Share of population not covered by health insurance
16.4 percent (2004)
Number of students per teacher (K-12)
14.7 (2003)
Government spending per student (K-12)
$7,275 (2002-2003)
Share of students attending private school
5.9 percent (1999)
Share of people over age 25 with high school diploma
79.2 percent (2004)
Government
State government
Governor
Mike Beebe
(term ends January 2011)
Legislature
Senate, 35 members
House of Representatives, 100 members
National representation
Members of the U.S. Senate
2
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives
4
Electoral votes
6
Economy
Gross state product (GSP)
$87 billion (2005 approximate)
Income per capita
$25,724 (2004)
GSP by economic sector
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing
3.9 percent (2004)
Industry
Construction
4.5 percent (2004)
Manufacturing
18.4 percent (2004)
Mining
0.4 percent (2004)
Transportation and utilities
7.1 percent (2004)
Services
Finance, insurance, and real estate
13.7 percent (2004)
Government
12.8 percent (2004)
Information technology
4 percent (2004)
Retail trade
7.4 percent (2004)
Wholesale trade
6.6 percent (2004)
Other services
21 percent (2004)
Employment
Number of workers
1,365,000 (2006 estimate)
Unemployment rate
5.3 percent (2006 estimate)
Share of workers in unions
4.8 percent (2005)
Energy, Communications, and Transportation
Electricity production
Share from geothermal, solar, and wind
3.7 percent (2005 estimate)
Share from hydroelectric
6.4 percent (2005 estimate)
Share from nuclear
28.6 percent (2005 estimate)
Share from thermal
61.2 percent (2005 estimate)
Daily newspaper circulation per 1,000 people
163 newspapers per 1,000 people (2005 estimate)
Share of households with Internet access
42.4 percent (2003 estimate)
Number of library books circulated per resident
4.3 books per person (2002)
Length of highways
158,691 km (2004)
98,606 mi (2004)
Length of interstate highways
1,056 km (2004)
656 mi (2004)
Length of railroad tracks
4,332 km (2004)
2,692 mi (2004)
Airports
9 (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).
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