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State Fact Sheets: Indiana

• Population, Income, Food Insecurity, Education, and Employment
• Federal Funds
• Organic Agriculture
• Farm Characteristics
• Farm Financial Indicators
• Top Commodities, Exports, and Counties
• About the State Fact Sheets

Data updated January 17, 2012

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Population, Income, Food Insecurity, Education, and Employment

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Population
Year
1980	1,328,032	4,162,182	5,490,214
1990	1,311,751	4,232,408	5,544,159
2000	1,394,113	4,686,372	6,080,485
2010	1,405,057	5,078,745	6,483,802
More information on Indiana population • County-level Population Data • Rural Population and Migration Briefing Room • Contact John Cromartie, 202-694-5421.

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Income
Per-capita income (2009 dollars)
2008	30,727	36,028	34,875
2009	30,129	35,095	34,022
Percent change	-1.9	-2.6	-2.4

Earnings per job (2009 dollars)
2008	38,565	46,314	44,810
2009	38,238	46,140	44,620
Percent change	-0.8	-0.4	-0.4

Poverty rate (percent)
1979	10.1	9.5	9.7
1989	10.8	10.7	10.7
1999	8.9	9.7	9.5
2010 (latest model-based estimates)	14.7	15.4	15.3
More information on Indiana 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

	2002-04 Avg.	2005-07 Avg.	2008-10 Avg.
Household-level Food Insecurity and Very Low Food Security
Percent of households
Food insecure	10.1	10.2	13.0
Very low food security	3.6	3.6	5.4
More information on Food Insecurity • Food Security in the United States Briefing Room • Definitions of Food Insecurity and Very Low Food Security • Comparisons of prevalence rates of food insecurity between States must take account of the margins of error, which are sizeable for many States. Margins of error are published along with State prevalence rates in each year’s Household Food Security in the United States report. • Contact Alisha Coleman-Jensen, 202-694-5456.

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Education (Persons 25 and older)
Percent not completing high school
1980 (Census)	37.1	32.5	33.6
1990 (Census)	28.2	23.2	24.4
2000 (Census)	20.9	16.9	17.9
2006-2010 (ACS)	17.2	12.8	13.8

Percent completing high school only
1980 (Census)	44.0	40.9	41.7
1990 (Census)	43.4	36.6	38.2
2000 (Census)	44.3	35.0	37.2
2006-2010 (ACS)	42.8	34.3	36.2

Percent completing some college
1980 (Census)	9.8	12.9	12.1
1990 (Census)	18.5	22.9	21.9
2000 (Census)	22.8	26.4	25.5
2006-2010 (ACS)	25.9	28.1	27.6

Percent completing college
1980 (Census)	8.7	13.8	12.5
1990 (Census)	10.0	17.3	15.6
2000 (Census)	12.0	21.7	19.4
2006-2010 (ACS)	14.1	24.8	22.4
More information on Indiana education • County-level Education Data • Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room • Contact Alexander Marré, 202-694-5338

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Employment
Total number of jobs
2008	714,403	2,964,711	3,679,114
2009	675,494	2,837,339	3,512,833

Percent employment change
2007-2008	-2.1	-0.8	-1.0
2008-2009	-7.8	-6.1	-6.5
2009-2010	-0.3	-1.2	-1.0

Unemployment rate (percent)
2009	12.2	10.0	10.4
2010	11.0	9.9	10.2
More information on Indiana unemployment rates • County-level Unemployment and Median Household Income Data • Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room • Contact Lorin Kusmin, 202-694-5429

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Federal Funds, FY 2010
Federal funding, dollars per person
All Federal funds	8,433	9,467	9,243

Federal funding by purpose (function codes)
Agriculture and natural resources	242	66	104
Community resources	766	1,356	1,228
Defense and space	769	1,093	1,023
Human resources	148	147	147
Income security	5,999	5,418	5,543
National functions	510	1,388	1,198

Federal funding by type of payments (object codes)
Grants	1,183	1,346	1,311
Direct loans	261	457	415
Guaranteed/insured loans	649	1,258	1,127
Retirement/disability payments	3,339	2,937	3,024
Other direct payments to individuals	1,735	1,757	1,753
Direct payments, not to individuals	192	69	96
Procurement contracts	569	924	847
Salaries and wages	505	718	672
Total does not include Statewide funds undistributed at the county level. More information on Federal Funds • Program Function and Object Code Definitions • Federal Funds and Development Policy Briefing Room • Federal Funds Data • Contact Richard Reeder, 202-694-5360

* The terms “rural” and “urban” here refer to data for nonmetro and metro areas, a county-level classification defined by the Office of Management and Budget. We use the June 2003 version of nonmetro and metro areas because it reflects conditions at the beginning of the decade. See Measuring Rurality: What is Rural? for a discussion of differences between metro-nonmetro categories and the Census Bureau’s rural-urban classification.

More information on socioeconomic conditions • Rural Emphasis Page • Contact Tim Parker, 202-694-5435.

Organic Agriculture

	2006	2007	2008

Number of certified operations	49	106	180
Crops (acres)	4,222	7,817	12,856
Pasture & rangeland (acres)	1,067	28,001	5,806
Total acres	5,290	35,818	18,662
More information on organic agriculture • Organic Production Data • Organic Agriculture Briefing Room • Contact Catherine Greene, 202-694-5541.

