FRESH WATER CONSUMPTION: 877 million gallons per day
SOIL EROSION: 2.8 million tons per year
HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES: 5 sites on national priority list
.PEOPLE OF WEST VIRGINIA
POPULATION: 1,857,000
PROJECTED POPULATION YEAR 2000: 1,722,000
POPULATION CHANGE 1980-1988: -3.80%
POPULATION DENSITY: 77.8 persons per sq mi
PERSONS PER HOUSEHOLD: 2.6
METROPOLITAN AREA POPULATION: 36.5%
MARRIAGE RATE: 7.7 marriages per 1,000 population
DIVORCE RATE: 4.9 divorces per 1,000 population
BIRTH RATE: 11.8 births per 1,000 population
BIRTHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS: 17.1% of total
BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED WOMEN: 21.1% of total
POPULATION UNDER 18 YEARS: 25.5%
POPULATION 65 YEARS OLD AND OVER: 14.3%
LIFE EXPECTANCY, BOTH SEXES: 72.8 years
LIFE EXPECTANCY, MALE: 68.9 years
LIFE EXPECTANCY, FEMALE: 76.9 years
DEATH RATE: 10.4 deaths per 1,000 population
BLACK POPULATION: 2.9%
JEWISH POPULATION: 0.2%
PERSONS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 15.0%
FAMILIES BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 11.7%
CHILDREN BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 18.5%
VIETNAM VETERANS: 65,000
.EDUCATION IN WEST VIRGINIA
EXPENDITURES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $695 per resident
PUBLIC SCHOOL EXPENDITURES PER PUPIL: $3,879 per pupil
PUPIL/TEACHER RATIO: 16.5 pupils per teacher
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $21,500 average
SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $22,500 average
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT: 77,000 total
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FRESHMEN: 16,000
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FEMALE: 43,000
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, PART-TIME: 27,000
SPENDING FOR PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION: $2,883 per student
TUITION REVENUES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION: $1,139 per student
.HEALTH IN WEST VIRGINIA
HOSPITAL DAILY ROOM CHARGE: $202 average
PHYSICIANS: 164 physicians per 100,000 population
DENTISTS: 48 dentists per 100,000 population
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, ALL RACES: 7 per 100 live births
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, BLACK: 11.5 per 100 live births
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, WHITE: 6.8 per 100 live births
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, ALL RACES: 10.3 deaths per 1,000 live births
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, BLACK: 21.3 deaths per 1,000 live births
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, WHITE: 9.8 deaths per 1,000 live births
LEGAL ABORTION RATE: 185 per 1,000 live births
AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1983-1989: 96 total
AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1989: 34 total
AIDS CASES REPORTED (RATE) 1989: 2 per 100,000 population
DEATHS AMONG AIDS CASES, 1983-1989: 60
DEATHS FROM ACCIDENTS: 45.1 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM CANCER: 224.8 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM HEART DISEASE: 403.6 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM HOMICIDE: 6.2 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS: 10.7 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM PNEUMONIA AND FLU: 33.8 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM SUICIDE: 14.2 per 100,000 resident population
.GOVERNMENT OF WEST VIRGINIA
OFFICIAL NAME: State of West Virginia
ADMITTED TO UNION: June 20, 1863
ORDER OF STATEHOOD: 35th
CAPITAL: Charleston
MOTTO: Montani Semper Liberi (Mountaineers are always free)
SONG: This Is My West Virginia
SYMBOLS: Animal--Black bear; Bird--Cardinal; Flower--Big laurel; Tree--Sugar maple
FLAG: The state seal bordered by a blue strip with a banner above the seal on a white field.
GOVERNOR: Gaston Caperton (D) 1992
EXECUTIVE TERM: 4 years
VOTERS IN 1988 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: 46.7% casting votes
ELECTORAL VOTES: 6
SENATORS: Robert C. Byrd (D) 1994, John D. Rockefeller IV (D) 1990
NUMBER OF U.S. REPRESENTATIVES: 4
AGE OF MAJORITY (FULL CIVIL RIGHTS): 18
AGE OF MARRIAGE W/CONSENT: There is no minimum age (under 16 with judicial consent)
AGE OF MARRIAGE W/O CONSENT: 18
AGE OF BUYING ALCOHOL: 21
AGE OF LEAVING SCHOOL: 16
STATE FUNDING FOR ART: $0.9 per capita
STATE GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES: $1,707 per capita
FEDERAL INCOME TAXES PAID: $920 per capita
DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL FUNDS: $3,111 per capita
FEDERAL SPENDING, DEFENSE PROGRAMS: $388 (millions)
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES, CIVILIAN: 15,000
SOCIAL SECURITY RECIPIENTS: 19.5% of population
PUBLIC AID RECIPIENTS: 8.1% of population
FOOD STAMP RECIPIENTS: 13.5% of population
.CRIME IN WEST VIRGINIA
CRIME RATE, TOTAL: 2,239 offenses per 100,000 population
VIOLENT CRIME RATE: 131 offenses per 100,000 population
MURDERS: 4.9 per 100,000 population
FORCIBLE RAPE: 19 per 100,000 population
ROBBERY: 34 per 100,000 population
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT: 74 per 100,000 population
