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.GEOGRAPHY OF INDIANA TOTAL AREA: 36,185 sq mi (93,719 sq km) LAND AREA: 35,932 sq mi (93,064 sq km) WATER AREA: 253 sq mi (655 sq km) HIGHEST POINT: Franklin Twp., Wayne Co.,1,257 feet LOWEST POINT: Ohio River, 320 feet AVERAGE ELEVATION: 700 feet HIGHEST TEMPERATURE: 116@ Fahrenheit LOWEST TEMPERATURE: -35@ Fahrenheit NATURAL RESOURCES: Coal, petroleum, stone FEDERAL LANDS: 1.90% owned by federal government FRESH WATER CONSUMPTION: 454 million gallons per day SOIL EROSION: 84.7 million tons per year HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES: 35 sites on national priority list .PEOPLE OF INDIANA POPULATION: 5,593,000 PROJECTED POPULATION YEAR 2000: 5,502,000 POPULATION CHANGE 1980-1988: 1.20% POPULATION DENSITY: 154.6 persons per sq mi PERSONS PER HOUSEHOLD: 2.6 METROPOLITAN AREA POPULATION: 68.1% MARRIAGE RATE: 9.3 marriages per 1,000 population DIVORCE RATE: 6.4 divorces per 1,000 population BIRTH RATE: 14.2 births per 1,000 population BIRTHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS: 14% of total BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED WOMEN: 22% of total POPULATION UNDER 18 YEARS: 26.3% POPULATION 65 YEARS OLD AND OVER: 12.2% LIFE EXPECTANCY, BOTH SEXES: 73.8 years LIFE EXPECTANCY, MALE: 70.2 years LIFE EXPECTANCY, FEMALE: 77.5 years DEATH RATE: 8.8 deaths per 1,000 population BLACK POPULATION: 8.4% JEWISH POPULATION: 0.4% PERSONS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 9.7% FAMILIES BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 7.3% CHILDREN BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 11.9% VIETNAM VETERANS: 188,000 .EDUCATION IN INDIANA EXPENDITURES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $687 per resident PUBLIC SCHOOL EXPENDITURES PER PUPIL: $3,858 per pupil PUPIL/TEACHER RATIO: 19.9 pupils per teacher ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $28,000 average SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $29,400 average COLLEGE ENROLLMENT: 256,000 total COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FRESHMEN: 50,000 COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FEMALE: 132,000 COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, PART-TIME: 92,000 SPENDING FOR PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION: $3,762 per student TUITION REVENUES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION: $1,807 per student .HEALTH IN INDIANA HOSPITAL DAILY ROOM CHARGE: $239 average PHYSICIANS: 151 physicians per 100,000 population DENTISTS: 49 dentists per 100,000 population LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, ALL RACES: 6.4 per 100 live births LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, BLACK: 11.8 per 100 live births LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, WHITE: 5.8 per 100 live births INFANT MORTALITY RATE, ALL RACES: 10.8 deaths per 1,000 live births INFANT MORTALITY RATE, BLACK: 20.1 deaths per 1,000 live births INFANT MORTALITY RATE, WHITE: 9.7 deaths per 1,000 live births LEGAL ABORTION RATE: 202 per 1,000 live births AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1983-1989: 607 total AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1989: 268 total AIDS CASES REPORTED (RATE) 1989: 4.9 per 100,000 population DEATHS AMONG AIDS CASES, 1983-1989: 356 DEATHS FROM ACCIDENTS: 37.2 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM CANCER: 202.5 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM HEART DISEASE: 332.7 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM HOMICIDE: 5.5 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS: 7.8 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM PNEUMONIA AND FLU: 26.8 