United States
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United States at a glance
Rolled up from the 2,053 regions inside United States on this site, with census figures from Statistics Canada.
Population335,642,425
census, summed from provinces/states
Places inside1,960
1,147 with a full /local page
Businesses on file7,296,551
business register, all places inside
Companies headquartered16,786
in the company directory
Who represents them636
places with a /politics page
Property & employers424 · 122
/property and /employers records
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Who leads United States, and how households are doing
Researched 2026-11-08 from official statistics; every figure links to its source.
Leadership
- Donald J. Trump — President of the United States (45th & 47th) (Republican) since 2025-01 ↗
- JD Vance — Vice President of the United States (Republican) since 2025-01 ↗
- Mike Johnson — Speaker of the House of Representatives (Republican) since 2023-10 ↗
- John G. Roberts, Jr. — Chief Justice of the United States since 2005-09 ↗
Economy & households
- Population
- 343,105 thousands of persons (BEA monthly population, NSA) (2026-09) ↗
- GDP
- 33,010.036 USD billions, nominal, seasonally adjusted annual rate (BEA advance estimate) (2026-Q3) ↗
- GDP per person
- 96,237 USD, nominal, seasonally adjusted annual rate (BEA) (2026-Q3) ↗
- Unemployment
- 4.1 % (BLS household survey, SA) (2026-10) ↗
- Inflation
- 3.7 % CPI-U all items, 12 months ending, NSA (2026-09) ↗
- Central bank rate
- 3.75-4.00 % federal funds target range (raised 25 bp on 2026-09-17) (2026-09) ↗
- Median household income
- 87,460 USD (CPS ASEC money income, real 2025 dollars) (2025) ↗
- Average household income
- 145,200 USD 2025, mean before-tax FAMILY income (SCF 2025, Table 1: 145.2 thousand) (2025) ↗
- Household debt (total)
- 18.8 USD trillions (NY Fed Household Debt and Credit Report) (2026-Q2) ↗
- Debt payments as % of disposable income
- 11.11 % household debt SERVICE payments as share of disposable personal income (Fed DSR, SA) (2026-Q2) ↗
- Average household debt
- 179,100 USD 2025, conditional mean debt of families holding any debt (SCF 2025, Table 4) (2025) ↗
- Median net worth
- 215,900 USD 2025, family median net worth (SCF 2025) (2025) ↗
- Average net worth
- 1,241,500 USD 2025, family mean net worth (SCF 2025, Table 2: 1,241.5 thousand) (2025) ↗
- Home ownership
- 65.5 % (Census HVS, NSA) (2026-Q3) ↗
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Home prices in the biggest cities
As each source measures them (benchmark, median or average sale price); not directly comparable across measures.
| City / metro | Price | Measure | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York ↗ | 354.71 index, Jan 2000 = 100 | S&P Cotality Case-Shiller Home Price Index, NSA | 2026-08 |
| Los Angeles ↗ | 447.44 index, Jan 2000 = 100 | S&P Cotality Case-Shiller Home Price Index, NSA | 2026-08 |
| Chicago ↗ | 238.75 index, Jan 2000 = 100 | S&P Cotality Case-Shiller Home Price Index, NSA | 2026-08 |
| Dallas ↗ | 294.34 index, Jan 2000 = 100 | S&P Cotality Case-Shiller Home Price Index, NSA | 2026-08 |
| Atlanta ↗ | 251.72 index, Jan 2000 = 100 | S&P Cotality Case-Shiller Home Price Index, NSA | 2026-08 |
| Washington DC ↗ | 341.25 index, Jan 2000 = 100 | S&P Cotality Case-Shiller Home Price Index, NSA | 2026-08 |
| Miami ↗ | 454.69 index, Jan 2000 = 100 | S&P Cotality Case-Shiller Home Price Index, NSA | 2026-08 |
| Phoenix ↗ | 324.94 index, Jan 2000 = 100 | S&P Cotality Case-Shiller Home Price Index, NSA | 2026-08 |
| Boston ↗ | 361.51 index, Jan 2000 = 100 | S&P Cotality Case-Shiller Home Price Index, NSA | 2026-08 |
| San Francisco ↗ | 366.01 index, Jan 2000 = 100 | S&P Cotality Case-Shiller Home Price Index, NSA | 2026-08 |
| Seattle ↗ | 387.06 index, Jan 2000 = 100 | S&P Cotality Case-Shiller Home Price Index, NSA | 2026-08 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale (NAR) ↗ | 958,500 USD | median sale (NAR single-family existing-home, quarterly) | 2026-Q3 |
| United States (NAR national) ↗ | 432,900 USD | median sale (NAR single-family existing-home, quarterly) | 2026-Q3 |
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Wealth and income by group
Grouped exactly as the official survey groups them; the measure is named on each row.
