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.GEOGRAPHY OF ARIZONA TOTAL AREA: 114,000 sq mi (295,260 sq km) LAND AREA: 113,508 sq mi (293,986 sq km) WATER AREA: 492 sq mi (1,274 sq km) HIGHEST POINT: Humphreys Peak, 12,633 feet LOWEST POINT: Colorado River, 70 feet AVERAGE ELEVATION: 4,100 feet HIGHEST TEMPERATURE: 127@ Fahrenheit LOWEST TEMPERATURE: -40@ Fahrenheit NATURAL RESOURCES: Copper, molybdenum, cement FEDERAL LANDS: 43.10% owned by federal government FRESH WATER CONSUMPTION: 3,700 million gallons per day SOIL EROSION: 4.5 million tons per year HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES: 11 sites on national priority list .PEOPLE OF ARIZONA POPULATION: 3,556,000 PROJECTED POPULATION YEAR 2000: 4,618,000 POPULATION CHANGE 1980-1988: 28.40% POPULATION DENSITY: 30.7 persons per sq mi PERSONS PER HOUSEHOLD: 2.7 METROPOLITAN AREA POPULATION: 76.4% MARRIAGE RATE: 10.2 marriages per 1,000 population DIVORCE RATE: 7.1 divorces per 1,000 population BIRTH RATE: 18.7 births per 1,000 population BIRTHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS: 13.8% of total BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED WOMEN: 27.2% of total POPULATION UNDER 18 YEARS: 27.3% POPULATION 65 YEARS OLD AND OVER: 12.8% LIFE EXPECTANCY, BOTH SEXES: 74.3 years LIFE EXPECTANCY, MALE: 70.5 years LIFE EXPECTANCY, FEMALE: 78.3 years DEATH RATE: 8 deaths per 1,000 population BLACK POPULATION: 2.7% JEWISH POPULATION: 2.1% PERSONS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 13.2% FAMILIES BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 9.5% CHILDREN BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 16.5% VIETNAM VETERANS: 130,000 .EDUCATION IN ARIZONA EXPENDITURES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $830 per resident PUBLIC SCHOOL EXPENDITURES PER PUPIL: $3,904 per pupil PUPIL/TEACHER RATIO: 21.3 pupils per teacher ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $28,500 average SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $29,000 average COLLEGE ENROLLMENT: 237,000 total COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FRESHMEN: 56,000 COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FEMALE: 126,000 COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, PART-TIME: 142,000 SPENDING FOR PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION: $3,679 per student TUITION REVENUES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION: $1,346 per student .HEALTH IN ARIZONA HOSPITAL DAILY ROOM CHARGE: $230 average PHYSICIANS: 191 physicians per 100,000 population DENTISTS: 43 dentists per 100,000 population LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, ALL RACES: 6.3 per 100 live births LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, BLACK: 11.8 per 100 live births LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, WHITE: 6.1 per 100 live births INFANT MORTALITY RATE, ALL RACES: 9.5 deaths per 1,000 live births INFANT MORTALITY RATE, BLACK: 14.3 deaths per 1,000 live births INFANT MORTALITY RATE, WHITE: 9.1 deaths per 1,000 live births LEGAL ABORTION RATE: 373 per 1,000 live births AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1983-1989: 863 total AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1989: 206 total AIDS CASES REPORTED (RATE) 1989: 7.6 per 100,000 population DEATHS AMONG AIDS CASES, 1983-1989: 462 DEATHS FROM ACCIDENTS: 50.2 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM CANCER: 177.7 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM HEART DISEASE: 248.2 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM HOMICIDE: 10.1 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS: 11.4 