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.GEOGRAPHY OF CONNECTICUT
TOTAL AREA: 5,018 sq mi (12,997 sq km)
LAND AREA: 4,872 sq mi (12,618 sq km)
WATER AREA: 147 sq mi (381 sq km)
HIGHEST POINT: Mt. Frissell,  on South slope,2,380 feet
LOWEST POINT: Long Island Sound, sea level
AVERAGE ELEVATION: 500 feet
HIGHEST TEMPERATURE: 105@ Fahrenheit
LOWEST TEMPERATURE: -32@ Fahrenheit
NATURAL RESOURCES: Stone, sand, gravel, feldspar
FEDERAL LANDS: 0.40% owned by federal government
FRESH WATER CONSUMPTION: 106 million gallons per day
SOIL EROSION: 0.7 million tons per year
HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES: 15 sites on national priority list
.PEOPLE OF CONNECTICUT
POPULATION: 3,239,000
PROJECTED POPULATION YEAR 2000: 3,445,000
POPULATION CHANGE 1980-1988: 4.00%
POPULATION DENSITY: 663.6 persons per sq mi
PERSONS PER HOUSEHOLD: 2.6
METROPOLITAN AREA POPULATION: 92.6%
MARRIAGE RATE: 8.5 marriages per 1,000 population
DIVORCE RATE: 3.2 divorces per 1,000 population
BIRTH RATE: 14.6 births per 1,000 population
BIRTHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS: 8.8% of total
BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED WOMEN: 23.5% of total
POPULATION UNDER 18 YEARS: 23.5%
POPULATION 65 YEARS OLD AND OVER: 13.4%
LIFE EXPECTANCY, BOTH SEXES: 75.1 years
LIFE EXPECTANCY, MALE: 71.5 years
LIFE EXPECTANCY, FEMALE: 78.6 years
DEATH RATE: 8.8 deaths per 1,000 population
BLACK POPULATION: 8.2%
JEWISH POPULATION: 3.5%
PERSONS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 8.0%
FAMILIES BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 6.2%
CHILDREN BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 11.4%
VIETNAM VETERANS: 104,000
.EDUCATION IN CONNECTICUT
EXPENDITURES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $1,026 per resident
PUBLIC SCHOOL EXPENDITURES PER PUPIL: $7,199 per pupil
PUPIL/TEACHER RATIO: 15.1 pupils per teacher
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $36,900 average
SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $38,200 average
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT: 162,000 total
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FRESHMEN: 30,000
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FEMALE: 91,000
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, PART-TIME: 80,000
SPENDING FOR PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION: $5,801 per student
TUITION REVENUES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION: $1,501 per student
.HEALTH IN CONNECTICUT
HOSPITAL DAILY ROOM CHARGE: $354 average
PHYSICIANS: 293 physicians per 100,000 population
DENTISTS: 77 dentists per 100,000 population
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, ALL RACES: 6.6 per 100 live births
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, BLACK: 13.1 per 100 live births
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, WHITE: 5.7 per 100 live births
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, ALL RACES: 9.2 deaths per 1,000 live births
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, BLACK: 19.6 deaths per 1,000 live births
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, WHITE: 7.9 deaths per 1,000 live births
LEGAL ABORTION RATE: 550 per 1,000 live births
AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1983-1989: 1,356 total
AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1989: 342 total
AIDS CASES REPORTED (RATE) 1989: 13.6 per 100,000 population
DEATHS AMONG AIDS CASES, 1983-1989: 744
DEATHS FROM ACCIDENTS: 31.1 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM CANCER: 214.5 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM HEART DISEASE: 326.3 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM HOMICIDE: 4.7 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS: 10.1 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM PNEUMONIA AND FLU: 32 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM SUICIDE: 9.6 per 100,000 resident population
.GOVERNMENT OF CONNECTICUT
OFFICIAL NAME: State of Connecticut
ADMITTED TO UNION: Jan. 9, 1788
ORDER OF STATEHOOD: 5th
CAPITAL: Hartford
MOTTO: Qui Transtulit Sustinet (He who transplanted still sustains)
SONG: Yankee Doodle
SYMBOLS: Animal--Sperm whale; Bird--American robin; Flower--Mountain laurel; Insect--Praying mantis; Mineral--Garnet; Tree--White oak
FLAG: The state coat of arms with a white streamer below it on an azure field.