| Group | Measure | Value | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| White non-Hispanic ↗ | median net worth | 332,100 USD 2025 (SCF 2025, family, race/ethnicity of respondent) | 2025 |
| Black or African-American non-Hispanic ↗ | median net worth | 36,800 USD 2025 (SCF 2025) | 2025 |
| Hispanic or Latino ↗ | median net worth | 79,600 USD 2025 (SCF 2025) | 2025 |
| Asian ↗ | median net worth | 677,600 USD 2025 (SCF 2025) | 2025 |
| Other (non-Asian) or Multiple Race ↗ | median net worth | 97,500 USD 2025 (SCF 2025) | 2025 |
| White ↗ | share of total wealth | 82.4 % of household net worth (Fed DFA; groups: White, Black, Hispanic, Other) | 2026-Q2 |
| Black ↗ | share of total wealth | 3.2 % of household net worth (Fed DFA) | 2026-Q2 |
| Hispanic ↗ | share of total wealth | 2.4 % of household net worth (Fed DFA) | 2026-Q2 |
| Other ↗ | share of total wealth | 12.1 % of household net worth (Fed DFA) | 2026-Q2 |
| White (householder) ↗ | median household income | 91,930 USD 2025 (Census CPS ASEC, race of householder) | 2025 |
| White, not Hispanic (householder) ↗ | median household income | 96,710 USD 2025 (Census CPS ASEC) | 2025 |
| Black (householder) ↗ | median household income | 59,980 USD 2025 (Census CPS ASEC) | 2025 |
| Asian (householder) ↗ | median household income | 126,300 USD 2025 (Census CPS ASEC) | 2025 |
| Hispanic, any race (householder) ↗ | median household income | 73,260 USD 2025 (Census CPS ASEC) | 2025 |
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Languages
Official-language and home-language figures as the census reports them.
| Language | Share | Measure | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| English only ↗ | 78.3% | spoke only English at home, % of population age 5+ (ACS 2018-2022 5-year) | 2018-2022 |
| Spanish ↗ | 61.1% | % of people age 5+ who speak a language other than English at home (ACS 2018-2022 5-year) | 2018-2022 |
| Chinese (all dialects) ↗ | 5.1% | % of people age 5+ who speak a language other than English at home (ACS 2018-2022 5-year) | 2018-2022 |
| Tagalog (incl. Filipino) ↗ | 2.5% | % of people age 5+ who speak a language other than English at home (ACS 2018-2022 5-year) | 2018-2022 |
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Largest companies in United States
Ranked by the measure shown, from the cited ranking or filing.
