North America occupies the northern portion of the landmass generally referred to as the New World. It is bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the southeast by the Caribbean Sea, and on the south and west by the North Pacific Ocean.

North America covers an area of about 24,490,000 square kilometers (9,450,000 sq mi), about 4.8 percent of the planet's surface or about 16.4% of its land area.

The United States of America has fifty states and a federal district. It also has several territories, that are scattered around the Caribbean and Pacific. 

Forty-eight states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie in central North America between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent with Canada to its east. Hawaii is in the mid-Pacific

The United States is bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south.