FRESH WATER CONSUMPTION: 39 million gallons per day
SOIL EROSION: 2 million tons per year
HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES: 20 sites on national priority list
.PEOPLE OF DELAWARE
POPULATION: 673,000
PROJECTED POPULATION YEAR 2000: 734,000
POPULATION CHANGE 1980-1988: 11.10%
POPULATION DENSITY: 341.7 persons per sq mi
PERSONS PER HOUSEHOLD: 2.6
METROPOLITAN AREA POPULATION: 65.9%
MARRIAGE RATE: 8.5 marriages per 1,000 population
DIVORCE RATE: 4.5 divorces per 1,000 population
BIRTH RATE: 15.3 births per 1,000 population
BIRTHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS: 13.2% of total
BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED WOMEN: 27.7% of total
POPULATION UNDER 18 YEARS: 25.2%
POPULATION 65 YEARS OLD AND OVER: 11.6%
LIFE EXPECTANCY, BOTH SEXES: 73.2 years
LIFE EXPECTANCY, MALE: 69.6 years
LIFE EXPECTANCY, FEMALE: 76.8 years
DEATH RATE: 8.7 deaths per 1,000 population
BLACK POPULATION: 18.9%
JEWISH POPULATION: 1.5%
PERSONS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 11.9%
FAMILIES BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 8.9%
CHILDREN BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 15.6%
VIETNAM VETERANS: 23,000
.EDUCATION IN DELAWARE
EXPENDITURES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $782 per resident
PUBLIC SCHOOL EXPENDITURES PER PUPIL: $5,506 per pupil
PUPIL/TEACHER RATIO: 16.8 pupils per teacher
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $30,600 average
SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $32,600 average
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT: 37,000 total
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FRESHMEN: 7,000
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FEMALE: 21,000
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, PART-TIME: 14,000
SPENDING FOR PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION: $4,244 per student
TUITION REVENUES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION: $3,301 per student
.HEALTH IN DELAWARE
HOSPITAL DAILY ROOM CHARGE: $284 average
PHYSICIANS: 191 physicians per 100,000 population
DENTISTS: 47 dentists per 100,000 population
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, ALL RACES: 7.1 per 100 live births
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, BLACK: 12.4 per 100 live births
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, WHITE: 5.5 per 100 live births
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, ALL RACES: 12.7 deaths per 1,000 live births
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, BLACK: 21 deaths per 1,000 live births
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, WHITE: 10.2 deaths per 1,000 live births
LEGAL ABORTION RATE: 451 per 1,000 live births
AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1983-1989: 209 total
AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1989: 68 total
AIDS CASES REPORTED (RATE) 1989: 11.5 per 100,000 population
DEATHS AMONG AIDS CASES, 1983-1989: 121
DEATHS FROM ACCIDENTS: 39.5 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM CANCER: 210.7 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM HEART DISEASE: 325.6 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM HOMICIDE: 5.7 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS: 13.7 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM PNEUMONIA AND FLU: 25.1 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM SUICIDE: 13.3 per 100,000 resident population
.GOVERNMENT OF DELAWARE
OFFICIAL NAME: State of Delaware
ADMITTED TO UNION: Dec. 7, 1787
ORDER OF STATEHOOD: 1st
CAPITAL: Dover
MOTTO: Liberty and Independence
SONG: Our Delaware
SYMBOLS: Bird--Blue hen chicken; Flower--Peach blossom; Insect--Ladybug; Mineral--Sillimanite; Tree--American holly
FLAG: A buff-colored diamond containing the coat of arms on a colonial blue field. The date of statehood is below the diamond.
GOVERNOR: Michael N. Castle (R) 1992
EXECUTIVE TERM: 4 years
VOTERS IN 1988 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: 51% casting votes
ELECTORAL VOTES: 3
SENATORS: Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D) 1990, William V. Roth Jr. (R) 1994
NUMBER OF U.S. REPRESENTATIVES: 1
AGE OF MAJORITY (FULL CIVIL RIGHTS): 18
AGE OF MARRIAGE W/CONSENT: Female-16 Male-18
AGE OF MARRIAGE W/O CONSENT: 18
AGE OF BUYING ALCOHOL: 21
AGE OF LEAVING SCHOOL: 16
STATE FUNDING FOR ART: $1.2 per capita
STATE GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES: $2,250 per capita
FEDERAL INCOME TAXES PAID: $1,736 per capita
DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL FUNDS: $3,163 per capita
FEDERAL SPENDING, DEFENSE PROGRAMS: $443 (millions)
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES, CIVILIAN: 5,000
SOCIAL SECURITY RECIPIENTS: 15.2% of population
PUBLIC AID RECIPIENTS: 4.1% of population
FOOD STAMP RECIPIENTS: 4.4% of population
.CRIME IN DELAWARE
CRIME RATE, TOTAL: 4,799 offenses per 100,000 population
VIOLENT CRIME RATE: 452 offenses per 100,000 population
MURDERS: 5.2 per 100,000 population
FORCIBLE RAPE: 74 per 100,000 population
ROBBERY: 119 per 100,000 population
