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.GEOGRAPHY OF ALASKA TOTAL AREA: 591,004 sq mi (1,530,699 sq km) LAND AREA: 570,833 sq mi (1,478,456 sq km) WATER AREA: 20,171 sq mi; 52,243 square kilometers HIGHEST POINT: Mt. McKinley, 20,320 feet LOWEST POINT: Pacific Ocean, sea level AVERAGE ELEVATION: 1,900 feet HIGHEST TEMPERATURE: 100@ Fahrenheit LOWEST TEMPERATURE: -80@ Fahrenheit NATURAL RESOURCES: Petroleum, natural gas, sand, gravel FEDERAL LANDS: 87.10% owned by federal government FRESH WATER CONSUMPTION: 27 million gallons per day SOIL EROSION: NA HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES: 6 sites on national priority list .PEOPLE OF ALASKA POPULATION: 527,000 PROJECTED POPULATION YEAR 2000: 687,000 POPULATION CHANGE 1980-1988: 30.50% POPULATION DENSITY: 0.9 persons per sq mi PERSONS PER HOUSEHOLD: 2.8 METROPOLITAN AREA POPULATION: 41.7% MARRIAGE RATE: 11.1 marriages per 1,000 population DIVORCE RATE: 6.9 divorces per 1,000 population BIRTH RATE: 22.2 births per 1,000 population BIRTHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS: 8.7% of total BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED WOMEN: 22% of total POPULATION UNDER 18 YEARS: 32.0% POPULATION 65 YEARS OLD AND OVER: 3.8% LIFE EXPECTANCY, BOTH SEXES: 72.2 years LIFE EXPECTANCY, MALE: 68.7 years LIFE EXPECTANCY, FEMALE: 76.9 years DEATH RATE: 3.9 deaths per 1,000 population BLACK POPULATION: 3.4% JEWISH POPULATION: 0.4% PERSONS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 10.7% FAMILIES BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 8.6% CHILDREN BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 12.1% VIETNAM VETERANS: 35,000 .EDUCATION IN ALASKA EXPENDITURES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $1,664 per resident PUBLIC SCHOOL EXPENDITURES PER PUPIL: $7,134 per pupil PUPIL/TEACHER RATIO: 14 pupils per teacher ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $41,300 average SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $42,000 average COLLEGE ENROLLMENT: 27,000 total COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FRESHMEN: 1,000 COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FEMALE: 16,000 COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, PART-TIME: 18,000 SPENDING FOR PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION: $9,052 per student TUITION REVENUES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION: $1,368 per student .HEALTH IN ALASKA HOSPITAL DAILY ROOM CHARGE: $363 average PHYSICIANS: 138 physicians per 100,000 population DENTISTS: 60 dentists per 100,000 population LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, ALL RACES: 4.8 per 100 live births LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, BLACK: 9.3 per 100 live births LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, WHITE: 4.3 per 100 live births INFANT MORTALITY RATE, ALL RACES: 10.7 deaths per 1,000 live births INFANT MORTALITY RATE, BLACK: 13.3 deaths per 1,000 live births INFANT MORTALITY RATE, WHITE: 9.4 deaths per 1,000 live births LEGAL ABORTION RATE: 283 per 1,000 live births AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1983-1989: 69 total AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1989: 12 total AIDS CASES REPORTED (RATE) 1989: 2.6 per 100,000 population DEATHS AMONG AIDS CASES, 1983-1989: 25 DEATHS FROM ACCIDENTS: 68 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM CANCER: 83.1 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM HEART DISEASE: 89.1 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM HOMICIDE: 8.3 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS: 6 