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.GEOGRAPHY OF NEW YORK TOTAL AREA: 49,108 sq mi (127,190 sq km) LAND AREA: 47,377 sq mi (122,706 sq km) WATER AREA: 1,731 sq mi (4,483 sq km) HIGHEST POINT: Mount Marcy, 5,344 feet LOWEST POINT: Atlantic Ocean, sea level AVERAGE ELEVATION: 1,000 feet HIGHEST TEMPERATURE: 108@ Fahrenheit LOWEST TEMPERATURE: -52@ Fahrenheit NATURAL RESOURCES: Stone, salt, cement FEDERAL LANDS: 5.10% owned by federal government FRESH WATER CONSUMPTION: 1,400 million gallons per day SOIL EROSION: 17.4 million tons per year HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES: 83 sites on national priority list .PEOPLE OF NEW YORK POPULATION: 17,950,000 PROJECTED POPULATION YEAR 2000: 17,986,000 POPULATION CHANGE 1980-1988: 2.00% POPULATION DENSITY: 378 persons per sq mi PERSONS PER HOUSEHOLD: 2.6 METROPOLITAN AREA POPULATION: 91.2% MARRIAGE RATE: 9.2 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: 9.7% of total BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED WOMEN: 29.7% of total POPULATION UNDER 18 YEARS: 24.3% POPULATION 65 YEARS OLD AND OVER: 13.0% LIFE EXPECTANCY, BOTH SEXES: 73.7 years LIFE EXPECTANCY, MALE: 70 years LIFE EXPECTANCY, FEMALE: 77.2 years DEATH RATE: 9.7 deaths per 1,000 population BLACK POPULATION: 16.1% JEWISH POPULATION: 10.4% PERSONS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 13.4% FAMILIES BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 10.8% CHILDREN BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 19.0% VIETNAM VETERANS: 442,000 .EDUCATION IN NEW YORK EXPENDITURES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $991 per resident PUBLIC SCHOOL EXPENDITURES PER PUPIL: $7,338 per pupil PUPIL/TEACHER RATIO: 15.9 pupils per teacher ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $34,000 average SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $37,900 average COLLEGE ENROLLMENT: 993,000 total COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FRESHMEN: 164,000 COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FEMALE: 548,000 COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, PART-TIME: 372,000 SPENDING FOR PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION: $6,108 per student TUITION REVENUES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION: $1,203 per student .HEALTH IN NEW YORK HOSPITAL DAILY ROOM CHARGE: $291 average PHYSICIANS: 307 physicians per 100,000 population DENTISTS: 75 dentists per 100,000 population LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, ALL RACES: 7.3 per 100 live births LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, BLACK: 12.5 per 100 live births LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, WHITE: 5.8 per 100 live births INFANT MORTALITY RATE, ALL RACES: 10.7 deaths per 1,000 live births INFANT MORTALITY RATE, BLACK: 16.7 deaths per 1,000 live births INFANT MORTALITY RATE, WHITE: 9.2 deaths per 1,000 live births LEGAL ABORTION RATE: 746 per 1,000 live births AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1983-1989: 24,800 total AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1989: 4,681 total AIDS CASES REPORTED (RATE) 1989: 35.8 per 100,000 population DEATHS AMONG AIDS CASES, 1983-1989: 14,793 DEATHS FROM ACCIDENTS: 31 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM CANCER: 216 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM HEART DISEASE: 388.2 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM HOMICIDE: 10.7 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS: 15.2 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM PNEUMONIA AND FLU: 36.7 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM SUICIDE: 7.6 per 100,000 resident population .GOVERNMENT OF NEW YORK OFFICIAL NAME: State of New York ADMITTED TO UNION: July 26, 1788 ORDER