FRESH WATER CONSUMPTION: 5,290 million gallons per day
SOIL EROSION: 50.6 million tons per year
HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES: 9 sites on national priority list
.PEOPLE OF IDAHO
POPULATION: 1,014,000
PROJECTED POPULATION YEAR 2000: 1,047,000
POPULATION CHANGE 1980-1988: 6.20%
POPULATION DENSITY: 12.2 persons per sq mi
PERSONS PER HOUSEHOLD: 2.7
METROPOLITAN AREA POPULATION: 20.0%
MARRIAGE RATE: 11.2 marriages per 1,000 population
DIVORCE RATE: 6 divorces per 1,000 population
BIRTH RATE: 15.9 births per 1,000 population
BIRTHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS: 10.8% of total
BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED WOMEN: 13% of total
POPULATION UNDER 18 YEARS: 30.3%
POPULATION 65 YEARS OLD AND OVER: 11.7%
LIFE EXPECTANCY, BOTH SEXES: 75.2 years
LIFE EXPECTANCY, MALE: 71.5 years
LIFE EXPECTANCY, FEMALE: 79.2 years
DEATH RATE: 7.4 deaths per 1,000 population
BLACK POPULATION: 0.4%
JEWISH POPULATION: 0.1%
PERSONS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 12.6%
FAMILIES BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 9.6%
CHILDREN BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 14.3%
VIETNAM VETERANS: 39,000
.EDUCATION IN IDAHO
EXPENDITURES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $657 per resident
PUBLIC SCHOOL EXPENDITURES PER PUPIL: $2,946 per pupil
PUPIL/TEACHER RATIO: 21.1 pupils per teacher
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $22,300 average
SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $23,400 average
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT: 46,000 total
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FRESHMEN: 10,000
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FEMALE: 24,000
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, PART-TIME: 15,000
SPENDING FOR PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION: $4,447 per student
TUITION REVENUES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION: $669 per student
.HEALTH IN IDAHO
HOSPITAL DAILY ROOM CHARGE: $254 average
PHYSICIANS: 120 physicians per 100,000 population
DENTISTS: 56 dentists per 100,000 population
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, ALL RACES: 5.4 per 100 live births
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, BLACK: NA
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, WHITE: 5.4 per 100 live births
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, ALL RACES: 10.7 deaths per 1,000 live births
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, BLACK: NA
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, WHITE: 10.7 deaths per 1,000 live births
LEGAL ABORTION RATE: 155 per 1,000 live births
AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1983-1989: 48 total
AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1989: 20 total
AIDS CASES REPORTED (RATE) 1989: 2.1 per 100,000 population
DEATHS AMONG AIDS CASES, 1983-1989: 26
DEATHS FROM ACCIDENTS: 52.7 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM CANCER: 158.8 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM HEART DISEASE: 239.1 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM HOMICIDE: 3.7 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS: 6.6 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM PNEUMONIA AND FLU: 20.9 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM SUICIDE: 17.7 per 100,000 resident population
.GOVERNMENT OF IDAHO
OFFICIAL NAME: State of Idaho
ADMITTED TO UNION: July 3, 1890
ORDER OF STATEHOOD: 43rd
CAPITAL: Boise
MOTTO: Esto Perpetua (It is forever)
SONG: Here We Have Idaho
SYMBOLS: Animal--Appaloosa; Bird--Mountain bluebird; Flower--Syringa; Gem--Star garnet; Tree--White pine
FLAG: The state seal in the center of a blue field with State of Idaho below on a red band.
GOVERNOR: Cecil D. Andrus (D) 1990
EXECUTIVE TERM: 4 years
VOTERS IN 1988 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: 58.3% casting votes
ELECTORAL VOTES: 4
SENATORS: James A. McClure (R) 1990, Steven D. Symms (R) 1992
NUMBER OF U.S. REPRESENTATIVES: 2
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: $0.3 per capita
STATE GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES: $1,402 per capita
FEDERAL INCOME TAXES PAID: $904 per capita
DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL FUNDS: $3,410 per capita
FEDERAL SPENDING, DEFENSE PROGRAMS: $309 (millions)
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES, CIVILIAN: 10,000
SOCIAL SECURITY RECIPIENTS: 15.1% of population
PUBLIC AID RECIPIENTS: 2.6% of population
FOOD STAMP RECIPIENTS: 5.9% of population
.CRIME IN IDAHO
CRIME RATE, TOTAL: 3,973 offenses per 100,000 population
VIOLENT CRIME RATE: 235 offenses per 100,000 population
MURDERS: 3.6 per 100,000 population
FORCIBLE RAPE: 18 per 100,000 population
ROBBERY: 20 per 100,000 population
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT: 193 per 100,000 population
PROPERTY CRIME RATE: 3,738 offenses per 100,000 population
BURGLARY: 870 per 100,000 population
LARCENY-THEFT: 2,692 per 100,000 population
MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT: 176 per 100,000 population
