FRESH WATER CONSUMPTION: 316 million gallons per day
SOIL EROSION: 0.6 million tons per year
HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES: 25 sites on national priority list
.PEOPLE OF MASSACHUSETTS
POPULATION: 5,913,000
PROJECTED POPULATION YEAR 2000: 6,087,000
POPULATION CHANGE 1980-1988: 2.70%
POPULATION DENSITY: 752.7 persons per sq mi
PERSONS PER HOUSEHOLD: 2.6
METROPOLITAN AREA POPULATION: 90.6%
MARRIAGE RATE: 8.5 marriages per 1,000 population
DIVORCE RATE: 2.9 divorces per 1,000 population
BIRTH RATE: 14.4 births per 1,000 population
BIRTHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS: 8.3% of total
BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED WOMEN: 20.9% of total
POPULATION UNDER 18 YEARS: 22.6%
POPULATION 65 YEARS OLD AND OVER: 13.7%
LIFE EXPECTANCY, BOTH SEXES: 75 years
LIFE EXPECTANCY, MALE: 71.3 years
LIFE EXPECTANCY, FEMALE: 78.5 years
DEATH RATE: 9.5 deaths per 1,000 population
BLACK POPULATION: 4.8%
JEWISH POPULATION: 4.7%
PERSONS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 9.6%
FAMILIES BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 7.6%
CHILDREN BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 13.1%
VIETNAM VETERANS: 171,000
.EDUCATION IN MASSACHUSETTS
EXPENDITURES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $750 per resident
PUBLIC SCHOOL EXPENDITURES PER PUPIL: $5,818 per pupil
PUPIL/TEACHER RATIO: 15.5 pupils per teacher
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $28,400 average
SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $32,100 average
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT: 424,000 total
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FRESHMEN: 78,000
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FEMALE: 233,000
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, PART-TIME: 158,000
SPENDING FOR PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION: $5,482 per student
TUITION REVENUES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION: $1,419 per student
.HEALTH IN MASSACHUSETTS
HOSPITAL DAILY ROOM CHARGE: $301 average
PHYSICIANS: 322 physicians per 100,000 population
DENTISTS: 76 dentists per 100,000 population
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, ALL RACES: 5.8 per 100 live births
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, BLACK: 10.9 per 100 live births
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, WHITE: 5.3 per 100 live births
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, ALL RACES: 8.3 deaths per 1,000 live births
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, BLACK: 17.6 deaths per 1,000 live births
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, WHITE: 7.5 deaths per 1,000 live births
LEGAL ABORTION RATE: 533 per 1,000 live births
AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1983-1989: 2,330 total
AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1989: 583 total
AIDS CASES REPORTED (RATE) 1989: 13 per 100,000 population
DEATHS AMONG AIDS CASES, 1983-1989: 1,172
DEATHS FROM ACCIDENTS: 31.4 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM CANCER: 224.2 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM HEART DISEASE: 355.2 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM HOMICIDE: 3.8 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS: 12.9 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM PNEUMONIA AND FLU: 42.6 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM SUICIDE: 9.2 per 100,000 resident population
.GOVERNMENT OF MASSACHUSETTS
OFFICIAL NAME: Commonwealth of Massachusetts
ADMITTED TO UNION: Feb. 6, 1788
ORDER OF STATEHOOD: 6th
CAPITAL: Boston
MOTTO: Ense Petit Placidam Sub Libertate Quietem (By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty)
SONG: All Hail to Massachusetts
SYMBOLS: Animal--Boston Terrier / Morgan horse; Bird--Chickadee; Flower--Mayflower (ground laurel); Gem--Rhodonite; Insect--Ladybug; Mineral--Babingtonite; Tree--American elm
FLAG: The inner portion of the state seal in blue on a white field.