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT: 253 per 100,000 population
PROPERTY CRIME RATE: 4,347 offenses per 100,000 population
BURGLARY: 1,041 per 100,000 population
LARCENY-THEFT: 3,004 per 100,000 population
MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT: 303 per 100,000 population
PRISON INMATES: 2,359 total
PRISON INMATE RATE: 354 per 100,000 population
PRISONERS EXECUTED, 1980-1988: 0 executed
POLICE PROTECTION: 26.6 police per 10,000 population
LAWYERS: 384 population per lawyer
.ECONOMY OF DELAWARE
INCOME PER CAPITA: $17,661
DISPOSABLE PERSONAL INCOME: $14,654
GROSS STATE PRODUCT: $11,706 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, AGRICULTURE: $251 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MINING: $2 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, CONSTRUCTION: $565 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MANUFACTURING: $3,325 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, TRANSPORTATION: $912 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, WHOLESALE TRADE: $657 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, RETAIL TRADE: $984 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, FINANCE: $2,129 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, SERVICES: $1,616 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, GOVERNMENT: $1,264 (millions)
U.S. EXPORTS: $752 (millions)
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTS: $233 (millions)
PATENTS GRANTED: 340 (1988)
NEW BUSINESS FAILURES: 42 failures per 10,000 concerns
BLACK-OWNED FIRMS: 1,087 total
EMPLOYED/POPULATION RATIO: 67.6% employed of total population
FEMALE LABOR FORCE: 62.4% of labor force
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE: 3.2% unemployed
UNION MEMBERSHIP IN MANUFACTURING: 20.5% unionized
NEW HOUSING STARTS: 9,000 units
NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION: $195 (millions)
MORTGAGE LOANS FORECLOSED: 0.0%
VALUE ADDED BY MANUFACTURE: $3,933 (millions)
MANUFACTURING WORKERS, CHANGE 1982-1987: 6.3%
EXPORT RELATED FACTORY EMPLOYMENT: 12.5% of total employment
RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD: $20,803
CHANGE IN RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD 1982-86: 42.2%
MINERALS PRODUCED (NON-FUELS): $6 (millions)
MINERAL FUELS PRODUCED: $0 (millions)
CRUDE PETROLEUM PRODUCTION: 0 million barrels
NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION: 0 billion cubic feet marketed
NET ELECTRICAL ENERGY GENERATION: 9 billion kWh
ELECTRICAL ENERGY INSTALLED CAPACITY: 1.9 million kW
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS: 0
.AGRICULTURE OF DELAWARE
PRINCIPAL FARM COMMODITIES: Broilers, soybeans, greenhouse, corn (83% of total)
PRINCIPAL CROPS: Soybeans, corn, potatoes, wheat
LAND IN FARMS: 1,000,000 acres
CROPLAND HARVESTED: 537,000 acres harvested
NUMBER OF FARMS: 3,000
SIZE OF FARMS: 197 acres per farm
CHANGE IN FARMLAND, 1982-87: -7.2%
VALUE OF FARM LAND AND BUILDINGS: $2,217 per acre
NET FARM INCOME: $206 (millions)
NET FARM INCOME/DEBT RATIO: 74.0%
BARLEY PRODUCTION: 2,200 bushels (thousands)
BARLEY YIELD: 55 bushels per acre
CORN PRODUCTION: 13,300 bushels (thousands)
CORN YIELD: 100 bushels per acre
COTTON PRODUCTION: 0 bales (thousands)
COTTON YIELD: 0 pounds per acre
HAY PRODUCTION: 73 tons (thousands)
HAY YIELD: 2.92 tons per acre
OATS PRODUCTION: 0 bushels (thousands)
OATS YIELD: 0 bushels per acre
POTATO PRODUCTION: 1,152 CWT (thousands)
POTATO YIELD: 160 CWT per acre
RICE PRODUCTION: 0 CWT (thousands)
SOYBEAN PRODUCTION: 7,250 bushels (thousands)
SOYBEAN YIELD: 29 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: 3,108 bushels (thousands)
WHEAT YIELD: 42 bushels per acre
BROILERS PRODUCED: 217.5 millions
TURKEYS RAISED: 50,000 millions
CATTLE AND CALVES: 31 on farms (1,000 head)
HOGS AND PIGS: 32 on farms (1,000 head)
.COMMUNICATIONS IN DELAWARE
INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS: 41 miles; 66 kilometers
MOTOR VEHICLE TRAVEL: 1,151 thousands of miles traveled per road mile
LICENSED DRIVERS: 712.9 per 1,000 population
MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT DEATHS: 23.5 deaths per 100,000 population
REGISTERED AUTOMOBILES: 583 per 1,000 population
REGISTERED MOTORCYCLES: 14 per 1,000 population
DRIVERS EXCEEDING 55 MPH SPEED LIMIT: 56.9%
COMMERCIAL AM RADIO STATIONS: 10
COMMERCIAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 8
EDUCATIONAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 2
COMMERCIAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 0
EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 2
DAILY NEWSPAPERS: 3
DAILY NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION: 0.22 papers per capita
.TRAVEL IN DELAWARE
STATE BOARD OF TOURISM: Delaware Tourism Office, 99 Kings Hwy., P.O. Box 1401, Dover, 19903, (302) 736-4271, (800) 282-8667 DE, (800) 441-8846 US
TOURIST ATTRACTIONS: Dover--State Capitol, museum; Wilmington--Playhouse Theatre, Grand Opera House, Old Town Hall Museum, Winterthur Museum and Library, New Castle (nearby colonial community); Delaware Shore--sea coast sites, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware Seaside State Park.
