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.GEOGRAPHY OF MICHIGAN TOTAL AREA: 58,527 sq mi (151,585 sq km) LAND AREA: 56,954 sq mi (147,511 sq km) WATER AREA: 1,573 sq mi (4,074 sq km) HIGHEST POINT: Mount Arvon, 1,979 feet LOWEST POINT: Lake Erie, 572 feet AVERAGE ELEVATION: 900 feet HIGHEST TEMPERATURE: 112@ Fahrenheit LOWEST TEMPERATURE: -51@ Fahrenheit NATURAL RESOURCES: Petroleum, iron ore, natural gas FEDERAL LANDS: 9.70% owned by federal government FRESH WATER CONSUMPTION: 611 million gallons per day SOIL EROSION: 36.3 million tons per year HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES: 79 sites on national priority list .PEOPLE OF MICHIGAN POPULATION: 9,273,000 PROJECTED POPULATION YEAR 2000: 9,250,000 POPULATION CHANGE 1980-1988: -0.20% POPULATION DENSITY: 162.2 persons per sq mi PERSONS PER HOUSEHOLD: 2.7 METROPOLITAN AREA POPULATION: 79.9% MARRIAGE RATE: 8 marriages per 1,000 population DIVORCE RATE: 4.3 divorces per 1,000 population BIRTH RATE: 15.3 births per 1,000 population BIRTHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS: 12.3% of total BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED WOMEN: 20.4% of total POPULATION UNDER 18 YEARS: 26.5% POPULATION 65 YEARS OLD AND OVER: 11.7% LIFE EXPECTANCY, BOTH SEXES: 73.7 years LIFE EXPECTANCY, MALE: 70.1 years LIFE EXPECTANCY, FEMALE: 77.3 years DEATH RATE: 8.7 deaths per 1,000 population BLACK POPULATION: 14.6% JEWISH POPULATION: 0.9% PERSONS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 10.4% FAMILIES BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 8.2% CHILDREN BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 13.3% VIETNAM VETERANS: 303,000 .EDUCATION IN MICHIGAN EXPENDITURES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $792 per resident PUBLIC SCHOOL EXPENDITURES PER PUPIL: $4,576 per pupil PUPIL/TEACHER RATIO: 23 pupils per teacher ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $34,400 average SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $34,400 average COLLEGE ENROLLMENT: 535,000 total COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FRESHMEN: 95,000 COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FEMALE: 290,000 COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, PART-TIME: 265,000 SPENDING FOR PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION: $3,714 per student TUITION REVENUES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION: $2,138 per student .HEALTH IN MICHIGAN HOSPITAL DAILY ROOM CHARGE: $311 average PHYSICIANS: 180 physicians per 100,000 population DENTISTS: 65 dentists per 100,000 population LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, ALL RACES: 6.9 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: 11.2 deaths per 1,000 live births INFANT MORTALITY RATE, BLACK: 22.2 deaths per 1,000 live births INFANT MORTALITY RATE, WHITE: 8.9 deaths per 1,000 live births LEGAL ABORTION RATE: 486 per 1,000 live births AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1983-1989: 1,305 total AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1989: 379 total AIDS CASES REPORTED (RATE) 1989: 5.3 per 100,000 population DEATHS AMONG AIDS CASES, 1983-1989: 769 DEATHS FROM ACCIDENTS: 35.1 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM CANCER: 189.6 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM HEART DISEASE: 342.5 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM HOMICIDE: 12.2 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS: 12.3 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM PNEUMONIA AND FLU: 27.5 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM SUICIDE: 12.3 