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.GEOGRAPHY OF MISSOURI TOTAL AREA: 69,697 sq mi (180,515 sq km) LAND AREA: 68,945 sq mi (178,567 sq km) WATER AREA: 752 sq mi (1,948 sq km) HIGHEST POINT: Taum Sauk Mountain, 1,772 feet LOWEST POINT: St. Francis River, 230 feet AVERAGE ELEVATION: 800 feet HIGHEST TEMPERATURE: 118@ Fahrenheit LOWEST TEMPERATURE: -40@ Fahrenheit NATURAL RESOURCES: Lead, cement, stone FEDERAL LANDS: 4.70% owned by federal government FRESH WATER CONSUMPTION: 504 million gallons per day SOIL EROSION: 146.5 million tons per year HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES: 24 sites on national priority list .PEOPLE OF MISSOURI POPULATION: 5,159,000 PROJECTED POPULATION YEAR 2000: 5,383,000 POPULATION CHANGE 1980-1988: 4.60% POPULATION DENSITY: 74.6 persons per sq mi PERSONS PER HOUSEHOLD: 2.5 METROPOLITAN AREA POPULATION: 66.0% MARRIAGE RATE: 9.7 marriages per 1,000 population DIVORCE RATE: 4.8 divorces per 1,000 population BIRTH RATE: 14.7 births per 1,000 population BIRTHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS: 13.4% of total BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED WOMEN: 23.7% of total POPULATION UNDER 18 YEARS: 25.5% POPULATION 65 YEARS OLD AND OVER: 13.8% LIFE EXPECTANCY, BOTH SEXES: 73.8 years LIFE EXPECTANCY, MALE: 69.9 years LIFE EXPECTANCY, FEMALE: 77.7 years DEATH RATE: 9.9 deaths per 1,000 population BLACK POPULATION: 10.8% JEWISH POPULATION: 1.2% PERSONS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 12.2% FAMILIES BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 9.1% CHILDREN BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 14.6% VIETNAM VETERANS: 187,000 .EDUCATION IN MISSOURI EXPENDITURES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $611 per resident PUBLIC SCHOOL EXPENDITURES PER PUPIL: $3,838 per pupil PUPIL/TEACHER RATIO: 17 pupils per teacher ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $25,100 average SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $26,900 average COLLEGE ENROLLMENT: 252,000 total COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FRESHMEN: 36,000 COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FEMALE: 134,000 COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, PART-TIME: 106,000 SPENDING FOR PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION: $3,661 per student TUITION REVENUES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION: $1,473 per student .HEALTH IN MISSOURI HOSPITAL DAILY ROOM CHARGE: $243 average PHYSICIANS: 190 physicians per 100,000 population DENTISTS: 56 dentists per 100,000 population LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, ALL RACES: 6.8 per 100 live births LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, BLACK: 12.8 per 100 live births LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, WHITE: 5.7 per 100 live births INFANT MORTALITY RATE, ALL RACES: 10.4 deaths per 1,000 live births INFANT MORTALITY RATE, BLACK: 17.7 deaths per 1,000 live births INFANT MORTALITY RATE, WHITE: 9.1 deaths per 1,000 live births LEGAL ABORTION RATE: 261 per 1,000 live births AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1983-1989: 1,134 total AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1989: 325 total AIDS CASES REPORTED (RATE) 1989: 8.5 per 100,000 population DEATHS AMONG AIDS CASES, 1983-1989: 626 DEATHS FROM ACCIDENTS: 46.7 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM CANCER: 213.7 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM HEART DISEASE: 358.6 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM HOMICIDE: 9.8 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS: 7.9 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM PNEUMONIA AND FLU: 34.2 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM SUICIDE: 14.2 per 100,000 