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United States

United States Culture Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Arts > Fine art exports 6.34 billion 2010 1st out of 5
Arts > Fine art exports per capita 20.51 2010 3rd out of 5
Arts > Fine art imports 6.2 billion 2010 1st out of 5
Arts > Fine art imports per capita 20.05 2010 4th out of 5
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > All drinks 9.44 2005 57th out of 187
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Beer 4.47 2005 23th out of 187
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Homemade and illegal drinks 1 2005 100th out of 187
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Legal sources 8.44 2005 43th out of 187
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Other alcoholic drinks 0.0 2005 128th out of 187
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Spirits 2.65 2005 42nd out of 187
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Wine 1.36 2005 48th out of 187
Food and drink > Alcohol > Litres of pure alcohol drunk per year 8.61 2003 33th out of 178
Food and drink > Alcohol > Standard drink size 14 g 2008 3rd out of 17
Food and drink > Beer consumption 24.14 billion L 2014 2nd out of 40
Food and drink > Cheese consumption per capita per year 15.1 kg 2011 14th out of 20
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet date May 15, 1940 2012
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet location San Bernardino , California 2012
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet notes See McDonalds Annual Report 2012
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Notes First franchise in Salt Lake City , Utah in 1952 2014
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Year entered 1,952 2014 13th out of 13
Food and drink > Milk consumption per capita 253.8 kg 2007 16th out of 99
Happy Planet Index 30.7 2009 114th out of 143
Hobbies > Homebrewing legality Legal in all states. Individual states remain free to restrict or prohibit the manufacture of beer, mead, hard cider, wine and other fermented alcoholic beverages at home. Until 2013, Alabama and Mississippi were the only states with laws prohibiting the homebrewing of beer. Alabama and Mississippi both legalized home brewing in their respective 2013 legislative sessions. Although all state governments have legalized homebrewing, some states retain local options that permit local governments to make homebrewing illegal under municipal law. Alaska in one such state where the local option is currently exercised. 2014
Pets > Animal cropping (legal status) Unrestricted (some states, including New York and Vermont, have considered bills to make the practice illegal) 2001
Pets > Animal cropping ban or restriction date 2003 2001
Sentiments towards other countries > China > Negative view of China 67% 2014 4th out of 25
Sentiments towards other countries > China > Net sentiment towards China -43% 2014 22nd out of 25
Sentiments towards other countries > China > Neutral view of China 10% 2014 22nd out of 25
Sentiments towards other countries > China > Positive view of China 23% 2014 22nd out of 25
Sentiments towards other countries > Greatest enemy of Russia 38% 2013 1st out of 10
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Allows gays to serve openly in military Since 2011 2014
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Anti-discrimination laws / No federal protections. Varying protections in 21 states. Included in the federal hate crimes law since 2009. See Matthew Shepard Act 2014
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Legality of homosexual acts Legal nationwide since 2003. UN decl. sign. See Lawrence v. Texas 2014
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex adoption / Single gay persons may adopt, laws on couples vary by state 2014
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex marriage / Varies by state, recognized by federal gov't . (Legal in California , Connecticut , Delaware , Hawaii , Illinois , Iowa , Maine , Maryland , Massachusetts , Minnesota , New Hampshire , New Jersey , New Mexico , New York , Rhode Island , Vermont , Washington , Eight Native American Tribal Jurisdictions and the District of Columbia ; recognized in Oregon and Kentucky ) 2014
Smoking > Cigarettes per adult per year 1,028 2014 51st out of 184
Smoking > Tobacco vending machine legal status url= http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2010-03-19/pdf/2010-6087.pdf|title= Regulations Restricting the Sale and Distribution of Cigarettes and Smokeless Tobacco to Protect Children and Adolescents|author= |date= 19 March 2011 2008
World Heritage Sites 8 2014 24th out of 140

SOURCES: http://comtrade.un.org/; http://comtrade.un.org/. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Global status report on alcohol and health, World Health Organisation, 2011. p. 273 ff.; Global status report on alcohol and health, World Health Organisation, 2011. p. 273 ff.; Global status report on alcohol and health, World Health Organisation, 2011. p. 273 ff. ; Global status report on alcohol and health, World Health Organisation. p. 273 ff. ; World Health Organization. Source tables; Wikipedia: Standard drink (Standard drinks as defined by various countries) (ICAP Report 5 - "What is a 'standard drink'". URL: [1] . Accessed on June 19, 2008.); Per Capita Beer Consumption by Country in 2012, Kirin Holdings Company. Table 3.; Wikipedia: Cheese (Total cheese consumption per capita per year) ("Total and Retail Cheese Consumption – Kilograms per Capita" . Canadian Dairy Information Centre . Retrieved 2013-05-20 ., , Cidilait, ''Le fromage'', Cheese Consumption Continues to Rise); Wikipedia: List of countries with McDonald's restaurants (Countries and territories with a McDonald's outlet); Wikipedia: List of countries with KFC franchises (Africa); Wikipedia: List of countries by milk consumption per capita ("Countries by milk consumption per capita" . "Countries by consumptions per capita" .); http://www.happyplanetindex.org/data/; Wikipedia: Homebrewing (Legality); Wikipedia: Cropping (animal) (Status by country); Wikipedia: Sinophobia (Region-based Sinophobia); http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/country-rating-poll.pdf, June 2014. p. 37.; Levada-center poll, 2013: Russians consider U.S. as their main enemy.; Wikipedia: LGBT rights in Asia (Central Asia); Wikipedia: LGBT rights by country or territory (Australasia); Wikipedia: LGBT rights by country or territory (Central Asia); Wikipedia: LGBT rights by country or territory (Central Europe); Wikipedia: List of countries by cigarette consumption per capita (List); Wikipedia: Cigarette machine (Tobacco vending machine prevalence by country) ("Japanese smokers to face age test" . BBC . 2008-12-06 . Retrieved 2008-03-07 .); Wikipedia: Table of World Heritage Sites by country (Table of World Heritage Sites)

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United States Culture Profiles (Subcategories)

Arts 4 Sentiments towards other countries 5
Food and drink 17 Sexuality 5

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