| Company | Measure | Value | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon ↗ | revenue | 716.9 USD billions (Fortune 500 2026, #1) | 2026 |
| Walmart ↗ | revenue | 713.2 USD billions (Fortune 500 2026, #2) | 2026 |
| UnitedHealth Group ↗ | revenue | 447.6 USD billions (#3) | 2026 |
| Apple ↗ | revenue | 416.2 USD billions (#4) | 2026 |
| Alphabet ↗ | revenue | 402.8 USD billions (#5) | 2026 |
| CVS Health ↗ | revenue | 402.1 USD billions (#6) | 2026 |
| Berkshire Hathaway ↗ | revenue | 371.4 USD billions (#7) | 2026 |
| McKesson ↗ | revenue | 359.1 USD billions (#8) | 2026 |
| Exxon Mobil Holdings ↗ | revenue | 332.2 USD billions (#9) | 2026 |
| Cencora ↗ | revenue | 321.3 USD billions (#10) | 2026 |
| Microsoft ↗ | revenue | 281.7 USD billions (#11) | 2026 |
| JPMorgan Chase ↗ | revenue | 280.3 USD billions (#12) | 2026 |
| Costco Wholesale ↗ | revenue | 275.2 USD billions (#13) | 2026 |
| Cigna Group ↗ | revenue | 274.9 USD billions (#14) | 2026 |
| Cardinal Health ↗ | revenue | 222.6 USD billions (#15) | 2026 |
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Worth knowing
- 2026-06Amazon displaced Walmart as No. 1 on the 2026 Fortune 500, ending Walmart's 13-year run at the top; the 500 companies combined for $21.0 trillion in revenue and employ 30.5 million people worldwide. ↗
- 2026-10Real GDP grew at a 3.4% annual rate in Q3 2026 (advance estimate), up from 2.2% in Q2. ↗
- 2026-09The FOMC raised the federal funds target range 25 basis points to 3.75-4.00% on September 17, 2026, after three cuts in late 2025. ↗
- 2026-09Median household income reached $87,460 in 2025, the highest on record since 1967 (+2.6%); the official poverty rate fell 0.5 points to 10.2%. ↗
- 2026-10Black non-Hispanic families' median net worth fell 25% from 2022 to 2025; White non-Hispanic median wealth is nine times Black median wealth, the largest ratio since 2016. ↗
- 2026-10Consumer prices rose 3.7% in the 12 months to September 2026, up from 3.4% in August; gasoline rose 9.1% in September alone. ↗
- 2026-08Household debt dipped $13 billion to $18.8 trillion in Q2 2026; credit card balances stood at $1.26 trillion and student loans at $1.65 trillion. ↗
- 2026-10NAR's national median single-family existing-home price was $432,900 in Q3 2026 (+1.7% y/y); San Jose was the priciest metro at $1.92 million. ↗
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Census
US Census Bureau American Community Survey — summed from the province/state summaries; income, rent and rates are population-weighted means of their medians, not national medians.
Median household income$79,504
Median rent$1,372/mo
Immigrants13.8%
Renters35.1%
Aged 65+16.9%
Unemployment5.2%
Low income12.7%
Speak a language other than English21.3%
Languages spoken at home (other than English)
- Spanish45,053,512 · 13.4%
- Other Indo-European languages6,162,992 · 1.8%
- Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)3,468,641 · 1%
- Other Asian and Pacific Island languages3,219,547 · 1%
- Other and unspecified languages2,427,041 · 0.7%
- Russian, Polish, or other Slavic languages2,143,044 · 0.6%
- French, Haitian, or Cajun2,090,249 · 0.6%
- Tagalog (incl. Filipino)1,704,298 · 0.5%
- Vietnamese1,516,884 · 0.5%
- German or other West Germanic languages1,437,592 · 0.4%
- Arabic1,343,091 · 0.4%
- Korean1,034,611 · 0.3%
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States
One row per census summary, largest first.
