Population, Income, Education, and Employment
| Population |
| |
Rural * |
Urban * |
Total |
| Year |
| 1980 |
45,582,560 |
180,959,644 |
226,542,204 |
| 1990 |
44,769,175 |
203,940,698 |
248,709,873 |
| 2000 |
48,841,966 |
232,579,940 |
281,421,906 |
| 2007 (latest estimates) |
50,022,110 |
251,599,047 |
301,621,157 |
More information on United States 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 (2006 dollars) |
| 2005 |
26,946 |
37,673 |
35,878 |
| 2006 |
27,391 |
38,579 |
36,714 |
| Percent change |
1.7 |
2.4 |
2.3 |
| |
| Earnings per job (2006 dollars) |
| 2005 |
32,493 |
49,915 |
47,283 |
| 2006 |
32,111 |
49,978 |
47,286 |
| Percent change |
-1.2 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
| |
| Poverty rate (percent) |
| 1979 |
15.9 |
11.6 |
12.4 |
| 1989 |
17.3 |
12.2 |
13.1 |
| 1999 |
14.8 |
11.9 |
12.4 |
| 2005 (latest model-based estimates) |
16.1 |
12.7 |
13.3 |
More information on United States 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 Robert Gibbs, 202-694-5423
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Education (Persons 25 and older)
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| |
Rural * |
Urban * |
Total |
| Percent not completing high school |
| 1980 |
41.8 |
31.6 |
33.5 |
| 1990 |
31.4 |
23.3 |
24.8 |
| 2000 |
23.5 |
18.8 |
19.6 |
| |
| Percent completing high school only |
| 1980 |
35.0 |
34.4 |
34.6 |
| 1990 |
35.2 |
28.9 |
30.0 |
| 2000 |
35.9 |
27.1 |
28.6 |
| |
| Percent completing some college |
| 1980 |
12.4 |
16.4 |
15.7 |
| 1990 |
21.0 |
25.8 |
24.9 |
| 2000 |
25.5 |
27.8 |
27.4 |
| |
| Percent completing college |
| 1980 |
10.6 |
17.6 |
16.2 |
| 1990 |
12.4 |
22.1 |
20.3 |
| 2000 |
15.1 |
26.4 |
24.4 |
More information on United States 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 |
| 2005 |
26,319,609 |
147,856,791 |
174,176,400 |
| 2006 |
26,861,638 |
151,471,262 |
178,332,900 |
| |
| Unemployment rate (percent) |
| 2006 |
5.1 |
4.5 |
4.6 |
| 2007 |
5.1 |
4.5 |
4.6 |
More information on United States 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 |
| 2004-2005 |
1.2 |
1.4 |
1.4 |
| 2005-2006 |
1.6 |
2.1 |
2.0 |
| 2006-2007 |
0.6 |
1.5 |
1.3 |
| |
| Percent of 2002 employment in farm and farm-related jobs |
| Total |
21.2 |
13.0 |
14.3 |
| Production |
6.5 |
1.0 |
1.8 |
| Farm inputs |
0.5 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
| Processing & marketing |
3.0 |
1.2 |
1.5 |
| Wholesale & retail trade |
10.1 |
10.1 |
10.1 |
More information on farm employment
• Farm and Farm-Related Employment data
• Contact Tim Parker, 202-694-5435
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Farm Characteristics
| 1992, 1997 and 2002 Census of Agriculture |
| |
| |
1992 |
1997 |
2002 |
| Total land area (million acres) |
2,262.44 |
2,262.46 |
2,263.96 |
| Total farmland (million acres) |
945.53 |
954.75 |
938.28 |
| Percent of total land area |
41.8 |
42.2 |
41.4 |
| |
| Cropland (million acres) |
435.37 |
445.32 |
434.16 |
| Percent of total farmland |
46.0 |
46.6 |
46.3 |
| Percent in pasture |
15.3 |
14.9 |
13.9 |
| Percent irrigated |
10.4 |
11.5 |
11.6 |
| |
Harvested Cropland
(million acres) |
295.94 |
318.94 |
302.70 |
| |
| Woodland (million acres) |
73.96 |
76.85 |
75.88 |
| Percent of total farmland |
7.8 |
8.0 |
8.1 |
| Percent in pasture |
48.9 |
40.4 |
41.0 |
| |
| Pastureland (million acres) |
410.83 |
398.23 |
395.28 |
| Percent of total farmland |
43.5 |
41.7 |
42.1 |
| |
Land in house lots, ponds,
roads, wasteland, etc.
