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.GEOGRAPHY OF FLORIDA TOTAL AREA: 58,664 sq mi (151,940 sq km) LAND AREA: 54,153 sq mi (140,256 sq km) WATER AREA: 4,511 sq mi (11,683 sq km) HIGHEST POINT: Sec. 30, T6N, R20W, Walton County,345 feet LOWEST POINT: Atlantic Ocean, sea level AVERAGE ELEVATION: 100 feet HIGHEST TEMPERATURE: 109@ Fahrenheit LOWEST TEMPERATURE: -2@ Fahrenheit NATURAL RESOURCES: Petroleum, phosphate, stone FEDERAL LANDS: 12.40% owned by federal government FRESH WATER CONSUMPTION: 2,730 million gallons per day SOIL EROSION: 10.5 million tons per year HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES: 51 sites on national priority list .PEOPLE OF FLORIDA POPULATION: 12,671,000 PROJECTED POPULATION YEAR 2000: 15,415,000 POPULATION CHANGE 1980-1988: 26.60% POPULATION DENSITY: 227.8 persons per sq mi PERSONS PER HOUSEHOLD: 2.5 METROPOLITAN AREA POPULATION: 90.8% MARRIAGE RATE: 11.1 marriages per 1,000 population DIVORCE RATE: 6.3 divorces per 1,000 population BIRTH RATE: 14.6 births per 1,000 population BIRTHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS: 13.8% of total BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED WOMEN: 27.5% of total POPULATION UNDER 18 YEARS: 22.7% POPULATION 65 YEARS OLD AND OVER: 17.8% LIFE EXPECTANCY, BOTH SEXES: 74 years LIFE EXPECTANCY, MALE: 70.1 years LIFE EXPECTANCY, FEMALE: 78 years DEATH RATE: 10.6 deaths per 1,000 population BLACK POPULATION: 14.2% JEWISH POPULATION: 5.1% PERSONS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 13.5% FAMILIES BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 9.9% CHILDREN BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 18.5% VIETNAM VETERANS: 410,000 .EDUCATION IN FLORIDA EXPENDITURES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $687 per resident PUBLIC SCHOOL EXPENDITURES PER PUPIL: $4,487 per pupil PUPIL/TEACHER RATIO: 18.1 pupils per teacher ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $27,000 average SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $25,800 average COLLEGE ENROLLMENT: 490,000 total COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FRESHMEN: 76,000 COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FEMALE: 265,000 COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, PART-TIME: 259,000 SPENDING FOR PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION: $4,495 per student TUITION REVENUES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION: $1,063 per student .HEALTH IN FLORIDA HOSPITAL DAILY ROOM CHARGE: $240 average PHYSICIANS: 203 physicians per 100,000 population DENTISTS: 43 dentists per 100,000 population LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, ALL RACES: 7.6 per 100 live births LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, BLACK: 12.7 per 100 live births LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, WHITE: 6 per 100 live births INFANT MORTALITY RATE, ALL RACES: 10.9 deaths per 1,000 live births INFANT MORTALITY RATE, BLACK: 18.3 deaths per 1,000 live births INFANT MORTALITY RATE, WHITE: 8.7 deaths per 1,000 live births LEGAL ABORTION RATE: 465 per 1,000 live births AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1983-1989: 9,076 total AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1989: 2,602 total AIDS CASES REPORTED (RATE) 1989: 27.5 per 100,000 population DEATHS AMONG AIDS CASES, 1983-1989: 5,382 DEATHS FROM ACCIDENTS: 42.8 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM CANCER: 249.4 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM HEART DISEASE: 385.3 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM HOMICIDE: 12.4 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS: 14.4 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM PNEUMONIA AND FLU: 24.5 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM