United States
- As of July 2020, there are 332,639,102 people living in the United States.
- That states are made up of: white 72.4%, black 12.6%, Asian 4.8%, Amerindian and Alaska native 0.9%, native Hawaiian and other Pacific islander 0.2%, other 6.2%, two or more races 2.9%.
- Languages spoken are: English only 78.2%, Spanish 13.4%, Chinese 1.1%, other 7.3%.
- Religions are: Protestant 46.5%, Roman Catholic 20.8%, Jewish 1.9%, Mormon 1.6%, other Christian 0.9%, Muslim 0.9%, Jehovah’s Witness 0.8%, Buddhist 0.7%, Hindu 0.7%, other 1.8%, unaffiliated 22.8%, don’t know/refused 0.6%.
Morgan Micallef
TRADE
This graph shows the trade total, exports, and imports in the united states using the percentage of GPD from 2010-2020. From 2010 to 2020, there has been a gradual decrease for import of goods and services (% of GDP). For exported goods and services (% of GDP), there was also a slight decrease for 2010 to 2020. Finally, for total trade for (% of GPD), there was also a decrease from 2010 to 2020. Bella Simoes
GDP
This graph shows foreign direct investment inflows, net USD and percentage of GDP over 10 years, between 2010-2020.
Morgan Micallef
ATTITUDES TOWARDS GLOBALIZATION
| Time of year | Very good | Somewhat good | Somewhat bad | Very bad | Don’t know | ||
| US | Spring 2014 | 18 | 50 | 19 | 9 | 4 | |
| US | Spring 2014 | 4 | 24 | 40 | 27 | 5 | |
| US | Spring 2014 | 21 | 54 | 14 | 9 | 3 |
This chart displays multiple surveys taken place to better understand the views and attitudes of American citizens. The first question asked was “What do you think about the growing trade and business ties between the US and other countries – do you think it is a very good thing, somewhat good, somewhat bad or a very bad thing for our country?” The second question that was asked was “when foreign companies buy U.S companies, does this have a very good, somewhat good, somewhat bad, or a very bad impact on our country?” and finally, “when foreign companies build new factories in the U.S, does this have a very good, somewhat good, somewhat bad, or a very bad impact on our country?”. After viewing the results related to these questions, it is clear that the majority of survey takers were in favor of any foreign companies when the U.S was going to benefit off of them. Yet when foreign companies try to benefit off of the U.S and use our resources, most are against it. Gabrielle Lirosi
INTERNET ACCESS
This section discusses the internet access in the United States. Looking at the graph, the percentage of the United States using the internet is up to 88% from around mid 70’s from the start of the chart. As of right now, the internet is a necessity for this country and the majorities of countries. While the graph looks very underwhelming, it shows a lot more than it seems because it is out of 100% rather than virtually infinite numbers like the other line graph. The other part of the graph is looking at the secure servers in the country. With the rise of the internet becoming a necessity, there needed to be more secure servers so people who do not understand technology well so they cannot be hacked. This number will continue to rise so less people can access information for different companies. Protecting your server and your online information is an extremely important and is a high priority to a lot of companies, businesses, and even people’s personal information.
frank Caruti
TOURISM
This graph shows the air transport rates which is the main form a transportation for tourists in and out of the country. The top line of the graph is the passengers carried, and you see the steady increase of the graph because of the increase in popularity in travel. If there was data for this year on all these points, there would be a dramatic decrease due to a global pandemic that is lasting most of the year. The last two points overlap each other which are registered carrier department worldwide and air transport, freight. Both are a lot smaller than the 800 million, but there is a difference between 10 million of the bottom two lines. The first one is registered carrier department worldwide which involves flights going throughout the whole world. The last one is freight, which is the amount of weight being loaded onto the aircrafts.
Percentage of Population Speaking English/ Foreign Languages
According to the Center for Immigration Studies article, “63.7 Million in the Unites States Spoke a Foreign Language at home in 2018” by Karen Zeigler and Steven A. Camarota, 63.7 million Unites States residents including native born, legal immigrants, and illegal immigrants spoke a foreign language at home in 2018. Since 2010 the number at the time has doubled since. Zeigler and Camarota in the article mention a report by the Census Bureau. In table one, during 2010 there was 20.6% of share speaking a language other than English at home. The percentage had increased by 1.3% (21.9%) by 2018. Even though that percentage increase did not seem as a big change, the number of people increased from 59,542,596 people to 67,268,668 just within those 10 years (Zeigler and Camarota).
Zeigler, Karen, and Steven A. Camarota. “67.3 Million in the United States Spoke a Foreign Language at Home in 2018.” CIS.org, 29 Oct. 2019, cis.org/Report/673-Million-United-States-Spoke-Foreign-Language-Home-2018.
Belle Simoes
REPORT #2, POD 3, UNITED STATES
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT: UNITED STATES
The United States is the highest country represented on the graph, which means that the GNI per Capita and Income Thresholds are greater than any other country in the world. This means that this country’s level of development is higher than any other country in the world, so it would be great for foreign investors to develop within the United States due to this domination of GNI per Capita
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |
| GNI per capita (constant 2010 US$) | 49,634.2 | 47,926.5 | 48,902.9 | 49,406.3 | 50,110.4 | 50,656.9 | 51,525.0 | 52,554.5 | 52,964.3 | 53,842.3 | 55,160.4 |
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |
| GDP (constant 2010 US$) | 14,992,052,727,000.0 | 15,224,554,803,720.8 | 15,567,038,144,849.7 | 15,853,795,607,833.0 | 16,242,526,401,218.3 | 16,710,459,044,262.2 | 16,972,347,893,377.0 | 17,348,626,599,470.8 | 17,856,476,888,949.5 |
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |
| GDP growth (annual %) | 2.6 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.9 |
Both graphs above represent GDP growth (annual %) in the United Sates, which is an indicator of market potential. The numbers shown have gone up and down over the nine-year period (2010-2018), but since 2016 there has been a steady incline for GDP growth.
(MORGAN; BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT)
CONTROL OF CORRUPTION
RULE OF LAW
(BELLE; CONTROL OF CORRUPTION/RULE OF LAW)
GOVERNMENT EFFECTIVENESS
(GAB; GOVERNMENT EFFECTIVENESS)
TERRORISM
(MATT; TERRORISM)
FREEDOM
86 FREE, 33 POLITICAL RIGHTS, 53 CIVIL LIBERTIES
- Political rights score; one sentence on “In terms of political rights, this country does particularly well on all of the above on a scale of ¾ and above; this country does particularly poorly on nothing” You will get this information by skimming through the country report.
- Civil liberties score; one sentence on “In terms of civil liberties, this country does particularly well on everything else on a scale of ¾ and above; this country does particularly poorly on Do laws, policies, and practices guarantee equal treatment of various segments of the population?” You will get this information by skimming through the country report.
(FRANK, FREEDOM)