NAME. So called from a Shawnee Indian word, Kantuckee, meaning "the head of a river," or the "long river." Popular name, "State of the Dark and Bloody Ground.", ADMISSION-Act of admission, Feb. 4, 1791; admitted, June 1, 1792. AREA.-Square miles, 40,000; acres, 25,600,000; persons to a square mile, 41.22. POPULATION and rate of increase: EDUCATION-Colleges, 15; instructors, 142; students, 1,750. Public schools, 7,392; value of school property, $2,143,013; teachers, 7,706; teachers' salaries, $1,025,659; receipts for school purposes, $2,163,261; expended for same (1881), $1,248,524; school age, 6-20; school population (1881), 553,638; pupils enrolled (1881), 238,440; average attendance, 192,331; average length of school session in 1880, 102 days. Persons over ten years who cannot read, 258,186, being 22.2 per cent. of all persons over ten years of age. Persons over ten years who cannot write: native white, 208.796; foreign white, 5,701; colored, Chinese and Indians, 133,895; total, 348,392, being 29.9 per cent. of all persons over ten years of age. Daily papers, 11; others, 202; total, 213. Circulation, 402,070. OCCUPATIONS.—Persons engaged in agriculture, 320,571; in professional and personal service, 104,239; in trade and transportation, 33,563; in manufacturing, mechanics and mining, 61,481. AGRICULTURE-Number of farms, 166,453; total acres in farms, 21,495,240; improved acres, 10,731,683; average size of farms, 129 acres; value of farms and buildings, $299,298,631; value of implements, $9,734.634; total value of all farm products, sold, consumed or on hand, $63,850,155. $49,670,567 Total value of live-stock on farms, June 1, 1880..... MANUFACTURES.-Number of establishments, 5.328; capital invested, $45,313,039; hands employed, 37,491; wages paid, $11,657,844; value of material, $47,461,890; value of products, $75,483,377. Total steam and water power in use, 54,929 horse-power. $1,211.976 Total value of mineral products. $1,217,056 COMMERCIAL FACILITIES.-Railroads in 1883, 2,499 miles of line; miles operated, 2,603; cost, $129,110,231; total investment, $150,744,624. Steam craft, 91; tonnage, 23,257; value, $1,300,500. Barges and flats, 252; value, $126,375. NCIA FINANCIAL CONDITION.—Assessed value of real estate (1883), $278,134,467; of personal property, $96,420,512. State taxation (1883), 47% cents on $100, $2,482,696; county, $1,623,118; city, town and local, $1,982,832. State debt (1883), funded, $180,394; unfunded, $400,000; county, city and local indebtedness, $13,888,025. GOVERNMENT.—Capital, Frankfort. Governor elected for four years. Salary, $5,000. The other State officers are: Lieutenant-Governor, four years, salary $10 per day; Secretary of State, four years, $1,500; Treasurer, two years, $2,400; Auditor, four years, $2,500; Quartermaster and Adjutant-General, four years, $2,000; Superintendent of Public Instruction, four years, $2,500; Attorney-General, four years, $500 and fees; Register of Lands, four years, $2,000; Commissioner of Agriculture, two years, $2,000; Insurance Commissioner, four years, $4,000; three Railroad Commissioners, two years, each, $2,000; State Librarian, two years, $1,000. The Legislature is composed of 38 Senators and 100 Representatives. Senators are elected for four years and Representatives for two years. Their salary is $5 a day and 15 cents mileage. Sessions are held biennially, beginning on last day of December. Length of session limited to 60 days, but may be extended by consent of both Houses. State elections are held on first Monday in August. Congressional and Presidential elections held on Tuesday after first Monday in November. The Supreme Court consists of a Chief Justice and three Associates, elected for eight years. Salary of each, $5,000. Representatives in Congress, II; Presidential electors, 13. POLITICS for twelve years: NAME-So called in honor of Louis XIV. of France. All the French territory about the mouth of the Mississippi and west of that river was called Louisiana. Popular name, "The Creole State." ADMISSION.-Erected into a Territory, March 3, 1805; act of admission dated April 8, 1812; admitted, April 30, 1812. AREA.-Square miles, 45,420; acres, 29,068,800; persons to a square mile, 20.69. POPULATION and rate of increase: |