Bald Eagle
The bald eagle, the national bird of the United States, can spot a fish from nearly two miles away and dive at speeds over 100 miles per hour.
Flag of United States
Field Report
The United States of America is a large country in North America, bordered by Canada to the north, Mexico to the south, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is made up of 50 states with landscapes ranging from frozen tundra in Alaska to tropical beaches in Hawaii, and from flat prairies in the middle to tall mountain ranges on both coasts. About 335 million people live there, making it the third most populous country in the world, with people whose families originally came from nearly every nation on earth.
From the Field Notebook
Bald Eagle
The bald eagle, the national bird of the United States, can spot a fish from nearly two miles away and dive at speeds over 100 miles per hour.
American Bison
American bison are the heaviest land animals in North America, with bulls weighing up to 2,000 pounds, and they once roamed the Great Plains in herds of millions.
American Alligator
American alligators can go months without eating and are known to use sticks balanced on their snouts to lure birds looking for nest-building materials.
Cornbread
Cornbread is a dense, slightly sweet bread made from ground cornmeal that has been baked in homes across the American South for hundreds of years.
Apple Pie
Apple pie, often served warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, has been a beloved everyday dessert in American homes since the colonial era.
Barbecue Ribs
Barbecue ribs are slow-cooked over wood smoke for hours until tender, and nearly every region of the United States has its own distinct style of seasoning and sauce.
The United States is the third-largest country in the world by total area, stretching across six time zones so that when it is sunrise in Maine, it is still the middle of the night in Hawaii.
More than 350 languages are spoken inside the United States, making it one of the most linguistically diverse nations on earth even though it has no official national language.
The Grand Canyon in Arizona is roughly 277 miles long, up to 18 miles wide, and more than a mile deep — carved over millions of years by the Colorado River.
The United States has the world's oldest written national constitution still in use, drafted in 1787, and it fits on just four pages of parchment.
Alaska, the largest U.S. state, is so far north and west that it is actually closer to Russia than it is to the contiguous 48 states, separated from Russia by only about 55 miles of ocean.
Daily Life
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Years life expectancy
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Missions Field Report
United States is home to 499 distinct people groups — 93 of them haven’t yet heard about Jesus.
A majority of United States's people follow Christianity (76.5%). Evangelical Christians make up about 26.6% of the population.
What People Believe
Unreached People Groups
These are communities of people who haven’t had the chance to hear about Jesus yet. They need missionaries — and they need kids like you to pray for them.
Jewish, English-speaking
4,694,000 people
Hindi
1,204,000 people
Jewish, Russian
682,000 people
Gujarati
621,000 people
Urdu
545,000 people
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