Travel USA? Quick Look USA Geography & Most Attraction Places.

United States of America  

Capital: Washington, D.C.

Largest city: New York City

National language: English

Demonym: American

Government: Federal presidential constitutional republic

President: Barack Obama 

Vice President: Joe Biden

Speaker of the House: John Boehner

Chief Justice: John Roberts

Area

Total-9,826,675 km² (3rd/4^th)
3,794,101 sq mi 

Water (%):6.76

Population:

2011 estimate: 312,068,000 (3^rd)

Density-33.7/km²
87.4/sq mi

Currency: United States dollar ($) (USD)

Web site: www.usa.gov/  

Transport:

Mode of passenger transport Passenger-miles (millions) Percent

 Highway — total 4,884,557, 88.79%

Passenger vehicles, motorcycles- 4,520,810, 82.18%

Trucks- -222,836, 4.05%

Buses --162,908, 2.96%

Air Carriers --583,689, 10.61%

 Rail — total: 30,972, 0.56%

Transit-- 16,118, 0.29%

 Commuter-- 9,473, 0.17%

Intercity/Amtrak--5,381, 0.10%

All other modes (e.g., ferryboats)-- 2,091, 0.04%

Source: 2005 estimates by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics ^[1]

****Collection from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States

Safety

U.S. passenger fatalities per billion passenger-miles, 2002-2007[9]
Mode	Passenger fatalities	Passenger-miles (millions)	Passenger fatalities per billion passenger miles
Passenger car	127,124	15,958,620 M	7.97
Light rail	79	9,980 M	7.92
Motor bus	399	117,982 M	3.38
Commuter rail	105	59,736 M	1.76
Heavy rail (subway)	106	86,900 M	1.22
Railroad (intercity)	36	33,234 M	1.08
Airline	113	3,326,286 M	0.03

           
 The most visited tourist attractions in the US were:

Place	Location	Visitors (millions)[1]
Times Square	New York, New York	35
Las Vegas Strip	Las Vegas, Nevada	31
National Mall and Memorial Parks	Washington, D.C.	24
Faneuil Hall Marketplace	Boston, Massachusetts	20
Magic Kingdom	Orlando, Florida	17.1
Disneyland Park	Anaheim, California	14.9
Fisherman's Wharf/Golden Gate Area	San Francisco, California	14
Niagara Falls	New York	12
Great Smoky Mountains National Park	North Carolina and Tennessee	9.4
Navy Pier	Chicago, Illinois	8.6
Lake Mead National Recreation Area	Las Vegas, Nevada	7.6
Universal Orlando Resort	Orlando, Florida	6.2
SeaWorld Orlando	Orlando, Florida	6
San Antonio River Walk	San Antonio, Texas	5.1
Salt Lake Temple	Salt Lake City, Utah	5
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area	New Jersey and Pennsylvania	4.8
Universal Studios Hollywood	Universal City, California	4.7
Metropolitan Museum of Art	New York City, N.Y	4.5
Waikiki Beach	Oahu, Hawaii	4.5
Grand Canyon	Arizona	4.41
Busch Gardens Africa	Tampa, Florida	4.4
Cape Cod National Seashore	Barnstable County, Massachusetts	4.35
SeaWorld San Diego	San Diego, California	4.26