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.GEOGRAPHY OF GEORGIA TOTAL AREA: 58,910 sq mi (152,577 sq km) LAND AREA: 58,056 sq mi (150,365 sq km) WATER AREA: 854 sq mi (2,212 sq km) HIGHEST POINT: Brasstown Bald, 4,784 feet LOWEST POINT: Atlantic Ocean, sea level AVERAGE ELEVATION: 600 feet HIGHEST TEMPERATURE: 113@ Fahrenheit LOWEST TEMPERATURE: -17@ Fahrenheit NATURAL RESOURCES: Clays, stone, cement FEDERAL LANDS: 5.40% owned by federal government FRESH WATER CONSUMPTION: 838 million gallons per day SOIL EROSION: 41.7 million tons per year HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES: 13 sites on national priority list .PEOPLE OF GEORGIA POPULATION: 6,436,000 PROJECTED POPULATION YEAR 2000: 7,957,000 POPULATION CHANGE 1980-1988: 16.10% POPULATION DENSITY: 109.2 persons per sq mi PERSONS PER HOUSEHOLD: 2.7 METROPOLITAN AREA POPULATION: 64.8% MARRIAGE RATE: 11.6 marriages per 1,000 population DIVORCE RATE: 5.6 divorces per 1,000 population BIRTH RATE: 16.5 births per 1,000 population BIRTHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS: 17% of total BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED WOMEN: 28% of total POPULATION UNDER 18 YEARS: 28.0% POPULATION 65 YEARS OLD AND OVER: 10.0% LIFE EXPECTANCY, BOTH SEXES: 72.2 years LIFE EXPECTANCY, MALE: 68 years LIFE EXPECTANCY, FEMALE: 76.3 years DEATH RATE: 8.1 deaths per 1,000 population BLACK POPULATION: 26.9% JEWISH POPULATION: 1.0% PERSONS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 16.6% FAMILIES BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 13.2% CHILDREN BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 21.1% VIETNAM VETERANS: 233,000 .EDUCATION IN GEORGIA EXPENDITURES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $738 per resident PUBLIC SCHOOL EXPENDITURES PER PUPIL: $4,143 per pupil PUPIL/TEACHER RATIO: 18.6 pupils per teacher ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $27,700 average SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $28,500 average COLLEGE ENROLLMENT: 224,000 total COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FRESHMEN: 46,000 COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FEMALE: 119,000 COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, PART-TIME: 78,000 SPENDING FOR PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION: $4,055 per student TUITION REVENUES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION: $1,198 per student .HEALTH IN GEORGIA HOSPITAL DAILY ROOM CHARGE: $190 average PHYSICIANS: 167 physicians per 100,000 population DENTISTS: 43 dentists per 100,000 population LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, ALL RACES: 8.1 per 100 live births LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, BLACK: 12 per 100 live births LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, WHITE: 6.1 per 100 live births INFANT MORTALITY RATE, ALL RACES: 12.6 deaths per 1,000 live births INFANT MORTALITY RATE, BLACK: 18.3 deaths per 1,000 live births INFANT MORTALITY RATE, WHITE: 9.7 deaths per 1,000 live births LEGAL ABORTION RATE: 397 per 1,000 live births AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1983-1989: 2,777 total AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1989: 853 total AIDS CASES REPORTED (RATE) 1989: 18 per 100,000 population DEATHS AMONG AIDS CASES, 1983-1989: 1,592 DEATHS FROM ACCIDENTS: 46.7 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM CANCER: 168.6 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM HEART DISEASE: 275.1 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM HOMICIDE: 12.8 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS: 9.3 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM