Infrastructure — United States
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for United States: 13,513
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Transportation
- Airports - total
13,513
- Airports with Paved Runways
5,054
- Heliports
5,287
- Railways
139,679 Miles 224,792 Kilometers
- Roadways- total
4,092,728 Miles 6,586,610 Kilometers
- Roadways- paved
2,674,825 Miles 4,304,715 Kilometers
- Waterways
25,482 Miles 41,009 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
- Cargo Ports (tonnage): Baton Rouge, Corpus Christi, Hampton Roads, Houston, Long Beach, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York, Plaquemines, Tampa,
- Texas City Container Ports (TEUs): Los Angeles (7,849,985), Long Beach (6,350,125), New York/New Jersey (5,265,058), Savannah (2,616,126), Oakland (2,236,244), Hampton Roads (2,083,278)
- Cruise Departure Ports (passengers): Miami (2,032,000), Port Everglades (1,277,000), Port Canaveral (1,189,000), Seattle (430,000), Long Beach (415,000)
- Oil Terminals: LOOP terminal, Haymark terminal
Communications
- Telephones
146,000,000
- Cell Phones
290,300,000
- Internet Users
245,000,000
- Internet Country Code
.us
- Internet Hosts
505,000,000
- Broadcast Media
- 4 major terrestrial TV networks with affiliate stations throughout the country, plus cable and satellite networks, independent stations, and a limited public broadcasting sector that is largely supported by private grants
- overall, thousands of TV stations broadcasting
- multiple national radio networks with many affiliate stations
- while most stations are commercial, National Public Radio (NPR) has a network of some 600 member stations
- satellite radio available
- overall, nearly 15,000 radio stations operating
- Telephone System
- General Assessment: a large, technologically advanced,
- multipurpose communications system Domestic: a large system of fiber-optic cable, microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, and domestic satellites carries every form of telephone traffic; a rapidly growing cellular system carries
- mobile telephone traffic throughout the country International: country code - 1; multiple ocean cable systems provide international connectivity; satellite earth stations - 61 Intelsat (45 Atlantic Ocean and 16 Pacific Ocean), 5 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region), and 4 Inmarsat (Pacific and Atlantic Ocean regions)
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
3,889,000,000,000
- Electricity Exports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
19,410,000,000
- Electricity Imports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
45,230,000,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
4,120,000,000,000
- Natural Gas Consumption - Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
6,899,000,000,000
- Natural Gas Exports- Cubic Meters (cu m)
45,840,000,000
- Natural Gas Imports- Cubic Meters (cu m)
88,770,000,000
- Natural Gas Production- Cubic Meters (cu m)
681,400,000,000
- Natural Gas Reserves- Cubic Meters (cu m)
9,459,000,000,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
18,840,000
- Oil Exports- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
41,640
- Oil Imports- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
9,213,000
- Oil Production- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
9,023,000
- Oil Reserves- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
20,680,000,000