WebIn the United States, a county is an administrative or political subdivision of a state that consists of a geographic region with specific boundaries and usually some level of governmental authority. The term "county" is used in 48 states, while Louisiana and Alaska have functionally equivalent subdivisions called parishes and boroughs, respectively.The …

WebAffluence in the United States has been attributed in many cases to inherited wealth amounting to "a substantial head start": in September 2012, the Institute for Policy Studies found that over 60 percent of the Forbes richest 400 Americans had grown up with substantial privilege.. Income is commonly used to measure affluence, although this is a …

WebPacific Islander Americans (also known as Oceanian Americans) are Americans who are of Pacific Islander ancestry (or are descendants of the indigenous peoples of Oceania or of Austronesian descent). For its purposes, the United States Census also counts Indigenous Australians as part of this group.. Pacific Islander Americans make up 0.5% of the U.S. …

WebSuicide in the United States is a major national public health issue. The country has one of the highest suicide rates among wealthy nations. In 2020, there were 45,799 recorded suicides, up from 42,773 in 2014, according to the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). Due to the stigma surrounding suicide, it is suspected that suicide is …

WebArticle One of the United States Constitution establishes the legislative branch of the federal government, the United States Congress.Under Article One, Congress is a bicameral legislature consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate.: 73 Article One grants Congress various enumerated powers and the ability to pass laws "necessary …

WebHowever, the Wiccan symbol was only added in 2007 to settle a lawsuit filed on behalf of several families by Americans United for the Separation of Church and State in November 2006. [2] [3] [4] A separate parallel lawsuit was filed on behalf of two Wiccan churches and three families by the American Civil Liberties Union in September 2006 ...

WebAs many as 25,000 Native Americans in World War II fought actively: 21,767 in the Army, 1,910 in the Navy, 874 in the Marines, 121 in the Coast Guard, and several hundred Native American women as nurses. These figures included over one-third of all able-bodied Native American men aged 18 to 50, and even included as high as seventy percent of the …

WebBowles desired to unite all the Native Americans to form a single country. Andrew Jackson destroyed the capitol Miccosukee—the largest town in Florida at the time—in 1817. ... Seven Southern slave states seceded from the United States of America in response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as president. Four more Southern states seceded ...

WebThe Southeastern United States, also referred to as the American Southeast or simply the Southeast, is a geographical region of the United States.It is located broadly on the eastern portion of the southern United States and the southern portion of the eastern United States.It comprises at least a core of states on the lower East Coast of the United …

WebThe United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is a cabinet-level executive branch department of the U.S. federal government created to protect the health of all Americans and providing essential human services. Its motto is "Improving the health, safety, and well-being of America". Before the separate federal Department of Education …

WebCitizenship of the United States is a legal status that entails Americans with specific rights, duties, protections, and benefits in the United States.It serves as a foundation of fundamental rights derived from and protected by the Constitution and laws of the United States, such as freedom of expression, due process, the rights to vote (however, not all …

WebA congressional caucus is a group of members of the United States Congress that meets to pursue common legislative objectives. Formally, caucuses are formed as Congressional Member Organizations (CMOs) through the United States House of Representatives and governed under the rules of that chamber.Caucuses are informal in the Senate, and …

WebThis is a list of Asian Americans and Pacific Islands Americans in the U.S. Congress.. Asian Americans are Americans of Asian descent. The term refers to a panethnic group that includes diverse populations with ancestral origins in East Asia, South Asia or Southeast Asia, as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau.. Pacific Islands Americans, also …

WebThe states and territories included in the United States Census Bureau's statistics for the United States (population, ethnicity, religion, and most other categories) include the 50 states and the District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.).Separate statistics are maintained for the five permanently inhabited territories of the United States (Puerto Rico, Guam, the …