PNEUMONIA AND FLU: 24.8 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM SUICIDE: 13 per 100,000 resident population .GOVERNMENT OF GEORGIA OFFICIAL NAME: State of Georgia ADMITTED TO UNION: Jan. 2, 1788 ORDER OF STATEHOOD: 4th CAPITAL: Atlanta MOTTO: Agriculture and Commerce, 1776 Wisdom, Justice, Moderation SONG: Georgia on My Mind SYMBOLS: Bird--Brown thrasher; Flower--Cherokee rose; Gem--Quartz; Insect--Honeybee; Mineral--Staurolite; Tree--Live oak FLAG: The Confederate Battle flag with a vertical blue bar containing the coat of arms nearest to the flag staff. GOVERNOR: Joe Frank Harris (D) 1990 EXECUTIVE TERM: 4 years VOTERS IN 1988 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: 38.8% casting votes ELECTORAL VOTES: 12 SENATORS: Wyche Fowler Jr. (D) 1992, Sam Nunn (D) 1990 NUMBER OF U.S. REPRESENTATIVES: 10 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: $0.5 per capita STATE GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES: $1,354 per capita FEDERAL INCOME TAXES PAID: $1,407 per capita DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL FUNDS: $2,882 per capita FEDERAL SPENDING, DEFENSE PROGRAMS: $4,743 (millions) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES, CIVILIAN: 86,000 SOCIAL SECURITY RECIPIENTS: 13.3% of population PUBLIC AID RECIPIENTS: 6.4% of population FOOD STAMP RECIPIENTS: 7.3% of population .CRIME IN GEORGIA CRIME RATE, TOTAL: 6,327 offenses per 100,000 population VIOLENT CRIME RATE: 665 offenses per 100,000 population MURDERS: 11.7 per 100,000 population FORCIBLE RAPE: 46 per 100,000 population ROBBERY: 244 per 100,000 population AGGRAVATED ASSAULT: 364 per 100,000 population PROPERTY CRIME RATE: 5,661 offenses per 100,000 population BURGLARY: 1,611 per 100,000 population LARCENY-THEFT: 3,496 per 100,000 population MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT: 555 per 100,000 population PRISON INMATES: 18,018 total PRISON INMATE RATE: 281 per 100,000 population PRISONERS EXECUTED, 1980-1988: 13 executed POLICE PROTECTION: 26.1 police per 10,000 population LAWYERS: 428 population per lawyer .ECONOMY OF GEORGIA INCOME PER CAPITA: $15,260 DISPOSABLE PERSONAL INCOME: $12,886 GROSS STATE PRODUCT: $102,922 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, AGRICULTURE: $2,136 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MINING: $572 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, CONSTRUCTION: $5,535 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MANUFACTURING: $21,531 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, TRANSPORTATION: $11,302 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, WHOLESALE TRADE: $9,841 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, RETAIL TRADE: $10,328 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, FINANCE: $14,165 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, SERVICES: $14,584 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, GOVERNMENT: $12,929 (millions) U.S. EXPORTS: $3,747 (millions) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTS: $1,616 (millions) PATENTS GRANTED: 501 (1988) NEW BUSINESS FAILURES: 100 failures per 10,000 concerns BLACK-OWNED FIRMS: 14,652 total EMPLOYED/POPULATION RATIO: 64.1% employed of total population FEMALE LABOR FORCE: 59.7% of labor force UNEMPLOYMENT RATE: 5.8% unemployed UNION MEMBERSHIP IN MANUFACTURING: 11.9% unionized NEW HOUSING STARTS: 63,000 units NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION: $1,971 (millions) MORTGAGE LOANS FORECLOSED: 1.2% VALUE ADDED BY MANUFACTURE: $33,913 (millions) MANUFACTURING WORKERS, CHANGE 1982-1987: 10.8% EXPORT RELATED FACTORY EMPLOYMENT: 7.8% of total employment RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD: $18,236 CHANGE IN RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD 1982-86: 47.5% MINERALS PRODUCED (NON-FUELS): $1,212 (millions) MINERAL FUELS PRODUCED: $0 (millions) CRUDE PETROLEUM PRODUCTION: 0 million barrels NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION: 0 billion cubic feet marketed NET ELECTRICAL ENERGY GENERATION: 82.4 billion kWh ELECTRICAL ENERGY INSTALLED CAPACITY: 21.7 million kW NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS: 3 .AGRICULTURE OF GEORGIA PRINCIPAL FARM COMMODITIES: Broilers, peanuts, cattle, eggs (58% of total) PRINCIPAL CROPS: Peanuts, soybeans, tobacco LAND IN FARMS: 13,000,000 acres CROPLAND HARVESTED: 4,210,000 acres harvested NUMBER OF FARMS: 48,000 SIZE OF FARMS: 263 acres per farm CHANGE IN FARMLAND, 1982-87: -12.6% VALUE OF FARM LAND AND BUILDINGS: $943 per acre NET FARM INCOME: $1,371 (millions) NET FARM INCOME/DEBT RATIO: 39.8% BARLEY PRODUCTION: 0 bushels (thousands) BARLEY YIELD: 0 bushels per acre CORN PRODUCTION: 52,250 bushels (thousands) CORN YIELD: 95 bushels per acre COTTON PRODUCTION: 350 bales (thousands) COTTON YIELD: 634 pounds per acre HAY PRODUCTION: 1,620 tons (thousands) HAY YIELD: 2.70 tons per acre OATS PRODUCTION: 4,130 bushels (thousands) OATS YIELD: 59 bushels per acre POTATO PRODUCTION: 0 CWT (thousands) POTATO YIELD: 0 CWT per acre RICE PRODUCTION: 0 CWT (thousands) SOYBEAN PRODUCTION: 28,600 bushels (thousands) SOYBEAN YIELD: 26 bushels per acre SUGARBEET PRODUCTION: 0 tons (thousands) SUGARCANE PRODUCTION: 0 tons TOBACCO PRODUCTION: 87,000 pounds (thousands) TOBACCO YIELD: 2,175 pounds per acre WHEAT PRODUCTION: 22,400 bushels (thousands) WHEAT YIELD: 32 bushels per acre BROILERS PRODUCED: 722.8 millions TURKEYS RAISED: 2.4 millions CATTLE AND CALVES: 1,450 on farms (1,000 head) HOGS AND PIGS: 1,200 on farms (1,000 head) .COMMUNICATIONS IN GEORGIA INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS: 1,243 miles; 2,000 kilometers MOTOR VEHICLE TRAVEL: 565 thousands of miles traveled per road mile LICENSED DRIVERS: 649.9 per 1,000 population MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT DEATHS: 26 deaths per 100,000 population REGISTERED AUTOMOBILES: 585 per 1,000 population REGISTERED MOTORCYCLES: 13 per 1,000 population DRIVERS EXCEEDING 55 MPH SPEED LIMIT: 49.2% COMMERCIAL AM RADIO STATIONS: 193 COMMERCIAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 108 EDUCATIONAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 20 COMMERCIAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 24 EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 10 DAILY NEWSPAPERS: 37 DAILY NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION: 0.18 papers per capita .TRAVEL IN GEORGIA STATE BOARD OF TOURISM: Georgia State Board of Tourism, P.O. Box 1776, Atlanta, 30301, (404) 656-3545 TOURIST ATTRACTIONS: Atlanta--State Capitol, Atlanta Museum, Carter Presidential Center, Gone With The Wind Museum, High Museum of Art, Callewolde Mansion and Arts Center, Atlanta Historical Society Complex, Peachtree Street Theatre District, Stone Mountain Park, Omni International arena; Six Flags Over Georgia amusement park, Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park; Macon--Indian mounds, Ocmulgee National Monument; Savannah--historic district architecture, Ships of the Sea Museum; Augusta--Masters Golf Tournament, Colonial and Civil War era sites; Pine Mountain--Calloway Gardens; North Georgia secluded villages (Cherokee, Appalachian, and Old South heritage). DOMESTIC TRAVEL SPENDING: $5,709 (millions) LAND IN NATIONAL PARKS: 40,100 acres LAND IN STATE PARKS: 62,000 acres VISITORS TO STATE PARKS: 13,717,000 annually 