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM PNEUMONIA AND FLU: 6.2 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM SUICIDE: 14.8 per 100,000 resident population .GOVERNMENT OF ALASKA OFFICIAL NAME: State of Alaska ADMITTED TO UNION: Jan. 3, 1959 ORDER OF STATEHOOD: 49th CAPITAL: Juneau MOTTO: North to the Future SONG: Alaska's Flag SYMBOLS: Bird--Alaska willow ptarmigan (willow grouse); Flower--Forget-me-not; Gem--Jade; Mineral--Gold; Tree--Sitka spruce FLAG: Eight gold stars on blue field GOVERNOR: Steve Cowper (D) 1990 EXECUTIVE TERM: 4 years VOTERS IN 1988 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: 51.9% casting votes ELECTORAL VOTES: 3 SENATORS: Frank H. Murkowski (R) 1992, Ted Stevens (R) 1990 NUMBER OF U.S. REPRESENTATIVES: 1 AGE OF MAJORITY (FULL CIVIL RIGHTS): 18 AGE OF MARRIAGE W/CONSENT: 16 AGE OF MARRIAGE W/O CONSENT: 18 AGE OF BUYING ALCOHOL: 21 AGE OF LEAVING SCHOOL: 16 STATE FUNDING FOR ART: $3.2 per capita STATE GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES: $7,689 per capita FEDERAL INCOME TAXES PAID: $1,992 per capita DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL FUNDS: $5,193 per capita FEDERAL SPENDING, DEFENSE PROGRAMS: $1,136 (millions) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES, CIVILIAN: 14,000 SOCIAL SECURITY RECIPIENTS: 5.9% of population PUBLIC AID RECIPIENTS: 4.6% of population FOOD STAMP RECIPIENTS: 4.8% of population .CRIME IN ALASKA CRIME RATE, TOTAL: 4,922 offenses per 100,000 population VIOLENT CRIME RATE: 523 offenses per 100,000 population MURDERS: 5.7 per 100,000 population FORCIBLE RAPE: 58 per 100,000 population ROBBERY: 73 per 100,000 population AGGRAVATED ASSAULT: 387 per 100,000 population PROPERTY CRIME RATE: 4,399 offenses per 100,000 population BURGLARY: 842 per 100,000 population LARCENY-THEFT: 3,102 per 100,000 population MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT: 455 per 100,000 population PRISON INMATES: 1,862 total PRISON INMATE RATE: 355 per 100,000 population PRISONERS EXECUTED, 1980-1988: 0 executed POLICE PROTECTION: 28.7 police per 10,000 population LAWYERS: 286 population per lawyer .ECONOMY OF ALASKA INCOME PER CAPITA: $19,079 DISPOSABLE PERSONAL INCOME: $16,357 GROSS STATE PRODUCT: $19,575 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, AGRICULTURE: $317 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MINING: $6,530 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, CONSTRUCTION: $1,981 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MANUFACTURING: $976 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, TRANSPORTATION: $1,495 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, WHOLESALE TRADE: $490 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, RETAIL TRADE: $1,108 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, FINANCE: $1,805 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, SERVICES: $1,648 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, GOVERNMENT: $3,224 (millions) U.S. EXPORTS: $1,742 (millions) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTS: $422 (millions) PATENTS GRANTED: 20 (1988) NEW BUSINESS FAILURES: 200 failures per 10,000 concerns BLACK-OWNED FIRMS: 482 total EMPLOYED/POPULATION RATIO: 65.3% employed of total population FEMALE LABOR FORCE: 64.1% of labor force UNEMPLOYMENT RATE: 9.3% unemployed UNION MEMBERSHIP IN MANUFACTURING: 25.5% unionized NEW HOUSING STARTS: 1,000 units NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION: $57 (millions) MORTGAGE LOANS FORECLOSED: 8.4% VALUE ADDED BY MANUFACTURE: $827 (millions) MANUFACTURING WORKERS, CHANGE 1982-1987: -20.0% EXPORT RELATED