GOVERNOR: William A. O'Neill (D) 1990
EXECUTIVE TERM: 4 years
VOTERS IN 1988 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: 57.9% casting votes
ELECTORAL VOTES: 8
SENATORS: Christopher J. Dodd (D) 1992, Joseph I. Lieberman (D) 1994
NUMBER OF U.S. REPRESENTATIVES: 6
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 (if employed-14)
STATE FUNDING FOR ART: $0.7 per capita
STATE GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES: $1,888 per capita
FEDERAL INCOME TAXES PAID: $2,859 per capita
DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL FUNDS: $4,249 per capita
FEDERAL SPENDING, DEFENSE PROGRAMS: $5,496 (millions)
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES, CIVILIAN: 23,000
SOCIAL SECURITY RECIPIENTS: 15.8% of population
PUBLIC AID RECIPIENTS: 4.2% of population
FOOD STAMP RECIPIENTS: 3.3% of population
.CRIME IN CONNECTICUT
CRIME RATE, TOTAL: 5,098 offenses per 100,000 population
VIOLENT CRIME RATE: 455 offenses per 100,000 population
MURDERS: 5.4 per 100,000 population
FORCIBLE RAPE: 26 per 100,000 population
ROBBERY: 188 per 100,000 population
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT: 236 per 100,000 population
PROPERTY CRIME RATE: 4,642 offenses per 100,000 population
BURGLARY: 1,218 per 100,000 population
LARCENY-THEFT: 2,810 per 100,000 population
MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT: 614 per 100,000 population
PRISON INMATES: 4,723 total
PRISON INMATE RATE: 116 per 100,000 population
PRISONERS EXECUTED, 1980-1988: 0 executed
POLICE PROTECTION: 28.9 police per 10,000 population
LAWYERS: 277 population per lawyer
.ECONOMY OF CONNECTICUT
INCOME PER CAPITA: $23,059
DISPOSABLE PERSONAL INCOME: $19,096
GROSS STATE PRODUCT: $70,639 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, AGRICULTURE: $484 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MINING: $75 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, CONSTRUCTION: $2,949 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MANUFACTURING: $17,181 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, TRANSPORTATION: $5,383 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, WHOLESALE TRADE: $5,026 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, RETAIL TRADE: $6,813 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, FINANCE: $14,063 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, SERVICES: $11,779 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, GOVERNMENT: $6,887 (millions)
U.S. EXPORTS: $3,085 (millions)
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTS: $4,911 (millions)
PATENTS GRANTED: 1,492 (1988)
NEW BUSINESS FAILURES: 17 failures per 10,000 concerns
BLACK-OWNED FIRMS: 2,701 total
EMPLOYED/POPULATION RATIO: 67% employed of total population
FEMALE LABOR FORCE: 60.3% of labor force
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE: 3% unemployed
UNION MEMBERSHIP IN MANUFACTURING: 15.6% unionized
NEW HOUSING STARTS: 21,000 units
NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION: $757 (millions)
MORTGAGE LOANS FORECLOSED: 0.2%
VALUE ADDED BY MANUFACTURE: $22,343 (millions)
MANUFACTURING WORKERS, CHANGE 1982-1987: -11.8%
EXPORT RELATED FACTORY EMPLOYMENT: 16.1% of total employment
RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD: $22,809
CHANGE IN RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD 1982-86: 61.8%
MINERALS PRODUCED (NON-FUELS): $122 (millions)
MINERAL FUELS PRODUCED: $0 (millions)
CRUDE PETROLEUM PRODUCTION: 0 million barrels
NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION: 0 billion cubic feet marketed
NET ELECTRICAL ENERGY GENERATION: 36.4 billion kWh
ELECTRICAL ENERGY INSTALLED CAPACITY: 7.4 million kW
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS: 4
.AGRICULTURE OF CONNECTICUT
PRINCIPAL FARM COMMODITIES: Greenhouse, eggs, dairy products, tobacco (76% of total)
PRINCIPAL CROPS: Tobacco, hay, mushrooms, apples
LAND IN FARMS: less than 500,000 acres
CROPLAND HARVESTED: 128,000 acres harvested
NUMBER OF FARMS: 4,000
SIZE OF FARMS: 110 acres per farm
CHANGE IN FARMLAND, 1982-87: -10.3%
VALUE OF FARM LAND AND BUILDINGS: $5,258 per acre
NET FARM INCOME: $179 (millions)
NET FARM INCOME/DEBT RATIO: 84.7%
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: 171 tons (thousands)
HAY YIELD: 2.06 tons per acre
OATS PRODUCTION: 0 bushels (thousands)
OATS YIELD: 0 bushels per acre
POTATO PRODUCTION: 66 CWT (thousands)
POTATO YIELD: 220 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: 2,781 pounds (thousands)
TOBACCO YIELD: 1,520 pounds per acre
WHEAT PRODUCTION: 0 bushels (thousands)
WHEAT YIELD: 0 bushels per acre
CATTLE AND CALVES: 76 on farms (1,000 head)
HOGS AND PIGS: 6.2 on farms (1,000 head)
SHEEP AND LAMBS: 9.9 on farms (1,000 head)
.COMMUNICATIONS IN CONNECTICUT
INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS: 342 miles; 550 kilometers
MOTOR VEHICLE TRAVEL: 1,360 thousands of miles traveled per road mile
LICENSED DRIVERS: 716.6 per 1,000 population
MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT DEATHS: 14.4 deaths per 100,000 population
REGISTERED AUTOMOBILES: 773 per 1,000 population
REGISTERED MOTORCYCLES: 19 per 1,000 population
DRIVERS EXCEEDING 55 MPH SPEED LIMIT: 49.4%
COMMERCIAL AM RADIO STATIONS: 40
COMMERCIAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 24
EDUCATIONAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 24
COMMERCIAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 5
EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 4
DAILY NEWSPAPERS: 23
DAILY NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION: 0.27 papers per capita
.TRAVEL IN CONNECTICUT
STATE BOARD OF TOURISM: Connecticut State Board of Tourism, 865 Brook Street, Rocky Hill, 06067-3405, [phone]
TOURIST ATTRACTIONS: Hartford--State Capitol, Connecticut State Museum, Samuel Clemens, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Noah Webster homes, Children's Museum (hands-on), Wethersfield historic area, historic Hitchcock chair factory; New Haven--Shubert Theatre; Stratford--Shakespeare Festival; Litchfield--state historic district; Mystic--Seaport Museum, Aquarium; Bristol--American Clock and Watch Museum; New London--U.S. Coast Guard Academy, U.S. Naval Submarine Base and Museum.
DOMESTIC TRAVEL SPENDING: $3,108 (millions)
LAND IN NATIONAL PARKS: 3,300 acres
LAND IN STATE PARKS: 181,000 acres
VISITORS TO STATE PARKS: 6,361,000 annually