GOVERNOR: Michael S. Dukakis (D) 1990
EXECUTIVE TERM: 4 years
VOTERS IN 1988 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: 58.1% casting votes
ELECTORAL VOTES: 13
SENATORS: Edward M. Kennedy (D) 1994, John Kerry (D) 1990
NUMBER OF U.S. REPRESENTATIVES: 11
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: $3.3 per capita
STATE GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES: $2,220 per capita
FEDERAL INCOME TAXES PAID: $2,205 per capita
DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL FUNDS: $4,272 per capita
FEDERAL SPENDING, DEFENSE PROGRAMS: $8,125 (millions)
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES, CIVILIAN: 59,000
SOCIAL SECURITY RECIPIENTS: 16.1% of population
PUBLIC AID RECIPIENTS: 5.9% of population
FOOD STAMP RECIPIENTS: 5.6% of population
.CRIME IN MASSACHUSETTS
CRIME RATE, TOTAL: 4,991 offenses per 100,000 population
VIOLENT CRIME RATE: 620 offenses per 100,000 population
MURDERS: 3.5 per 100,000 population
FORCIBLE RAPE: 32 per 100,000 population
ROBBERY: 176 per 100,000 population
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT: 408 per 100,000 population
PROPERTY CRIME RATE: 4,371 offenses per 100,000 population
BURGLARY: 1,061 per 100,000 population
LARCENY-THEFT: 2,418 per 100,000 population
MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT: 893 per 100,000 population
PRISON INMATES: 6,733 total
PRISON INMATE RATE: 114 per 100,000 population
PRISONERS EXECUTED, 1980-1988: 0 executed
POLICE PROTECTION: 29.7 police per 10,000 population
LAWYERS: 262 population per lawyer
.ECONOMY OF MASSACHUSETTS
INCOME PER CAPITA: $20,816
DISPOSABLE PERSONAL INCOME: $17,456
GROSS STATE PRODUCT: $115,526 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, AGRICULTURE: $846 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MINING: $70 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, CONSTRUCTION: $5,411 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MANUFACTURING: $25,100 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, TRANSPORTATION: $8,254 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, WHOLESALE TRADE: $8,563 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, RETAIL TRADE: $11,477 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, FINANCE: $19,734 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, SERVICES: $25,437 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, GOVERNMENT: $10,614 (millions)
U.S. EXPORTS: $7,688 (millions)
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTS: $7,212 (millions)
PATENTS GRANTED: 1,786 (1988)
NEW BUSINESS FAILURES: 39 failures per 10,000 concerns
BLACK-OWNED FIRMS: 3,099 total
EMPLOYED/POPULATION RATIO: 66.2% employed of total population
FEMALE LABOR FORCE: 60% of labor force
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE: 3.3% unemployed
UNION MEMBERSHIP IN MANUFACTURING: 19.9% unionized
NEW HOUSING STARTS: 29,000 units
NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION: $1,310 (millions)
MORTGAGE LOANS FORECLOSED: 0.5%
VALUE ADDED BY MANUFACTURE: $35,797 (millions)
MANUFACTURING WORKERS, CHANGE 1982-1987: -12.1%
EXPORT RELATED FACTORY EMPLOYMENT: 15.6% of total employment
RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD: $22,089
CHANGE IN RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD 1982-86: 59.3%
MINERALS PRODUCED (NON-FUELS): $177 (millions)
MINERAL FUELS PRODUCED: $0 (millions)
CRUDE PETROLEUM PRODUCTION: 0 million barrels
NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION: 0 billion cubic feet marketed
NET ELECTRICAL ENERGY GENERATION: 34.7 billion kWh
ELECTRICAL ENERGY INSTALLED CAPACITY: 10 million kW
