FRESH WATER CONSUMPTION: 24 million gallons per day
SOIL EROSION: NA million tons per year
HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES: 0 sites on national priority list
.PEOPLE OF WASHINGTON, D.C.
POPULATION: 604,000
PROJECTED POPULATION YEAR 2000: 634,000
POPULATION CHANGE 1980-1988: -3.40%
POPULATION DENSITY: 9,792 persons per sq mi
PERSONS PER HOUSEHOLD: 2.3
METROPOLITAN AREA POPULATION: 100.0%
MARRIAGE RATE: 8 marriages per 1,000 population
DIVORCE RATE: 5.9 divorces per 1,000 population
BIRTH RATE: 16.4 births per 1,000 population
BIRTHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS: 17% of total
BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED WOMEN: 59.7% of total
POPULATION UNDER 18 YEARS: 22.3%
POPULATION 65 YEARS OLD AND OVER: 12.4%
LIFE EXPECTANCY, BOTH SEXES: 69.2 years
LIFE EXPECTANCY, MALE: 64.6 years
LIFE EXPECTANCY, FEMALE: 73.7 years
DEATH RATE: 11.9 deaths per 1,000 population
BLACK POPULATION: 68.6%
JEWISH POPULATION: 4.0%
PERSONS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 18.6%
FAMILIES BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 15.1%
CHILDREN BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 27.0%
VIETNAM VETERANS: 15,000
.EDUCATION IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
EXPENDITURES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $838 per resident
PUBLIC SCHOOL EXPENDITURES PER PUPIL: $5,827 per pupil
PUPIL/TEACHER RATIO: 16.9 pupils per teacher
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $37,500 average
SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $37,500 average
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT: 78,000 total
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FRESHMEN: 10,000
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FEMALE: 40,000
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, PART-TIME: 30,000
SPENDING FOR PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION: $9,326 per student
TUITION REVENUES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION: $806 per student
.HEALTH IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
HOSPITAL DAILY ROOM CHARGE: $418 average
PHYSICIANS: 591 physicians per 100,000 population
DENTISTS: 94 dentists per 100,000 population
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, ALL RACES: 13 per 100 live births
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, BLACK: 15.2 per 100 live births
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, WHITE: 5.1 per 100 live births
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, ALL RACES: 20.4 deaths per 1,000 live births
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, BLACK: 23.5 deaths per 1,000 live births
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, WHITE: 11.6 deaths per 1,000 live births
LEGAL ABORTION RATE: 1,186 per 1,000 live births
AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1983-1989: 1,881 total
AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1989: 395 total
AIDS CASES REPORTED (RATE) 1989: 84.1 per 100,000 population
DEATHS AMONG AIDS CASES, 1983-1989: 1,136
DEATHS FROM ACCIDENTS: 29.4 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM CANCER: 266.6 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM HEART DISEASE: 348 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM HOMICIDE: 28.2 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS: 32.5 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM PNEUMONIA AND FLU: 38.2 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM SUICIDE: 12 per 100,000 resident population
.GOVERNMENT OF WASHINGTON, D.C.
OFFICIAL NAME: Washington, District of Columbia
ADMITTED TO UNION: NA
ORDER OF STATEHOOD: NA
CAPITAL: Site selected in 1791 by President Washington. But, The capital did not transfer from Philadelphia until 1800
MOTTO: Justitia Omnibus (Justice to all)
SONG: None
SYMBOLS: Bird--Wood thrush; Flower--American beauty rose; Tree--Scarlet oak
FLAG:
GOVERNOR: NA
EXECUTIVE TERM: NA
VOTERS IN 1988 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: 39.5% casting votes
ELECTORAL VOTES: 3
SENATORS: NA
NUMBER OF U.S. REPRESENTATIVES: 1 non-voting
AGE OF MAJORITY (FULL CIVIL RIGHTS): 18
AGE OF MARRIAGE W/CONSENT: NA
AGE OF MARRIAGE W/O CONSENT: NA
AGE OF BUYING ALCOHOL: 21
AGE OF LEAVING SCHOOL: 16
STATE FUNDING FOR ART: $5.7 per capita
STATE GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES: $1,705 per capita
FEDERAL INCOME TAXES PAID: $2,225 per capita
DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL FUNDS: $24,608 per capita
FEDERAL SPENDING, DEFENSE PROGRAMS: $0 (millions)
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES, CIVILIAN: 206,000
SOCIAL SECURITY RECIPIENTS: 12.9% of population
PUBLIC AID RECIPIENTS: 10.6% of population
FOOD STAMP RECIPIENTS: 9.6% of population
.CRIME IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
CRIME RATE, TOTAL: 9,915 offenses per 100,000 population
VIOLENT CRIME RATE: 1,922 offenses per 100,000 population
MURDERS: 59.5 per 100,000 population
FORCIBLE RAPE: 27 per 100,000 population
ROBBERY: 918 per 100,000 population
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT: 918 per 100,000 population
PROPERTY CRIME RATE: 7,993 offenses per 100,000 population
BURGLARY: 1,984 per 100,000 population
LARCENY-THEFT: 4,617 per 100,000 population
MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT: 1,392 per 100,000 population
PRISON INMATES: 6,340 total
PRISON INMATE RATE: 1,031 per 100,000 population
PRISONERS EXECUTED, 1980-1988: 0 executed
POLICE PROTECTION: 74.1 police per 10,000 population
LAWYERS: 22 population per lawyer
.ECONOMY OF WASHINGTON, D.C.
