FRESH WATER CONSUMPTION: 26 million gallons per day
SOIL EROSION: 0.8 million tons per year
HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES: 8 sites on national priority list
.PEOPLE OF VERMONT
POPULATION: 567,000
PROJECTED POPULATION YEAR 2000: 591,000
POPULATION CHANGE 1980-1988: 9.00%
POPULATION DENSITY: 60.1 persons per sq mi
PERSONS PER HOUSEHOLD: 2.5
METROPOLITAN AREA POPULATION: 23.2%
MARRIAGE RATE: 11.6 marriages per 1,000 population
DIVORCE RATE: 4.9 divorces per 1,000 population
BIRTH RATE: 14.9 births per 1,000 population
BIRTHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS: 9.2% of total
BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED WOMEN: 18% of total
POPULATION UNDER 18 YEARS: 25.3%
POPULATION 65 YEARS OLD AND OVER: 11.8%
LIFE EXPECTANCY, BOTH SEXES: 74.8 years
LIFE EXPECTANCY, MALE: 71.1 years
LIFE EXPECTANCY, FEMALE: 78.5 years
DEATH RATE: 8.7 deaths per 1,000 population
BLACK POPULATION: 0.4%
JEWISH POPULATION: 0.9%
PERSONS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 12.1%
FAMILIES BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 8.9%
CHILDREN BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 13.9%
VIETNAM VETERANS: 20,000
.EDUCATION IN VERMONT
EXPENDITURES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $873 per resident
PUBLIC SCHOOL EXPENDITURES PER PUPIL: $5,057 per pupil
PUPIL/TEACHER RATIO: 14.6 pupils per teacher
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $26,200 average
SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $27,400 average
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT: 33,000 total
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FRESHMEN: 7,000
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FEMALE: 19,000
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, PART-TIME: 10,000
SPENDING FOR PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION: $2,018 per student
TUITION REVENUES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION: $4,972 per student
.HEALTH IN VERMONT
HOSPITAL DAILY ROOM CHARGE: $304 average
PHYSICIANS: 244 physicians per 100,000 population
DENTISTS: 64 dentists per 100,000 population
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, ALL RACES: 5.5 per 100 live births
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, BLACK: NA
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, WHITE: 5.4 per 100 live births
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, ALL RACES: 9 deaths per 1,000 live births
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, BLACK: NA
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, WHITE: 8.9 deaths per 1,000 live births
LEGAL ABORTION RATE: 448 per 1,000 live births
AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1983-1989: 47 total
AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1989: 11 total
AIDS CASES REPORTED (RATE) 1989: 2.2 per 100,000 population
DEATHS AMONG AIDS CASES, 1983-1989: 21
DEATHS FROM ACCIDENTS: 39.6 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM CANCER: 197 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM HEART DISEASE: 322 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM HOMICIDE: 3 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS: 10.2 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM PNEUMONIA AND FLU: 39.6 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM SUICIDE: 14 per 100,000 resident population
.GOVERNMENT OF VERMONT
OFFICIAL NAME: State of Vermont
ADMITTED TO UNION: Mar. 4, 1791
ORDER OF STATEHOOD: 14th
CAPITAL: Montpelier
MOTTO: Freedom and Unity
SONG: Hail! Vermont
SYMBOLS: Animal--Morgan horse; Bird--Hermit thrush; Flower--Red clover; Insect--Honeybee; Tree--Sugar maple
FLAG: The coat of arms on a dark blue field.