PROPERTY CRIME RATE: 2,107 offenses per 100,000 population
BURGLARY: 611 per 100,000 population
LARCENY-THEFT: 1,335 per 100,000 population
MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT: 162 per 100,000 population
PRISON INMATES: 1,458 total
PRISON INMATE RATE: 78 per 100,000 population
PRISONERS EXECUTED, 1980-1988: 0 executed
POLICE PROTECTION: 17.1 police per 10,000 population
LAWYERS: 689 population per lawyer
.ECONOMY OF WEST VIRGINIA
INCOME PER CAPITA: $11,735
DISPOSABLE PERSONAL INCOME: $10,306
GROSS STATE PRODUCT: $24,096 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, AGRICULTURE: $225 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MINING: $3,177 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, CONSTRUCTION: $1,153 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MANUFACTURING: $3,485 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, TRANSPORTATION: $3,287 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, WHOLESALE TRADE: $1,232 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, RETAIL TRADE: $2,253 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, FINANCE: $3,509 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, SERVICES: $3,008 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, GOVERNMENT: $2,766 (millions)
U.S. EXPORTS: $1,141 (millions)
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTS: $218 (millions)
PATENTS GRANTED: 125 (1988)
NEW BUSINESS FAILURES: 62 failures per 10,000 concerns
BLACK-OWNED FIRMS: 690 total
EMPLOYED/POPULATION RATIO: 46.2% employed of total population
FEMALE LABOR FORCE: 41.1% of labor force
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE: 9.9% unemployed
UNION MEMBERSHIP IN MANUFACTURING: 29.8% unionized
NEW HOUSING STARTS: 2,000 units
NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION: $65 (millions)
MORTGAGE LOANS FORECLOSED: 1.3%
VALUE ADDED BY MANUFACTURE: $5,424 (millions)
MANUFACTURING WORKERS, CHANGE 1982-1987: -9.2%
EXPORT RELATED FACTORY EMPLOYMENT: 14.4% of total employment
RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD: $15,188
CHANGE IN RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD 1982-86: 41.4%
MINERALS PRODUCED (NON-FUELS): $144 (millions)
MINERAL FUELS PRODUCED: $4,625 (millions)
CRUDE PETROLEUM PRODUCTION: 3 million barrels
NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION: 116 billion cubic feet marketed
NET ELECTRICAL ENERGY GENERATION: 81.3 billion kWh
ELECTRICAL ENERGY INSTALLED CAPACITY: 15.2 million kW
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS: 0
.AGRICULTURE OF WEST VIRGINIA
PRINCIPAL FARM COMMODITIES: Cattle, broilers, dairy products, apples (67% of total)
PRINCIPAL CROPS: Hay, apples, corn, tobacco
LAND IN FARMS: 4,000,000 acres
CROPLAND HARVESTED: 664,000 acres harvested
NUMBER OF FARMS: 21,000
SIZE OF FARMS: 176 acres per farm
CHANGE IN FARMLAND, 1982-87: -5.2%
VALUE OF FARM LAND AND BUILDINGS: $569 per acre
NET FARM INCOME: $64 (millions)
NET FARM INCOME/DEBT RATIO: 15.7%
BARLEY PRODUCTION: 0 bushels (thousands)
BARLEY YIELD: 0 bushels per acre
CORN PRODUCTION: 4,370 bushels (thousands)
CORN YIELD: 95 bushels per acre
COTTON PRODUCTION: 0 bales (thousands)
COTTON YIELD: 0 pounds per acre
HAY PRODUCTION: 1,036 tons (thousands)
HAY YIELD: 1.85 tons per acre
OATS PRODUCTION: 300 bushels (thousands)
OATS YIELD: 50 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: 2,040 pounds (thousands)
TOBACCO YIELD: 1,200 pounds per acre
WHEAT PRODUCTION: 516 bushels (thousands)
WHEAT YIELD: 43 bushels per acre
BROILERS PRODUCED: 35.2 millions
TURKEYS RAISED: 2.4 millions
CATTLE AND CALVES: 490 on farms (1,000 head)
HOGS AND PIGS: 32 on farms (1,000 head)
SHEEP AND LAMBS: 77 on farms (1,000 head)
.COMMUNICATIONS IN WEST VIRGINIA
INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS: 479 miles; 771 kilometers
MOTOR VEHICLE TRAVEL: 389 thousands of miles traveled per road mile
LICENSED DRIVERS: 722.2 per 1,000 population
MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT DEATHS: 26.5 deaths per 100,000 population
REGISTERED AUTOMOBILES: 443 per 1,000 population
REGISTERED MOTORCYCLES: 13 per 1,000 population
DRIVERS EXCEEDING 55 MPH SPEED LIMIT: 36.6%
COMMERCIAL AM RADIO STATIONS: 67
COMMERCIAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 46
EDUCATIONAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 15
COMMERCIAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 13
EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 2
DAILY NEWSPAPERS: 23
DAILY NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION: 0.23 papers per capita
.TRAVEL IN WEST VIRGINIA
STATE BOARD OF TOURISM: West Virginia State Board of Tourism, 2101 Washington Street East, Charleston, 25305, (304) 348-2286, (800) CALL-WVA
TOURIST ATTRACTIONS: Charleston--State Capitol, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park; Monongahela National Forest (falls, scenic views); Beckley--History of coal mining exhibit; Wheeling--Oglebay Park (aquarium, museum, plantarium), Victorian architecture; Leavenworth (Bavarian style town in Cascades); Charles Town--Mountain Heritage Arts and Crafts Festival; New River Gorge (dramatic mountain and river views).