OF STATEHOOD: 11th CAPITAL: Albany MOTTO: Excelsior (Higher) SONG: None SYMBOLS: Animal--American beaver; Bird--Bluebird; Flower--Rose; Gem--Garnet; Tree--Sugar maple FLAG: The state coat of arms on a dark blue field GOVERNOR: Mario M. Cuomo (D) 1990 EXECUTIVE TERM: 4 years VOTERS IN 1988 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: 48.1% casting votes ELECTORAL VOTES: 36 SENATORS: Alfonse M. D'Amato (R) 1992, Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D) 1994 NUMBER OF U.S. REPRESENTATIVES: 34 AGE OF MAJORITY (FULL CIVIL RIGHTS): 18 AGE OF MARRIAGE W/CONSENT: Female-14 with judicial consent Male-16 AGE OF MARRIAGE W/O CONSENT: 18 AGE OF BUYING ALCOHOL: 21 AGE OF LEAVING SCHOOL: 17 STATE FUNDING FOR ART: $3.1 per capita STATE GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES: $2,247 per capita FEDERAL INCOME TAXES PAID: $1,959 per capita DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL FUNDS: $3,390 per capita FEDERAL SPENDING, DEFENSE PROGRAMS: $9,333 (millions) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES, CIVILIAN: 156,000 SOCIAL SECURITY RECIPIENTS: 15.6% of population PUBLIC AID RECIPIENTS: 7.7% of population FOOD STAMP RECIPIENTS: 8.3% of population .CRIME IN NEW YORK CRIME RATE, TOTAL: 6,310 offenses per 100,000 population VIOLENT CRIME RATE: 1,097 offenses per 100,000 population MURDERS: 12.5 per 100,000 population FORCIBLE RAPE: 31 per 100,000 population ROBBERY: 544 per 100,000 population AGGRAVATED ASSAULT: 510 per 100,000 population PROPERTY CRIME RATE: 5,212 offenses per 100,000 population BURGLARY: 1,218 per 100,000 population LARCENY-THEFT: 3,134 per 100,000 population MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT: 860 per 100,000 population PRISON INMATES: 44,560 total PRISON INMATE RATE: 248 per 100,000 population PRISONERS EXECUTED, 1980-1988: 0 executed POLICE PROTECTION: 37.5 police per 10,000 population LAWYERS: 244 population per lawyer .ECONOMY OF NEW YORK INCOME PER CAPITA: $19,305 DISPOSABLE PERSONAL INCOME: $16,036 GROSS STATE PRODUCT: $362,736 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, AGRICULTURE: $2,161 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MINING: $497 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, CONSTRUCTION: $14,908 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MANUFACTURING: $59,877 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, TRANSPORTATION: $33,298 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, WHOLESALE TRADE: $30,602 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, RETAIL TRADE: $29,138 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, FINANCE: $80,407 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, SERVICES: $72,920 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, GOVERNMENT: $38,929 (millions) U.S. EXPORTS: $19,359 (millions) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTS: $7,706 (millions) PATENTS GRANTED: 3,646 (1988) NEW BUSINESS FAILURES: 52 failures per 10,000 concerns BLACK-OWNED FIRMS: 25,560 total EMPLOYED/POPULATION RATIO: 59.2% employed of total population FEMALE LABOR FORCE: 51.3% of labor force UNEMPLOYMENT RATE: 4.2% unemployed UNION MEMBERSHIP IN MANUFACTURING: 48.2% unionized NEW HOUSING STARTS: 56,000 units NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION: $2,022 (millions) MORTGAGE LOANS FORECLOSED: 0.4% VALUE ADDED BY MANUFACTURE: $79,282 (millions) MANUFACTURING WORKERS, CHANGE 1982-1987: -13.5% EXPORT RELATED FACTORY EMPLOYMENT: 12.7% of total employment RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD: $17,529 CHANGE IN RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD 1982-86: 56.4% MINERALS PRODUCED (NON-FUELS): $650 (millions) MINERAL FUELS PRODUCED: $63 (millions) CRUDE PETROLEUM PRODUCTION: 1 million barrels NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION: NA billion cubic feet marketed NET ELECTRICAL ENERGY GENERATION: 124.7 billion kWh ELECTRICAL ENERGY INSTALLED CAPACITY: 33.2 million kW NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS: 6 .AGRICULTURE OF NEW YORK PRINCIPAL FARM COMMODITIES: Greenhouse, dairy products, greenhouse, cattle, hay (73% of total) PRINCIPAL CROPS: Hay, apples, corn, potatoes LAND IN FARMS: 8,000,000 acres CROPLAND HARVESTED: 3,560,000 acres harvested NUMBER OF FARMS: 39,000 SIZE OF FARMS: 215 acres per farm CHANGE IN FARMLAND, 1982-87: -8.4% VALUE OF FARM LAND AND BUILDINGS: $1,014 per acre NET FARM INCOME: $571 (millions) NET FARM INCOME/DEBT RATIO: 24.5% BARLEY PRODUCTION: 0 bushels (thousands) BARLEY YIELD: 0 bushels per acre CORN PRODUCTION: 53,010 bushels (thousands) CORN YIELD: 93 bushels per acre COTTON PRODUCTION: 0 bales (thousands) COTTON YIELD: 0 pounds per acre HAY PRODUCTION: 4,538 tons (thousands) HAY YIELD: 2.18 tons per acre OATS PRODUCTION: 9,145 bushels (thousands) OATS YIELD: 59 bushels per acre POTATO PRODUCTION: 6,628 CWT (thousands) POTATO YIELD: 230 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: 0 pounds (thousands) TOBACCO YIELD: 0 pounds per acre WHEAT PRODUCTION: 5,850 bushels (thousands) WHEAT YIELD: 45 bushels per acre BROILERS PRODUCED: 1.1 millions TURKEYS RAISED: 0.4 millions CATTLE AND CALVES: 1,540 on farms (1,000 head) HOGS AND PIGS: 124 on farms (1,000 head) SHEEP AND LAMBS: 92 on farms (1,000 head) MILK COWS: 822 on farms (1,000 head) .COMMUNICATIONS IN NEW YORK INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS: 1,499 miles; 2,412 kilometers MOTOR VEHICLE TRAVEL: 888 thousands of miles traveled per road mile LICENSED DRIVERS: 543.8 per 1,000 population MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT DEATHS: 14 deaths per 100,000 population REGISTERED AUTOMOBILES: 489 per 1,000 population REGISTERED MOTORCYCLES: 13 per 1,000 population DRIVERS EXCEEDING 55 MPH SPEED LIMIT: 56.3% COMMERCIAL AM RADIO STATIONS: 165 COMMERCIAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 142 EDUCATIONAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 69 COMMERCIAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 33 EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 9 DAILY NEWSPAPERS: 71 DAILY NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION: 0.43 papers per capita .TRAVEL IN NEW YORK STATE BOARD OF TOURISM: New York State Board of Tourism, 1515 Broadway, 51st Floor, New York, 10036, (212) 827-6255 TOURIST ATTRACTIONS: Albany--State Capitol, Albany Institute of History and Art; New York City--Metropolitan Museum of Art, Guggenheim Museum, Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, United Nations, Empire State Building, Lincoln Center (arts and entertainment), Broadway theaters, New York Botanical Garden, The Cloisters, Whitney Museum of American Art, World Trade Center observatory, Stock Exchange, Soho, Greenwich Village, Times Square, Central Park, Chinatown, Radio City Music Hall; Cooperstown--Baseball Hall of Fame; Corning--Corning Glass Center (museum); Buffalo--City Hall view, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Peace Bridge, Allentown historic district; Niagara Falls--Scenic Towers, Niagara Viewmobile, American, Bridal Veil and Horseshoe Falls; Rochester--Eastman Kodak Company tours, International Museum of Photography; Fort Ticonderoga; Hyde Park--F.D. Roosevelt library and museum and Vanderbilt Mansion Historic Site; Saratoga Springs--mineral springs, National Museum of Racing, National Historical Park; Lake George, Lake Placid, Thousand Islands and Finger Lakes resort districts. DOMESTIC TRAVEL SPENDING: $17,193 (millions) LAND IN NATIONAL PARKS: 35,000 acres LAND IN STATE PARKS: 258,000 acres VISITORS TO STATE PARKS: 41,241,000 annually 
