FRESH WATER CONSUMPTION: 768 million gallons per day
SOIL EROSION: 147.8 million tons per year
HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES: 42 sites on national priority list
.PEOPLE OF MINNESOTA
POPULATION: 4,353,000
PROJECTED POPULATION YEAR 2000: 4,490,000
POPULATION CHANGE 1980-1988: 5.70%
POPULATION DENSITY: 54.1 persons per sq mi
PERSONS PER HOUSEHOLD: 2.6
METROPOLITAN AREA POPULATION: 66.6%
MARRIAGE RATE: 7.8 marriages per 1,000 population
DIVORCE RATE: 3.5 divorces per 1,000 population
BIRTH RATE: 15.4 births per 1,000 population
BIRTHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS: 7.3% of total
BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED WOMEN: 17.1% of total
POPULATION UNDER 18 YEARS: 26.0%
POPULATION 65 YEARS OLD AND OVER: 12.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY, BOTH SEXES: 76.2 years
LIFE EXPECTANCY, MALE: 72.5 years
LIFE EXPECTANCY, FEMALE: 79.8 years
DEATH RATE: 8.1 deaths per 1,000 population
BLACK POPULATION: 1.6%
JEWISH POPULATION: 0.7%
PERSONS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 9.5%
FAMILIES BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 7.0%
CHILDREN BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 10.2%
VIETNAM VETERANS: 156,000
.EDUCATION IN MINNESOTA
EXPENDITURES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $826 per resident
PUBLIC SCHOOL EXPENDITURES PER PUPIL: $4,577 per pupil
PUPIL/TEACHER RATIO: 17.8 pupils per teacher
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $30,900 average
SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $32,100 average
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT: 237,000 total
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FRESHMEN: 47,000
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FEMALE: 128,000
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, PART-TIME: 93,000
SPENDING FOR PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION: $4,080 per student
TUITION REVENUES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION: $1,261 per student
.HEALTH IN MINNESOTA
HOSPITAL DAILY ROOM CHARGE: $240 average
PHYSICIANS: 212 physicians per 100,000 population
DENTISTS: 71 dentists per 100,000 population
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, ALL RACES: 5 per 100 live births
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, BLACK: 12.1 per 100 live births
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, WHITE: 4.7 per 100 live births
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, ALL RACES: 8.9 deaths per 1,000 live births
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, BLACK: 16.5 deaths per 1,000 live births
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, WHITE: 8.6 deaths per 1,000 live births
LEGAL ABORTION RATE: 257 per 1,000 live births
AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1983-1989: 592 total
AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1989: 141 total
AIDS CASES REPORTED (RATE) 1989: 4.4 per 100,000 population
DEATHS AMONG AIDS CASES, 1983-1989: 311
DEATHS FROM ACCIDENTS: 34.8 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM CANCER: 182.1 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM HEART DISEASE: 288 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM HOMICIDE: 2.6 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS: 7.2 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM PNEUMONIA AND FLU: 35.6 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM SUICIDE: 12.8 per 100,000 resident population
.GOVERNMENT OF MINNESOTA
OFFICIAL NAME: State of Minnesota
ADMITTED TO UNION: May 11, 1858
ORDER OF STATEHOOD: 32nd
CAPITAL: Saint Paul
MOTTO: L'Etoile du Nord (The star of the north)
SONG: Hail! Minnesota
SYMBOLS: Bird--Loon; Flower--Pink and white lady slipper; Gem--Lake Superior agate; Tree--Red pine (Norway pine)
FLAG: The state seal on a blue field surrounded by a wreath and a white band containing 19 stars.
GOVERNOR: Rudy Perpich (D) 1990
EXECUTIVE TERM: 4 years
VOTERS IN 1988 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: 66.3% casting votes
ELECTORAL VOTES: 4
SENATORS: Rudy Boschwitz (R) 1990, Dave Durenberger (R) 1994
NUMBER OF U.S. REPRESENTATIVES: 2
AGE OF MAJORITY (FULL CIVIL RIGHTS): 18
AGE OF MARRIAGE W/CONSENT: with judicial consent-16
AGE OF MARRIAGE W/O CONSENT: 18
AGE OF BUYING ALCOHOL: 21
AGE OF LEAVING SCHOOL: 16
STATE FUNDING FOR ART: $0.8 per capita
STATE GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES: $1,984 per capita
FEDERAL INCOME TAXES PAID: $1,501 per capita
DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL FUNDS: $3,214 per capita
FEDERAL SPENDING, DEFENSE PROGRAMS: $2,394 (millions)
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES, CIVILIAN: 31,000
SOCIAL SECURITY RECIPIENTS: 15.2% of population
PUBLIC AID RECIPIENTS: 4.6% of population
FOOD STAMP RECIPIENTS: 5.5% of population
.CRIME IN MINNESOTA
CRIME RATE, TOTAL: 4,315 offenses per 100,000 population
VIOLENT CRIME RATE: 290 offenses per 100,000 population
MURDERS: 2.9 per 100,000 population
FORCIBLE RAPE: 31 per 100,000 population
ROBBERY: 95 per 100,000 population
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT: 161 per 100,000 population
PROPERTY CRIME RATE: 4,025 offenses per 100,000 population
BURGLARY: 910 per 100,000 population