Farm Characteristics

	1997	2002	2007
1997, 2002 and 2007 Census of Agriculture

Approximate total land area (acres)	22,956,877	22,954,817	22,924,685
Total farmland (acres)	15,525,154	15,058,670	14,773,184
Percent of total land area	67.6	65.6	64.4

Cropland (acres)	13,065,057	12,909,002	12,716,037
Percent of total farmland	84.2	85.7	86.1
Percent in pasture	5.1	3.5	2.2
Percent irrigated	1.9	2.4	3.1

Harvested Cropland (acres)	11,844,628	11,937,370	12,108,940

Woodland (acres)	1,386,159	1,153,779	1,020,287
Percent of total farmland	8.9	7.7	6.9
Percent in pasture	21.4	19.3	15.8

Pastureland (acres)	403,389	427,190	542,941
Percent of total farmland	2.6	2.8	3.7

Land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc. (acres)	670,549	568,699	493,919
Percent of total farmland	4.3	3.8	3.3

Conservation practices
Farmland in conservation or wetlands reserve programs (acres)	409,976	291,664	365,321

Average farm size (acres)	233	250	242

Farms by size (percent)
1 to 99 acres	54.3	57.5	62.7
100 to 499 acres	32.8	28.7	24.7
500 to 999 acres	7.8	7.5	6.2
1000 to 1,999 acres	4.1	4.7	4.3
2,000 or more acres	1.1	1.6	2.1

Farms by sales (percent)
Less than $9,999	48.8	54.0	54.4
$10,000 to $49,999	24.0	20.6	17.8
$50,000 to $99,999	8.7	8.2	7.0
$100,000 to $499,999	15.4	14.1	14.2
More than $500,000	3.0	3.1	6.6

Tenure of farmers
Full owner (farms)	40,996	39,082	40,550
Percent of total	61.5	64.8	66.5

Part owner (farms)	20,053	17,580	16,180
Percent of total	30.1	29.2	26.6

Tenant owner (farms)	5,658	3,634	4,208
Percent of total	8.5	6.0	6.9

Farm organization
Individuals/family, sole proprietorship (farms)	57,266	53,864	52,553
Percent of total	85.8	89.3	86.2

Family-held corporations (farms)	2,954	2,461	2,769
Percent of total	4.4	4.1	4.5

Partnerships (farms)	5,803	3,463	4,614
Percent of total	8.7	5.7	7.6

Non-family corporations (farms)	246	171	209
Percent of total	0.4	0.3	0.3

Others - cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc. (farms)	438	337	793
Percent of total	0.7	0.6	1.3

Characteristics of principal farm operators
Average operator age (years)	52.3	53.7	55.0
Percent with farming as their primary occupation	43.1	55.7	41.9
Men	62,529	55,776	54,561
Women	4,178	4,520	6,377

More information on farm characteristics • Census of Agriculture • Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540.

Farm Financial Indicators

	2009	2010
Farm income and value added data

Number of farms	61,500	62,000

	Thousands $
Final crop output	6,645,638	6,553,324
+ Final animal output	2,391,768	2,855,320
+ Services and forestry	1,370,222	1,087,425
= Final agricultural sector output	10,407,628	10,496,069

- Intermediate consumption outlays	5,500,927	5,510,930
+ Net government transactions	-71,192	-2,829
= Gross value added	4,835,510	4,982,310

- Capital consumption	1,023,432	1,045,561

= Net value added	3,812,078	3,936,749

- Factor payments	1,419,537	1,549,503
Employee compensation (total hired labor)	357,778	370,142
Net rent received by nonoperator landlords	561,789	700,325
Real estate and nonreal estate interest	499,970	479,036

= Net farm income	2,392,541	2,387,247

More information on farm income • Farm Income Data • Farm Income and Costs Briefing Room • Contact Timothy Park, 202-694-5446.

Farm balance sheet

• Estimation of State-level Balance Sheets has been suspended. See the Farm Balance Sheet data page for more information.

Top Commodities, Exports, and Counties

	Value of receipts thousand $	Percent of state total farm receipts	Percent of US value
Top 5 agriculture commodities, 2010
1. Corn	3,502,966	36.5	7.8
2. Soybeans	2,714,788	28.3	8.2
3. Hogs	1,023,236	10.7	5.7
4. Dairy products	589,584	6.1	1.9
5. Chicken eggs	373,592	3.9	5.8

All commodities	9,589,339		3.1

More information on Indiana's top agriculture commodities • Leading commodities by cash receipts in Excel. • Other cash receipts data. • Contact Ted Covey, 202-694-5344.

	Rank among states	Value million $
Top 5 agriculture exports, estimates, FY 2010
1. Soybeans and products	5	1,714.9
2. Feed grains and products	6	801.6
3. Live animals and meat	8	376.6
4. Poultry and products	6	264.6
5. Wheat and products	23	107.7

Total export value	8	3,422.0

More information on agricultural exports • State Export Data • Agricultural Trade Briefing Room • Contact Nora Brooks, 202-694-5211.

	Percent of state total receipts	Thousands $
Top 5 counties in agricultural sales 2007
1. Jasper County	3.5	293,544
2. White County	2.8	231,957
3. Elkhart County	2.5	205,755
4. Dubois County	2.4	200,724
5. Jackson County	2.4	196,943

State total		8,271,291

More information on agricultural sales • Census of Agriculture • Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540.

Data Sources

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, county data, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Current Population Survey, Food Security Supplements , 2002-2010, Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce.
Regional Economic Information System, April 2011, Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce.
1980, 1990, 2000, 2010 Census of Population, Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce.
2006-2010 American Community Survey, Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce.
Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce, Consolidated Federal Funds Report
Organic data, USDA, Economic Research Service, based on information from USDA-accredited State and private organic certifiers.
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.

For more information, contact: Tim Parker

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Updated date: January 17, 2012