FRESH WATER CONSUMPTION: 23 million gallons per day
SOIL EROSION: 0.1 million tons per year
HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES: 11 sites on national priority list
.PEOPLE OF RHODE ISLAND
POPULATION: 998,000
PROJECTED POPULATION YEAR 2000: 1,049,000
POPULATION CHANGE 1980-1988: 4.80%
POPULATION DENSITY: 940.9 persons per sq mi
PERSONS PER HOUSEHOLD: 2.6
METROPOLITAN AREA POPULATION: 92.6%
MARRIAGE RATE: 8.4 marriages per 1,000 population
DIVORCE RATE: 3.8 divorces per 1,000 population
BIRTH RATE: 14.2 births per 1,000 population
BIRTHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS: 10.3% of total
BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED WOMEN: 21.8% of total
POPULATION UNDER 18 YEARS: 23.1%
POPULATION 65 YEARS OLD AND OVER: 14.7%
LIFE EXPECTANCY, BOTH SEXES: 74.8 years
LIFE EXPECTANCY, MALE: 71 years
LIFE EXPECTANCY, FEMALE: 78.3 years
DEATH RATE: 9.8 deaths per 1,000 population
BLACK POPULATION: 3.8%
JEWISH POPULATION: 1.7%
PERSONS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 10.3%
FAMILIES BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 7.7%
CHILDREN BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 13.6%
VIETNAM VETERANS: 32,000
.EDUCATION IN RHODE ISLAND
EXPENDITURES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $748 per resident
PUBLIC SCHOOL EXPENDITURES PER PUPIL: $5,939 per pupil
PUPIL/TEACHER RATIO: 18.3 pupils per teacher
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $34,800 average
SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $33,600 average
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT: 72,000 total
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FRESHMEN: 14,000
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FEMALE: 39,000
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, PART-TIME: 26,000
SPENDING FOR PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION: $4,502 per student
TUITION REVENUES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION: $1,952 per student
.HEALTH IN RHODE ISLAND
HOSPITAL DAILY ROOM CHARGE: $297 average
PHYSICIANS: 244 physicians per 100,000 population
DENTISTS: 53 dentists per 100,000 population
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, ALL RACES: 6.3 per 100 live births
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, BLACK: 11.5 per 100 live births
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, WHITE: 5.8 per 100 live births
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, ALL RACES: 8.7 deaths per 1,000 live births
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, BLACK: 13 deaths per 1,000 live births
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, WHITE: 8.4 deaths per 1,000 live births
LEGAL ABORTION RATE: 572 per 1,000 live births
AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1983-1989: 266 total
AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1989: 59 total
AIDS CASES REPORTED (RATE) 1989: 8.4 per 100,000 population
DEATHS AMONG AIDS CASES, 1983-1989: 145
DEATHS FROM ACCIDENTS: 31.6 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM CANCER: 239.1 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM HEART DISEASE: 391.1 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM HOMICIDE: 4.3 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS: 11.2 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM PNEUMONIA AND FLU: 27.6 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM SUICIDE: 10.2 per 100,000 resident population
.GOVERNMENT OF RHODE ISLAND
OFFICIAL NAME: State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantation
ADMITTED TO UNION: May 29, 1790
ORDER OF STATEHOOD: 13th
CAPITAL: Providence
MOTTO: Hope
SONG: Rhode Island
SYMBOLS: Bird--Rhode Island Red chicken; Flower--Violet; Mineral--Bowenite; Tree--Red maple
FLAG: An anchor encircled by 13 gold stars on a white field with a scroll beneath containing the state motto,Hope.
GOVERNOR: Edward DiPrete (R) 1990
EXECUTIVE TERM: 2 years
VOTERS IN 1988 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: 53% casting votes
ELECTORAL VOTES: 4
SENATORS: John H. Chafee (R) 1994, Claiborne Pell (D) 1990
NUMBER OF U.S. REPRESENTATIVES: 2
AGE OF MAJORITY (FULL CIVIL RIGHTS): 18
AGE OF MARRIAGE W/CONSENT: Female-16 Male-18
AGE OF MARRIAGE W/O CONSENT: 18
AGE OF BUYING ALCOHOL: 21
AGE OF LEAVING SCHOOL: 16
STATE FUNDING FOR ART: $1.5 per capita
STATE GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES: $2,040 per capita
FEDERAL INCOME TAXES PAID: $1,648 per capita
DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL FUNDS: $3,585 per capita
FEDERAL SPENDING, DEFENSE PROGRAMS: $797 (millions)
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES, CIVILIAN: 10,000
SOCIAL SECURITY RECIPIENTS: 17.9% of population
PUBLIC AID RECIPIENTS: 5.8% of population
FOOD STAMP RECIPIENTS: 5.6% of population
.CRIME IN RHODE ISLAND
CRIME RATE, TOTAL: 5,204 offenses per 100,000 population
VIOLENT CRIME RATE: 397 offenses per 100,000 population
MURDERS: 4.1 per 100,000 population
FORCIBLE RAPE: 30 per 100,000 population
ROBBERY: 115 per 100,000 population
