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.GEOGRAPHY OF ILLINOIS TOTAL AREA: 56,345 sq mi (145,933 sq km) LAND AREA: 55,645 sq mi (144,120 sq km) WATER AREA: 700 sq mi (1,813 sq km) HIGHEST POINT: Charles Mound, 1,235 feet LOWEST POINT: Mississippi River, 279 feet AVERAGE ELEVATION: 600 feet HIGHEST TEMPERATURE: 117@ Fahrenheit LOWEST TEMPERATURE: -35@ Fahrenheit NATURAL RESOURCES: Coal, petroleum, stone FEDERAL LANDS: 1.40% owned by federal government FRESH WATER CONSUMPTION: 686 million gallons per day SOIL EROSION: 172.4 million tons per year HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES: 38 sites on national priority list .PEOPLE OF ILLINOIS POPULATION: 11,658,000 PROJECTED POPULATION YEAR 2000: 11,580,000 POPULATION CHANGE 1980-1988: 1.60% POPULATION DENSITY: 208.7 persons per sq mi PERSONS PER HOUSEHOLD: 2.6 METROPOLITAN AREA POPULATION: 82.5% MARRIAGE RATE: 6.8 marriages per 1,000 population DIVORCE RATE: 4 divorces per 1,000 population BIRTH RATE: 15.6 births per 1,000 population BIRTHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS: 12.5% of total BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED WOMEN: 28.1% of total POPULATION UNDER 18 YEARS: 25.9% POPULATION 65 YEARS OLD AND OVER: 12.2% LIFE EXPECTANCY, BOTH SEXES: 73.4 years LIFE EXPECTANCY, MALE: 69.6 years LIFE EXPECTANCY, FEMALE: 77.1 years DEATH RATE: 8.8 deaths per 1,000 population BLACK POPULATION: 16.1% JEWISH POPULATION: 2.2% PERSONS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 11.0% FAMILIES BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 8.4% CHILDREN BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 14.9% VIETNAM VETERANS: 342,000 .EDUCATION IN ILLINOIS EXPENDITURES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $668 per resident PUBLIC SCHOOL EXPENDITURES PER PUPIL: $4,513 per pupil PUPIL/TEACHER RATIO: 18.3 pupils per teacher ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $29,900 average SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $33,800 average COLLEGE ENROLLMENT: 687,000 total COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FRESHMEN: 110,000 COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FEMALE: 374,000 COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, PART-TIME: 340,000 SPENDING FOR PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION: $3,411 per student TUITION REVENUES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION: $942 per student .HEALTH IN ILLINOIS HOSPITAL DAILY ROOM CHARGE: $283 average PHYSICIANS: 210 physicians per 100,000 population DENTISTS: 62 dentists per 100,000 population LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, ALL RACES: 7.3 per 100 live births LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, BLACK: 13.9 per 100 live births LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, WHITE: 5.5 per 100 live births INFANT MORTALITY RATE, ALL RACES: 11.8 deaths per 1,000 live births INFANT MORTALITY RATE, BLACK: 21.4 deaths per 1,000 live births INFANT MORTALITY RATE, WHITE: 9.3 deaths per 1,000 live births LEGAL ABORTION RATE: 372 per 1,000 live births AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1983-1989: 3,196 total AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1989: 864 total AIDS CASES REPORTED (RATE) 1989: 9.7 per 100,000 population DEATHS AMONG AIDS CASES, 1983-1989: 1,892 DEATHS FROM ACCIDENTS: 34.3 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM CANCER: 199.3 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM HEART DISEASE: 347.2 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM HOMICIDE: 9.9 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS: 11.5 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM PNEUMONIA AND FLU: 31.9 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM SUICIDE: 11 per 100,000 