GOVERNOR: Madeleine M. Kunin (D) 1990
EXECUTIVE TERM: 2 years
VOTERS IN 1988 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: 59% casting votes
ELECTORAL VOTES: 3
SENATORS: Patrick J. Leahy (D) 1992, James M. Jeffords (R) 1994
NUMBER OF U.S. REPRESENTATIVES: 1
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: 18
STATE FUNDING FOR ART: $0.8 per capita
STATE GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES: $1,964 per capita
FEDERAL INCOME TAXES PAID: $1,393 per capita
DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL FUNDS: $2,788 per capita
FEDERAL SPENDING, DEFENSE PROGRAMS: $188 (millions)
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES, CIVILIAN: 5,000
SOCIAL SECURITY RECIPIENTS: 15.2% of population
PUBLIC AID RECIPIENTS: 5.2% of population
FOOD STAMP RECIPIENTS: 5.7% of population
.CRIME IN VERMONT
CRIME RATE, TOTAL: 4,240 offenses per 100,000 population
VIOLENT CRIME RATE: 142 offenses per 100,000 population
MURDERS: 2 per 100,000 population
FORCIBLE RAPE: 23 per 100,000 population
ROBBERY: 16 per 100,000 population
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT: 101 per 100,000 population
PROPERTY CRIME RATE: 4,098 offenses per 100,000 population
BURGLARY: 1,097 per 100,000 population
LARCENY-THEFT: 2,804 per 100,000 population
MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT: 197 per 100,000 population
PRISON INMATES: 544 total
PRISON INMATE RATE: 97 per 100,000 population
PRISONERS EXECUTED, 1980-1988: 0 executed
POLICE PROTECTION: 21.5 police per 10,000 population
LAWYERS: 386 population per lawyer
.ECONOMY OF VERMONT
INCOME PER CAPITA: $15,302
DISPOSABLE PERSONAL INCOME: $12,941
GROSS STATE PRODUCT: $8,636 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, AGRICULTURE: $274 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MINING: $23 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, CONSTRUCTION: $538 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MANUFACTURING: $1,981 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, TRANSPORTATION: $691 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, WHOLESALE TRADE: $478 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, RETAIL TRADE: $873 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, FINANCE: $1,572 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, SERVICES: $1,373 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, GOVERNMENT: $834 (millions)
U.S. EXPORTS: $796 (millions)
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTS: $122 (millions)
PATENTS GRANTED: 98 (1988)
NEW BUSINESS FAILURES: 32 failures per 10,000 concerns
BLACK-OWNED FIRMS: 68 total
EMPLOYED/POPULATION RATIO: 68.9% employed of total population
FEMALE LABOR FORCE: 62.8% of labor force
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE: 2.8% unemployed
UNION MEMBERSHIP IN MANUFACTURING: 8.3% unionized
NEW HOUSING STARTS: 4,000 units
NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION: $128 (millions)
MORTGAGE LOANS FORECLOSED: 0.0%
VALUE ADDED BY MANUFACTURE: $2,544 (millions)
MANUFACTURING WORKERS, CHANGE 1982-1987: 3.3%
EXPORT RELATED FACTORY EMPLOYMENT: 19.5% of total employment
RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD: $21,252
CHANGE IN RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD 1982-86: 52.0%
MINERALS PRODUCED (NON-FUELS): $72 (millions)
MINERAL FUELS PRODUCED: $0 (millions)
CRUDE PETROLEUM PRODUCTION: 0 million barrels
NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION: 0 billion cubic feet marketed
NET ELECTRICAL ENERGY GENERATION: 5 billion kWh
ELECTRICAL ENERGY INSTALLED CAPACITY: 1.1 million kW
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS: 1
.AGRICULTURE OF VERMONT
PRINCIPAL FARM COMMODITIES: Dairy products, cattle, hay, maple products (92% of total)
PRINCIPAL CROPS: Hay, apples
LAND IN FARMS: less than 500,000 acres
CROPLAND HARVESTED: 442,000 acres harvested
NUMBER OF FARMS: 7,000
SIZE OF FARMS: 214 acres per farm
CHANGE IN FARMLAND, 1982-87: -10.6%
VALUE OF FARM LAND AND BUILDINGS: $1,439 per acre
NET FARM INCOME: $119 (millions)
NET FARM INCOME/DEBT RATIO: 35.7%
BARLEY PRODUCTION: 4,875 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: 754 tons (thousands)
HAY YIELD: 2.07 tons per acre
OATS PRODUCTION: 0 bushels (thousands)
OATS YIELD: 0 bushels per acre
POTATO PRODUCTION: 0 CWT (thousands)
POTATO YIELD: 0 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: 297 on farms (1,000 head)
HOGS AND PIGS: 5.7 on farms (1,000 head)
SHEEP AND LAMBS: 30 on farms (1,000 head)
MILK COWS: 169 on farms (1,000 head)
.COMMUNICATIONS IN VERMONT
INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS: 320 miles; 515 kilometers
MOTOR VEHICLE TRAVEL: 355 thousands of miles traveled per road mile
LICENSED DRIVERS: 686.9 per 1,000 population
MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT DEATHS: 20.5 deaths per 100,000 population
REGISTERED AUTOMOBILES: 619 per 1,000 population
REGISTERED MOTORCYCLES: 34 per 1,000 population
DRIVERS EXCEEDING 55 MPH SPEED LIMIT: 59.6%
COMMERCIAL AM RADIO STATIONS: 20
COMMERCIAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 17
EDUCATIONAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 12
COMMERCIAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 3
EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 4
DAILY NEWSPAPERS: 8
DAILY NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION: 0.23 papers per capita
.TRAVEL IN VERMONT
STATE BOARD OF TOURISM: Vermont State Board of Tourism, 134 State Street, Montpelier, 05602, (802) 828-3236, Fax (802) 828-3233
TOURIST ATTRACTIONS: Montpelier--State Capitol; Burlington--Shelburne Museum; Rutland--Marble Exhibition Norman Rockwell Museum; Barre--Rock of Ages quarry; Woodstock--Billings Farm and Museum (19th century working farm); Green Mountain National Forest (Mt. Mansfield, climbing, hiking, camping, skiing), Equinox Mountain and Sky Line Drive, Fall foliage tours.
