, poultry, dairy products, fish, forest products; petroleum, steel, motor vehicles