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT: 247 per 100,000 population
PROPERTY CRIME RATE: 4,808 offenses per 100,000 population
BURGLARY: 1,261 per 100,000 population
LARCENY-THEFT: 2,718 per 100,000 population
MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT: 828 per 100,000 population
PRISON INMATES: 1,179 total
PRISON INMATE RATE: 118 per 100,000 population
PRISONERS EXECUTED, 1980-1988: 0 executed
POLICE PROTECTION: 27.8 police per 10,000 population
LAWYERS: 381 population per lawyer
.ECONOMY OF RHODE ISLAND
INCOME PER CAPITA: $16,892
DISPOSABLE PERSONAL INCOME: $14,636
GROSS STATE PRODUCT: $15,205 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, AGRICULTURE: $170 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MINING: $10 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, CONSTRUCTION: $403 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MANUFACTURING: $3,696 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, TRANSPORTATION: $1,028 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, WHOLESALE TRADE: $972 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, RETAIL TRADE: $1,617 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, FINANCE: $2,715 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, SERVICES: $2,771 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, GOVERNMENT: $1,824 (millions)
U.S. EXPORTS: $449 (millions)
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTS: $429 (millions)
PATENTS GRANTED: 146 (1988)
NEW BUSINESS FAILURES: 17 failures per 10,000 concerns
BLACK-OWNED FIRMS: 309 total
EMPLOYED/POPULATION RATIO: 66.3% employed of total population
FEMALE LABOR FORCE: 60.5% of labor force
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE: 3.1% unemployed
UNION MEMBERSHIP IN MANUFACTURING: 11.1% unionized
NEW HOUSING STARTS: 7,000 units
NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION: $101 (millions)
MORTGAGE LOANS FORECLOSED: 1.3%
VALUE ADDED BY MANUFACTURE: $4,882 (millions)
MANUFACTURING WORKERS, CHANGE 1982-1987: -8.4%
EXPORT RELATED FACTORY EMPLOYMENT: 11.9% of total employment
RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD: $18,995
CHANGE IN RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD 1982-86: 57.9%
MINERALS PRODUCED (NON-FUELS): $19 (millions)
MINERAL FUELS PRODUCED: $0 (millions)
CRUDE PETROLEUM PRODUCTION: 0 million barrels
NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION: 0 billion cubic feet marketed
NET ELECTRICAL ENERGY GENERATION: 0.8 billion kWh
ELECTRICAL ENERGY INSTALLED CAPACITY: 0.3 million kW
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS: 0
.AGRICULTURE OF RHODE ISLAND
PRINCIPAL FARM COMMODITIES: Greenhouse, dairy products, eggs, potatoes (62% of total)
PRINCIPAL CROPS: Hay, potatoes, apples
LAND IN FARMS: less than 500,000 acres
CROPLAND HARVESTED: 10,000 acres harvested
NUMBER OF FARMS: 1,000
SIZE OF FARMS: 95 acres per farm
CHANGE IN FARMLAND, 1982-87: -6.1%
VALUE OF FARM LAND AND BUILDINGS: $6,676 per acre
NET FARM INCOME: $54 (millions)
NET FARM INCOME/DEBT RATIO: 191.9%
BARLEY PRODUCTION: 0 bushels (thousands)
BARLEY YIELD: 0 bushels per acre
CORN PRODUCTION: 0 bushels (thousands)
CORN YIELD: 0 bushels per acre
COTTON PRODUCTION: 0 bales (thousands)
COTTON YIELD: 0 pounds per acre
HAY PRODUCTION: 17 tons (thousands)
HAY YIELD: 2.43 tons per acre
OATS PRODUCTION: 0 bushels (thousands)
OATS YIELD: 0 bushels per acre
POTATO PRODUCTION: 300 CWT (thousands)
POTATO YIELD: 250 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: 0 bushels (thousands)
WHEAT YIELD: 0 bushels per acre
CATTLE AND CALVES: 7 on farms (1,000 head)
HOGS AND PIGS: 5.9 on farms (1,000 head)
.COMMUNICATIONS IN RHODE ISLAND
INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS: 70 miles; 113 kilometers
MOTOR VEHICLE TRAVEL: 1,017 thousands of miles traveled per road mile
LICENSED DRIVERS: 630.9 per 1,000 population
MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT DEATHS: 14.2 deaths per 100,000 population
REGISTERED AUTOMOBILES: 558 per 1,000 population
REGISTERED MOTORCYCLES: 25 per 1,000 population
DRIVERS EXCEEDING 55 MPH SPEED LIMIT: 56.6%
COMMERCIAL AM RADIO STATIONS: 15
COMMERCIAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 8
EDUCATIONAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 5
COMMERCIAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 3
EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 1
DAILY NEWSPAPERS: 7
DAILY NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION: 0.30 papers per capita
.TRAVEL IN RHODE ISLAND
STATE BOARD OF TOURISM: Rhode Island State Board of Tourism, 7 Jackson Walkway, Providence, 02903, (401) 277-2601, Fax (401) 277-2102
TOURIST ATTRACTIONS: Providence--State Capitol, walking tours, Roger Williams Park; Newport--ocean views, The Breakers (Vanderbilt mansion), Belcourt Castle, Rosecliff, Marble House, White Horse Tavern, Naval War College Museum, America's Cup Yacht Races; International Tennis Hall of Fame; Pawtucket--old restored mills and crafts exhibitions; Portsmouth--Green Animals topiary gardens; Block Island--beach, resort, fishing.
