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.GEOGRAPHY OF PENNSYLVANIA TOTAL AREA: 45,308 sq mi (117,348 sq km) LAND AREA: 44,888 sq mi (116,260 sq km) WATER AREA: 420 sq mi (1,088 sq km) HIGHEST POINT: Mount Davis, 3,213 feet LOWEST POINT: Delaware River, sea level AVERAGE ELEVATION: 1,100 feet HIGHEST TEMPERATURE: 111@ Fahrenheit LOWEST TEMPERATURE: -42@ Fahrenheit NATURAL RESOURCES: Coal, cement, stone FEDERAL LANDS: 2.20% owned by federal government FRESH WATER CONSUMPTION: 589 million gallons per day SOIL EROSION: 31.2 million tons per year HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES: 97 sites on national priority list .PEOPLE OF PENNSYLVANIA POPULATION: 12,040,000 PROJECTED POPULATION YEAR 2000: 11,503,000 POPULATION CHANGE 1980-1988: 1.20% POPULATION DENSITY: 267.4 persons per sq mi PERSONS PER HOUSEHOLD: 2.6 METROPOLITAN AREA POPULATION: 84.8% MARRIAGE RATE: 7.3 marriages per 1,000 population DIVORCE RATE: 3.3 divorces per 1,000 population BIRTH RATE: 13.6 births per 1,000 population BIRTHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS: 11.3% of total BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED WOMEN: 25.3% of total POPULATION UNDER 18 YEARS: 23.7% POPULATION 65 YEARS OLD AND OVER: 14.9% LIFE EXPECTANCY, BOTH SEXES: 73.6 years LIFE EXPECTANCY, MALE: 69.9 years LIFE EXPECTANCY, FEMALE: 77.2 years DEATH RATE: 10.5 deaths per 1,000 population BLACK POPULATION: 9.4% JEWISH POPULATION: 2.9% PERSONS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 10.5% FAMILIES BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 7.8% CHILDREN BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 13.9% VIETNAM VETERANS: 389,000 .EDUCATION IN PENNSYLVANIA EXPENDITURES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $772 per resident PUBLIC SCHOOL EXPENDITURES PER PUPIL: $5,621 per pupil PUPIL/TEACHER RATIO: 17 pupils per teacher ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $30,300 average SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $31,100 average COLLEGE ENROLLMENT: 554,000 total COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FRESHMEN: 114,000 COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FEMALE: 290,000 COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, PART-TIME: 183,000 SPENDING FOR PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION: $3,870 per student TUITION REVENUES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION: $2,410 per student .HEALTH IN PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL DAILY ROOM CHARGE: $327 average PHYSICIANS: 227 physicians per 100,000 population DENTISTS: 61 dentists per 100,000 population LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, ALL RACES: 6.8 per 100 live births LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, BLACK: 13.8 per 100 live births LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, WHITE: 5.6 per 100 live births INFANT MORTALITY RATE, ALL RACES: 10.5 deaths per 1,000 live births INFANT MORTALITY RATE, BLACK: 20.8 deaths per 1,000 live births INFANT MORTALITY RATE, WHITE: 8.8 deaths per 1,000 live births LEGAL ABORTION RATE: 348 per 1,000 live births AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1983-1989: 3,036 total AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1989: 863 total AIDS CASES REPORTED (RATE) 1989: 9.3 per 100,000 population DEATHS AMONG AIDS CASES, 1983-1989: 1,896 DEATHS FROM ACCIDENTS: 35.7 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM CANCER: 236.5 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM HEART DISEASE: 405.2 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM HOMICIDE: 5.6 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS: 10.4 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM PNEUMONIA AND FLU: 30.6 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM SUICIDE: 12.2 per 100,000 resident population .GOVERNMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA OFFICIAL NAME: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ADMITTED TO UNION: Dec. 12, 1787 ORDER OF STATEHOOD: 2nd CAPITAL: Harrisburg MOTTO: Virtue, Liberty, and Independence SONG: None SYMBOLS: Animal--White-tail deer; Bird--Ruffed grouse; Flower--Mountain laurel; Insect--Firefly; Tree--Hemlock FLAG: The state coat of arms in the center of a blue field. GOVERNOR: Robert P. Casey (D) 1990 EXECUTIVE TERM: 4 years VOTERS IN 1988 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: 50.1% casting votes ELECTORAL VOTES: 25 SENATORS: John Heinz (R) 1994, Arlen Specter (R) 1992 NUMBER OF U.S. REPRESENTATIVES: 23 AGE OF MAJORITY (FULL CIVIL RIGHTS): 21 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: $1.1 per capita STATE GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES: $1,475 per capita FEDERAL INCOME TAXES PAID: $1,524 per capita DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL FUNDS: $3,290 per capita FEDERAL SPENDING, DEFENSE PROGRAMS: $5,841 (millions) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES, CIVILIAN: 131,000 SOCIAL SECURITY RECIPIENTS: 18.3% of population PUBLIC AID RECIPIENTS: 5.9% of population FOOD STAMP RECIPIENTS: 7.6% of population .CRIME IN PENNSYLVANIA CRIME RATE, TOTAL: 3,176 offenses per 100,000 population VIOLENT CRIME RATE: 362 offenses per 100,000 population MURDERS: 5.5 per 100,000 population FORCIBLE RAPE: 25 per 100,000 population ROBBERY: 138 per 100,000 population AGGRAVATED ASSAULT: 194 per 100,000 population PROPERTY CRIME RATE: 2,814 offenses per 100,000 population BURGLARY: 697 per 100,000 population LARCENY-THEFT: 1,691 per 100,000 population MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT: 427 per 100,000 population PRISON INMATES: 17,862 total PRISON INMATE RATE: 148 per 100,000 population PRISONERS EXECUTED, 1980-1988: 0 executed POLICE PROTECTION: 24.2 police per 10,000 population LAWYERS: 428 population per lawyer .ECONOMY OF PENNSYLVANIA INCOME PER CAPITA: $16,233 DISPOSABLE PERSONAL INCOME: $14,072 GROSS STATE PRODUCT: $183,559 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, AGRICULTURE: $2,414 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MINING: $1,876 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, CONSTRUCTION: $7,455 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MANUFACTURING: $40,642 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, TRANSPORTATION: $19,281 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, WHOLESALE TRADE: $12,300 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, RETAIL TRADE: $17,449 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, FINANCE: $29,787 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, SERVICES: $33,942 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, GOVERNMENT: $18,412 (millions) U.S. EXPORTS: $5,903 (millions) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTS: $3,309 (millions) PATENTS GRANTED: 2,561 (1988) NEW BUSINESS FAILURES: 51 failures per 10,000 concerns BLACK-OWNED FIRMS: 10,289 total EMPLOYED/POPULATION RATIO: 58.6% employed of total population FEMALE LABOR FORCE: 51.6% of labor force UNEMPLOYMENT RATE: 5.1% unemployed UNION MEMBERSHIP IN MANUFACTURING: 40.7% unionized NEW HOUSING STARTS: 51,000 units NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION: $2,338 (millions) MORTGAGE LOANS FORECLOSED: 1.2% VALUE ADDED BY MANUFACTURE: $57,746 (millions) MANUFACTURING WORKERS, CHANGE 1982-1987: -11.8% EXPORT RELATED FACTORY EMPLOYMENT: 12.7% of total employment RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD: $17,471 CHANGE IN RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD 1982-86: 47.7% MINERALS PRODUCED (NON-FUELS): $1,016 (millions) MINERAL FUELS PRODUCED: $2,493 (millions) CRUDE PETROLEUM PRODUCTION: 3 million barrels NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION: NA billion cubic feet marketed NET ELECTRICAL ENERGY GENERATION: 152.9 billion kWh ELECTRICAL ENERGY INSTALLED CAPACITY: 35.9 million kW NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS: 8 .AGRICULTURE OF PENNSYLVANIA PRINCIPAL FARM COMMODITIES: Dairy products, cattle, greenhouse, mushrooms (68% of total) PRINCIPAL CROPS: Hay, mushrooms, corn, apples LAND IN FARMS: 8,000,000 acres CROPLAND HARVESTED: 4,199,000 acres harvested NUMBER OF FARMS: 54,000 SIZE OF FARMS: 152 acres per farm CHANGE IN FARMLAND, 1982-87: -5.2% VALUE OF FARM LAND AND BUILDINGS: $2,201 per acre NET FARM INCOME: $892 (millions) NET FARM INCOME/DEBT RATIO: 37.3% BARLEY PRODUCTION: 5,015 bushels (thousands) BARLEY YIELD: 59 bushels per acre CORN PRODUCTION: 98,880 bushels (thousands) CORN YIELD: 103 bushels per acre COTTON PRODUCTION: 0 bales (thousands) COTTON YIELD: 0 pounds per acre HAY PRODUCTION: 4,709 tons (thousands) HAY YIELD: 2.44 tons per acre OATS PRODUCTION: 13,770 bushels (thousands) OATS YIELD: 54 bushels per acre POTATO PRODUCTION: 4,715 CWT (thousands) POTATO YIELD: 230 CWT per acre RICE PRODUCTION: 0 CWT (thousands) SOYBEAN PRODUCTION: 10,370 bushels (thousands) SOYBEAN YIELD: 34 bushels per acre SUGARBEET PRODUCTION: 0 tons (thousands) SUGARCANE PRODUCTION: 0 tons TOBACCO PRODUCTION: 19,200 pounds (thousands) TOBACCO YIELD: 1,920 pounds per acre WHEAT PRODUCTION: 7,955 bushels (thousands) WHEAT YIELD: 37 bushels per acre BROILERS PRODUCED: 126.9 millions TURKEYS RAISED: 8 millions CATTLE AND CALVES: 1,890 on farms (1,000 head) HOGS AND PIGS: 975 on farms (1,000 head) SHEEP AND LAMBS: 134 on farms (1,000 head) MILK COWS: 717 on farms (1,000 head) .COMMUNICATIONS IN PENNSYLVANIA INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS: 1,523 miles; 2,451 kilometers MOTOR VEHICLE TRAVEL: 678 thousands of miles traveled per road mile LICENSED DRIVERS: 626 per 1,000 population MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT DEATHS: 17.3 deaths per 100,000 population REGISTERED AUTOMOBILES: 528 per 1,000 population REGISTERED MOTORCYCLES: 16 per 1,000 population DRIVERS EXCEEDING 55 MPH SPEED LIMIT: 53.4% COMMERCIAL AM RADIO STATIONS: 185 COMMERCIAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 137 EDUCATIONAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 62 COMMERCIAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 29 EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 8 DAILY NEWSPAPERS: 93 DAILY NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION: 0.26 papers per capita .TRAVEL IN PENNSYLVANIA STATE BOARD OF TOURISM: Pennsylvania State Board of Tourism, 453 Forum Building, Harrisburg, 17120, (717) 787-5453, (800) VISIT PA TOURIST ATTRACTIONS: Harrisburg--State Capitol; Philadelphia--Independence National Historical Park (Independence Hall, Congress Hall, Liberty Bell Pavillion, Franklin Court), Franklin Institute, Fairmont Park (museums, zoo, etc.); Pittsburgh--panoramic views from trolleys, Golden Triangle, Fort Pitt Museum, Phipps Conservatory, Carnegie Institute and museums of art and natural history, Frick Museum, Buhl Science Center, Allegheny Observatory; Gettysburg National Military Park; Hershey--Chocolate World, Hershey Museum, gardens, and park; Lancaster County Amish and Mennonite communities; Poconos vacation and resort area. DOMESTIC TRAVEL SPENDING: $11,673 (millions) LAND IN NATIONAL PARKS: 40,900 acres LAND IN STATE PARKS: 276,000 acres VISITORS TO STATE PARKS: 38,426,000 annually 