| Name | Population | Median household income | Median rent | Immigrants | Unemployment | Businesses on file |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 39,242,785 | $96,334 | $1,956 | 26.7% | 6.4% | 1,103,914 |
| Texas | 29,640,343 | $76,292 | $1,339 | 17.2% | 5.1% | 808,377 |
| Florida | 21,928,881 | $71,711 | $1,564 | 21.4% | 4.8% | 628,614 |
| New York | 19,872,319 | $84,578 | $1,576 | 22.6% | 6.2% | 411,310 |
| Pennsylvania | 12,986,518 | $76,081 | $1,162 | 7.4% | 5.2% | 162,406 |
| Illinois | 12,692,653 | $81,702 | $1,227 | 14.4% | 5.8% | 220,121 |
| Ohio | 11,780,046 | $69,680 | $988 | 5% | 4.8% | 291,727 |
| Georgia | 10,822,590 | $74,664 | $1,306 | 10.8% | 5.1% | 266,102 |
| North Carolina | 10,584,340 | $69,904 | $1,162 | 8.7% | 4.7% | 220,559 |
| Michigan | 10,051,595 | $71,149 | $1,084 | 7% | 5.8% | 167,646 |
| New Jersey | 9,267,014 | $101,050 | $1,653 | 23.5% | 6.1% | 45,214 |
| Virginia | 8,657,499 | $90,974 | $1,514 | 12.9% | 4.2% | 212,378 |
| Washington | 7,740,984 | $94,952 | $1,682 | 15.1% | 4.9% | 238,464 |
| Arizona | 7,268,175 | $76,872 | $1,431 | 12.9% | 5.1% | 209,200 |
| Massachusetts | 6,992,395 | $101,341 | $1,687 | 17.7% | 5.1% | 82,767 |
| Tennessee | 6,986,082 | $67,097 | $1,122 | 5.9% | 4.7% | 162,828 |
| Indiana | 6,811,752 | $70,051 | $1,020 | 5.9% | 4.3% | 105,158 |
| Maryland | 6,170,738 | $101,652 | $1,662 | 16.3% | 4.9% | 76,156 |
| Missouri | 6,168,181 | $68,920 | $996 | 4.4% | 4.1% | 153,605 |
| Wisconsin | 5,892,023 | $75,670 | $1,045 | 5.1% | 3.3% | 110,051 |
| Colorado | 5,810,774 | $92,470 | $1,693 | 9.6% | 4.4% | 176,532 |
| Minnesota | 5,713,716 | $87,556 | $1,235 | 8.6% | 3.9% | 173,557 |
| South Carolina | 5,212,774 | $66,818 | $1,126 | 5.6% | 4.9% | 58,301 |
| Alabama | 5,054,253 | $62,027 | $963 | 3.8% | 4.8% | 105,990 |
| Louisiana | 4,621,025 | $60,023 | $1,038 | 4.7% | 6.3% | 98,532 |
| Kentucky | 4,510,725 | $62,417 | $933 | 4.4% | 4.8% | 60,261 |
| Oregon | 4,238,714 | $80,426 | $1,450 | 9.7% | 5.4% | 144,487 |
| Oklahoma | 3,995,260 | $63,603 | $980 | 6.3% | 4.8% | 87,686 |
| Connecticut | 3,598,348 | $93,760 | $1,431 | 15.4% | 5.6% | 37,506 |
| Utah | 3,331,187 | $91,750 | $1,405 | 8.6% | 3.4% | 57,726 |
| Puerto Rico | 3,254,885 | $25,096 | $562 | 2.7% | 12.1% | — |
| Iowa | 3,195,937 | $73,147 | $949 | 5.7% | 3.6% | 56,487 |
| Nevada | 3,141,000 | $75,561 | $1,489 | 19% | 6.8% | 103,960 |
| Arkansas | 3,032,651 | $58,773 | $914 | 5.2% | 5.1% | 75,006 |
| Mississippi | 2,951,438 | $54,915 | $923 | 2.4% | 5.9% | 64,941 |
| Kansas | 2,937,569 | $72,639 | $1,029 | 7.2% | 3.9% | 53,319 |
| New Mexico | 2,114,768 | $62,125 | $1,021 | 9.2% | 5.9% | 76,343 |
| Nebraska | 1,965,926 | $74,985 | $1,035 | 7.7% | 3% | 71,847 |
| Idaho | 1,893,296 | $74,636 | $1,150 | 5.7% | 3.7% | 38,215 |
| West Virginia | 1,784,462 | $57,917 | $850 | 1.7% | 5.7% | 17,465 |
| Hawaii | 1,445,635 | $98,317 | $1,938 | 18.1% | 4.7% | — |
| New Hampshire | 1,387,834 | $95,628 | $1,423 | 6.2% | 3.4% | 23,663 |
| Maine | 1,377,400 | $71,773 | $1,084 | 3.9% | 3.9% | 23,992 |
| Montana | 1,105,072 | $69,922 | $1,031 | 2.3% | 3.7% | 33,013 |
| Rhode Island | 1,095,371 | $86,372 | $1,273 | 14.8% | 5.7% | 17,666 |
| Delaware | 1,005,872 | $82,855 | $1,341 | 10.4% | 5% | 24,216 |
| South Dakota | 899,194 | $72,421 | $912 | 3.9% | 3% | 18,657 |
| North Dakota | 779,361 | $75,949 | $934 | 4.5% | 2.8% | 23,881 |
| Alaska | 733,971 | $89,336 | $1,388 | 7.8% | 5.4% | — |
| District of Columbia | 672,079 | $106,287 | $1,900 | 13.3% | 6.4% | 35,992 |
| Vermont | 645,254 | $78,024 | $1,193 | 4.3% | 3.6% | 10,295 |
| Wyoming | 579,761 | $74,815 | $968 | 3.5% | 3.7% | 23,448 |
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Largest employers headquartered in United States
Worldwide head offices from the /employers research, ranked by people employed as each company reports it.
