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.GEOGRAPHY OF CALIFORNIA TOTAL AREA: 158,706 sq mi (411,048 sq km) LAND AREA: 156,299 sq mi (404,814 sq km) WATER AREA: 2,407 sq mi (6,234 sq km) HIGHEST POINT: Mount Whitney, 14,494 feet LOWEST POINT: Death Valley, -282 feet AVERAGE ELEVATION: 2,900 feet HIGHEST TEMPERATURE: 134@ Fahrenheit LOWEST TEMPERATURE: -45@ Fahrenheit NATURAL RESOURCES: Petroleum, natural gas, cement FEDERAL LANDS: 46.40% owned by federal government FRESH WATER CONSUMPTION: 21,100 million gallons per day SOIL EROSION: 23.3 million tons per year HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES: 91 sites on national priority list .PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA POPULATION: 29,063,000 PROJECTED POPULATION YEAR 2000: 33,500,000 POPULATION CHANGE 1980-1988: 19.60% POPULATION DENSITY: 181.2 persons per sq mi PERSONS PER HOUSEHOLD: 2.7 METROPOLITAN AREA POPULATION: 95.7% MARRIAGE RATE: 8.1 marriages per 1,000 population DIVORCE RATE: 4.8 divorces per 1,000 population BIRTH RATE: 18.2 births per 1,000 population BIRTHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS: 10.9% of total BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED WOMEN: 27.2% of total POPULATION UNDER 18 YEARS: 26.5% POPULATION 65 YEARS OLD AND OVER: 10.6% LIFE EXPECTANCY, BOTH SEXES: 74.6 years LIFE EXPECTANCY, MALE: 71.1 years LIFE EXPECTANCY, FEMALE: 78 years DEATH RATE: 7.6 deaths per 1,000 population BLACK POPULATION: 8.2% JEWISH POPULATION: 3.4% PERSONS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 11.4% FAMILIES BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 8.7% CHILDREN BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 15.2% VIETNAM VETERANS: 903,000 .EDUCATION IN CALIFORNIA EXPENDITURES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $729 per resident PUBLIC SCHOOL EXPENDITURES PER PUPIL: $4,075 per pupil PUPIL/TEACHER RATIO: 24 pupils per teacher ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $34,400 average SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $36,500 average COLLEGE ENROLLMENT: 1,788,000 total COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FRESHMEN: 278,000 COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FEMALE: 958,000 COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, PART-TIME: 1,014,000 SPENDING FOR PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION: $4,945 per student TUITION REVENUES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION: $502 per student .HEALTH IN CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL DAILY ROOM CHARGE: $382 average PHYSICIANS: 242 physicians per 100,000 population DENTISTS: 61 dentists per 100,000 population LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, ALL RACES: 6 per 100 live births LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, BLACK: 12.1 per 100 live births LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, WHITE: 5.2 per 100 live births INFANT MORTALITY RATE, ALL RACES: 9.2 deaths per 1,000 live births INFANT MORTALITY RATE, BLACK: 16.2 deaths per 1,000 live births INFANT MORTALITY RATE, WHITE: 8.8 deaths per 1,000 live births LEGAL ABORTION RATE: 640 per 1,000 live births AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1983-1989: 21,744 total AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1989: 4,913 total AIDS CASES REPORTED (RATE) 1989: 22.2 per 100,000 population DEATHS AMONG AIDS CASES, 1983-1989: 13,401 DEATHS FROM ACCIDENTS: 40.2 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM CANCER: 172.1 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM HEART DISEASE: 252.6 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM HOMICIDE: 11.6 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS: 14.7 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM PNEUMONIA AND FLU: 28.1 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM SUICIDE: 14.7 per 100,000 resident population .GOVERNMENT OF CALIFORNIA OFFICIAL NAME: State of California ADMITTED TO UNION: Sept. 9, 1850 ORDER OF STATEHOOD: 31st CAPITAL: Sacremento MOTTO: Eureka!, Greek for "I have found it!," from gold prospectors SONG: I Love You, California SYMBOLS: Animal--California grizzly bear; Bird--California valley quail; Flower--Golden poppy; Insect--California dog-face butterfly; Mineral--Native gold; Tree--California redwood FLAG: A grizzly bear on a white field with California Republic below and a red border across the bottom. GOVERNOR: George Deukmejian (R) 1990 EXECUTIVE TERM: 4 years VOTERS IN 1988 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: 47.4% casting votes ELECTORAL VOTES: 47 SENATORS: Alan Cranston (D) 1992, Pete Wilson (R) 1994 NUMBER OF U.S. REPRESENTATIVES: 45 AGE OF MAJORITY (FULL CIVIL RIGHTS): 18 AGE OF MARRIAGE W/CONSENT: There is no minimum age requirement with a court order. AGE OF MARRIAGE W/O CONSENT: 18 AGE OF BUYING ALCOHOL: 21 AGE OF LEAVING SCHOOL: 18 STATE FUNDING FOR ART: $0.5 per capita STATE GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES: $2,004 per capita FEDERAL INCOME TAXES PAID: $1,816 per capita DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL FUNDS: $3,634 per capita FEDERAL SPENDING, DEFENSE PROGRAMS: $36,291 (millions) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES, CIVILIAN: 314,000 SOCIAL SECURITY RECIPIENTS: 12.5% of population PUBLIC AID RECIPIENTS: 8.7% of population FOOD STAMP RECIPIENTS: 6% of population .CRIME IN CALIFORNIA CRIME RATE, TOTAL: 6,636 offenses per 100,000 population VIOLENT CRIME RATE: 930 offenses per 100,000 population MURDERS: 10.4 per 100,000 population FORCIBLE RAPE: 42 per 100,000 population ROBBERY: 306 per 100,000 population AGGRAVATED ASSAULT: 572 per 100,000 population PROPERTY CRIME RATE: 5,706 offenses per 100,000 population BURGLARY: 1,447 per 100,000 population LARCENY-THEFT: 3,315 per 100,000 population MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT: 944 per 100,000 population PRISON INMATES: 73,780 total PRISON INMATE RATE: 257 per 100,000 population PRISONERS EXECUTED, 1980-1988: 0 executed POLICE PROTECTION: 28 police per 10,000 population LAWYERS: 312 population per lawyer .ECONOMY OF CALIFORNIA INCOME PER CAPITA: $18,753 DISPOSABLE PERSONAL INCOME: $16,035 GROSS STATE PRODUCT: $533,816 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, AGRICULTURE: $11,282 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MINING: $5,927 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, CONSTRUCTION: $23,855 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MANUFACTURING: $97,680 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, TRANSPORTATION: $41,928 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, WHOLESALE TRADE: $38,711 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, RETAIL TRADE: $55,216 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, FINANCE: $93,790 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, SERVICES: $103,397 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, GOVERNMENT: $62,029 (millions) U.S. EXPORTS: $34,678 (millions) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTS: $23,458 (millions) PATENTS GRANTED: 6,875 (1988) NEW BUSINESS FAILURES: 138 failures per 10,000 concerns BLACK-OWNED FIRMS: 44,658 total EMPLOYED/POPULATION RATIO: 63.8% employed of total population FEMALE LABOR FORCE: 57% of labor force UNEMPLOYMENT RATE: 5.3% unemployed UNION MEMBERSHIP IN MANUFACTURING: 22.6% unionized NEW HOUSING STARTS: 265,000 units NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION: $9,028 (millions) MORTGAGE LOANS FORECLOSED: 1.4% VALUE ADDED BY MANUFACTURE: $133,996 (millions) MANUFACTURING WORKERS, CHANGE 1982-1987: 3.1% EXPORT RELATED FACTORY EMPLOYMENT: 14.7% of total employment RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD: $18,958 CHANGE IN RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD 1982-86: 38.5% MINERALS PRODUCED (NON-FUELS): $2,551 (millions) MINERAL FUELS PRODUCED: NA (millions) CRUDE PETROLEUM PRODUCTION: 365 million barrels NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION: 428 billion cubic feet marketed NET ELECTRICAL ENERGY GENERATION: 126 billion kWh ELECTRICAL ENERGY INSTALLED CAPACITY: 45.9 million kW NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS: 6 .AGRICULTURE OF CALIFORNIA PRINCIPAL FARM COMMODITIES: Dairy products, cattle, greenhouse, grapes (40% of