FRESH WATER CONSUMPTION: 201 million gallons per day
SOIL EROSION: 136.2 million tons per year
HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES: 2 sites on national priority list
.PEOPLE OF NORTH DAKOTA
POPULATION: 660,000
PROJECTED POPULATION YEAR 2000: 629,000
POPULATION CHANGE 1980-1988: 2.20%
POPULATION DENSITY: 9.6 persons per sq mi
PERSONS PER HOUSEHOLD: 2.6
METROPOLITAN AREA POPULATION: 38.4%
MARRIAGE RATE: 7.4 marriages per 1,000 population
DIVORCE RATE: 3.6 divorces per 1,000 population
BIRTH RATE: 15.3 births per 1,000 population
BIRTHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS: 8% of total
BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED WOMEN: 13.9% of total
POPULATION UNDER 18 YEARS: 27.4%
POPULATION 65 YEARS OLD AND OVER: 13.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY, BOTH SEXES: 75.7 years
LIFE EXPECTANCY, MALE: 72.1 years
LIFE EXPECTANCY, FEMALE: 79.7 years
DEATH RATE: 8.2 deaths per 1,000 population
BLACK POPULATION: 0.5%
JEWISH POPULATION: 0.1%
PERSONS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 12.6%
FAMILIES BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 9.8%
CHILDREN BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 14.3%
VIETNAM VETERANS: 24,000
.EDUCATION IN NORTH DAKOTA
EXPENDITURES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $640 per resident
PUBLIC SCHOOL EXPENDITURES PER PUPIL: $3,447 per pupil
PUPIL/TEACHER RATIO: 15.6 pupils per teacher
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $22,100 average
SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $22,500 average
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT: 37,000 total
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FRESHMEN: 8,000
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FEMALE: 18,000
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, PART-TIME: 8,000
SPENDING FOR PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION: $3,014 per student
TUITION REVENUES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION: $1,386 per student
.HEALTH IN NORTH DAKOTA
HOSPITAL DAILY ROOM CHARGE: $217 average
PHYSICIANS: 167 physicians per 100,000 population
DENTISTS: 58 dentists per 100,000 population
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, ALL RACES: 4.9 per 100 live births
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, BLACK: NA
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, WHITE: 4.8 per 100 live births
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, ALL RACES: 8.6 deaths per 1,000 live births
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, BLACK: NA
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, WHITE: 8.3 deaths per 1,000 live births
LEGAL ABORTION RATE: 230 per 1,000 live births
AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1983-1989: 16 total
AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1989: 6 total
AIDS CASES REPORTED (RATE) 1989: 0.9 per 100,000 population
DEATHS AMONG AIDS CASES, 1983-1989: 9
DEATHS FROM ACCIDENTS: 33.9 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM CANCER: 177.3 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM HEART DISEASE: 278.5 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM HOMICIDE: 1.3 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS: 6.9 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM PNEUMONIA AND FLU: 32.4 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM SUICIDE: 10.8 per 100,000 resident population
.GOVERNMENT OF NORTH DAKOTA
OFFICIAL NAME: State of North Dakota
ADMITTED TO UNION: Nov. 2, 1889
ORDER OF STATEHOOD: 39th
CAPITAL: Bismark
MOTTO: Liberty and Union Now and Forever, One and Inseparable.
SONG: North Dakota Hymn
SYMBOLS: Bird--Meadowlark; Flower--Wild prairie rose; Tree--American elm
FLAG: An eagle with a double arch of 13 stars overhead and a scroll beneath bearing the state name on a blue field.
GOVERNOR: George Sinner (D) 1992
EXECUTIVE TERM: 4 years
VOTERS IN 1988 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: 61.5% casting votes
ELECTORAL VOTES: 3
SENATORS: Kent Conrad (D) 1992, Quentin N. Burdick (D) 1994
NUMBER OF U.S. REPRESENTATIVES: 1
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: $0.3 per capita
STATE GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES: $2,162 per capita
FEDERAL INCOME TAXES PAID: $1,054 per capita
DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL FUNDS: $4,345 per capita
FEDERAL SPENDING, DEFENSE PROGRAMS: $410 (millions)
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES, CIVILIAN: 8,000
SOCIAL SECURITY RECIPIENTS: 16.6% of population
PUBLIC AID RECIPIENTS: 3.3% of population
FOOD STAMP RECIPIENTS: 5.4% of population
.CRIME IN NORTH DAKOTA
CRIME RATE, TOTAL: 2,728 offenses per 100,000 population
VIOLENT CRIME RATE: 59 offenses per 100,000 population
MURDERS: 1.8 per 100,000 population
FORCIBLE RAPE: 11 per 100,000 population
ROBBERY: 8 per 100,000 population
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT: 38 per 100,000 population
PROPERTY CRIME RATE: 2,669 offenses per 100,000 population
BURGLARY: 438 per 100,000 population