SUICIDE: 16 per 100,000 resident population .GOVERNMENT OF FLORIDA OFFICIAL NAME: State of Florida ADMITTED TO UNION: Mar. 3, 1845 ORDER OF STATEHOOD: 27th CAPITAL: Tallahassee MOTTO: In God We Trust SONG: Old Folks at Home SYMBOLS: Animal--Florida panther; Bird--Mockingbird; Flower--Orange blossom; Gem--Moonstone; Tree--Sabal palmetto palm (cabbage palm) FLAG: The state seal in the center of a white field with a red bar extending to each corner. GOVERNOR: Bob Martinez (R) 1990 EXECUTIVE TERM: 4 years VOTERS IN 1988 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: 44.7% casting votes ELECTORAL VOTES: 21 SENATORS: Connie Mack (R) 1994, Bob Graham (D) 1992 NUMBER OF U.S. REPRESENTATIVES: 19 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 STATE FUNDING FOR ART: $1.7 per capita STATE GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES: $1,212 per capita FEDERAL INCOME TAXES PAID: $1,725 per capita DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL FUNDS: $3,474 per capita FEDERAL SPENDING, DEFENSE PROGRAMS: $10,314 (millions) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES, CIVILIAN: 101,000 SOCIAL SECURITY RECIPIENTS: 20.3% of population PUBLIC AID RECIPIENTS: 4.1% of population FOOD STAMP RECIPIENTS: 5.1% of population .CRIME IN FLORIDA CRIME RATE, TOTAL: 8,938 offenses per 100,000 population VIOLENT CRIME RATE: 1,118 offenses per 100,000 population MURDERS: 11.4 per 100,000 population FORCIBLE RAPE: 50 per 100,000 population ROBBERY: 403 per 100,000 population AGGRAVATED ASSAULT: 653 per 100,000 population PROPERTY CRIME RATE: 7,820 offenses per 100,000 population BURGLARY: 2,294 per 100,000 population LARCENY-THEFT: 4,761 per 100,000 population MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT: 765 per 100,000 population PRISON INMATES: 34,681 total PRISON INMATE RATE: 278 per 100,000 population PRISONERS EXECUTED, 1980-1988: 18 executed POLICE PROTECTION: 31.6 police per 10,000 population LAWYERS: 361 population per lawyer .ECONOMY OF FLORIDA INCOME PER CAPITA: $16,603 DISPOSABLE PERSONAL INCOME: $14,338 GROSS STATE PRODUCT: $177,729 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, AGRICULTURE: $4,432 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MINING: $1,536 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, CONSTRUCTION: $12,892 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MANUFACTURING: $19,194 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, TRANSPORTATION: $16,518 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, WHOLESALE TRADE: $12,587 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, RETAIL TRADE: $21,477 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, FINANCE: $33,365 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, SERVICES: $34,592 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, GOVERNMENT: $21,136 (millions) U.S. EXPORTS: $9,437 (millions) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTS: $5,328 (millions) PATENTS GRANTED: 1,508 (1988) NEW BUSINESS FAILURES: 103 failures per 10,000 concerns BLACK-OWNED FIRMS: 16,577 total EMPLOYED/POPULATION RATIO: 59.8% employed of total population FEMALE LABOR FORCE: 55.2% of labor force UNEMPLOYMENT RATE: 5% unemployed UNION MEMBERSHIP IN MANUFACTURING: 8.9% unionized NEW HOUSING STARTS: 185,000 units NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION: $3,733 (millions) MORTGAGE LOANS FORECLOSED: 1.7% VALUE ADDED BY MANUFACTURE: $27,966 (millions) MANUFACTURING WORKERS, CHANGE 1982-1987: 5.8% EXPORT RELATED FACTORY EMPLOYMENT: 10.9% of total employment RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD: $19,300 CHANGE IN RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD 1982-86: 42.0% MINERALS PRODUCED (NON-FUELS): $1,346 (millions) MINERAL FUELS PRODUCED: NA (millions) CRUDE PETROLEUM PRODUCTION: 