FRESH WATER CONSUMPTION: 260 million gallons per day
SOIL EROSION: 56.5 million tons per year
HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES: 17 sites on national priority list
.PEOPLE OF KENTUCKY
POPULATION: 3,727,000
PROJECTED POPULATION YEAR 2000: 3,733,000
POPULATION CHANGE 1980-1988: 1.80%
POPULATION DENSITY: 93.9 persons per sq mi
PERSONS PER HOUSEHOLD: 2.6
METROPOLITAN AREA POPULATION: 46.1%
MARRIAGE RATE: 13.4 marriages per 1,000 population
DIVORCE RATE: 5.5 divorces per 1,000 population
BIRTH RATE: 13.8 births per 1,000 population
BIRTHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS: 17.4% of total
BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED WOMEN: 20.7% of total
POPULATION UNDER 18 YEARS: 26.3%
POPULATION 65 YEARS OLD AND OVER: 12.4%
LIFE EXPECTANCY, BOTH SEXES: 73.1 years
LIFE EXPECTANCY, MALE: 69.1 years
LIFE EXPECTANCY, FEMALE: 77.1 years
DEATH RATE: 9.3 deaths per 1,000 population
BLACK POPULATION: 7.5%
JEWISH POPULATION: 0.3%
PERSONS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 17.6%
FAMILIES BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 14.6%
CHILDREN BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 21.6%
VIETNAM VETERANS: 109,000
.EDUCATION IN KENTUCKY
EXPENDITURES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $614 per resident
PUBLIC SCHOOL EXPENDITURES PER PUPIL: $3,655 per pupil
PUPIL/TEACHER RATIO: 20.2 pupils per teacher
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $24,300 average
SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $26,200 average
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT: 153,000 total
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FRESHMEN: 28,000
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FEMALE: 87,000
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, PART-TIME: 56,000
SPENDING FOR PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION: $3,686 per student
TUITION REVENUES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION: $1,289 per student
.HEALTH IN KENTUCKY
HOSPITAL DAILY ROOM CHARGE: $214 average
PHYSICIANS: 161 physicians per 100,000 population
DENTISTS: 55 dentists per 100,000 population
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, ALL RACES: 7 per 100 live births
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, BLACK: 12 per 100 live births
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, WHITE: 6.5 per 100 live births
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, ALL RACES: 10.3 deaths per 1,000 live births
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, BLACK: 15.3 deaths per 1,000 live births
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, WHITE: 9.8 deaths per 1,000 live births
LEGAL ABORTION RATE: 189 per 1,000 live births
AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1983-1989: 289 total
AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1989: 88 total
AIDS CASES REPORTED (RATE) 1989: 2.9 per 100,000 population
DEATHS AMONG AIDS CASES, 1983-1989: 176
DEATHS FROM ACCIDENTS: 45.9 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM CANCER: 202.8 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM HEART DISEASE: 343.6 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM HOMICIDE: 7.1 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS: 8.2 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM PNEUMONIA AND FLU: 33.3 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM SUICIDE: 14.2 per 100,000 resident population
.GOVERNMENT OF KENTUCKY
OFFICIAL NAME: Commonwealth of Kentucky
ADMITTED TO UNION: June 1, 1792
ORDER OF STATEHOOD: 15th
CAPITAL: Frankfort
MOTTO: United We Stand, Divided We Fall
SONG: My Old Kentucky Home
SYMBOLS: Animal--Gray squirrel; Bird--Kentucky cardinal; Flower--Goldenrod; Tree--Coffee tree
FLAG: The state seal on a dark blue field.
GOVERNOR: Wallace G. Wilkinson (D) 1991
EXECUTIVE TERM: 4 years
VOTERS IN 1988 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: 48.2% casting votes
ELECTORAL VOTES: 9
SENATORS: Wendell H. Ford (D) 1992, Mitch McConnell (R) 1990
NUMBER OF U.S. REPRESENTATIVES: 7
AGE OF MAJORITY (FULL CIVIL RIGHTS): 18
AGE OF MARRIAGE W/CONSENT: There is no minimum age requirement with a court order.