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM SUICIDE: 11.7 per 100,000 resident population .GOVERNMENT OF INDIANA OFFICIAL NAME: State of Indiana ADMITTED TO UNION: Dec. 11, 1816 ORDER OF STATEHOOD: 19th CAPITAL: Indianapolis MOTTO: The Crossroads of America SONG: On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away SYMBOLS: Bird--Cardinal; Flower--Peony; Tree--Tulip tree FLAG: A flaming gold torch encircled by 19 gold stars on a blue field. GOVERNOR: Evan Bayh (D) 1992 EXECUTIVE TERM: 4 years VOTERS IN 1988 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: 53.3% casting votes ELECTORAL VOTES: 12 SENATORS: Richard G. Lugar (R) 1994, Dan Coats (R) 1990 NUMBER OF U.S. REPRESENTATIVES: 10 AGE OF MAJORITY (FULL CIVIL RIGHTS): 18 AGE OF MARRIAGE W/CONSENT: 17 AGE OF MARRIAGE W/O CONSENT: 18 AGE OF BUYING ALCOHOL: 21 AGE OF LEAVING SCHOOL: 16 STATE FUNDING FOR ART: $0.4 per capita STATE GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES: $1,424 per capita FEDERAL INCOME TAXES PAID: $1,362 per capita DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL FUNDS: $2,656 per capita FEDERAL SPENDING, DEFENSE PROGRAMS: $2,383 (millions) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES, CIVILIAN: 41,000 SOCIAL SECURITY RECIPIENTS: 16% of population PUBLIC AID RECIPIENTS: 3.7% of population FOOD STAMP RECIPIENTS: 5.1% of population .CRIME IN INDIANA CRIME RATE, TOTAL: 4,150 offenses per 100,000 population VIOLENT CRIME RATE: 380 offenses per 100,000 population MURDERS: 6.4 per 100,000 population FORCIBLE RAPE: 31 per 100,000 population ROBBERY: 89 per 100,000 population AGGRAVATED ASSAULT: 254 per 100,000 population PROPERTY CRIME RATE: 3,770 offenses per 100,000 population BURGLARY: 935 per 100,000 population LARCENY-THEFT: 2,481 per 100,000 population MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT: 353 per 100,000 population PRISON INMATES: 11,271 total PRISON INMATE RATE: 202 per 100,000 population PRISONERS EXECUTED, 1980-1988: 2 executed POLICE PROTECTION: 21.7 police per 10,000 population LAWYERS: 579 population per lawyer .ECONOMY OF INDIANA INCOME PER CAPITA: $14,924 DISPOSABLE PERSONAL INCOME: $12,834 GROSS STATE PRODUCT: $84,922 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, AGRICULTURE: $2,266 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MINING: $556 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, CONSTRUCTION: $3,891 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MANUFACTURING: $25,305 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, TRANSPORTATION: $8,187 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, WHOLESALE TRADE: $4,984 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, RETAIL TRADE: $8,538 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, FINANCE: $12,296 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, SERVICES: $10,956 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, GOVERNMENT: $7,942 (millions) U.S. EXPORTS: $3,773 (millions) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTS: $1,518 (millions) PATENTS GRANTED: 995 (1988) NEW BUSINESS FAILURES: 77 failures per 10,000 concerns BLACK-OWNED FIRMS: 5,598 total EMPLOYED/POPULATION RATIO: 63.4% employed of total population FEMALE LABOR FORCE: 58.6% of labor force UNEMPLOYMENT RATE: 5.3% unemployed UNION MEMBERSHIP IN MANUFACTURING: 37.6% unionized NEW HOUSING STARTS: 24,000 units NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION: $1,138 (millions) MORTGAGE LOANS FORECLOSED: 0.4% VALUE ADDED BY MANUFACTURE: $39,537 (millions) MANUFACTURING WORKERS, CHANGE 1982-1987: 5.4% EXPORT RELATED FACTORY EMPLOYMENT: 12.5% of total employment RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD: $17,000 CHANGE IN RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD 1982-86: 40.3% MINERALS PRODUCED (NON-FUELS): $364 (millions) MINERAL FUELS PRODUCED: $908 (millions) CRUDE PETROLEUM PRODUCTION: 4 million barrels NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION: NA billion cubic feet marketed NET ELECTRICAL ENERGY GENERATION: 84 billion kWh ELECTRICAL ENERGY INSTALLED CAPACITY: 21.5 million kW NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS: 0 .AGRICULTURE OF INDIANA PRINCIPAL FARM COMMODITIES: Soybeans, corn, hogs, cattle (74% of total) PRINCIPAL CROPS: Corn soybeans, hay, wheat LAND IN FARMS: 16,000,000 acres CROPLAND HARVESTED: 11,631,000 acres harvested NUMBER OF FARMS: 71,000 SIZE OF FARMS: 231 acres per farm CHANGE IN FARMLAND, 1982-87: -0.8% VALUE OF FARM LAND AND BUILDINGS: $1,061 per acre NET FARM INCOME: $622 (millions) NET FARM INCOME/DEBT RATIO: 12.3% BARLEY PRODUCTION: 0 bushels (thousands) BARLEY YIELD: 0 bushels per acre CORN PRODUCTION: 691,600 bushels (thousands) CORN YIELD: 133 bushels per acre COTTON PRODUCTION: 0 bales (thousands) COTTON YIELD: 0 pounds per acre HAY PRODUCTION: 2,365 tons (thousands) HAY YIELD: 3.07 tons per acre OATS PRODUCTION: 6,840 bushels (thousands) OATS YIELD: 72 bushels per acre POTATO PRODUCTION: 960 CWT (thousands) POTATO YIELD: 240 CWT per acre RICE PRODUCTION: 0 CWT (thousands) SOYBEAN PRODUCTION: 168,350 bushels (thousands) SOYBEAN YIELD: 37 bushels per acre SUGARBEET PRODUCTION: 0 tons (thousands) SUGARCANE PRODUCTION: 0 tons TOBACCO PRODUCTION: 13,237 pounds (thousands) TOBACCO YIELD: 2,170 pounds per acre WHEAT PRODUCTION: 51,920 bushels (thousands) WHEAT YIELD: 59 bushels per acre BROILERS PRODUCED: NA TURKEYS RAISED: 12.9 millions CATTLE AND CALVES: 1,300 on farms (1,000 head) HOGS AND PIGS: 4,350 on farms (1,000 head) SHEEP AND LAMBS: 90 on farms (1,000 head) MILK COWS: 186 on farms (1,000 head) .COMMUNICATIONS IN INDIANA INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS: 1,117 miles; 1,797 kilometers MOTOR VEHICLE TRAVEL: 482 thousands of miles traveled per road mile LICENSED DRIVERS: 648.9 per 1,000 population MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT DEATHS: 20.4 deaths per 100,000 population REGISTERED AUTOMOBILES: 499 per 1,000 population REGISTERED MOTORCYCLES: 17 per 1,000 population DRIVERS EXCEEDING 55 MPH SPEED LIMIT: 53.9% COMMERCIAL AM RADIO STATIONS: 87 COMMERCIAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 105 EDUCATIONAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 42 COMMERCIAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 24 EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 7 DAILY NEWSPAPERS: 73 DAILY NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION: 0.28 papers per capita .TRAVEL IN INDIANA STATE BOARD OF TOURISM: Indiana State Board of Tourism, One North Capitol #700, Indianapolis, 46204, (317) 232-8860 TOURIST ATTRACTIONS: Indianapolis--State Capitol, Motor Speedway (Indy 500) and Hall of Fame Museum, Children's Museum (largest in world); Gary--Indiana Dunes State Park; South Bend--Avalon Grotto House, Tippecanoe Place Mansion, La Salle landing site, University of Notre Dame; Fort Wayne--zoo, historical museum, Fort Wayne, Lakeside Rose Garden; Evansville--Angel Indian Mounds, historic architecture, winery; Metamora--horse-drawn river canal boat cruises; Tippecanoe battlefield and museum; Peru--"Circus Capital of America"; Noblesville--Indiana Transportation Museum; Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, New Harmony, French Lick resort, Amish settlements, Conner Prairie Pioneer Village. DOMESTIC TRAVEL SPENDING: $3,289 (millions) LAND IN NATIONAL PARKS: 9,700 acres LAND IN STATE PARKS: 57,000 acres VISITORS TO STATE PARKS: 10,317,000 annually 
