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)