total) PRINCIPAL CROPS: Grapes, cotton lint, hay, tomatoes LAND IN FARMS: 31,000,000 acres CROPLAND HARVESTED: 4,891,000 acres harvested NUMBER OF FARMS: 84,000 SIZE OF FARMS: 373 acres per farm CHANGE IN FARMLAND, 1982-87: -4.8% VALUE OF FARM LAND AND BUILDINGS: $1,421 per acre NET FARM INCOME: $6,058 (millions) NET FARM INCOME/DEBT RATIO: 46.3% BARLEY PRODUCTION: 13,440 bushels (thousands) BARLEY YIELD: 56 bushels per acre CORN PRODUCTION: 27,200 bushels (thousands) CORN YIELD: 160 bushels per acre COTTON PRODUCTION: 2,688 bales (thousands) COTTON YIELD: 1,218 pounds per acre HAY PRODUCTION: 8,524 tons (thousands) HAY YIELD: 5.10 tons per acre OATS PRODUCTION: 3,150 bushels (thousands) OATS YIELD: 70 bushels per acre POTATO PRODUCTION: 17,991 CWT (thousands) POTATO YIELD: 366 CWT per acre RICE PRODUCTION: 32,390 CWT (thousands) SOYBEAN PRODUCTION: 0 bushels (thousands) SOYBEAN YIELD: 0 bushels per acre SUGARBEET PRODUCTION: 4,950 tons (thousands) SUGARCANE PRODUCTION: 0 tons TOBACCO PRODUCTION: 0 pounds (thousands) TOBACCO YIELD: 0 pounds per acre WHEAT PRODUCTION: 52,605 bushels (thousands) WHEAT YIELD: 77.9 bushels per acre BROILERS PRODUCED: 212.2 millions TURKEYS RAISED: 26.5 millions CATTLE AND CALVES: 4,900 on farms (1,000 head) HOGS AND PIGS: 140 on farms (1,000 head) SHEEP AND LAMBS: 955 on farms (1,000 head) MILK COWS: 1,015 on farms (1,000 head) .COMMUNICATIONS IN CALIFORNIA INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS: 2,389 miles; 3,844 kilometers MOTOR VEHICLE TRAVEL: 1,424 thousands of miles traveled per road mile LICENSED DRIVERS: 661 per 1,000 population MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT DEATHS: 20.9 deaths per 100,000 population REGISTERED AUTOMOBILES: 582 per 1,000 population REGISTERED MOTORCYCLES: 23 per 1,000 population DRIVERS EXCEEDING 55 MPH SPEED LIMIT: 56.8% COMMERCIAL AM RADIO STATIONS: 237 COMMERCIAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 243 EDUCATIONAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 84 COMMERCIAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 63 EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 13 DAILY NEWSPAPERS: 120 DAILY NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION: 0.23 papers per capita .TRAVEL IN CALIFORNIA STATE BOARD OF TOURISM: California State Board of Tourism, 1121 L Street #600, Sacramento, 95814, (916) 322-2881 TOURIST ATTRACTIONS: Sacramento--State Capitol; San Francisco--Golden Gate and San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridges, Fisherman's Wharf, Ghirardelli Square, The Cannery, Presidio Museum, Telegraph Hill, Nob Hill, Chinatown, Asian Art Museum, de Young Museum, cable cars, Exploratorium (hands-on science museum), Alcatraz Island; Marine World, Point Reyes National Seashore, Napa and Sonoma wine regions; Los Angeles--L.A. County Art Museum, J. Paul Getty Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, Universal Studios, Hollywood, Disneyland (Anaheim), Knott's Berry Farm, Exposition Park, Griffith Park (observatory and planetarium), Six Flags Magic Mountain amusement park; San Diego--Balboa Park (museums of art, man, natural history, zoo, outdoor organ), Embarcadero waterfront area, Mission San Diego de Alcala, Old Town, Sea World, Wild Animal Park; Monterey--Jazz Festival (Sept.), State Historic Park, Cannery Row, Monterey Bay Aquarium; Big Sur State Park (beaches and scenery S. of Carmel); Lake Tahoe--casinos, skiing, camping, watersports, health spas, nightlife; Hearst-San Simeon State Historical Monument, Death Valley National Monument, Mojave Desert, Shua Tree National Monument, Channel Islands National Park (islands off Southern California coast), Lassen Volcanic National Park (Lassen Peak, hot springs, steam vents, flora), Redwood National Park (coastal area with redwoods and land and sea wildlife), Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (giant sequoia trees, Mt. Whitney, General Sherman tree) Yosemite National Park (El Capitan, Half Dome, giant sequoias, waterfalls, panoramic views). DOMESTIC TRAVEL SPENDING: $35,797 (millions) LAND IN NATIONAL PARKS: 4,510,700 acres LAND IN STATE PARKS: 1,277,000 acres VISITORS TO STATE PARKS: 72,486,000 annually 
