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Will Democrats hold most governorships after 2026?
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United States
North AmericaCapital city: Washington D.C.Capital metro: Washington-BaltimoreMost important metro: New YorkPresident: Donald Trump
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2026 population
341.8M
Rank #3 globally
Area
9.4M km² (3.6M sq mi)
Metros tracked
596
94% of population in metros
Composite score
2615.5
Rank #1 globally
population: Official estimate (1 Jul 2025) · indicators as of 5 Sep 2026 · 596 metros tracked
🗺️ Geography595 of 596 metros
United States metro footprint, shaded by composite tier.
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595 polygons
Select a metro for its rank and a link to its page. Boundaries derived from Overture Maps administrative divisions; metros without source coverage are omitted.
🏙️ 596 tracked metros
596 metros
#1New York▲ Largest
New York · New Jersey · Connecticut · 22.3M · Global Capital
182.9
California · 8.0M · Global Capital
123.3
California · 18.5M · Global Capital
109.2
#11Washington-Baltimore★ Capital
DC · Maryland · Virginia · 10.2M · Continental Metro
94.1
#12Chicago
Illinois · Indiana · Wisconsin · 9.9M · Continental Metro
90.3
#13Boston
Massachusetts · New Hampshire · 6.8M · Continental Metro
86.7
#20Houston
Texas · 8.0M · Continental Metro
67.2
#28Miami
Florida · 6.5M · Continental Metro
60.2
#29Philadelphia
Pennsylvania · New Jersey · Delaware · 7.3M · Continental Metro
59.8
#31Seattle
Washington · 5.1M · Continental Metro
59.1
#34Dallas
Texas · 8.7M · Continental Metro
55.7
#37Atlanta
Georgia · 7.3M · Continental Metro
54.4
🗂️ Administrative subdivisions
51 entries listed under United States across 2 types. Select any to see its metros and footprint.
51 total
States (50)
Texas48Pennsylvania24California22Georgia22Illinois21Missouri21Indiana20Arkansas19Michigan19Minnesota19North Carolina19Oklahoma19Florida18Kentucky18Mississippi18New York17Ohio17Alabama16Iowa16Kansas16Wisconsin16New Mexico15Oregon15Tennessee15Virginia15Colorado14Washington13West Virginia13Idaho12Louisiana11Nebraska11South Dakota11Arizona10South Carolina10Wyoming9Alaska7Montana7North Dakota7Massachusetts6Utah6Connecticut5Maryland5Nevada5Vermont5Hawaii4New Hampshire4Delaware3Maine3New Jersey3Rhode Island1
Districts (1)
🧩 Constituents and territories
5 entries listed under United States. Select any to see its own metros.
📋 At a glance
- Official language
- English
- Currency
- United States dollar ($)
- Government
- Constitutional republic
- Legislature
- United States Congress
- Constitution
- 1789, 16 amendment events since
- Demonym
- American
- Time zones
- Eastern (UTC−05:00), Central (UTC−06:00), Pacific (UTC−08:00), Mountain (UTC−07:00) +5 more
- Driving side
- Right
- Calling code
- +1
- Internet TLD
- .us
- ISO 3166
- US
- Established
- 1784
- Highest point
- Denali (6,190 m (20,308 ft))
- National anthem
- The Star-Spangled Banner
Facts via Wikidata.
🗣️ Languages of United States
English first; one language carries the country; 1 official.
| Language | Share | Status | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | 96% | De facto | CLDR, country |
| Spanish | 9.6% | Regional | CLDR, country |
| Mandarin Chinese | 0.7% | None | CLDR, country |
| French | 0.6% | None | CLDR, country |
| Tagalog | 0.6% | None | Census, home language |
| German | 0.5% | None | CLDR, country |
Shares count first and second language, so they overlap and can add past 100%.
- English reach
- 96%
- Tier 3 country
- Effective languages
- 1.1
- Official-language gap
- 4%
- English is spoken by 96%
📰 In the news6 stories
Status · 1 Nov 2026
The Manosphere Turns on MAGAStatus reports that Rogan, Schulz, Dillon and Theo Von, who helped Trump reach young men in 2024, are now openly attacking him ahead of the midterms.
Status · 1 Nov 2026
Fox's Trump FatigueStatus reports Fox News's audience has declined sharply heading into the midterms, a warning sign for a president tied to the network.
The Washington Post · 1 Nov 2026
4 ways the polls could be wrong — or right — about who will win the SenateDemocrats are favored to win Congress, but unusually uncertain polling leaves room for outcomes ranging from a rout to losing the Senate.
The Washington Post · 1 Nov 2026
Can frat guys save Republicans? They don't particularly want to.A conservative PAC's effort to turn out fraternity brothers shows how hard it is to replace the cultural pull that moved young men in 2024.
The Washington Post · 1 Nov 2026
Trump's economic message on eve of midterms: It's better than you thinkThe White House's closing pitch is that the economy is better than voters think, even as premiums, power bills and prices rise.