per 100,000 resident population .GOVERNMENT OF MICHIGAN OFFICIAL NAME: Michigan ADMITTED TO UNION: Jan. 26, 1837 ORDER OF STATEHOOD: 26th CAPITAL: Lansing MOTTO: Si Quaeris Peninsulam Amoenam Circumspice (If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you) SONG: My Michigan SYMBOLS: Bird--Robin; Flower--Apple blossom; Gem--Chlorastrolite (greenstone); Tree--White pine FLAG: The coat of arms on a dark blue field. GOVERNOR: James J. Blanchard (D) 1990 EXECUTIVE TERM: 4 years VOTERS IN 1988 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: 54% casting votes ELECTORAL VOTES: 11 SENATORS: Carl Levin (D) 1990, Donald W. Riegle Jr. (D) 1994 NUMBER OF U.S. REPRESENTATIVES: 9 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: $1.4 per capita STATE GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES: $1,794 per capita FEDERAL INCOME TAXES PAID: $1,590 per capita DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL FUNDS: $2,543 per capita FEDERAL SPENDING, DEFENSE PROGRAMS: $2,108 (millions) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES, CIVILIAN: 57,000 SOCIAL SECURITY RECIPIENTS: 15.7% of population PUBLIC AID RECIPIENTS: 8.4% of population FOOD STAMP RECIPIENTS: 9.4% of population .CRIME IN MICHIGAN CRIME RATE, TOTAL: 6,084 offenses per 100,000 population VIOLENT CRIME RATE: 742 offenses per 100,000 population MURDERS: 10.8 per 100,000 population FORCIBLE RAPE: 69 per 100,000 population ROBBERY: 241 per 100,000 population AGGRAVATED ASSAULT: 420 per 100,000 population PROPERTY CRIME RATE: 5,343 offenses per 100,000 population BURGLARY: 1,315 per 100,000 population LARCENY-THEFT: 3,287 per 100,000 population MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT: 741 per 100,000 population PRISON INMATES: 27,714 total PRISON INMATE RATE: 299 per 100,000 population PRISONERS EXECUTED, 1980-1988: 0 executed POLICE PROTECTION: 25.7 police per 10,000 population LAWYERS: 444 population per lawyer .ECONOMY OF MICHIGAN INCOME PER CAPITA: $16,552 DISPOSABLE PERSONAL INCOME: $14,094 GROSS STATE PRODUCT: $153,240 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, AGRICULTURE: $1,995 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MINING: $1,011 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, CONSTRUCTION: $4,877 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MANUFACTURING: $47,540 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, TRANSPORTATION: $11,347 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, WHOLESALE TRADE: $9,484 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, RETAIL TRADE: $14,188 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, FINANCE: $24,178 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, SERVICES: $23,189 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, GOVERNMENT: $15,431 (millions) U.S. EXPORTS: $13,907 (millions) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTS: $1,270 (millions) PATENTS GRANTED: 2,312 (1988) NEW BUSINESS FAILURES: 86 failures per 10,000 concerns BLACK-OWNED FIRMS: 12,270 total EMPLOYED/POPULATION RATIO: 60.2% employed of total population FEMALE LABOR FORCE: 56.2% of labor force UNEMPLOYMENT RATE: 7.6% unemployed UNION MEMBERSHIP IN MANUFACTURING: 53.6% unionized NEW HOUSING STARTS: 45,000 units NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION: $1,899 (millions) MORTGAGE LOANS FORECLOSED: 0.3% VALUE ADDED BY MANUFACTURE: $60,733 (millions) MANUFACTURING WORKERS, CHANGE 1982-1987: 12.8% EXPORT RELATED FACTORY EMPLOYMENT: 13.3% of total employment RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD: $17,752 CHANGE IN RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD 1982-86: 44.7% MINERALS PRODUCED (NON-FUELS): $1,366 (millions) MINERAL FUELS PRODUCED: $937 (millions) CRUDE PETROLEUM PRODUCTION: 26 million barrels NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION: 162 billion cubic feet marketed NET ELECTRICAL ENERGY GENERATION: 88.9 billion kWh ELECTRICAL ENERGY INSTALLED CAPACITY: 24.2 million kW NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS: 5 .AGRICULTURE OF MICHIGAN PRINCIPAL FARM COMMODITIES: Dairy products, corn, cattle, soybeans (53% of total) PRINCIPAL CROPS: Hay, corn, apples, soybeans LAND IN FARMS: 11,000,000 acres CROPLAND HARVESTED: 6,390,000 acres harvested NUMBER OF FARMS: 55,000 SIZE OF FARMS: 196 acres per farm CHANGE IN FARMLAND, 1982-87: -5.7% VALUE OF FARM LAND AND BUILDINGS: $879 per acre NET FARM INCOME: $602 (millions) NET FARM INCOME/DEBT RATIO: 18.8% BARLEY PRODUCTION: 2,320 bushels (thousands) BARLEY YIELD: 58 bushels per acre CORN PRODUCTION: 222,610 bushels (thousands) CORN YIELD: 113 bushels per acre COTTON PRODUCTION: 0 bales (thousands) COTTON YIELD: 0 pounds per acre HAY PRODUCTION: 5,205 tons (thousands) HAY YIELD: 3.36 tons per acre OATS PRODUCTION: 20,100 bushels (thousands) OATS YIELD: 67 bushels per acre POTATO PRODUCTION: 9,200 CWT (thousands) POTATO YIELD: 230 CWT per acre RICE PRODUCTION: 0 CWT (thousands) SOYBEAN PRODUCTION: 38,880 bushels (thousands) SOYBEAN YIELD: 36 bushels per acre SUGARBEET PRODUCTION: 2,625 tons (thousands) SUGARCANE PRODUCTION: 0 tons TOBACCO PRODUCTION: 0 pounds (thousands) TOBACCO YIELD: 0 pounds per acre WHEAT PRODUCTION: 33,920 bushels (thousands) WHEAT YIELD: 53 bushels per acre BROILERS PRODUCED: 0.8 millions TURKEYS RAISED: 3 millions CATTLE AND CALVES: 1,225 on farms (1,000 head) HOGS AND PIGS: 1,260 on farms (1,000 head) SHEEP AND LAMBS: 121 on farms (1,000 head) MILK COWS: 350 on farms (1,000 head) .COMMUNICATIONS IN MICHIGAN INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS: 1,210 miles; 1,947 kilometers MOTOR VEHICLE TRAVEL: 643 thousands of miles traveled per road mile LICENSED DRIVERS: 701.1 per 1,000 population MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT DEATHS: 18.8 deaths per 100,000 population REGISTERED AUTOMOBILES: 601 per 1,000 population REGISTERED MOTORCYCLES: 24 per 1,000 population DRIVERS EXCEEDING 55 MPH SPEED LIMIT: 66.3% COMMERCIAL AM RADIO STATIONS: 135 COMMERCIAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 137 EDUCATIONAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 40 COMMERCIAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 27 EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 8 DAILY NEWSPAPERS: 52 DAILY NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION: 0.27 papers per capita .TRAVEL IN MICHIGAN STATE BOARD OF TOURISM: Michigan State Board of Tourism, P.O. Box 30226, Lansing, 48909, (517) 373-0670 TOURIST ATTRACTIONS: Lansing--State Capitol, Impression 5 Science and Art Museum, automobile factory tours; Battle Creek--Kellogg Bird Sanctuary; Dearborn--Greenfield Village, Henry Ford Museum; Detroit--Renaissance Center, Art Institute, Montreaux Jazz Festival, automobile plant tours; Holland--Tulip Festival, Baker Furniture Museum; Traverse City--resort area; Mackinaw City--Fort Michilimackinac; Lake Michigan shoreline--Sleeping Bear Dunes Park; Upper Peninsula--fishing, hunting, Mackinac Island resort area (Grand Hotel); Sault St. Marie locks between lakes; Isle Royale National Park (forests, wildlife, lakeshore). DOMESTIC TRAVEL SPENDING: $8,620 (millions) LAND IN NATIONAL PARKS: 630,200 acres LAND IN STATE PARKS: 257,000 acres VISITORS TO STATE PARKS: 25,450,000 annually 