resident population .GOVERNMENT OF ILLINOIS OFFICIAL NAME: State of Illinois ADMITTED TO UNION: Dec. 3, 1818 ORDER OF STATEHOOD: 21st CAPITAL: Springfield MOTTO: State Sovereignty, National Union SONG: Illinois SYMBOLS: Animal--White-tailed deer; Bird--Cardinal; Flower--Violet; Insect--Monarch butterfly; Mineral--Fluorite; Tree--White oak FLAG: The inner portion of the state seal with Illinois below on a white field. GOVERNOR: James R. Thompson (R) 1990 EXECUTIVE TERM: 4 years VOTERS IN 1988 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: 53.3% casting votes ELECTORAL VOTES: 24 SENATORS: Alan J. Dixon (D) 1992, Paul Simon (D) 1990 NUMBER OF U.S. REPRESENTATIVES: 22 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: $0.6 per capita STATE GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES: $1,475 per capita FEDERAL INCOME TAXES PAID: $1,805 per capita DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL FUNDS: $2,769 per capita FEDERAL SPENDING, DEFENSE PROGRAMS: $3,243 (millions) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES, CIVILIAN: 104,000 SOCIAL SECURITY RECIPIENTS: 14.9% of population PUBLIC AID RECIPIENTS: 7% of population FOOD STAMP RECIPIENTS: 8.6% of population .CRIME IN ILLINOIS CRIME RATE, TOTAL: 5,621 offenses per 100,000 population VIOLENT CRIME RATE: 810 offenses per 100,000 population MURDERS: 8.6 per 100,000 population FORCIBLE RAPE: 39 per 100,000 population ROBBERY: 313 per 100,000 population AGGRAVATED ASSAULT: 451 per 100,000 population PROPERTY CRIME RATE: 4,810 offenses per 100,000 population BURGLARY: 1,129 per 100,000 population LARCENY-THEFT: 3,076 per 100,000 population MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT: 605 per 100,000 population PRISON INMATES: 21,081 total PRISON INMATE RATE: 181 per 100,000 population PRISONERS EXECUTED, 1980-1988: 0 executed POLICE PROTECTION: 33 police per 10,000 population LAWYERS: 304 population per lawyer .ECONOMY OF ILLINOIS INCOME PER CAPITA: $17,575 DISPOSABLE PERSONAL INCOME: $15,150 GROSS STATE PRODUCT: $209,666 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, AGRICULTURE: $3,943 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MINING: $1,599 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, CONSTRUCTION: $8,630 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MANUFACTURING: $42,277 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, TRANSPORTATION: $22,637 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, WHOLESALE TRADE: $17,771 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, RETAIL TRADE: $19,690 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, FINANCE: $36,728 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, SERVICES: $36,656 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, GOVERNMENT: $19,732 (millions) U.S. EXPORTS: $8,878 (millions) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTS: $1,500 (millions) PATENTS GRANTED: 2,612 (1988) NEW BUSINESS FAILURES: 126 failures per 10,000 concerns BLACK-OWNED FIRMS: 16,214 total EMPLOYED/POPULATION RATIO: 61.6% employed of total population FEMALE LABOR FORCE: 56% of labor force UNEMPLOYMENT RATE: 6.8% unemployed UNION MEMBERSHIP IN MANUFACTURING: 33.3% unionized NEW HOUSING STARTS: 50,000 units NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION: $2,544 (millions) MORTGAGE LOANS FORECLOSED: 0.7% VALUE ADDED BY MANUFACTURE: $63,664 (millions) MANUFACTURING WORKERS, CHANGE 1982-1987: -9.1% EXPORT RELATED FACTORY EMPLOYMENT: 13.2% of total employment RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD: $17,509 CHANGE IN RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD 1982-86: 42.1% MINERALS PRODUCED (NON-FUELS): $517 (millions) MINERAL FUELS PRODUCED: $2,163 (millions) CRUDE PETROLEUM PRODUCTION: 24 million barrels NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION: NA billion cubic feet marketed NET ELECTRICAL ENERGY GENERATION: 123.3 billion kWh ELECTRICAL ENERGY INSTALLED CAPACITY: 36.9 million kW NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS: 13 .AGRICULTURE OF ILLINOIS PRINCIPAL FARM COMMODITIES: Soybeans, corn, hogs, cattle (87% of total) PRINCIPAL CROPS: Corn, soybeans, hay, wheat LAND IN FARMS: 29,000,000 acres CROPLAND HARVESTED: 22,977,000 acres harvested NUMBER OF FARMS: 86,000 SIZE OF FARMS: 331 acres per farm CHANGE IN FARMLAND, 1982-87: -0.7% VALUE OF FARM LAND AND BUILDINGS: $1,225 per acre NET FARM INCOME: $1,166 (millions) NET FARM INCOME/DEBT RATIO: 15.2% BARLEY PRODUCTION: 0 bushels (thousands) BARLEY YIELD: 0 bushels per acre CORN PRODUCTION: 1,322,250 bushels (thousands) CORN YIELD: 123 bushels per acre COTTON PRODUCTION: 0 bales (thousands) COTTON YIELD: 0 pounds per acre HAY PRODUCTION: 3,526 tons (thousands) HAY YIELD: 3.21 tons per acre OATS PRODUCTION: 17,000 bushels (thousands) OATS YIELD: 85 bushels per acre POTATO PRODUCTION: 858 CWT (thousands) POTATO YIELD: 260 CWT per acre RICE PRODUCTION: 0 CWT (thousands) SOYBEAN PRODUCTION: 354,000 bushels (thousands) SOYBEAN YIELD: 40 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: 105,020 bushels (thousands) WHEAT YIELD: 59 bushels per acre BROILERS PRODUCED: 500,000 millions TURKEYS RAISED: 1.7 millions CATTLE AND CALVES: 1,950 on farms (1,000 head) HOGS AND PIGS: 5,700 on farms (1,000 head) SHEEP AND LAMBS: 159 on farms (1,000 head) MILK COWS: 206 on farms (1,000 head) .COMMUNICATIONS IN ILLINOIS INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS: 1,934 miles; 3,112 kilometers MOTOR VEHICLE TRAVEL: 560 thousands of miles traveled per road mile LICENSED DRIVERS: 608.7 per 1,000 population MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT DEATHS: 15.8 deaths per 100,000 population REGISTERED AUTOMOBILES: 553 per 1,000 population REGISTERED MOTORCYCLES: 21 per 1,000 population DRIVERS EXCEEDING 55 MPH SPEED LIMIT: 49.2% COMMERCIAL AM RADIO STATIONS: 127 COMMERCIAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 148 EDUCATIONAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 60 COMMERCIAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 30 EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 7 DAILY NEWSPAPERS: 71 DAILY NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION: 0.23 papers per capita .TRAVEL IN ILLINOIS STATE BOARD OF TOURISM: Illinois State Board Of Tourism, 100 West Randolph, Room 3-300, Chicago, 60604, (312) 917-4732 TOURIST ATTRACTIONS: Springfield--State capitol, Lincoln Home, Lincoln Tomb, Old State Capitol, Illinois State Museum, Oliver P. Parks Telephone Museum, historic walking tours; Chicago and vicinity--Lake Michigan, Museum of Science and Industry, Adler Planetarium, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago Art Institute, Chicago Symphony, night clubs, Six Flags Great America amusement park, Shedd Aquarium, Brookfield Zoo, Sears Tower, DuSable Museum of African/American History, Magnificent Mile, Frank Lloyd Wright home and 25 other Wright structures (Oak Park); Galesburg--Carl Sandburg birthplace; Macomb--Haeger Potteries, September Balloon Rally; Lewistown--Dickson Mounds, Rasmussen Blacksmith Museum; Quincy--Princess Riverboat, Gardner Museum of Architecture, Pharmacy Museum; Peoria--Wildlife Prairie Park; Nauvoo--historic restoration; New Salem--Lincoln's early home, restored village; Galena--antiques, Victorian architecture; Union--Illinois Railway Museum; Pere Marquette State Park, Starved Rock State Park, Mathiessen State Park, Shawnee National Forest (Cave-In Rock, Giant City). DOMESTIC TRAVEL SPENDING: $10,609 (millions) LAND IN NATIONAL PARKS: 500,000 acres LAND IN STATE PARKS: 372,000 acres VISITORS TO STATE PARKS: 34,835,000 annually 
