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US FACTS:
Population: 285,785,213 (Estimated as of 18:04 EST Dec 24, 2001)
Land area: 3,537,441 (square miles)
Number of Counties: 3,096
Number of States: 50
Highest point: 20,320 feet (Mount McKinley, Alaska)
Lowest point: -282 feet (Death Valley, California)
Coastline: 19,924 km
Land: 9,158,960 Square Miles
People per square mile (1999): 77.1
Public elementary and secondary schools (1992-93) 84,501
Total enrollment (1993): 43,476,267
Teachers (1993): 2,505,075
Average teacher salary (1993-94): $35,819
Public libraries (1993): 8,929
Airports (1999 est.):14,572
Televisions: 219 million (1997)
Radios: 575 million (1997)

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