Missouri - Facts and Figures.

Missouri - Facts and Figures. GENERAL INFORMATION Capital Statehood Jefferson City August 10, 1821 the 24th state State nickname Name for residents State motto The Show Me State Missourians Salus populi suprema lex esto (Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law) Abbreviation MO LAND Total area 180,533 sq km 69,704 sq mi Rank among states in total area Land area 21st 178,446 sq km 68,898 sq mi Highest point Taum Sauk Mountain 540 m/1,772 ft Forested land as a share of total area Federally owned land as a share of land area 31.7 percent (2002) 5.1 percent (2002) PEOPLE Population Rank among states in population Ten-year population growth Population density 5,878,415 (2007 estimate) 18th 9.3 percent (1990-2000) 33 persons per sq km (2006 estimate) 85 persons per sq mi (2006 estimate) Urban population 69.4 percent (2000) Largest cities (by population) Kansas City 444,965 (2005 estimate) Saint Louis 344,362 (2005 estimate) Springfield 150,298 (2005 estimate) Independence 110,208 (2005 estimate) Columbia 91,814 (2005 estimate) Ethnic groups Whites 84.9 percent (2000) Blacks 11.2 percent (2000) Asians 1.1 percent (2000) Native Americans 0.4 percent (2000) Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders 0.1 percent (2000) Mixed heritage or not reporting 2.3 percent (2000) Hispanics (of any race) 2.1 percent (2000) HEALTH AND EDUCATION Life expectancy Infant mortality rate 75.3 years (1989-1991) 8 deaths per 1,000 live births (2004) Residents per physician 415 people (2005) Residents per hospital bed 304 people (2005) Share of population not covered by health insurance Number of students per teacher (K-12) 13.3 percent (2006) 13.9 (2003) Government spending per student (K-12) $8,600 (2002-2003) Share of students attending private school 13.4 percent (1999) Share of people over age 25 with high school diploma 84.8 percent (2006) GOVERNMENT State government Governor Matt Blunt (term ends January, 2009) Legislature Senate, 34 members House of Representatives, 163 members National representation Members of the U.S. Senate 2 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives 9 Electoral votes 11 ECONOMY Gross state product (GSP) Income per capita $226 billion (2006) $30,516 (2004) GSP by economic sector Agriculture, forestry, and fishing 1.3 percent (2004) Industry Construction 4.9 percent (2004) Manufacturing 15.5 percent (2004) Mining 0.2 percent (2004) Transportation and utilities 5.6 percent (2004) Services Finance, insurance, and real estate 15.9 percent (2004) G overnment Information technology 11.7 percent (2004) 5 percent (2004) Retail trade 7.2 percent (2004) Wholesale trade 6.3 percent (2004) Other services 26.6 percent (2004) Employment Number of workers 3,032,000 (2006 estimate) Unemployment rate 4.8 percent (2006 estimate) Share of workers in unions 11.5 percent (2005) ENERGY, COMMUNICATIONS, AND TRANSPORTATION Electricity production Share from geothermal, solar, and wind 0.1 percent (2005 estimate) Share from hydroelectric 1.3 percent (2005 estimate) Share from nuclear 8.8 percent (2005 estimate) Share from thermal 89.7 percent (2005 estimate) Daily newspaper circulation per 1,000 people Share of households with Internet access Number of library books circulated per resident Length of highways 152 newspapers per 1,000 people (2006 estimate) 53 percent (2003 estimate) 7.7 books per person (2002) 202,492 km (2005) 125,823 mi (2005) Length of interstate highways 1,902 km (2005) 1,182 mi (2005) Length of railroad tracks 6,634 km (2004) 4,122 mi (2004) Airports 11 (2007) SOURCES The Association of American Railroads (www.aar.org), Bureau of Economic Analysis (www.bea.doc.gov), Bureau of Labor Statistics (www.bls.gov), Census Bureau (www.census.gov), Energy Information Administration (www.eia.doe.gov), Federal Aviation Administration (www.faa.gov), Federal Highway Administration (www.fhwa.dot.gov), Forest Service (www.fs.fed.us), General Services Administration (www.gsa.gov), National Agricultural Statistics Service (www.usda.gov/nass), National Center for Education Statistics (nces.ed.gov), National Center for Health Statistics (www.cdc.gov/nchs), National Telecommunications and Information Administration (www.ntia.doc.gov). Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.