The Washington Post · 1 Nov 2026
Candidates rally in key swing states amid a rapidly changing electoral mapFurther reading from the day's section on The Coalition Cracks: Podcasters, Pollsters and Frat Houses.
💹 Economy and developmentHigh income
Human Dev. Index
#16 / 1910.938
UNDP · 2023
GDP
★ #1 / 193$30.77T
World Bank · 2025
GDP per capita
★ #9 / 193$90.0k
World Bank · 2025
GDP/capita (PPP)
★ #9 / 190$90.0k
World Bank · 2025
GNI/capita (Atlas)
★ #6 / 192$88.8k
World Bank · 2025
Life expectancy
#47 / 19478.9 yrs
World Bank · 2024
Median age
38.0 yrs
UN WPP · 2023
Urban population
#41 / 19480%
World Bank · 2025
Pop. growth
0.5%
World Bank · 2025
Pop. density
#145 / 19337/km² (95/mi²)
World Bank · 2023
Foreign-born
#38 / 19315.2%
World Bank · 2024
Rule of law
#29 / 1750.92
V-Dem · 2025
Gini index
#132 / 16641.8
World Bank · 2024
Internet users
#27 / 19395%
World Bank · 2024
Inflation
#89 / 1852.9%
World Bank · 2024
CO₂ per capita
#183 / 19214.2 t
Global Carbon Budget · 2024
Renewable electricity
#105 / 18626%
Ember · 2025
Ranks are among sovereign countries with data; ★ marks a top-5% finish. Sources: World Bank Open Data and Our World in Data (UNDP, UN WPP, V-Dem, Global Carbon Budget, Ember, Energy Institute; CC BY 4.0). Each card credits its originating body. Renewable share is of electricity generation, not of primary energy. Each figure is the most recent year available.
🔮 What happens next
Our forecasts, frozen before the result and scored after it.
Elections · resolves 3 Nov 2026
Will Democrats win a House majority in 2026?
88%chance, our model
Polymarket prices it at 95% (the tick). A reference line, not advice.
Elections · resolves 3 Nov 2026
Will Democrats control the Senate after 2026?
65%chance, our model
Polymarket prices it at 72% (the tick). A reference line, not advice.
Elections · resolves 7 Nov 2028
Will the Democratic nominee win the 2028 popular vote?
61%chance, our model
8 more on the forecast page.
🏛️ Leadership History47 leaders · click to expand
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Donald Trump✦ Current
President · Republican · 1y 5m 7d · New York
2025–Present
Joe Biden
President · Democrat · 4y 1d · Scranton, Philadelphia
2021–2025
Donald Trump
President · Republican · 4y 1d · New York
2017–2021
Barack Obama
President · Democrat · 8y 2d · Honolulu, Chicago
2009–2017
George W. Bush
President · Republican · 8y 2d · Midland-Odessa
2001–2009
Bill Clinton
President · Democrat · 8y 2d · Hot Springs, Little Rock
1993–2001
George H.W. Bush
President · Republican · 4y 1d · Houston
1989–1993
Ronald Reagan
President · Republican · 8y 2d · Los Angeles
1981–1989
Jimmy Carter
President · Democrat · 4y 1d · Americus
1977–1981
Gerald Ford
President · Republican · 2y 5m 15d · Grand Rapids
1974–1977
Richard Nixon
President · Republican · 5y 6m 22d · Los Angeles
1969–1974
Lyndon B. Johnson
President · Democrat · 5y 2m 1d · Austin
1963–1969
Political leadership
President, Supreme Court, Cabinet, governors & Congress →
Who holds power today, with a time machine back through history.
Elections
Every presidential election since 1788 →
Sixty contests: electoral college, state results, turnout, Congress and the midterm penalty.
Constitution
Written 1789 →
16 amendment events since, the last in 1992. Compare it with every other country.
Spectrum →
Executive 8.2 (expert)
Legislature 6.0 mean, 2.2 spread · presidential
📈 Power over timeThe Power Atlas →
Today
Superpower#1 · 20.9%
Latent vs recognised
Punches above its mass: standing beats material weight
Power (headline share)Latent (material mass)Recognised (standing)
The power line is the headline share of world power, running from the state’s first ranked year (benchmark estimates with wide error bars before 1816). Latent power is material mass a state could mobilise (population, manpower, heavy industry). Recognised power is what the system actually treats it as (military spending, productive economy, reach, and status such as a Security Council seat or nuclear arsenal). When latent runs above recognised, a power is rising or under-rated; when recognised runs higher, it is punching above its weight or coasting on prestige. Material sub-indices run 1816 through 2016.
⚔️ Wars and conflicts53 interstate wars · click to expand
Somali Civil War (2009–present)●2009–present
European Union,EUTM Somalia,United Nations UNPOS (1995–2013),United Nations UNSOM (2013–2024),United Nations UNTMIS (2025–present),United Nations UNSOA (2009–2016),United Nations UNSOS (2016–present),Independent regional forces,Puntland,Jubaland,Al-Qaeda and allies,Al-Shabaab
Combat deaths: —
Bold = principal belligerent. Source: Wikipedia, “List of interstate wars since 1945.” Figures marked “COW battle deaths” are Correlates of War battle-death counts, which run lower than total deaths.