resident population .GOVERNMENT OF MISSOURI OFFICIAL NAME: State of Missouri ADMITTED TO UNION: Aug. 10, 1821 ORDER OF STATEHOOD: 24th CAPITAL: Jefferson City MOTTO: Salus Populi Supreme Lex Esto (The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law) SONG: Missouri Waltz SYMBOLS: Bird--Bluebird; Flower--Red haw blossom; Mineral--Galena; Tree--Flowering dogwood FLAG: Three horizontal stripes of red, white, and blue with the coat of arms in the center encircled by a blue band containing 25 white stars. GOVERNOR: John Ashcroft (R) 1992 EXECUTIVE TERM: 4 years VOTERS IN 1988 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: 54.8% casting votes ELECTORAL VOTES: 10 SENATORS: John C. Danforth (R) 1994, Christopher S. "Kit" Bond (R) 1992 NUMBER OF U.S. REPRESENTATIVES: 8 AGE OF MAJORITY (FULL CIVIL RIGHTS): 18 AGE OF MARRIAGE W/CONSENT: 15 AGE OF MARRIAGE W/O CONSENT: 18 AGE OF BUYING ALCOHOL: 21 AGE OF LEAVING SCHOOL: 16 STATE FUNDING FOR ART: $1 per capita STATE GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES: $1,299 per capita FEDERAL INCOME TAXES PAID: $1,413 per capita DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL FUNDS: $4,195 per capita FEDERAL SPENDING, DEFENSE PROGRAMS: $6,890 (millions) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES, CIVILIAN: 67,000 SOCIAL SECURITY RECIPIENTS: 17.4% of population PUBLIC AID RECIPIENTS: 5.5% of population FOOD STAMP RECIPIENTS: 7.6% of population .CRIME IN MISSOURI CRIME RATE, TOTAL: 4,845 offenses per 100,000 population VIOLENT CRIME RATE: 553 offenses per 100,000 population MURDERS: 8 per 100,000 population FORCIBLE RAPE: 29 per 100,000 population ROBBERY: 168 per 100,000 population AGGRAVATED ASSAULT: 347 per 100,000 population PROPERTY CRIME RATE: 4,292 offenses per 100,000 population BURGLARY: 1,140 per 100,000 population LARCENY-THEFT: 2,717 per 100,000 population MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT: 434 per 100,000 population PRISON INMATES: 12,354 total PRISON INMATE RATE: 239 per 100,000 population PRISONERS EXECUTED, 1980-1988: 0 executed POLICE PROTECTION: 26.8 police per 10,000 population LAWYERS: 403 population per lawyer .ECONOMY OF MISSOURI INCOME PER CAPITA: $15,452 DISPOSABLE PERSONAL INCOME: $13,340 GROSS STATE PRODUCT: $83,534 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, AGRICULTURE: $2,197 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MINING: $293 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, CONSTRUCTION: $3,458 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MANUFACTURING: $18,912 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, TRANSPORTATION: $9,155 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, WHOLESALE TRADE: $5,873 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, RETAIL TRADE: $8,707 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, FINANCE: $13,042 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, SERVICES: $13,484 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, GOVERNMENT: $8,413 (millions) U.S. EXPORTS: $1,995 (millions) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTS: $5,507 (millions) PATENTS GRANTED: 538 (1988) NEW BUSINESS FAILURES: 108 failures per 10,000 concerns BLACK-OWNED FIRMS: 6,404 total EMPLOYED/POPULATION RATIO: 62.8% employed of total population FEMALE LABOR FORCE: 58.4% of labor force UNEMPLOYMENT RATE: 5.7% unemployed UNION MEMBERSHIP IN MANUFACTURING: 32.4% unionized NEW HOUSING STARTS: 31,000 units NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION: $929 (millions) MORTGAGE LOANS FORECLOSED: 1.5% VALUE ADDED BY MANUFACTURE: $25,925 (millions) MANUFACTURING WORKERS, CHANGE 1982-1987: 3.5% EXPORT RELATED FACTORY EMPLOYMENT: 10.8% of total employment RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD: $16,702 CHANGE IN RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD 1982-86: 41.1% MINERALS PRODUCED (NON-FUELS): $863 (millions) MINERAL FUELS PRODUCED: NA (millions) CRUDE PETROLEUM PRODUCTION: 0 million barrels NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION: 0 billion cubic feet marketed NET ELECTRICAL ENERGY GENERATION: 59.7 billion kWh ELECTRICAL ENERGY INSTALLED CAPACITY: 16.6 million kW NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS: 1 .AGRICULTURE OF MISSOURI PRINCIPAL FARM COMMODITIES: Soybeans, cattle, hogs, dairy products (69% of total) PRINCIPAL CROPS: Soybeans, hay, corn, wheat LAND IN FARMS: 30,000,000 acres CROPLAND HARVESTED: 13,249,000 acres harvested NUMBER OF FARMS: 108,000 SIZE OF FARMS: 281 acres per farm CHANGE IN FARMLAND, 1982-87: -0.2% VALUE OF FARM LAND AND BUILDINGS: $606 per acre NET FARM INCOME: $900 (millions) NET FARM INCOME/DEBT RATIO: 18.1% BARLEY PRODUCTION: 0 bushels (thousands) BARLEY YIELD: 0 bushels per acre CORN PRODUCTION: 219,840 bushels (thousands) CORN YIELD: 96 bushels per acre COTTON PRODUCTION: 269 bales (thousands) COTTON YIELD: 618 pounds per acre HAY PRODUCTION: 6,764 tons (thousands) HAY YIELD: 1.81 tons per acre OATS PRODUCTION: 3,600 bushels (thousands) OATS YIELD: 60 bushels per acre POTATO PRODUCTION: 0 CWT (thousands) POTATO YIELD: 0 CWT per acre RICE PRODUCTION: 4,108 CWT (thousands) SOYBEAN PRODUCTION: 123,975 bushels (thousands) SOYBEAN YIELD: 28.5 bushels per acre SUGARBEET PRODUCTION: 0 tons (thousands) SUGARCANE PRODUCTION: 0 tons TOBACCO PRODUCTION: 5,350 pounds (thousands) TOBACCO YIELD: 2,140 pounds per acre WHEAT PRODUCTION: 86,950 bushels (thousands) WHEAT YIELD: 47 bushels per acre BROILERS PRODUCED: NA TURKEYS RAISED: 15.5 millions CATTLE AND CALVES: 4,500 on farms (1,000 head) HOGS AND PIGS: 2,700 on farms (1,000 head) SHEEP AND LAMBS: 138 on farms (1,000 head) MILK COWS: 224 on farms (1,000 head) .COMMUNICATIONS IN MISSOURI INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS: 1,177 miles; 1,894 kilometers MOTOR VEHICLE TRAVEL: 363 thousands of miles traveled per road mile LICENSED DRIVERS: 669.5 per 1,000 population MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT DEATHS: 21.2 deaths per 100,000 population REGISTERED AUTOMOBILES: 518 per 1,000 population REGISTERED MOTORCYCLES: 13 per 1,000 population DRIVERS EXCEEDING 55 MPH SPEED LIMIT: 62.6% COMMERCIAL AM RADIO STATIONS: 115 COMMERCIAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 102 EDUCATIONAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 29 COMMERCIAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 28 EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 4 DAILY NEWSPAPERS: 46 DAILY NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION: 0.25 papers per capita .TRAVEL IN MISSOURI STATE BOARD OF TOURISM: Missouri State Board of Tourism, P.O. Box 1055, Truman State Office Building, Jefferson City, 65102, (314) 751-4133 TOURIST ATTRACTIONS: Jefferson City--State Capital; St. Louis--Gateway Arch, Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, Laclede's Landing, Forest Park (Environmental Center, Art Museum, and Zoo), Missouri Botanical Gardens (Climatron), St. Louis Symphony and Pops Orchestra; Kansas City--Nelson-Atkins Art Gallery, Jesse James Museum, Country Club Plaza shopping district, Worlds of Fun amusement park; Independence--Harry S. Truman Library and Museum; Lexington--Civil War battlefield; Branson--Silver Dollar City (Ozark culture theme park); Lake of the Ozarks--resorts, water sports, Ozark Mountain scenery, numerous caves, hiking, camping; Hannibal--Samuel Clemens birthplace, National Tom Sawyer Days, Mark Twain cave; Ste. Genevieve--historic French city. DOMESTIC TRAVEL SPENDING: $5,291 (millions) LAND IN NATIONAL PARKS: 62,700 acres LAND IN STATE PARKS: 109,000 acres VISITORS TO STATE PARKS: 13,662,000 annually 
