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THE FACTS
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LOCATION: North America & The Caribbean
GOVERNMENT:   Constitution-based federal republic.
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: English 82.1%, Spanish 10.7%, other Indo-European 3.8%, Asian and Pacific island 2.7%, other 0.7%, Hawaiian is an official language in the state of Hawaii.
MAJOR RELIGION(S):  Protestant 52%, Roman Catholic 24%, Mormon 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 1%, other 10%, none 10%.
MAJOR ETHNIC GROUPS: White 81.7%, black 12.9%, Asian 4.2%, Amerindian and Alaska native 1%, native Hawaiian and other Pacific islander 0.2%. Hispanic includes persons of Latin American descent who may be of any race or ethnic group (white, black, Asian, etc.)

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