LARCENY-THEFT: 2,113 per 100,000 population
MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT: 119 per 100,000 population
PRISON INMATES: 414 total
PRISON INMATE RATE: 62 per 100,000 population
PRISONERS EXECUTED, 1980-1988: 0 executed
POLICE PROTECTION: 19.9 police per 10,000 population
LAWYERS: 532 population per lawyer
.ECONOMY OF NORTH DAKOTA
INCOME PER CAPITA: $12,833
DISPOSABLE PERSONAL INCOME: $11,388
GROSS STATE PRODUCT: $10,733 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, AGRICULTURE: $1,587 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MINING: $697 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, CONSTRUCTION: $592 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MANUFACTURING: $622 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, TRANSPORTATION: $1,130 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, WHOLESALE TRADE: $841 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, RETAIL TRADE: $893 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, FINANCE: $1,813 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, SERVICES: $1,351 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, GOVERNMENT: $1,224 (millions)
U.S. EXPORTS: $220 (millions)
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTS: $117 (millions)
PATENTS GRANTED: 39 (1988)
NEW BUSINESS FAILURES: 86 failures per 10,000 concerns
BLACK-OWNED FIRMS: 65 total
EMPLOYED/POPULATION RATIO: 65.5% employed of total population
FEMALE LABOR FORCE: 60.2% of labor force
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE: 4.8% unemployed
UNION MEMBERSHIP IN MANUFACTURING: 10.4% unionized
NEW HOUSING STARTS: 1,000 units
NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION: $49 (millions)
MORTGAGE LOANS FORECLOSED: 1.5%
VALUE ADDED BY MANUFACTURE: $985 (millions)
MANUFACTURING WORKERS, CHANGE 1982-1987: 0.0%
EXPORT RELATED FACTORY EMPLOYMENT: 14.2% of total employment
RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD: $18,129
CHANGE IN RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD 1982-86: 28.7%
MINERALS PRODUCED (NON-FUELS): $26 (millions)
MINERAL FUELS PRODUCED: $1,005 (millions)
CRUDE PETROLEUM PRODUCTION: 41 million barrels
NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION: 63 billion cubic feet marketed
NET ELECTRICAL ENERGY GENERATION: 27.4 billion kWh
ELECTRICAL ENERGY INSTALLED CAPACITY: 4.7 million kW
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS: 0
.AGRICULTURE OF NORTH DAKOTA
PRINCIPAL FARM COMMODITIES: Wheat, cattle, barley, sunflowers (71% of total)
PRINCIPAL CROPS: Wheat, hay, barley, sunflowers
LAND IN FARMS: 41,000,000 acres
CROPLAND HARVESTED: 20,660,000 acres harvested
NUMBER OF FARMS: 34,000
SIZE OF FARMS: 1,209 acres per farm
CHANGE IN FARMLAND, 1982-87: +0.0%
VALUE OF FARM LAND AND BUILDINGS: $301 per acre
NET FARM INCOME: $373 (millions)
NET FARM INCOME/DEBT RATIO: 9.9%
BARLEY PRODUCTION: 98,050 bushels (thousands)
BARLEY YIELD: 37 bushels per acre
CORN PRODUCTION: 34,875 bushels (thousands)
CORN YIELD: 75 bushels per acre
COTTON PRODUCTION: 0 bales (thousands)
COTTON YIELD: 0 pounds per acre
HAY PRODUCTION: 3,020 tons (thousands)
HAY YIELD: 0.89 tons per acre
OATS PRODUCTION: 20,150 bushels (thousands)
OATS YIELD: 31 bushels per acre
POTATO PRODUCTION: 15,070 CWT (thousands)
POTATO YIELD: 110 CWT per acre
RICE PRODUCTION: 0 CWT (thousands)
SOYBEAN PRODUCTION: 13,860 bushels (thousands)
SOYBEAN YIELD: 22 bushels per acre
SUGARBEET PRODUCTION: 2,828 tons (thousands)
SUGARCANE PRODUCTION: 0 tons
TOBACCO PRODUCTION: 0 pounds (thousands)
TOBACCO YIELD: 0 pounds per acre
WHEAT PRODUCTION: 242,320 bushels (thousands)
WHEAT YIELD: 23.5 bushels per acre
CATTLE AND CALVES: 1,750 on farms (1,000 head)
HOGS AND PIGS: 280 on farms (1,000 head)
SHEEP AND LAMBS: 186 on farms (1,000 head)
.COMMUNICATIONS IN NORTH DAKOTA
INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS: 571 miles; 919 kilometers
MOTOR VEHICLE TRAVEL: 66 thousands of miles traveled per road mile
LICENSED DRIVERS: 634 per 1,000 population
MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT DEATHS: 16.8 deaths per 100,000 population
REGISTERED AUTOMOBILES: 580 per 1,000 population
REGISTERED MOTORCYCLES: 36 per 1,000 population
DRIVERS EXCEEDING 55 MPH SPEED LIMIT: 69%
COMMERCIAL AM RADIO STATIONS: 34
COMMERCIAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 20
EDUCATIONAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 6
COMMERCIAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 12
EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 6
DAILY NEWSPAPERS: 10
DAILY NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION: 0.28 papers per capita
.TRAVEL IN NORTH DAKOTA
STATE BOARD OF TOURISM: North Dakota Tourism Promotion, 604 East Blvd., Bismark, 58505, (701) 224-2525, (800) 437-2077 US, (800) 537-8879 Canada
TOURIST ATTRACTIONS: Bismarck--State Capitol, historical museum; International Peace Garden; Badlands scenic area; Turtle Mountains; Garrison Dam (rolled earth); Theodore Roosevelt National Park (Roosevelt's Elkhorn Ranch); Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge; Fort Abraham Lincoln.
