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.GEOGRAPHY OF OREGON
TOTAL AREA: 97,073 sq mi (251,419 sq km)
LAND AREA: 96,184 sq mi (249,116 sq km)
WATER AREA: 889 sq mi (2,303 sq km)
HIGHEST POINT: Mount Hood, 11,239 feet
LOWEST POINT: Pacific Ocean, sea level
AVERAGE ELEVATION: 3,300 feet
HIGHEST TEMPERATURE: 119@ Fahrenheit
LOWEST TEMPERATURE: -54@ Fahrenheit
NATURAL RESOURCES: Stone, sand, gravel, lime
FEDERAL LANDS: 48.70% owned by federal government
FRESH WATER CONSUMPTION: 2,600 million gallons per day
SOIL EROSION: 24.7 million tons per year
HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES: 8 sites on national priority list
.PEOPLE OF OREGON
POPULATION: 2,820,000
PROJECTED POPULATION YEAR 2000: 2,877,000
POPULATION CHANGE 1980-1988: 5.10%
POPULATION DENSITY: 28.8 persons per sq mi
PERSONS PER HOUSEHOLD: 2.5
METROPOLITAN AREA POPULATION: 67.7%
MARRIAGE RATE: 8.2 marriages per 1,000 population
DIVORCE RATE: 5.4 divorces per 1,000 population
BIRTH RATE: 14.2 births per 1,000 population
BIRTHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS: 10.9% of total
BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED WOMEN: 22.4% of total
POPULATION UNDER 18 YEARS: 24.8%
POPULATION 65 YEARS OLD AND OVER: 13.8%
LIFE EXPECTANCY, BOTH SEXES: 75 years
LIFE EXPECTANCY, MALE: 71.3 years
LIFE EXPECTANCY, FEMALE: 78.8 years
DEATH RATE: 8.9 deaths per 1,000 population
BLACK POPULATION: 1.6%
JEWISH POPULATION: 0.5%
PERSONS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 10.7%
FAMILIES BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 7.7%
CHILDREN BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 12.0%
VIETNAM VETERANS: 117,000
.EDUCATION IN OREGON
EXPENDITURES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $794 per resident
PUBLIC SCHOOL EXPENDITURES PER PUPIL: $4,818 per pupil
PUPIL/TEACHER RATIO: 18.6 pupils per teacher
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $28,900 average
SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $30,300 average
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT: 153,000 total
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FRESHMEN: 26,000
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FEMALE: 80,000
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, PART-TIME: 69,000
SPENDING FOR PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION: $3,754 per student
TUITION REVENUES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION: $1,294 per student
.HEALTH IN OREGON
HOSPITAL DAILY ROOM CHARGE: $333 average
PHYSICIANS: 196 physicians per 100,000 population
DENTISTS: 75 dentists per 100,000 population
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, ALL RACES: 5.2 per 100 live births
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, BLACK: 11.4 per 100 live births
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, WHITE: 5 per 100 live births
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, ALL RACES: 9.9 deaths per 1,000 live births
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, BLACK: 18 deaths per 1,000 live births
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, WHITE: 9.9 deaths per 1,000 live births
LEGAL ABORTION RATE: 374 per 1,000 live births
AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1983-1989: 636 total
AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1989: 180 total
AIDS CASES REPORTED (RATE) 1989: 7.9 per 100,000 population
DEATHS AMONG AIDS CASES, 1983-1989: 354
DEATHS FROM ACCIDENTS: 45.7 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM CANCER: 194.7 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM HEART DISEASE: 290.7 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM HOMICIDE: 6.5 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS: 11 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM PNEUMONIA AND FLU: 27.7 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM SUICIDE: 16.7 per 100,000 resident population
.GOVERNMENT OF OREGON
OFFICIAL NAME: State of Oregon
ADMITTED TO UNION: Feb. 14, 1859
ORDER OF STATEHOOD: 33rd
CAPITAL: Salem
MOTTO: The Union
SONG: Oregon, My Oregon
SYMBOLS: Animal--Beaver; Bird--Western meadowlark; Flower--Oregon grape; Insect--Swallowtail butterfly; Tree--Douglas fir
FLAG: The state coat of arms with State of Oregon above the seal and 1859 below on a navy blue field. On the other side, a gold beaver.
