Н. Овсянникова - Explore it. The USA

The racial makeup according to the US Census for 2010.

Ethnicity Number Percentage

Americans 308 745 538 100.00%

White Americans 223 553 265 72.40%

African-Americans 38 929 319 12.60%

Americans of Asian descent 14 674 252 4.80%

Native Americans or Native Alaskans 2,932,248 0.90%

Indigenous Hawaiians or other inhabitants of Oceania 540 013 0.20%

Some other races 19 107 368 6.20%

Two or more races 9,009,073 2.90%

States of the US.

One of the largest countries of the modern world, occupying the third place in terms of the number of citizens (313.2 million people) and the fourth largest in area (9.5 million sq. Km.) Among other countries, from an administrative point of view, is primarily divided into states. The US consists of 50 states, which can be called absolutely equal components of the federation, separately stands the federal district of Columbia. Each state in the United States has its own judicial, executive and legislative powers, its own constitution. In all, there are 50 states in the US, but, as of today, discussions continue on the advisability of the formation of the states of Lincoln, New York City, Superior, East Oregon and South Utah. North Virginia, District of Columbia and Puerto Rico continue to compete for a place on the list of US states. Therefore, the question of how many states in the US is slippery enough for Americans themselves, as every resident of all these so-called «51st states» wants him to become more influential and get more freedoms, along with full-fledged states USA. And it is possible that in a few years, when asked about how many US states, schoolchildren in geography lessons around the world will call a completely different figure. To date, in order for the name of a territory to be proud of as the name of the state of the USA, it will have to go through a long and complicated procedure, as well as the adoption of its own regional constitution. It is impossible to exclude or independently withdraw from the list of US states. The most populous is still the District of Columbia, and from the number of legitimate states – New York. The largest in the territory was Alaska, at one time sold by the Russian Empire to the States.

Such a complicated administrative structure has all the grounds for existence, formed both during the long history of this state, and based on economic and social benefits. The formation of a state union in the United States occurred in 1776. Then the British colonies on the territory of America announced their desire to get out of the power of the crown and form their own free state, and unleashed the War of Independence, which ended in 1783, and in 1787 the Constitution was approved, which stipulated the existing at the time names of US states. In addition to the approved list of US states, this document contained provisions on the state system, the management system, the rights and freedoms of citizens of this country, as well as its relations with the outside world. Subsequently, over the years, more and more new states were added to the United States. In the same year, there were eight states in the United States with the accession of Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The next year was marked by the appearance of several US state names – Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New York and South Carolina joined the federation. By the end of the eighteenth century, all US states had become 16 with the foundations of North Carolina, Vermont, Kentucky, Rhode Island and Tennessee. In the following century, another 29 states were formed. On this, the question of how many states in the US did not close – at the beginning of the last century was officially proclaimed the creation of Oklahoma, New Mexico and Arizona, the latest known to date, have become Hawaii and Alaska, the accession of which occurred in one year.

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