8 million barrels NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION: 8 billion cubic feet marketed NET ELECTRICAL ENERGY GENERATION: 124.1 billion kWh ELECTRICAL ENERGY INSTALLED CAPACITY: 36 million kW NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS: 5 .AGRICULTURE OF FLORIDA PRINCIPAL FARM COMMODITIES: Oranges, greenhouse, tomatoes, sugarcane (54% of total) PRINCIPAL CROPS: Oranges, peanuts, hay, tobacco LAND IN FARMS: 11,000,000 acres CROPLAND HARVESTED: 1,137,000 acres harvested NUMBER OF FARMS: 41,000 SIZE OF FARMS: 273 acres per farm CHANGE IN FARMLAND, 1982-87: -12.6% VALUE OF FARM LAND AND BUILDINGS: $1,692 per acre NET FARM INCOME: $2,875 (millions) NET FARM INCOME/DEBT RATIO: 78.2% BARLEY PRODUCTION: 0 bushels (thousands) BARLEY YIELD: 0 bushels per acre CORN PRODUCTION: 5,920 bushels (thousands) CORN YIELD: 74 bushels per acre COTTON PRODUCTION: 34 bales (thousands) COTTON YIELD: 653 pounds per acre HAY PRODUCTION: 598 tons (thousands) HAY YIELD: 2.30 tons per acre OATS PRODUCTION: 0 bushels (thousands) OATS YIELD: 0 bushels per acre POTATO PRODUCTION: 8,304 CWT (thousands) POTATO YIELD: 195 CWT per acre RICE PRODUCTION: 0 CWT (thousands) SOYBEAN PRODUCTION: 2,640 bushels (thousands) SOYBEAN YIELD: 22 bushels per acre SUGARBEET PRODUCTION: 0 tons (thousands) SUGARCANE PRODUCTION: 13,252 tons TOBACCO PRODUCTION: 18,200 pounds (thousands) TOBACCO YIELD: 2,600 pounds per acre WHEAT PRODUCTION: 1,885 bushels (thousands) WHEAT YIELD: 29 bushels per acre BROILERS PRODUCED: 123.2 millions TURKEYS RAISED: 50,000 millions CATTLE AND CALVES: 1,925 on farms (1,000 head) HOGS AND PIGS: 140 on farms (1,000 head) MILK COWS: 182 on farms (1,000 head) .COMMUNICATIONS IN FLORIDA INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS: 1,354 miles; 2,179 kilometers MOTOR VEHICLE TRAVEL: 932 thousands of miles traveled per road mile LICENSED DRIVERS: 777.1 per 1,000 population MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT DEATHS: 23.3 deaths per 100,000 population REGISTERED AUTOMOBILES: 715 per 1,000 population REGISTERED MOTORCYCLES: 17 per 1,000 population DRIVERS EXCEEDING 55 MPH SPEED LIMIT: 57.6% COMMERCIAL AM RADIO STATIONS: 198 COMMERCIAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 140 EDUCATIONAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 28 COMMERCIAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 41 EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 11 DAILY NEWSPAPERS: 46 DAILY NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION: 0.25 papers per capita .TRAVEL IN FLORIDA STATE BOARD OF TOURISM: Florida State Board of Tourism, Collins Bldg., 107 East Gaines Street, Tallahassee, 32399-2000, (904) 488-5606 TOURIST ATTRACTIONS: Tallahasee--State Capitol; Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Key West, Palm Beach resorts, beaches, watersports, deep sea fishing; Miami--beaches, Jai Alai, greyhound and horse racing, historic architecture, Little Havana, Parrot and Monkey Jungles, Seaquarium, Villa Vizcaya, Museum of Science and Space Transit Planetarium; Orlando--Theme parks such as Walt Disney World, Epcot Center, MGM Studios, Sea World, Universal Studios; Tampa--Ybor City (Latin Quarter), Busch Gardens park; St. Augustine (oldest city in the U.S.)--restorations, fortress; Sarasota--Ringling Museum of Art, Circus Museum, Cape Canaveral and John F. Kennedy Space Center, Cypress Gardens, Gulf coast resort cities, Gulf Islands National Seashore; Pensacola historic sites, Biscayne National Park (tropical animals and plants, coral reef, keys); Everglades National Park (mangrove wetland, tropical habitat for birds, alligators, giant turtles). DOMESTIC TRAVEL SPENDING: $24,340 (millions) LAND IN NATIONAL PARKS: 2,145,100 acres LAND IN STATE PARKS: 341,000 acres VISITORS TO STATE PARKS: 14,344,000 annually 
