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.GEOGRAPHY OF TENNESSEE TOTAL AREA: 42,144 sq mi (109,153 sq km) LAND AREA: 41,155 sq mi (106,591 sq km) WATER AREA: 989 sq mi (2,562 sq km) HIGHEST POINT: Clingmans Dome, 6,643 feet LOWEST POINT: Mississippi River, 178 feet AVERAGE ELEVATION: 900 feet HIGHEST TEMPERATURE: 113@ Fahrenheit LOWEST TEMPERATURE: -32@ Fahrenheit NATURAL RESOURCES: Coal, stone, zinc FEDERAL LANDS: 7.00% owned by federal government FRESH WATER CONSUMPTION: 275 million gallons per day SOIL EROSION: 55.9 million tons per year HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES: 14 sites on national priority list .PEOPLE OF TENNESSEE POPULATION: 4,940,000 PROJECTED POPULATION YEAR 2000: 5,266,000 POPULATION CHANGE 1980-1988: 6.60% POPULATION DENSITY: 118.9 persons per sq mi PERSONS PER HOUSEHOLD: 2.6 METROPOLITAN AREA POPULATION: 67.1% MARRIAGE RATE: 14.2 marriages per 1,000 population DIVORCE RATE: 6.5 divorces per 1,000 population BIRTH RATE: 14 births per 1,000 population BIRTHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS: 17% of total BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED WOMEN: 26.3% of total POPULATION UNDER 18 YEARS: 25.6% POPULATION 65 YEARS OLD AND OVER: 12.5% LIFE EXPECTANCY, BOTH SEXES: 73.3 years LIFE EXPECTANCY, MALE: 69.2 years LIFE EXPECTANCY, FEMALE: 77.5 years DEATH RATE: 9.3 deaths per 1,000 population BLACK POPULATION: 16.3% JEWISH POPULATION: 0.4% PERSONS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 16.5% FAMILIES BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 13.1% CHILDREN BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 20.6% VIETNAM VETERANS: 167,000 .EDUCATION IN TENNESSEE EXPENDITURES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $551 per resident PUBLIC SCHOOL EXPENDITURES PER PUPIL: $3,305 per pupil PUPIL/TEACHER RATIO: 21.1 pupils per teacher ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $25,600 average SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $25,700 average COLLEGE ENROLLMENT: 202,000 total COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FRESHMEN: 34,000 COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FEMALE: 109,000 COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, PART-TIME: 72,000 SPENDING FOR PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION: $4,232 per student TUITION REVENUES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION: $1,337 per student .HEALTH IN TENNESSEE HOSPITAL DAILY ROOM CHARGE: $181 average PHYSICIANS: 187 physicians per 100,000 population DENTISTS: 55 dentists per 100,000 population LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, ALL RACES: 8 per 100 live births LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, BLACK: 13 per 100 live births LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, WHITE: 6.5 per 100 live births INFANT MORTALITY RATE, ALL RACES: 11.4 deaths per 1,000 live births INFANT MORTALITY RATE, BLACK: 19.5 deaths per 1,000 live births INFANT MORTALITY RATE, WHITE: 8.9 deaths per 1,000 live births LEGAL ABORTION RATE: 315 per 1,000 live births AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1983-1989: 699 total AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1989: 200 total AIDS CASES REPORTED (RATE) 1989: 5.2 per 100,000 population DEATHS AMONG AIDS CASES, 1983-1989: 381 DEATHS FROM ACCIDENTS: 50.7 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM CANCER: 197.7 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM HEART DISEASE: 303.6 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM HOMICIDE: 10.8 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS: 7.9 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM PNEUMONIA AND FLU: 30.2 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM SUICIDE: 