GOVERNOR: Neil Goldschmidt (D) 1990
EXECUTIVE TERM: 4 years
VOTERS IN 1988 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: 58.6% casting votes
ELECTORAL VOTES: 7
SENATORS: Mark O. Hatfield (R) 1990, Bob Packwood (R) 1992
NUMBER OF U.S. REPRESENTATIVES: 5
AGE OF MAJORITY (FULL CIVIL RIGHTS): 18
AGE OF MARRIAGE W/CONSENT: 17
AGE OF MARRIAGE W/O CONSENT: 18
AGE OF BUYING ALCOHOL: 21
AGE OF LEAVING SCHOOL: 16
STATE FUNDING FOR ART: $0.5 per capita
STATE GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES: $1,630 per capita
FEDERAL INCOME TAXES PAID: $1,237 per capita
DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL FUNDS: $3,005 per capita
FEDERAL SPENDING, DEFENSE PROGRAMS: $816 (millions)
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES, CIVILIAN: 27,000
SOCIAL SECURITY RECIPIENTS: 17.1% of population
PUBLIC AID RECIPIENTS: 4.1% of population
FOOD STAMP RECIPIENTS: 7.4% of population
.CRIME IN OREGON
CRIME RATE, TOTAL: 7,059 offenses per 100,000 population
VIOLENT CRIME RATE: 546 offenses per 100,000 population
MURDERS: 5.1 per 100,000 population
FORCIBLE RAPE: 41 per 100,000 population
ROBBERY: 193 per 100,000 population
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT: 307 per 100,000 population
PROPERTY CRIME RATE: 6,513 offenses per 100,000 population
BURGLARY: 1,764 per 100,000 population
LARCENY-THEFT: 4,154 per 100,000 population
MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT: 594 per 100,000 population
PRISON INMATES: 5,991 total
PRISON INMATE RATE: 215 per 100,000 population
PRISONERS EXECUTED, 1980-1988: 0 executed
POLICE PROTECTION: 22.4 police per 10,000 population
LAWYERS: 362 population per lawyer
.ECONOMY OF OREGON
INCOME PER CAPITA: $14,885
DISPOSABLE PERSONAL INCOME: $12,776
GROSS STATE PRODUCT: $41,278 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, AGRICULTURE: $1,629 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MINING: $58 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, CONSTRUCTION: $1,355 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MANUFACTURING: $8,181 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, TRANSPORTATION: $4,141 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, WHOLESALE TRADE: $3,213 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, RETAIL TRADE: $3,913 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, FINANCE: $7,365 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, SERVICES: $6,382 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, GOVERNMENT: $5,041 (millions)
U.S. EXPORTS: $3,307 (millions)
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTS: $453 (millions)
PATENTS GRANTED: 611 (1988)
NEW BUSINESS FAILURES: 67 failures per 10,000 concerns
BLACK-OWNED FIRMS: 738 total
EMPLOYED/POPULATION RATIO: 63.3% employed of total population
FEMALE LABOR FORCE: 59% of labor force
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE: 5.8% unemployed
UNION MEMBERSHIP IN MANUFACTURING: 21.4% unionized
NEW HOUSING STARTS: 14,000 units
NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION: $488 (millions)
MORTGAGE LOANS FORECLOSED: 1.4%
VALUE ADDED BY MANUFACTURE: $11,561 (millions)
MANUFACTURING WORKERS, CHANGE 1982-1987: 11.5%
EXPORT RELATED FACTORY EMPLOYMENT: 15% of total employment
RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD: $16,083
