Population, Income, Education, and Employment
| Population |
| |
Rural * |
Urban * |
Total |
| Year |
| 1980 |
1,189,530 |
2,704,495 |
3,894,025 |
| 1990 |
1,197,590 |
2,842,997 |
4,040,587 |
| 2000 |
1,313,847 |
3,133,253 |
4,447,100 |
| 2008 (latest estimates) |
1,334,536 |
3,327,364 |
4,661,900 |
More information on Alabama population
• County-level Population Data
• Rural Population and Migration Briefing Room
• Contact John Cromartie, 202-694-5421.
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Income
|
| |
Rural * |
Urban * |
Total |
| Per-capita income (2007 dollars) |
| 2006 |
27,256 |
33,573 |
31,752 |
| 2007 |
27,754 |
34,300 |
32,419 |
| Percent change |
3.7 |
4.3 |
4.2 |
| |
| Earnings per job (2007 dollars) |
| 2006 |
33,570 |
44,026 |
41,394 |
| 2007 |
33,484 |
43,685 |
41,148 |
| Percent change |
-0.5 |
-1.6 |
-1.2 |
| |
| Poverty rate (percent) |
| 1979 |
22.1 |
17.5 |
18.9 |
| 1989 |
21.7 |
16.9 |
18.3 |
| 1999 |
18.4 |
15.2 |
16.1 |
| 2007 (latest model-based estimates) |
18.8 |
15.8 |
16.6 |
More information on Alabama poverty rates
• County-level Poverty Data
• Rural Income, Poverty, and Welfare Briefing Room
• See important notes about decennial and model-based intercensal poverty estimates
• Contact Tracey Farrigan, 202-694-5489
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Education (Persons 25 and older)
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| |
Rural * |
Urban * |
Total |
| Percent not completing high school |
| 1980 |
51.6 |
39.9 |
43.5 |
| 1990 |
40.9 |
29.9 |
33.1 |
| 2000 |
30.7 |
22.2 |
24.7 |
| |
| Percent completing high school only |
| 1980 |
30.0 |
32.6 |
31.8 |
| 1990 |
30.2 |
29.1 |
29.4 |
| 2000 |
32.7 |
29.4 |
30.4 |
| |
| Percent completing some college |
| 1980 |
10.2 |
13.6 |
12.5 |
| 1990 |
18.6 |
23.1 |
21.7 |
| 2000 |
23.8 |
26.7 |
25.9 |
| |
| Percent completing college |
| 1980 |
8.4 |
13.8 |
12.2 |
| 1990 |
10.3 |
17.9 |
15.7 |
| 2000 |
12.8 |
21.7 |
19.0 |
More information on Alabama education
• County-level Education Data
• Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room
• Contact Robert Gibbs, 202-694-5423
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Employment
|
| |
Rural * |
Urban * |
Total |
| Total number of jobs |
| 2006 |
648,859 |
1,928,780 |
2,577,639 |
| 2007 |
651,154 |
1,966,919 |
2,618,073 |
| |
| Unemployment rate (percent) |
| 2007 |
4.1 |
3.3 |
3.5 |
| 2008 |
6.0 |
4.7 |
5.0 |
More information on Alabama unemployment rates
• County-level Unemployment and Median Household Income Data
• Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room
• Contact Lorin Kusmin, 202-694-5429
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| Percent employment change |
| 2005-2006 |
2.1 |
2.4 |
2.3 |
| 2006-2007 |
-0.6 |
0.8 |
0.4 |
| 2007-2008 |
-3.2 |
-1.8 |
-2.2 |
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Farm Characteristics
| 1997, 2002 and 2007 Census of Agriculture |
| |
| |
1997 |
2002 |
2007 |
| Approximate total land area (acres) |
32,480,154 |
32,476,161 |
32,412,281 |
| Total farmland (acres) |
9,517,377 |
8,904,387 |
9,033,537 |
| Percent of total land area |
29.3 |
27.4 |
27.9 |
| |
| Cropland (acres) |
4,435,041 |
3,732,751 |
3,142,958 |
| Percent of total farmland |
46.6 |
41.9 |
34.8 |
| Percent in pasture |
37.4 |
31.6 |
19.9 |
| Percent irrigated |
1.7 |
2.7 |
3.4 |
| |
| Harvested Cropland (acres) |
2,179,636 |
1,995,139 |
1,994,743 |
| |
| Woodland (acres) |
3,445,294 |
3,179,257 |
3,375,438 |
| Percent of total farmland |
36.2 |
35.7 |
37.4 |
| Percent in pasture |
25.5 |
25.3 |
17.5 |
| |
| Pastureland (acres) |
1,162,345 |
1,514,500 |
2,017,079 |
| Percent of total farmland |
12.2 |
17.0 |
22.3 |
| |
Land in house lots, ponds,
roads, wasteland, etc. (acres) |
474,697 |
477,879 |
498,062 |
| Percent of total farmland |
5.0 |
5.4 |
5.5 |
| |
| Conservation practices |
Farmland in conservation or
wetlands reserve programs
(acres) |
483,175 |
472,332 |
494,441 |
| |
| Average farm size (acres) |
191 |
197 |
185 |
| |
| Farms by size (percent) |
| 1 to 99 acres |
58.5 |
57.8 |
60.3 |
| 100 to 499 acres |
33.4 |
33.9 |
32.0 |
| 500 to 999 acres |
4.9 |
5.0 |
4.6 |
| 1000 to 1,999 acres |
2.2 |
2.2 |
2.0 |
| 2,000 or more acres |
1.0 |
1.2 |
1.1 |
| |
| Farms by sales (percent) |
| Less than $9,999 |
72.4 |
71.1 |
69.2 |
| $10,000 to $49,999 |
15.0 |
15.8 |
18.5 |
| $50,000 to $99,999 |
3.0 |
2.8 |
2.6 |
| $100,000 to $499,999 |
5.8 |
6.0 |
4.9 |
| More than $500,000 |
3.8 |
4.3 |
4.8 |
| |
| Tenure of farmers |
| Full owner (farms) |
33,966 |
32,157 |
35,069 |
| Percent of total |
68.1 |
71.3 |
71.9 |
| |
| Part owner (farms) |
12,755 |
10,906 |
11,454 |
| Percent of total |
25.6 |
24.2 |
23.5 |
| |
| Tenant owner (farms) |
3,151 |
2,063 |
2,230 |
| Percent of total |
6.3 |
4.6 |
4.6 |
| |
| Farm organization |
Individuals/family, sole
proprietorship (farms) |
45,640 |
42,359 |
45,014 |
| Percent of total |
91.5 |
93.9 |
92.3 |
| |
Family-held corporations
