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United States Geography Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) total: 477 cu km/yr (13%/46%/41%); per capita: 1,600 cu m/yr est. (2000)

United States Government Country name conventional long form: United States of America; conventional short form: United States; abbreviation: US or USA

Alaska Latitude Facts: 61.385 and Alaska Longitude Facts: -152.2683

United States People Ethnic groups (%) white 79.96%, black 12.85%, Asian 4.43%, Amerindian and Alaska native 0.97%, native Hawaiian and other Pacific islander 0.18%, two or more races 1.61% (July 2007 estimate); note: a separate listing for Hispanic is not included because the US Census Bureau considers Hispanic to mean a person of Latin American descent (including persons of Cuban, Mexican, or Puerto Rican origin) living in the US who may be of any race or ethnic group (white, black, Asian, etc.); about 15.1% of the total US population is Hispanic

United States People Population 303,824,640 (July 2008 estimate)

Alaska's County Facts:

Aleutians East County Aleutians West County Anchorage County Bethel County Bristol Bay County Denali County Dillingham County Fairbanks North Star County Haines County Juneau County Kenai Peninsula County Ketchikan Gateway County Kodiak Island County Lake and Peninsula County Matanuska Susitna County Nome County North Slope County Northwest Arctic County Prince Wales Ketchikan County Sitka County Skagway Hoonah Angoon County Southeast Fairbanks County Valdez Cordova County Wade Hampton County Wrangell Petersburg County Yakutat County Yukon Koyukuk County

United States Economy Economic aid - donor ODA, $23.53 billion (2006)

Source: CIA - The World Factbook