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: $1,568 per capita
FEDERAL INCOME TAXES PAID: $1,054 per capita
DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL FUNDS: $2,872 per capita
FEDERAL SPENDING, DEFENSE PROGRAMS: $1,677 (millions)
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES, CIVILIAN: 33,000
SOCIAL SECURITY RECIPIENTS: 16.9% of population
PUBLIC AID RECIPIENTS: 7% of population
FOOD STAMP RECIPIENTS: 12.3% of population
.CRIME IN KENTUCKY
CRIME RATE, TOTAL: 3,135 offenses per 100,000 population
VIOLENT CRIME RATE: 330 offenses per 100,000 population
MURDERS: 6.2 per 100,000 population
FORCIBLE RAPE: 22 per 100,000 population
ROBBERY: 74 per 100,000 population
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT: 227 per 100,000 population
PROPERTY CRIME RATE: 2,805 offenses per 100,000 population
BURGLARY: 826 per 100,000 population
LARCENY-THEFT: 1,793 per 100,000 population
MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT: 186 per 100,000 population
PRISON INMATES: 7,119 total
PRISON INMATE RATE: 191 per 100,000 population
PRISONERS EXECUTED, 1980-1988: 0 executed
POLICE PROTECTION: 19.6 police per 10,000 population
LAWYERS: 531 population per lawyer
.ECONOMY OF KENTUCKY
INCOME PER CAPITA: $12,822
DISPOSABLE PERSONAL INCOME: $11,081
GROSS STATE PRODUCT: $53,135 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, AGRICULTURE: $1,910 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MINING: $3,007 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, CONSTRUCTION: $2,621 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MANUFACTURING: $12,764 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, TRANSPORTATION: $4,641 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, WHOLESALE TRADE: $2,643 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, RETAIL TRADE: $5,127 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, FINANCE: $7,909 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, SERVICES: $6,356 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, GOVERNMENT: $6,158 (millions)
U.S. EXPORTS: $2,396 (millions)
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTS: $397 (millions)
PATENTS GRANTED: 273 (1988)
NEW BUSINESS FAILURES: 87 failures per 10,000 concerns
BLACK-OWNED FIRMS: 3,096 total
EMPLOYED/POPULATION RATIO: 56.6% employed of total population
FEMALE LABOR FORCE: 50.9% of labor force
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE: 7.9% unemployed
UNION MEMBERSHIP IN MANUFACTURING: 23% unionized
NEW HOUSING STARTS: 13,000 units
NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION: $492 (millions)
MORTGAGE LOANS FORECLOSED: 0.5%
VALUE ADDED BY MANUFACTURE: $18,110 (millions)
MANUFACTURING WORKERS, CHANGE 1982-1987: 6.3%
EXPORT RELATED FACTORY EMPLOYMENT: 10.3% of total employment
RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD: $16,646
CHANGE IN RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD 1982-86: 48.7%
MINERALS PRODUCED (NON-FUELS): $290 (millions)
MINERAL FUELS PRODUCED: $4,505 (millions)
CRUDE PETROLEUM PRODUCTION: 6 million barrels
NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION: NA billion cubic feet marketed
NET ELECTRICAL ENERGY GENERATION: 76.4 billion kWh
ELECTRICAL ENERGY INSTALLED CAPACITY: 16.6 million kW
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS: 0
.AGRICULTURE OF KENTUCKY
PRINCIPAL FARM COMMODITIES: Horses, cattle, tobacco, dairy products (72% of total)
PRINCIPAL CROPS: Tobacco, hay, corn, soybeans
LAND IN FARMS: 14,000,000 acres
CROPLAND HARVESTED: 5,491,000 acres harvested
NUMBER OF FARMS: 96,000
SIZE OF FARMS: 148 acres per farm
CHANGE IN FARMLAND, 1982-87: -1.2%
VALUE OF FARM LAND AND BUILDINGS: $810 per acre
NET FARM INCOME: $934 (millions)
NET FARM INCOME/DEBT RATIO: 32.2%
BARLEY PRODUCTION: 1,139 bushels (thousands)
BARLEY YIELD: 67 bushels per acre
CORN PRODUCTION: 136,880 bushels (thousands)
CORN YIELD: 116 bushels per acre
COTTON PRODUCTION: 0 bales (thousands)
COTTON YIELD: 0 pounds per acre
HAY PRODUCTION: 5,501 tons (thousands)
HAY YIELD: 2.36 tons per acre
OATS PRODUCTION: 480 bushels (thousands)
OATS YIELD: 60 bushels per acre
POTATO PRODUCTION: 0 CWT (thousands)
POTATO YIELD: 0 CWT per acre
RICE PRODUCTION: 0 CWT (thousands)
SOYBEAN PRODUCTION: 36,855 bushels (thousands)
SOYBEAN YIELD: 31.5 bushels per acre
SUGARBEET PRODUCTION: 0 tons (thousands)
SUGARCANE PRODUCTION: 0 tons
TOBACCO PRODUCTION: 398,835 pounds (thousands)
TOBACCO YIELD: 2,189 pounds per acre
WHEAT PRODUCTION: 22,500 bushels (thousands)
WHEAT YIELD: 50 bushels per acre
BROILERS PRODUCED: 2.7 millions
TURKEYS RAISED: 50,000 millions
CATTLE AND CALVES: 2,420 on farms (1,000 head)
HOGS AND PIGS: 975 on farms (1,000 head)
SHEEP AND LAMBS: 35 on farms (1,000 head)
MILK COWS: 214 on farms (1,000 head)
.COMMUNICATIONS IN KENTUCKY
INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS: 752 miles; 1,210 kilometers
MOTOR VEHICLE TRAVEL: 435 thousands of miles traveled per road mile
LICENSED DRIVERS: 590.5 per 1,000 population
MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT DEATHS: 23.7 deaths per 100,000 population
REGISTERED AUTOMOBILES: 492 per 1,000 population
REGISTERED MOTORCYCLES: 10 per 1,000 population
DRIVERS EXCEEDING 55 MPH SPEED LIMIT: 39.9%
COMMERCIAL AM RADIO STATIONS: 136
COMMERCIAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 96
EDUCATIONAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 15
COMMERCIAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 16
EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 14
DAILY NEWSPAPERS: 24
DAILY NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION: 0.18 papers per capita
.TRAVEL IN KENTUCKY
STATE BOARD OF TOURISM: Kentucky State Board of Tourism, Capital Plaza Tower, 22nd Floor, Frankfort, 40601, (502) 564-4930
TOURIST ATTRACTIONS: Frankfort--State Capitol; Harrodsburg--Ft. Harrod State Park; Lincoln birthplace national historic site (near Hodgenville); Louisville--Churchill Downs (Kentucky Derby); Berea--Craft Festival in July, Berea College, Appalachian Museum; Mammoth Cave National Park (guided tours of mammoth underground chambers), Middlesboro--Cumberland Gap National Historic Park; Corkin--Cumberland River Gorge raft trip; Henderson--John James Audubon State Park and Museum.
