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About the State Fact Sheets

The State Fact Sheets contain information on:

• Population
• Per-capita income
• Earnings per job
• Poverty rate
• Education
• Total number of jobs
• Unemployment rate
• Percent employment change
• Farm & farm related jobs
• Top agriculture commodities
• Top export commodities
• Top agriculture counties
• Farm characteristics
• Farm financial indicators

Data Sources

The State Fact Sheets are updated when new data become available. The data are from a variety of 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.

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