- 1.Loblaw Companies Limited Brampton, ON · Retail — food and pharmacy (corporate head office) ↗190,000 worldwide, 2026
- 2.Alberta Health Services Edmonton, AB · Health care — hospitals and public health ↗111,100 worldwide, 2024
- 3.TD Bank Group (The Toronto-Dominion Bank) Toronto, ON · Banking ↗102,218 worldwide, 2025
- 4.Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) Toronto, ON · Banking ↗100,000 worldwide, 2025
- 5.Scotiabank (The Bank of Nova Scotia) Toronto, ON · Banking ↗86,431 worldwide, 2025
- 6.Canada Post Corporation Ottawa, ON · Postal and parcel delivery — Crown corporation ↗60,400 worldwide
- 7.BMO Financial Group (Bank of Montreal) Toronto, ON · Banking ↗53,000 worldwide, 2025
- 8.Dollarama inc. Montréal, QC · Discount retail ↗41,000 worldwide, 2026
- 9.Stantec Edmonton, AB · Professional services — engineering, architecture and environmental consulting ↗34,000 worldwide, 2025
- 10.Great-West Lifeco Winnipeg, MB · Finance — life insurance and wealth holding company ↗33,430 worldwide
- 11.Sun Life Financial Toronto, ON · Insurance — life and wealth ↗32,151 worldwide, 2025
- 12.Celestica Toronto, ON · Electronics manufacturing services ↗29,591 worldwide, 2025
- 13.Barrick Mining Corporation Toronto, ON · Gold and copper mining ↗27,000 worldwide, 2025
- 14.Nutrien Ltd. Saskatoon, SK · Mining and chemicals — potash and fertilizer; agricultural retail ↗26,000 worldwide
- 15.J.D. Irving, Limited Saint John, NB · Conglomerate — forestry, shipbuilding, transportation, retail, food ↗20,000 worldwide
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Largest places in United States
By registry population; places with a full /local page are marked.
- 1.New York (Manhattan), NY full8,516,202
- 2.Los Angeles, California full3,870,000
- 3.Toronto, Ontario full2,794,356
- 4.Chicago, Illinois full2,740,000
- 5.Brooklyn, NY full2,646,306
- 6.Houston, Texas full2,300,000
- 7.Montréal, QC full1,762,950
- 8.Phoenix, Arizona full1,608,139
- 9.Philadelphia, Pennsylvania full1,600,000
- 10.San Antonio, Texas full1,430,000
- 11.San Diego, California full1,400,000
- 12.Calgary, Alberta full1,306,784
- 13.Dallas, Texas full1,304,379
- 14.Ottawa, Canada full1,017,449
- 15.Oahu, Hawaii1,016,508
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Inside United States
8 regions have United States as their parent.
- Ardmore, Oklahoma
- Charlestown, Rhode island
- Midwest USA zone
- North America continent
- Northeast Atlantic USA zone
- Southern USA zone
- Southwest USA zone
- Western USA zone
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Companies based in United States
381 in the Research Upon company directory list their headquarters here (the first 80 shown), and 16,786 across United States and the places inside it — search them all below.
areaAbout this page: figures for the whole of United States are rolled up from every region inside it; each place inside has a page of its own, and the companies headquartered here are listed above.