United States Fast Facts

AREA: 3,678,190 square miles

POPULATION: 328,240,750 (as of 1/3/19); ranks third, after China and India

CAPITAL: Washington, D.C.

POLITICAL SYSTEM: Presidential-legislative

STATE GOVERNORS: 23 Democrats, 27 Republicans

PRESIDENT: Donald J. Trump (R), 45th president

VICE PRESIDENT: Mike Pence (R)

CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE UNITED STATES: John G. Roberts Jr.

116th CONGRESS
100 senators, 435 representatives

THE SENATE:
45 Democrats, 53 Republicans, 2 Independents*

Majority Leader: Mitch McConnell (R, Kentucky)

Minority Leader: Charles E. Schumer (D, New York)

THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:
235 Democrats, 199 Republicans, 1 undecided**

Speaker of the House: Nancy Pelosi (D, California)

Minority Leader: Kevin McCarthy (R, California)

D = Democrat

R = Republican

I = Independent

*Independents are not elected as Democrats or Republicans. Both independents in the Senate currently caucus with the Democrats.

**The vote count for North Carolina’s 9th District House seat was still unofficial as of January 3, 2019.