PRISON INMATES: 1,548 total
PRISON INMATE RATE: 154 per 100,000 population
PRISONERS EXECUTED, 1980-1988: 0 executed
POLICE PROTECTION: 24.9 police per 10,000 population
LAWYERS: 493 population per lawyer
.ECONOMY OF IDAHO
INCOME PER CAPITA: $12,665
DISPOSABLE PERSONAL INCOME: $11,190
GROSS STATE PRODUCT: $13,170 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, AGRICULTURE: $1,195 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MINING: $170 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, CONSTRUCTION: $436 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MANUFACTURING: $2,152 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, TRANSPORTATION: $1,380 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, WHOLESALE TRADE: $769 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, RETAIL TRADE: $1,365 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, FINANCE: $2,080 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, SERVICES: $1,980 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, GOVERNMENT: $1,642 (millions)
U.S. EXPORTS: $613 (millions)
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTS: $62 (millions)
PATENTS GRANTED: 91 (1988)
NEW BUSINESS FAILURES: 133 failures per 10,000 concerns
BLACK-OWNED FIRMS: 100 total
EMPLOYED/POPULATION RATIO: 62.8% employed of total population
FEMALE LABOR FORCE: 57.4% of labor force
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE: 5.8% unemployed
UNION MEMBERSHIP IN MANUFACTURING: 8.6% unionized
NEW HOUSING STARTS: 3,000 units
NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION: $192 (millions)
MORTGAGE LOANS FORECLOSED: 0.7%
VALUE ADDED BY MANUFACTURE: $3,055 (millions)
MANUFACTURING WORKERS, CHANGE 1982-1987: 11.8%
EXPORT RELATED FACTORY EMPLOYMENT: 12.5% of total employment
RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD: $14,135
CHANGE IN RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD 1982-86: 17.7%
MINERALS PRODUCED (NON-FUELS): $269 (millions)
MINERAL FUELS PRODUCED: $0 (millions)
CRUDE PETROLEUM PRODUCTION: 0 million barrels
NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION: 0 billion cubic feet marketed
NET ELECTRICAL ENERGY GENERATION: 6.7 billion kWh
ELECTRICAL ENERGY INSTALLED CAPACITY: 2.1 million kW
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS: 0
.AGRICULTURE OF IDAHO
PRINCIPAL FARM COMMODITIES: Cattle, potatoes, dairy products, wheat (68% of total)
PRINCIPAL CROPS: Potatoes, hay, wheat, barley
LAND IN FARMS: 14,000,000 acres
CROPLAND HARVESTED: 4,333,000 acres harvested
NUMBER OF FARMS: 22,000
SIZE OF FARMS: 614 acres per farm
CHANGE IN FARMLAND, 1982-87: +0.1%
VALUE OF FARM LAND AND BUILDINGS: $621 per acre
NET FARM INCOME: $609 (millions)
NET FARM INCOME/DEBT RATIO: 23.6%
BARLEY PRODUCTION: 59,500 bushels (thousands)
BARLEY YIELD: 70 bushels per acre
CORN PRODUCTION: 6,250 bushels (thousands)
CORN YIELD: 125 bushels per acre
COTTON PRODUCTION: 0 bales (thousands)
COTTON YIELD: 0 pounds per acre
HAY PRODUCTION: 4,043 tons (thousands)
HAY YIELD: 3.61 tons per acre
OATS PRODUCTION: 4,080 bushels (thousands)
OATS YIELD: 68 bushels per acre
POTATO PRODUCTION: 102,475 CWT (thousands)
POTATO YIELD: 290 CWT per acre
RICE PRODUCTION: 0 CWT (thousands)
SOYBEAN PRODUCTION: 0 bushels (thousands)
SOYBEAN YIELD: 0 bushels per acre
SUGARBEET PRODUCTION: 4,071 tons (thousands)
SUGARCANE PRODUCTION: 0 tons
TOBACCO PRODUCTION: 0 pounds (thousands)
TOBACCO YIELD: 0 pounds per acre
WHEAT PRODUCTION: 91,420 bushels (thousands)
WHEAT YIELD: 66.7 bushels per acre
CATTLE AND CALVES: 1,660 on farms (1,000 head)
HOGS AND PIGS: 72 on farms (1,000 head)
SHEEP AND LAMBS: 296 on farms (1,000 head)
MILK COWS: 168 on farms (1,000 head)
.COMMUNICATIONS IN IDAHO
INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS: 605 miles; 973 kilometers
MOTOR VEHICLE TRAVEL: 113 thousands of miles traveled per road mile
LICENSED DRIVERS: 656.6 per 1,000 population
MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT DEATHS: 26.3 deaths per 100,000 population
REGISTERED AUTOMOBILES: 624 per 1,000 population
REGISTERED MOTORCYCLES: 44 per 1,000 population
DRIVERS EXCEEDING 55 MPH SPEED LIMIT: 52.3%
COMMERCIAL AM RADIO STATIONS: 45
COMMERCIAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 35
EDUCATIONAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 5
COMMERCIAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 10
EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 2
DAILY NEWSPAPERS: 12
DAILY NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION: 0.20 papers per capita
.TRAVEL IN IDAHO
STATE BOARD OF TOURISM: Idaho Division of Travel Promotion, 700 West State Street, Boise, 83720, (208) 334-2470, (800) 635-7820 travel info
TOURIST ATTRACTIONS: Boise--State Capitol, Fort Boise, historical museum, World Center for Birds of Prey; Sun Valley ski and summer resort area, Coeur d'Alene Lake area--fishing, scenery, mine tours; Lewiston--roundup and rodeo; Twin Falls--Shoshone Falls; Pocatello--Fort Hall, Indian reservation and festivals, Nez Pierce National Historic Park; Craters of the Moon National Monument.