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS: 2
.AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS
PRINCIPAL FARM COMMODITIES: Greenhouse, cranberries, dairy products, eggs (74% of total)
PRINCIPAL CROPS: Cranberries, tobacco, potatoes, sweet corn
LAND IN FARMS: 1,000,000 acres
CROPLAND HARVESTED: 136,000 acres harvested
NUMBER OF FARMS: 7,000
SIZE OF FARMS: 99 acres per farm
CHANGE IN FARMLAND, 1982-87: +0.4%
VALUE OF FARM LAND AND BUILDINGS: $3,782 per acre
NET FARM INCOME: $208 (millions)
NET FARM INCOME/DEBT RATIO: 88.0%
BARLEY PRODUCTION: 0 bushels (thousands)
BARLEY YIELD: 0 bushels per acre
CORN PRODUCTION: 0 bushels (thousands)
CORN YIELD: 0 bushels per acre
COTTON PRODUCTION: 0 bales (thousands)
COTTON YIELD: 0 pounds per acre
HAY PRODUCTION: 237 tons (thousands)
HAY YIELD: 2.30 tons per acre
OATS PRODUCTION: 0 bushels (thousands)
OATS YIELD: 0 bushels per acre
POTATO PRODUCTION: 600 CWT (thousands)
POTATO YIELD: 240 CWT per acre
RICE PRODUCTION: 0 CWT (thousands)
SOYBEAN PRODUCTION: 0 bushels (thousands)
SOYBEAN YIELD: 0 bushels per acre
SUGARBEET PRODUCTION: 0 tons (thousands)
SUGARCANE PRODUCTION: 0 tons
TOBACCO PRODUCTION: 669 pounds (thousands)
TOBACCO YIELD: 1,394 pounds per acre
WHEAT PRODUCTION: 0 bushels (thousands)
WHEAT YIELD: 0 bushels per acre
BROILERS PRODUCED: 500,000 millions
TURKEYS RAISED: 0.2 millions
CATTLE AND CALVES: 71 on farms (1,000 head)
HOGS AND PIGS: 33 on farms (1,000 head)
SHEEP AND LAMBS: 17 on farms (1,000 head)
.COMMUNICATIONS IN MASSACHUSETTS
INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS: 563 miles; 906 kilometers
MOTOR VEHICLE TRAVEL: 1,251 thousands of miles traveled per road mile
LICENSED DRIVERS: 638.3 per 1,000 population
MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT DEATHS: 12.8 deaths per 100,000 population
REGISTERED AUTOMOBILES: 583 per 1,000 population
REGISTERED MOTORCYCLES: 19 per 1,000 population
DRIVERS EXCEEDING 55 MPH SPEED LIMIT: 56.6%
COMMERCIAL AM RADIO STATIONS: 68
COMMERCIAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 45
EDUCATIONAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 55
COMMERCIAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 12
EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 3
DAILY NEWSPAPERS: 44
DAILY NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION: 0.36 papers per capita
.TRAVEL IN MASSACHUSETTS
STATE BOARD OF TOURISM: Massachusetts State Board of Tourism, 100 Cambridge Street, 13th Floor, Boston, 02202, (617) 727-3201, (617) 727-3202
TOURIST ATTRACTIONS: Boston--State Capitol, Freedom Trail (walking tour), Faneuil Hall, Old North Church, Old State House, Paul Revere House, "Old Ironsides," view from Prudential Center, Museum of Fine Arts, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Museum of Science and Hayden Planetarium, New England Aquarium; Dorchester--John F. Kennedy Library and Museum; Cambridge--Harvard University (Fogg, Peabody Museums, Sackler), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Longfellow National Historic Site; Concord--National Historic Park; Lexington--Battle Green Revolutionary War battlefield and museum; Charlestown--Bunker Hill Monument; Salem--Witch Museum, Peabody Museum; Sandwich--glass museum, Heritage plantation complex; Stockbridge--Norman Rockwell Museum; Hancock--Shaker Village; Sturbridge--Old Sturbridge Village (pioneer village); Plimoth Plantation (re-created Pilgrim village); Cape Cod--Provincetown (artists' community), Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute; Martha's Vineyard (old homes, beaches), Nantucket (Whaling Museum).