12.9 per 100,000 resident population .GOVERNMENT OF TENNESSEE OFFICIAL NAME: State of Tenessee ADMITTED TO UNION: June 1, 1796 ORDER OF STATEHOOD: 16th CAPITAL: Nashville MOTTO: Agriculture and Commerce (unofficial, from the state seal) SONG: My Homeland, Tennessee SYMBOLS: Animal--Raccoon; Bird--Mockingbird; Flower--Iris; Gem--Tennessee pearl; Insect--Firefly and ladybug; Tree--Tulip poplar FLAG: Three white stars within a blue circle bordered in white on a red field. A narrow white and blue stripe at the right edge of the field. GOVERNOR: Ned McWherter (D) 1990 EXECUTIVE TERM: 4 years VOTERS IN 1988 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: 44.7% casting votes ELECTORAL VOTES: 11 SENATORS: Albert Gore Jr. (D) 1990, Jim Sasser (D) 1994 NUMBER OF U.S. REPRESENTATIVES: 9 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: $0.7 per capita STATE GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES: $1,269 per capita FEDERAL INCOME TAXES PAID: $1,278 per capita DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL FUNDS: $3,193 per capita FEDERAL SPENDING, DEFENSE PROGRAMS: $1,968 (millions) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES, CIVILIAN: 58,000 SOCIAL SECURITY RECIPIENTS: 16.3% of population PUBLIC AID RECIPIENTS: 6.5% of population FOOD STAMP RECIPIENTS: 10% of population .CRIME IN TENNESSEE CRIME RATE, TOTAL: 4,469 offenses per 100,000 population VIOLENT CRIME RATE: 533 offenses per 100,000 population MURDERS: 9.4 per 100,000 population FORCIBLE RAPE: 45 per 100,000 population ROBBERY: 174 per 100,000 population AGGRAVATED ASSAULT: 305 per 100,000 population PROPERTY CRIME RATE: 3,937 offenses per 100,000 population BURGLARY: 1,238 per 100,000 population LARCENY-THEFT: 2,156 per 100,000 population MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT: 543 per 100,000 population PRISON INMATES: 7,491 total PRISON INMATE RATE: 152 per 100,000 population PRISONERS EXECUTED, 1980-1988: 0 executed POLICE PROTECTION: 22.7 police per 10,000 population LAWYERS: 537 population per lawyer .ECONOMY OF TENNESSEE INCOME PER CAPITA: $13,873 DISPOSABLE PERSONAL INCOME: $12,212 GROSS STATE PRODUCT: $72,328 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, AGRICULTURE: $1,383 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MINING: $351 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, CONSTRUCTION: $3,188 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MANUFACTURING: $18,097 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, TRANSPORTATION: $5,614 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, WHOLESALE TRADE: $5,274 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, RETAIL TRADE: $8,190 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, FINANCE: $10,326 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, SERVICES: $11,135 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, GOVERNMENT: $8,770 (millions) U.S. EXPORTS: $2,421 (millions) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTS: $1,207 (millions) PATENTS GRANTED: 497 (1988) NEW BUSINESS FAILURES: 117 failures per 10,000 concerns BLACK-OWNED FIRMS: 7,761 total EMPLOYED/POPULATION RATIO: 59.2% employed of total population FEMALE LABOR FORCE: 53.9% of labor force UNEMPLOYMENT RATE: 5.8% unemployed UNION MEMBERSHIP IN MANUFACTURING: 13.5% unionized NEW HOUSING STARTS: 31,000 units NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION: $964 (millions) MORTGAGE LOANS FORECLOSED: 2.3% VALUE ADDED BY MANUFACTURE: $27,079 (millions) MANUFACTURING WORKERS, CHANGE 1982-1987: 6.2% EXPORT RELATED FACTORY EMPLOYMENT: 9% of total employment RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD: $15,794 CHANGE IN RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD 1982-86: 35.0% MINERALS PRODUCED (NON-FUELS): $528 (millions) MINERAL FUELS PRODUCED: NA (millions) CRUDE PETROLEUM PRODUCTION: 0 million barrels NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION: 0 billion cubic feet marketed NET ELECTRICAL ENERGY GENERATION: 60 billion kWh ELECTRICAL ENERGY INSTALLED CAPACITY: 18.2 million kW NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS: 2 .AGRICULTURE OF TENNESSEE PRINCIPAL FARM COMMODITIES: Cattle, dairy products, soybeans, cotton (60% of total) PRINCIPAL CROPS: Soybeans, cotton lint, hay, tobacco LAND IN FARMS: 13,000,000 acres CROPLAND HARVESTED: 4,564,000 acres harvested NUMBER OF FARMS: 91,000 SIZE OF FARMS: 138 acres per farm CHANGE IN FARMLAND, 1982-87: -6.0% VALUE OF FARM LAND AND BUILDINGS: $1,126 per acre NET FARM INCOME: $769 (millions) NET FARM INCOME/DEBT RATIO: 34.3% BARLEY PRODUCTION: 0 bushels (thousands) BARLEY YIELD: 0 bushels per acre CORN PRODUCTION: 56,710 bushels (thousands) CORN YIELD: 107 bushels per acre COTTON PRODUCTION: 473 bales (thousands) COTTON YIELD: 505 pounds per acre HAY PRODUCTION: 3,499 tons (thousands) HAY YIELD: 2.06 tons per acre OATS PRODUCTION: 0 bushels (thousands) OATS YIELD: 0 bushels per acre POTATO PRODUCTION: 60 CWT (thousands) POTATO YIELD: 100 CWT per acre RICE PRODUCTION: 0 CWT (thousands) SOYBEAN PRODUCTION: 29,760 bushels (thousands) SOYBEAN YIELD: 24 bushels per acre SUGARBEET PRODUCTION: 0 tons (thousands) SUGARCANE PRODUCTION: 0 tons TOBACCO PRODUCTION: 89,889 pounds (thousands) TOBACCO YIELD: 1,806 pounds per acre WHEAT PRODUCTION: 18,900 bushels (thousands) WHEAT YIELD: 42 bushels per acre BROILERS PRODUCED: 87 millions TURKEYS RAISED: 50,000 millions CATTLE AND CALVES: 2,325 on farms (1,000 head) HOGS AND PIGS: 700 on farms (1,000 head) SHEEP AND LAMBS: 12 on farms (1,000 head) MILK COWS: 201 on farms (1,000 head) .COMMUNICATIONS IN TENNESSEE INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS: 1,062 miles; 1,709 kilometers MOTOR VEHICLE TRAVEL: 503 thousands of miles traveled per road mile LICENSED DRIVERS: 627.3 per 1,000 population MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT DEATHS: 26.7 deaths per 100,000 population REGISTERED AUTOMOBILES: 675 per 1,000 population REGISTERED MOTORCYCLES: 16 per 1,000 population DRIVERS EXCEEDING 55 MPH SPEED LIMIT: 53% COMMERCIAL AM RADIO STATIONS: 182 COMMERCIAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 88 EDUCATIONAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 29 COMMERCIAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 24 EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 5 DAILY NEWSPAPERS: 28 DAILY NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION: 0.20 papers per capita .TRAVEL IN TENNESSEE STATE BOARD OF TOURISM: Tennessee State Board of Tourism, 326 Avenue North, Nashville, 37202, (615) 741-2158 TOURIST ATTRACTIONS: Nashville--State Capitol, The Hermitage (Andrew Jackson home), Grand Ole Opry, Opryland U.S.A. amusement park, Parthenon reproduction, Country Music Hall of Fame, Belle Meade plantation, Cheekwood Fine Arts Center, Fort Nashboro reconstruction; Memphis--Beale St., Pink Palace Museum, Peabody Hotel, Chucalissa Indian Village reconstruction, National Ornamental Metal Museum, Brooks Art Museum, Victorian Village, Botanical Garden, Graceland, Libertyland amusement park; Chattanooga--Chattanooga Choo-Choo, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Incline Railway; Pigeon Forge--Dollywood, Ogles Water Park, Magic World; Fall Creek Falls State Resort Park; Shiloh National Military Park; Great Smoky Mountains National Park (forested mountains, Appalachian Trail, flora and fauna), Ober Gatlinburg ski resort and Sky Lift. DOMESTIC TRAVEL SPENDING: $4,565 (millions) LAND IN NATIONAL PARKS: 266,400 acres LAND IN STATE PARKS: 123,000 acres VISITORS TO STATE PARKS: 24,774,000 annually 
