Economy of the USA

The USA is a highly developed industrial country, and its agriculture is highly mechanized. Coal is found in many parts of the country: in the Cordillera mountains, in the state of Kansas, in the east near Birmingham and Pittsburgh. The state of Illinois is especially rich in coal. Iron is mined near the Great Lakes and in other areas. The USA has rich oil fields in California, Texas, Alaska and other regions. It holds the first place for production of coal, iron, oil and natural gas.

The heavy industries are for the most part in the Middle West, in the region of the Great Lakes, around Detroit and Chicago, in the north-eastern states and near Birmingham. The automobile industry and all kinds of machine building are highly developed especially in and near Detroit, in California and in areas of heavy industry. Ship-building is developed along the Atlantic Coast and also in San Francisco and Seattle on the Pacific coast. The textile industry is concentrated in the north-east, in Boston and other cities: but it is especially well developed in the South, where much cotton is grown, in the Mississippi valley.

The USA has a highly developed railway system. It also has the best system of roads in the world. The Great lakes and the rivers, especially the Saint Lawrence River and the Mississippi, are used for transport.

American agriculture produces more food products. Much of them are exported. In the Middle West very much grain is grown. Fresh fruit and vegetables come all the year round from the Southern regions, especially Florida, from California and south-western states. I n California the climate is usually mild all year. “California” is a Spanish word meaning “heat of the ovens”. California oranges, grapefruit and lemons, as well as many other fruits and vegetables are shipped all over the US and to other parts of the world. The highlands in the west of the country are famous for their cattle-farming. Poultry- farming and vegetable –growing are concentrated in the country- side near all big cities.

Nebraska has many golden wheat fields. In Iowa and Illinois, wheat and corn are important products, and much livestock is raised.

In Pennsylvania and New Jersey you can find factories of nearly every tipe-textile and pottery, steel and chemicals. This is the richest industrial region of the country, with more city dwellers and a larger foreign-born population than anywhere else in the US.