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The fifty states 7. The Youngest States Two states: Alaska and Hawaii * * At 3.79 million square miles (9.83 million km2) and with more than 300 million people, the United States is the fourth (third) largest country by total area, and third largest by population. The United States is one of the worlds most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many countries. The U.S. economy is the largest national economy in the world, with an estimated 2008 gross domestic product (GDP) of US$14.3 trillion (23% of the world total based on nominal GDP an