(farms) |
696 |
549 |
894 |
| Percent of total |
1.4 |
1.2 |
1.8 |
| |
| Partnerships (farms) |
3,138 |
1,882 |
2,377 |
| Percent of total |
6.3 |
4.2 |
4.9 |
| |
| Non-family corporations (farms) |
126 |
109 |
123 |
| Percent of total |
0.3 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
| |
Others - cooperative, estate or
trust, institutional, etc. (farms) |
272 |
227 |
345 |
| Percent of total |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.7 |
| |
| Characteristics of principal farm operators |
| Average operator age (years) |
54.7 |
56.6 |
57.6 |
Percent with farming as their
primary occupation |
35.3 |
53.1 |
39.8 |
| Men |
45,262 |
40,305 |
42,309 |
| Women |
4,610 |
4,821 |
6,444 |
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More information on farm characteristics
• Census of Agriculture
• Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540.
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Farm Financial Indicators
| Farm income and value added data |
| |
2007 |
2008 |
| |
| Number of farms |
48,800 |
48,500 |
| |
| |
Thousands $ |
| Final crop output |
684,969 |
1,022,337 |
| + Final animal output |
3,408,267 |
3,628,800 |
| + Services and forestry |
889,384 |
982,184 |
| = Final agricultural sector output |
4,982,620 |
5,633,321 |
| |
| - Intermediate consumption outlays |
3,138,707 |
3,435,588 |
| + Net government transactions |
125,834 |
106,572 |
| = Gross value added |
1,969,747 |
2,304,305 |
| |
| - Capital consumption |
419,545 |
445,099 |
| |
| = Net value added |
1,550,202 |
1,859,206 |
| |
| - Factor payments |
381,188 |
373,493 |
| Employee compensation (total hired labor) |
215,513 |
219,614 |
| Net rent received by nonoperator landlords |
-12,450 |
-17,296 |
| Real estate and nonreal estate interest |
178,125 |
171,175 |
| |
| = Net farm income |
1,169,014 |
1,485,713 |
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More information on farm income
• Farm Income Data
• Farm Income and Costs Briefing Room
• Contact Roger Strickland, 202-694-5592.
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| Farm balance sheet |
| |
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• Estimation of State-level Balance Sheets has been suspended. See the Farm Balance Sheet data page for more information.
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Top Commodities, Exports, and Counties
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Top 5 agriculture commodities, 2008
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| |
Value of receipts
thousand $ |
Percent of state total
farm receipts |
Percent of US value |
| 1. Broilers |
2,630,700 |
58.9 |
11.4 |
| 2. Cattle and calves |
331,749 |
7.4 |
0.7 |
| 3. Chicken eggs |
298,550 |
6.7 |
3.6 |
| 4. Greenhouse/nursery |
256,025 |
5.7 |
1.6 |
| 5. Cotton |
154,507 |
3.5 |
2.7 |
| |
| All commodities |
4,464,048 |
|
1.4 |
| |
More information on Alabama's top agriculture commodities
• Leading commodities for cash receipts in a text file
• Contact Ted Covey, 202-694-5344.
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| Top 5 agriculture exports, estimates, FY 2008 |
| |
Rank among states |
Value
million $ |
| 1. Poultry and products |
4 |
428.6 |
| 2. Cotton and linters |
9 |
171.2 |
| 3. Other |
20 |
99.3 |
| 4. Wheat and products |
32 |
95.4 |
| 5. Soybeans and products |
24 |
80.0 |
| |
| Overall rank |
30 |
1,006.9 |
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More information on agricultural exports
• State Export Data
• Agricultural Trade Briefing Room
• Contact Nora Brooks, 202-694-5211.
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| Top 5 counties in agricultural sales 2007 |
| |
Percent of state total receipts |
Thousands $ |
| 1. DeKalb County |
9.4 |
414,301 |
| 2. Cullman County |
9.2 |
405,872 |
| 3. Marshall County |
5.4 |
238,190 |
| 4. Coffee County |
4.5 |
196,565 |
| 5. Blount County |
3.6 |
160,244 |
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| State total |
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4,415,550 |
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More information on agricultural sales
• Census of Agriculture
• Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540.
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Data Sources
- Local Area Unemployment Statistics, county data, Bureau
of Labor Statistics.
- Regional Economic Information System, April 2008, Bureau
of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce.
- 1980, 1990, and 2000 Census of Population, Bureau
of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce.
- Farm Income and Costs Briefing Room,
Economic Research Service, USDA.
- Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States
(FATUS), Economic Research Service, USDA.
- Census of Agriculture, National Agricultural
Statistics Service, USDA.
Prepared by Economic Research Service, USDA, Washington, DC.
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