👥 Population over time
Population 2023
343m
#3 in the world
Since 1800
57×
from 6.0m
Peak
2023
at its largest now
Share of world
4.2%
0.61% in 1800
Our World in Data population (CC BY): UN WPP 2024 from 1950, Gapminder v7 1800-1949, HYDE 3.3 earlier; today's borders. Figures above are as of 2023, the last year that is estimated rather than forecast. The dashed tail to 2026 is a UN WPP medium-variant projection. It is drawn because the line should reach the present, and drawn differently because it has not happened yet: no rank, peak or share on this page uses it. Before 1950 the series is reconstruction rather than contemporaneous statistics, which is worth knowing when a country’s peak sits back there. The current population shown elsewhere on this page comes from the workbook and is unchanged by this. Note that people and share of world can move in opposite directions. A country can grow steadily and still become a smaller part of humanity, which is what happened to almost every rich country after 1960.
👥 To 2100
The UN’s probabilistic projection for United States: the median with its 80% and 95% bands, the UN’s own high, low and zero-migration scenarios beside it. Not this site’s model; the site reads it and says what it implies.
Peak on the median
after 2100
still growing at 2100
2050
381m
95% band 342m to 420m
2100
421m
95% band 256m to 625m
2100 against 2025
1.21×
median still rising in 2100
Deaths outnumber births
from 2042
on the UN medium path; migration decides the rest
estimateUN median80% and 95% bandshigh and low fertilityzero migration
What drives it
Births, deaths and net migration on the UN medium path, with fertility, life expectancy and median age, every decade from 1950.
1950
3.7m born · 1.5m died · +52k net migration
TFR 3.09 · life expectancy 68.1 · median age 29.0
1960
4.4m born · 1.7m died · +423k net migration
TFR 3.73 · life expectancy 69.8 · median age 28.3
1970
3.9m born · 2.0m died · +745k net migration
TFR 2.52 · life expectancy 70.7 · median age 26.7
1980
3.7m born · 2.0m died · +596k net migration
TFR 1.86 · life expectancy 73.7 · median age 29.1
1990
4.2m born · 2.2m died · +1.1m net migration
TFR 2.07 · life expectancy 75.4 · median age 31.9
2000
4.0m born · 2.4m died · +1.2m net migration
TFR 2.03 · life expectancy 76.8 · median age 34.3
2010
4.0m born · 2.5m died · +1.6m net migration
TFR 1.92 · life expectancy 78.7 · median age 35.9
2020
3.6m born · 3.4m died · +330k net migration
TFR 1.62 · life expectancy 77.0 · median age 37.2
Source: United Nations, DESA, Population Division. World Population Prospects 2024. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 IGO. Estimates to 2023; projections 2024 to 2100, medium variant and probabilistic intervals. The UN revises every two years; this is the WPP 2024 revision.
💰 Billionaires991 · $8909.4B combined · click to expand
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Technology · Tesla, SpaceX
$891.9B
Technology · Google
$277.2B
Technology · Amazon
$267.6B
Technology · Google
$255.8B
Technology · Dell Technologies
$240.6B
Technology · Facebook
$196.6B
Technology · Oracle
$192.5B
Technology · Semiconductors
$190.6B
Technology · Microsoft
$155.3B
Finance & Investments · Berkshire Hathaway
$143.3B
Fashion & Retail · Walmart
$127.1B
Fashion & Retail · Walmart
$126.3B
Source: Forbes real-time billionaires (via the rtb-api project). Net worth as of the latest monthly snapshot.
🏆 National Teams
United States on the international stage. Select a card for the full record.
Olympics
United States
2024 Summer Olympics Top Medalist Champions
Games 55
Medals 3,169
All-time #1
Summer #1 (G/M) 19/17
Winter #1 (G/M) 1/2
1,248 golds
Basketball
United States
2024 Olympic men's basketball Champions
Elo rank #1
WC titles 5
Oly medals 20
WC apps 18
17 Olympic golds
Women's Football
United States
2024 Olympic women's football Champions
FIFA #2
Elo #2
WWC apps 9
Best Champion
4 World Cups
Ice Hockey
United States
2026 Olympic men's hockey Champions
Elo rank #4
All-time #3
Oly medals 12
World Cups 1
Worlds golds 3
3 Olympic golds
Volleyball
United States
All-time #3
Oly medals 6
Worlds golds 1
Worlds medals 3
Elo rank #6
3 Olympic golds
Baseball
United States
Elo rank #3
WBC apps 6
Record 24-15
Best Champions
1 WBC title
Men's FootballCONCACAF
United States
FIFA #16
Elo #26
WC apps 12
Major trophies 7
No World Cups
Rugby Union
United States
Elo rank #23
Tests 29
No World Cups
CricketAssociate
United States
ODI #14
T20I #8
Matches 143
National Teams Champions
Every major championship won by United States's national teams, newest first. 77 in total.
🏟️ League Hubs
Domestic league portals that operate in United States: 9 leagues.