LARCENY-THEFT: 2,776 per 100,000 population
MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT: 339 per 100,000 population
PRISON INMATES: 2,799 total
PRISON INMATE RATE: 64 per 100,000 population
PRISONERS EXECUTED, 1980-1988: 0 executed
POLICE PROTECTION: 19.7 police per 10,000 population
LAWYERS: 367 population per lawyer
.ECONOMY OF MINNESOTA
INCOME PER CAPITA: $16,674
DISPOSABLE PERSONAL INCOME: $14,037
GROSS STATE PRODUCT: $75,626 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, AGRICULTURE: $3,575 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MINING: $406 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, CONSTRUCTION: $2,763 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MANUFACTURING: $15,813 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, TRANSPORTATION: $6,851 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, WHOLESALE TRADE: $6,022 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, RETAIL TRADE: $7,282 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, FINANCE: $13,829 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, SERVICES: $11,667 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, GOVERNMENT: $7,416 (millions)
U.S. EXPORTS: $4,186 (millions)
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTS: $2,083 (millions)
PATENTS GRANTED: 1,198 (1988)
NEW BUSINESS FAILURES: 48 failures per 10,000 concerns
BLACK-OWNED FIRMS: 1,238 total
EMPLOYED/POPULATION RATIO: 68.9% employed of total population
FEMALE LABOR FORCE: 63% of labor force
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE: 4% unemployed
UNION MEMBERSHIP IN MANUFACTURING: 18.1% unionized
NEW HOUSING STARTS: 34,000 units
NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION: $716 (millions)
MORTGAGE LOANS FORECLOSED: 1.1%
VALUE ADDED BY MANUFACTURE: $23,272 (millions)
MANUFACTURING WORKERS, CHANGE 1982-1987: 7.0%
EXPORT RELATED FACTORY EMPLOYMENT: 15.1% of total employment
RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD: $19,345
CHANGE IN RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD 1982-86: 47.3%
MINERALS PRODUCED (NON-FUELS): $1,143 (millions)
MINERAL FUELS PRODUCED: $0 (millions)
CRUDE PETROLEUM PRODUCTION: 0 million barrels
NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION: 0 billion cubic feet marketed
NET ELECTRICAL ENERGY GENERATION: 40.3 billion kWh
ELECTRICAL ENERGY INSTALLED CAPACITY: 9.4 million kW
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS: 3
.AGRICULTURE OF MINNESOTA
PRINCIPAL FARM COMMODITIES: Dairy products, soybeans, cattle, corn (66% of total)
PRINCIPAL CROPS: Soybeans, corn, hay, wheat
LAND IN FARMS: 30,000,000 acres
CROPLAND HARVESTED: 18,661,000 acres harvested
NUMBER OF FARMS: 90,000
SIZE OF FARMS: 333 acres per farm
CHANGE IN FARMLAND, 1982-87: -4.1%
VALUE OF FARM LAND AND BUILDINGS: $602 per acre
NET FARM INCOME: $1,510 (millions)
NET FARM INCOME/DEBT RATIO: 20.7%
BARLEY PRODUCTION: 44,000 bushels (thousands)
BARLEY YIELD: 55 bushels per acre
CORN PRODUCTION: 700,000 bushels (thousands)
CORN YIELD: 125 bushels per acre
COTTON PRODUCTION: 0 bales (thousands)
COTTON YIELD: 0 pounds per acre
HAY PRODUCTION: 6,400 tons (thousands)
HAY YIELD: 2.46 tons per acre
OATS PRODUCTION: 46,750 bushels (thousands)
OATS YIELD: 55 bushels per acre
POTATO PRODUCTION: 15,750 CWT (thousands)
POTATO YIELD: 218 CWT per acre
RICE PRODUCTION: 0 CWT (thousands)
SOYBEAN PRODUCTION: 185,000 bushels (thousands)
SOYBEAN YIELD: 37 bushels per acre
SUGARBEET PRODUCTION: 5,456 tons (thousands)
SUGARCANE PRODUCTION: 0 tons
TOBACCO PRODUCTION: 0 pounds (thousands)
TOBACCO YIELD: 0 pounds per acre
WHEAT PRODUCTION: 102,504 bushels (thousands)
WHEAT YIELD: 38 bushels per acre
BROILERS PRODUCED: 33.1 millions
TURKEYS RAISED: 40.5 millions
CATTLE AND CALVES: 2,650 on farms (1,000 head)
HOGS AND PIGS: 4,450 on farms (1,000 head)
SHEEP AND LAMBS: 285 on farms (1,000 head)
MILK COWS: 802 on farms (1,000 head)
.COMMUNICATIONS IN MINNESOTA
INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS: 900 miles; 1,448 kilometers
MOTOR VEHICLE TRAVEL: 265 thousands of miles traveled per road mile
LICENSED DRIVERS: 572.9 per 1,000 population
MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT DEATHS: 14.2 deaths per 100,000 population
REGISTERED AUTOMOBILES: 591 per 1,000 population
REGISTERED MOTORCYCLES: 35 per 1,000 population
DRIVERS EXCEEDING 55 MPH SPEED LIMIT: 56%
COMMERCIAL AM RADIO STATIONS: 99
COMMERCIAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 90
EDUCATIONAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 32
COMMERCIAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 15
EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 6
DAILY NEWSPAPERS: 25
DAILY NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION: 0.22 papers per capita
.TRAVEL IN MINNESOTA
STATE BOARD OF TOURISM: Minnesota State Board of Tourism, 375 Jackson Street, 250 Skyway, Saint Paul, 55101, (800) 657-3700
TOURIST ATTRACTIONS: St. Paul--State Capitol, Winter Festival Carnival; Minneapolis--Walker Art Center, Minnehaha Falls, Arts Institute; Duluth--inland port, Aerial lift bridge, Canal Park Marine Museum; Hibbing--open pit iron mine; Voyageurs National Park (lake country on U.S.-Canadian border, accessible by water), Superior National Forest (Boundary Waters Canoe Area).
