United States

The United States of America 🇺🇸 (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is the country where the Apple Computer Company (predecessor to Apple Inc.) was founded in 1976.

Statistics
The United States consists of 50, a , five major , and. At 3.8 million square miles (9.8 million km2), it is the world's, depending on the inclusion of coastal and territorial waters.

is located in central North America between Canada and Mexico. With an estimated population of over 329 million, the U.S. is the in the world. The capital is Washington, D.C., and the is California, where Apple is presently headquartered.

Apple in the United States
As of October 2021, there were 272 Apple retail stores in the United States, more than any other country. On May 30, 2020, stores in the United States were looted in the wake of over the. On September 24, 2021, the newest U.S. store, the Apple The Mall at Bay Plaza, was opened within the in the  borough of New York City.