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM PNEUMONIA AND FLU: 25.7 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM SUICIDE: 19.3 per 100,000 resident population .GOVERNMENT OF ARIZONA OFFICIAL NAME: State of Arizona ADMITTED TO UNION: Feb. 14, 1912 ORDER OF STATEHOOD: 48th CAPITAL: Phoenix MOTTO: Ditat Deus (God enriches) SONG: Arizona March Song SYMBOLS: Bird--Cactus wren; Flower--Saguaro flower; Gem--Turquoise; Tree--Paloverde (green-barked acacia) FLAG: A copper-colored five pointed star on a field half blue and half alternating red and yellow rays. GOVERNOR: Rose Mofford (D) 1990 EXECUTIVE TERM: 4 years VOTERS IN 1988 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: 45% casting votes ELECTORAL VOTES: 7 SENATORS: Dennis DeConcini (D) 1994, John McCain (R) 1992 NUMBER OF U.S. REPRESENTATIVES: 5 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: after 10th grade STATE FUNDING FOR ART: $0.5 per capita STATE GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES: $1,595 per capita FEDERAL INCOME TAXES PAID: $1,357 per capita DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL FUNDS: $3,534 per capita FEDERAL SPENDING, DEFENSE PROGRAMS: $4,000 (millions) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES, CIVILIAN: 36,000 SOCIAL SECURITY RECIPIENTS: 15.8% of population PUBLIC AID RECIPIENTS: 3.8% of population FOOD STAMP RECIPIENTS: 7% of population .CRIME IN ARIZONA CRIME RATE, TOTAL: 7,471 offenses per 100,000 population VIOLENT CRIME RATE: 610 offenses per 100,000 population MURDERS: 8.5 per 100,000 population FORCIBLE RAPE: 39 per 100,000 population ROBBERY: 137 per 100,000 population AGGRAVATED ASSAULT: 426 per 100,000 population PROPERTY CRIME RATE: 6,861 offenses per 100,000 population BURGLARY: 1,580 per 100,000 population LARCENY-THEFT: 4,822 per 100,000 population MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT: 459 per 100,000 population PRISON INMATES: 11,639 total PRISON INMATE RATE: 329 per 100,000 population PRISONERS EXECUTED, 1980-1988: 0 executed POLICE PROTECTION: 28.6 police per 10,000 population LAWYERS: 405 population per lawyer .ECONOMY OF ARIZONA INCOME PER CAPITA: $14,970 DISPOSABLE PERSONAL INCOME: $13,017 GROSS STATE PRODUCT: $53,253 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, AGRICULTURE: $1,122 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MINING: $683 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, CONSTRUCTION: $5,330 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MANUFACTURING: $7,172 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, TRANSPORTATION: $4,646 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, WHOLESALE TRADE: $2,802 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, RETAIL TRADE: $6,131 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, FINANCE: $8,909 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, SERVICES: $9,045 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, GOVERNMENT: $7,413 (millions) U.S. EXPORTS: $2,880 (millions) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTS: $2,652 (millions) PATENTS GRANTED: 681 (1988) NEW BUSINESS FAILURES: 207 failures per 10,000 concerns BLACK-OWNED FIRMS: 1,473 total EMPLOYED/POPULATION RATIO: 60.5% employed of total population FEMALE LABOR FORCE: 56.4% of labor force UNEMPLOYMENT RATE: 6.3% unemployed UNION MEMBERSHIP IN MANUFACTURING: 3.8% unionized NEW HOUSING STARTS: 38,000 units NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION: $1,128 (millions) MORTGAGE LOANS FORECLOSED: 12.9% VALUE ADDED BY MANUFACTURE: $11,182 (millions) MANUFACTURING WORKERS, CHANGE 1982-1987: 20.7% EXPORT RELATED FACTORY EMPLOYMENT: 19% of total employment RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD: $18,826 CHANGE IN RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD 1982-86: 39.6% MINERALS PRODUCED (NON-FUELS): $1,791 (millions) MINERAL FUELS PRODUCED: NA (millions) CRUDE PETROLEUM PRODUCTION: 0 million barrels NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION: 0 billion cubic feet marketed NET ELECTRICAL ENERGY GENERATION: 61.6 billion kWh ELECTRICAL ENERGY INSTALLED CAPACITY: 15.9 million kW NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS: 3 .AGRICULTURE OF ARIZONA PRINCIPAL FARM COMMODITIES: Cattle, cotton, lettuce, dairy products (72% of total) PRINCIPAL CROPS: Lettuce, cotton lint, cottonseed, hay LAND IN FARMS: 36,000,000 acres CROPLAND HARVESTED: 830,000 acres harvested NUMBER OF FARMS: 8,000 SIZE OF FARMS: 4,444 acres per farm CHANGE IN FARMLAND, 1982-87: -3.9% VALUE OF FARM LAND AND BUILDINGS: $212 per acre NET FARM INCOME: $569 (millions) NET FARM INCOME/DEBT RATIO: 33.7% BARLEY PRODUCTION: 1,236 bushels (thousands) BARLEY YIELD: 103 bushels per acre CORN PRODUCTION: 1,885 bushels (thousands) CORN YIELD: 145 bushels per acre COTTON PRODUCTION: 1,115 bales (thousands) COTTON YIELD: 1,107 pounds per acre HAY PRODUCTION: 1,280 tons (thousands) HAY YIELD: 6.92 tons per acre OATS PRODUCTION: 0 bushels (thousands) OATS YIELD: 0 bushels per acre POTATO PRODUCTION: 1,827 CWT (thousands) POTATO YIELD: 315 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: 10,722 bushels (thousands) WHEAT YIELD: 90.9 bushels per acre CATTLE AND CALVES: 830 on farms (1,000 head) HOGS AND PIGS: 100 on farms (1,000 head) SHEEP AND LAMBS: 262 on farms (1,000 head) .COMMUNICATIONS IN ARIZONA INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS: 1,161 miles; 1,868 kilometers MOTOR VEHICLE TRAVEL: 408 thousands of miles traveled per road mile LICENSED DRIVERS: 733.6 per 1,000 population MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT DEATHS: 27.2 deaths per 100,000 population REGISTERED AUTOMOBILES: 511 per 1,000 population REGISTERED MOTORCYCLES: 16 per 1,000 population DRIVERS EXCEEDING 55 MPH SPEED LIMIT: 62.3% COMMERCIAL AM RADIO STATIONS: 70 COMMERCIAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 49 EDUCATIONAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 6 COMMERCIAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 14 EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 2 DAILY NEWSPAPERS: 19 DAILY NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION: 0.21 papers per capita .TRAVEL IN ARIZONA STATE BOARD OF TOURISM: Arizona State Board of Tourism, 1100 West Washington, Phoenix, 85014, (602) 542-3618 TOURIST ATTRACTIONS: Phoenix--State Capitol, Arizona Museum, South Mountain Park (17,000+ acres), Camelback Mountain, Phoenix Zoo, Desert Botanical Gardens, Heritage Square Restoration, Taliesen West (winter home of Frank Lloyd Wright), Pueblo Grande Museum, golfing and watersports. Tucson--Mexican Heritage Museum, restorations (Old Adobe, Old Tucson), San Xavier Mission, St. Augustine Cathedral, Colossal Cave (limestone formations); Apache Trail, Desert Museum, Coronado National Forest, Montezuma Castle National Monument, Saguaro National Monument, Mt. Lemmon ski area, Lake Powell (Rainbow Bridge, Navajo sacred stone arch), Lake Mead, Meteor Crater; Canyon De Chelly National Monument; Grand Canyon National Park (Colorado River, mile-deep canyon, spectacular views), Petrified Forest National Park (Painted Desert, petrified wood, prehistoric Indian villages, petroglyphs). DOMESTIC TRAVEL SPENDING: $5,635 (millions) LAND IN NATIONAL PARKS: 2,666,600 acres LAND IN STATE PARKS: 36,000 acres VISITORS TO STATE PARKS: 1,949,000 annually 
