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Information on: Population Per-capita income Earnings per job Poverty rate Total number of jobs Unemployment rate Percent employment change Farm & farm related jobs Top export commodities Farm characteristics Farm financial indicators |
1992 Census of Agriculture
TOTAL LAND AREA (million acres) 2,262.4
TOTAL FARMLAND (million acres) 945.5
of total land area 41.8%
CROPLAND (million acres) 435.4
of total farmland 46.0%
irrigated 11.4%
in pasture 15.3%
in Fed. farm program 1.6%
in Conservation Reserve 5.2%
WOODLAND (million acres) 74.0
of total farmland 7.8%
in pasture 48.9%
PASTURELAND (million acres) 410.8
of total farmland 43.5%
OTHER LAND (million acres) 25.4
of total farmland 2.7%
AVERAGE FARM SIZE (acres) 491.0
FARMS BY SIZE
1 to 99 acres 43.5%
100 to 499 acres 37.8%
500 to 999 acres 9.7%
1,000 to 1,999 acres 5.3%
2,000 or more acres 3.7%
FARMS BY SALES
Less than $50,000 72.9%
$50,000 to $99,999 9.8%
$100,000 to $499,999 14.9%
More than $500,000 2.4%
TENURE OF FARMERS
Full owner (farms) 1,111,738
Percent of total 57.7%
Part owner (farms) 596,657
Percent of total 31.0%
Tenant (farms) 216,905
Percent of total 11.3%
FARM ORGANIZATION
Individuals/family corporations (farms) 1,718,019
Percent of total 89.2%
Partnerships (farms) 186,806
Percent of total 9.7%
Non-family corporations (farms) 8,039
Percent of total 0.4%
Others (farms) 12,436
Percent of total 0.7%
Avg. Operator Age (yrs.) 53
Perc. w/ farming as their 54.7%
principal occupation
Farm Income and Balance Sheet Statement
Year 1995 1996
Number of farms 2,071,520 2,063,910
Million $
Final crop output 96,655.4 113,512.3
+ Final animal output 87,617.2 91,963.2
+ Services and forestry 19,374.7 20,736.5
= Final agricultural sector output 203,647.4 226,212.0
- Intermediate consumption outlays 109,011.1 112,387.2
+ Net government transactions 74.5 29.5
= Gross value added 94,710.7 113,854.4
- Capital consumption 18,914.3 18,929.5
= NET VALUE ADDED 75,796.4 94,924.9
- Factor payments 39,057.1 42,730.5
Employee compensation (total hired labor) 14,346.8 15,219.0
Net rent received by nonoperator landlords 11,984.0 14,293.1
Real estate and nonreal estate interest 12,726.4 13,218.3
= NET FARM INCOME 36,739.3 52,194.4
Farm Balance Sheet as of December 31: 1995 1996
FARM ASSETS 985,363.7 1,034,871.0
Real estate 761,304.0 805,396.1
Nonreal estate 224,059.6 229,474.9
FARM DEBT 151,042.0 156,154.9
Real estate 79,559.8 81,929.7
Nonreal estate 71,482.2 74,225.1
EQUITY 834,321.6 878,716.1
RATIOS Percent
Debt/equity 18.1 17.8
Debt/assets 15.3 15.1
TOP 5 AGRICULTURE COMMODITIES, 1996
% of State Tot. % of US
Commodity Tot.Val.
1. Cattle and calves 15.4
2. Dairy products 11.3
3. Corn 10.7
4. Soybean 8.0
5. Broilers 6.9
All Commodities
TOP 5 AGRICULTURE EXPORTS, ESTIMATES, FY 1997
Value
Commodity
Million $
1. Soybeans and products 9,253.6
2. Feed grains and products 8,447.6
3. Other 7,350.9
4. Live animals and meat exc. poultry 4,893.4
5. Wheat and products 4,331.1
Overall 57,365.1
TOP 5 COUNTIES IN AGRICULTURAL SALES 1992
Percent of US
Total Receipts Million $
1. FRESNO, CA 1.3% 2,081.5
2. TULARE, CA 0.9% 1,386.7
3. KERN, CA 0.8% 1,336.9
4. MONTEREY, CA 0.7% 1,202.7
5. WELD, CO 0.7% 1,180.1
US Total 162,608.3
Data as of September 4, 1998
Prepared by:
ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE, USDA, Washington, DC
Last updated on 03/23/99 11:22 PM
DATA SOURCES:
- Local Area Unemployment Statistics, county data, Bureau of
Labor Statistics.
- Regional Economic Information System, May 1998, Bureau of Economic
Analysis, U.S. Department of
Commerce.
- 1990 Census of Population, Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of
Commerce.
- Economic Indicators of the Farm Sector: State Financial Summary,
Economic Research Service, USDA.
- Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States (FATUS), Apr/May/Jun
1998, Economic Research Service,
USDA.
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