FACTORY EMPLOYMENT: 40% of total employment RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD: $22,284 CHANGE IN RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD 1982-86: 2.2% MINERALS PRODUCED (NON-FUELS): $125 (millions) MINERAL FUELS PRODUCED: NA (millions) CRUDE PETROLEUM PRODUCTION: 716 million barrels NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION: 360 billion cubic feet marketed NET ELECTRICAL ENERGY GENERATION: 4.2 billion kWh ELECTRICAL ENERGY INSTALLED CAPACITY: 1.7 million kW NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS: 0 .AGRICULTURE OF ALASKA PRINCIPAL FARM COMMODITIES: Greenhouse, dairy products, potatoes, hay (80% of total) PRINCIPAL CROPS: LAND IN FARMS: 1,000,000 acres CROPLAND HARVESTED: 0 acres harvested NUMBER OF FARMS: 1,000 SIZE OF FARMS: 1,683 acres per farm CHANGE IN FARMLAND, 1982-87: -22.4% VALUE OF FARM LAND AND BUILDINGS: $0 per acre NET FARM INCOME: $12 (millions) NET FARM INCOME/DEBT RATIO: 36.8% BARLEY PRODUCTION: 0 bushels (thousands) BARLEY YIELD: 0 bushels per acre CORN PRODUCTION: 0 bushels (thousands) CORN YIELD: 0 bushels per acre COTTON PRODUCTION: 0 bales (thousands) COTTON YIELD: 0 pounds per acre HAY PRODUCTION: 0 tons (thousands) HAY YIELD: 0 tons per acre OATS PRODUCTION: 0 bushels (thousands) OATS YIELD: 0 bushels per acre POTATO PRODUCTION: 0 CWT (thousands) POTATO YIELD: 0 CWT per acre RICE PRODUCTION: 0 CWT (thousands) SOYBEAN PRODUCTION: 0 bushels (thousands) SOYBEAN YIELD: 0 bushels per acre SUGARBEET PRODUCTION: 0 tons (thousands) SUGARCANE PRODUCTION: 0 tons TOBACCO PRODUCTION: 0 pounds (thousands) TOBACCO YIELD: 0 pounds per acre WHEAT PRODUCTION: 0 bushels (thousands) WHEAT YIELD: 0 bushels per acre CATTLE AND CALVES: 8.2 on farms (1,000 head) HOGS AND PIGS: 0.7 on farms (1,000 head) SHEEP AND LAMBS: 2.5 on farms (1,000 head) .COMMUNICATIONS IN ALASKA INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS: 1,089 miles; 1,752 kilometers MOTOR VEHICLE TRAVEL: 322 thousands of miles traveled per road mile LICENSED DRIVERS: 600.3 per 1,000 population MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT DEATHS: 17.1 deaths per 100,000 population REGISTERED AUTOMOBILES: 429 per 1,000 population REGISTERED MOTORCYCLES: 17 per 1,000 population DRIVERS EXCEEDING 55 MPH SPEED LIMIT: 33.9% COMMERCIAL AM RADIO STATIONS: 34 COMMERCIAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 15 EDUCATIONAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 8 COMMERCIAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 9 EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 4 DAILY NEWSPAPERS: 8 DAILY NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION: 0.24 papers per capita .TRAVEL IN ALASKA STATE BOARD OF TOURISM: Alaska State Board of Tourism, Pouch E, Juneau, 99811, (907) 465-2010 TOURIST ATTRACTIONS: Juneau--State Capitol, Alaska State Museum (Eskimo and Indian Art); Anchorage--Historical and Fine Arts Museum and Wildlife Museum; Fairbanks--University of Alaska, state history museum; Inside Passage (cruise ship route through Alaska coastline), scenery along the Alaska Highway (year round), the Sterling and the George Highways, wilderness areas (Katmai National Park and Preserve (Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes), Brooks Range (Nanek Lake trout fishing), Denali National Park (Mt. McKinley, hiking, wildlife, majestic scenery), Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve (glaciers, fjords, wildlife, hiking). DOMESTIC TRAVEL SPENDING: $857 (millions) LAND IN NATIONAL PARKS: 52,106,400 acres LAND IN STATE PARKS: 3,237,000 acres VISITORS TO STATE PARKS: 5,845,000 annually 