INCOME PER CAPITA: $21,389
DISPOSABLE PERSONAL INCOME: $17,464
GROSS STATE PRODUCT: $28,791 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, AGRICULTURE: $6 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MINING: $7 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, CONSTRUCTION: $1,991 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MANUFACTURING: $1,050 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, TRANSPORTATION: $1,805 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, WHOLESALE TRADE: $532 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, RETAIL TRADE: $1,274 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, FINANCE: $2,675 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, SERVICES: $8,251 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, GOVERNMENT: $11,199 (millions)
U.S. EXPORTS: $139 (millions)
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTS: $1,665 (millions)
PATENTS GRANTED: 44 (1988)
NEW BUSINESS FAILURES: 30 failures per 10,000 concerns
BLACK-OWNED FIRMS: 8,966 total
EMPLOYED/POPULATION RATIO: 67.7% employed of total population
FEMALE LABOR FORCE: 66.7% of labor force
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE: 5% unemployed
UNION MEMBERSHIP IN MANUFACTURING: NA% unionized
NEW HOUSING STARTS: 3,000 units
NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION: $93 (millions)
MORTGAGE LOANS FORECLOSED: 0.0%
VALUE ADDED BY MANUFACTURE: $1,557 (millions)
MANUFACTURING WORKERS, CHANGE 1982-1987: -16.7%
EXPORT RELATED FACTORY EMPLOYMENT: 6.8% of total employment
RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD: $14,754
CHANGE IN RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD 1982-86: 38.4%
MINERALS PRODUCED (NON-FUELS): $345 (millions)
MINERAL FUELS PRODUCED: $95 (millions)
CRUDE PETROLEUM PRODUCTION: 0 million barrels
NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION: 0 billion cubic feet marketed
NET ELECTRICAL ENERGY GENERATION: 0.5 billion kWh
ELECTRICAL ENERGY INSTALLED CAPACITY: 0.9 million kW
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS: 0
.AGRICULTURE OF WASHINGTON, D.C.
PRINCIPAL FARM COMMODITIES: NA
PRINCIPAL CROPS: NA
LAND IN FARMS: NA
CROPLAND HARVESTED: NA
NUMBER OF FARMS: NA
SIZE OF FARMS: NA
CHANGE IN FARMLAND, 1982-87: NA
VALUE OF FARM LAND AND BUILDINGS: NA
NET FARM INCOME: $415 (millions)
NET FARM INCOME/DEBT RATIO: NA%
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: 0 on farms (1,000 head)
HOGS AND PIGS: 0 on farms (1,000 head)
.COMMUNICATIONS IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS: 12 miles; 19 kilometers
MOTOR VEHICLE TRAVEL: 3,091 thousands of miles traveled per road mile
LICENSED DRIVERS: 594.2 per 1,000 population
MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT DEATHS: 13.2 deaths per 100,000 population
REGISTERED AUTOMOBILES: 408 per 1,000 population
REGISTERED MOTORCYCLES: 3 per 1,000 population
DRIVERS EXCEEDING 55 MPH SPEED LIMIT: NA%
COMMERCIAL AM RADIO STATIONS: 6
COMMERCIAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 9
EDUCATIONAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 4
COMMERCIAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 6
EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 2
DAILY NEWSPAPERS: 2
DAILY NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION: 1.40 papers per capita
.TRAVEL IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
STATE BOARD OF TOURISM: NA
TOURIST ATTRACTIONS: U.S. Capitol, Washington Monument, White House, Smithsonian Institution, National Archives, Air and Space Museum, National Gallery of Art, Library of Congress, Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Supreme Court, F.B.I., Vietnam Veterans Memorial, National Aquarium, Potomac Riverfront; Arlington, VA--Pentagon, Arlington National Cemetary.