CHANGE IN RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD 1982-86: 29.5%
MINERALS PRODUCED (NON-FUELS): $161 (millions)
MINERAL FUELS PRODUCED: $5,500 (millions)
CRUDE PETROLEUM PRODUCTION: 0 million barrels
NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION: 0 billion cubic feet marketed
NET ELECTRICAL ENERGY GENERATION: 41 billion kWh
ELECTRICAL ENERGY INSTALLED CAPACITY: 10.4 million kW
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS: 1
.AGRICULTURE OF OREGON
PRINCIPAL FARM COMMODITIES: Cattle, greenhouse, dairy products, wheat (45% of total)
PRINCIPAL CROPS: Pears, hay, wheat, potatoes,
LAND IN FARMS: 18,000,000 acres
CROPLAND HARVESTED: 2,339,000 acres harvested
NUMBER OF FARMS: 37,000
SIZE OF FARMS: 481 acres per farm
CHANGE IN FARMLAND, 1982-87: +0.4%
VALUE OF FARM LAND AND BUILDINGS: $466 per acre
NET FARM INCOME: $932 (millions)
NET FARM INCOME/DEBT RATIO: 35.4%
BARLEY PRODUCTION: 12,060 bushels (thousands)
BARLEY YIELD: 67 bushels per acre
CORN PRODUCTION: 3,520 bushels (thousands)
CORN YIELD: 160 bushels per acre
COTTON PRODUCTION: 0 bales (thousands)
COTTON YIELD: 0 pounds per acre
HAY PRODUCTION: 2,890 tons (thousands)
HAY YIELD: 2.75 tons per acre
OATS PRODUCTION: 6,860 bushels (thousands)
OATS YIELD: 98 bushels per acre
POTATO PRODUCTION: 23,308 CWT (thousands)
POTATO YIELD: 466 CWT per acre
RICE PRODUCTION: 0 CWT (thousands)
SOYBEAN PRODUCTION: 0 bushels (thousands)
SOYBEAN YIELD: 0 bushels per acre
SUGARBEET PRODUCTION: 392 tons (thousands)
SUGARCANE PRODUCTION: 0 tons
TOBACCO PRODUCTION: 0 pounds (thousands)
TOBACCO YIELD: 0 pounds per acre
WHEAT PRODUCTION: 53,835 bushels (thousands)
WHEAT YIELD: 58.5 bushels per acre
BROILERS PRODUCED: 17.3 millions
TURKEYS RAISED: 1.8 millions
CATTLE AND CALVES: 1,400 on farms (1,000 head)
HOGS AND PIGS: 90 on farms (1,000 head)
SHEEP AND LAMBS: 455 on farms (1,000 head)
.COMMUNICATIONS IN OREGON
INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS: 716 miles; 1,152 kilometers
MOTOR VEHICLE TRAVEL: 248 thousands of miles traveled per road mile
LICENSED DRIVERS: 715.1 per 1,000 population
MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT DEATHS: 23.6 deaths per 100,000 population
REGISTERED AUTOMOBILES: 610 per 1,000 population
REGISTERED MOTORCYCLES: 28 per 1,000 population
DRIVERS EXCEEDING 55 MPH SPEED LIMIT: 52.5%
COMMERCIAL AM RADIO STATIONS: 87
COMMERCIAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 52
EDUCATIONAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 16
COMMERCIAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 15
EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 5
DAILY NEWSPAPERS: 20
DAILY NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION: 0.24 papers per capita
.TRAVEL IN OREGON
STATE BOARD OF TOURISM: Oregon State Board of Tourism, 595 Cottage Street N.E., Salem, 97310, [phone], [phone] OR, [phone] US
TOURIST ATTRACTIONS: Salem--State Capitol; Portland--Old Town shopping area, Rose Festival, art and science museums, zoo; Astoria--charter fishing, historic homes, maritime museum; 3 capes loop; Seaside, coastline beaches, cliffs, dunes; Bonneville Dam; Bend--volcanic scenery; Oregon Caves National Monument; Mt. Hood outdoor recreation; Crater Lake National Park.
DOMESTIC TRAVEL SPENDING: $2,794 (millions)
LAND IN NATIONAL PARKS: 194,600 acres
LAND IN STATE PARKS: 90,000 acres
VISITORS TO STATE PARKS: 37,984,000 annually