(million acres) |
25.37 |
34.34 |
32.96 |
| Percent of total farmland |
2.7 |
3.6 |
3.5 |
| |
| Conservation practices |
Farmland in conservation or
wetlands reserve programs
(million acres) |
22.79 |
31.90 |
32.72 |
| Percent of total farmland |
2.4 |
3.3 |
3.5 |
| |
| Average farm size (acres) |
491 |
431 |
441 |
| |
| Farms by size (percent) |
| 1 to 99 acres |
43.5 |
49.2 |
51.0 |
| 100 to 499 acres |
37.8 |
34.7 |
33.1 |
| 500 to 999 acres |
9.7 |
8.1 |
7.6 |
| 1000 to 1,999 acres |
5.3 |
4.6 |
4.7 |
| 2,000 or more acres |
3.7 |
3.4 |
3.7 |
| |
| Farms by sales (percent) |
| Less than $9,999 |
47.1 |
55.3 |
59.3 |
| $10,000 to $49,999 |
26.0 |
21.0 |
19.4 |
| $50,000 to $99,999 |
9.8 |
7.4 |
6.6 |
| $100,000 to $499,999 |
14.9 |
12.7 |
11.3 |
| More than $500,000 |
2.4 |
3.2 |
3.3 |
| |
| Tenure of farmers |
| Full owner (farms) |
1,111,738 |
1,384,565 |
1,428,136 |
| Percent of total |
57.7 |
62.5 |
67.1 |
| |
| Part owner (farms) |
596,657 |
615,902 |
551,004 |
| Percent of total |
31.0 |
27.8 |
25.9 |
| |
| Tenant owner (farms) |
216,905 |
215,409 |
149,842 |
| Percent of total |
11.3 |
9.7 |
7.0 |
| |
| Farm organization |
Individuals/family, sole
proprietorship (farms) |
1,653,491 |
1,922,590 |
1,909,598 |
| Percent of total |
85.9 |
86.8 |
89.7 |
| |
Family-held corporations
(farms) |
64,528 |
81,621 |
66,667 |
| Percent of total |
3.4 |
3.7 |
3.1 |
| |
| Partnerships (farms) |
186,806 |
185,607 |
129,593 |
| Percent of total |
9.7 |
8.4 |
6.1 |
| |
| Non-family corporations (farms) |
8,039 |
8,811 |
7,085 |
| Percent of total |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
| |
Others - cooperative, estate or
trust, institutional, etc. (farms) |
12,436 |
17,247 |
16,039 |
| Percent of total |
0.6 |
0.8 |
0.8 |
| |
| Characteristics of principal farm operators |
| Average operator age (years) |
53.3 |
54.0 |
55.3 |
Percent with farming as their
primary occupation |
54.7 |
47.1 |
57.5 |
| Men (persons) |
1,780,144 |
2,006,092 |
1,891,163 |
| Women (persons) |
145,156 |
209,784 |
237,819 |
| |
More information on farm characteristics
• Census of Agriculture
• Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540.
Data from the 1992 Census of Agriculture is not adjusted for coverage. See Coverage Adjustment from NASS.
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Farm Financial Indicators
| Farm income and value added data |
| |
2005 |
2006 |
| |
| Number of farms |
2,098,690 |
2,089,790 |
| |
| |
Thousands $ |
| Final crop output |
113,596,009 |
118,007,703 |
| + Final animal output |
126,426,291 |
120,085,033 |
| + Services and forestry |
35,179,348 |
37,607,277 |
| = Final agricultural sector output |
275,201,649 |
275,700,012 |
| |
| - Intermediate consumption outlays |
144,632,275 |
151,425,889 |
| + Net government transactions |
15,822,665 |
6,235,896 |
| = Gross value added |
146,392,039 |
130,510,019 |
| |
| - Capital consumption |
24,982,809 |
26,146,645 |
| |
| = Net value added |
121,409,230 |
104,363,374 |
| |
| - Factor payments |
44,280,918 |
45,357,888 |
| Employee compensation (total hired labor) |
20,664,947 |
21,315,414 |
| Net rent received by nonoperator landlords |
10,617,447 |
9,300,919 |
| Real estate and nonreal estate interest |
12,998,524 |
14,741,555 |
| |
| = Net farm income |
77,128,312 |
59,005,486 |
| |
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, 2006
|
| |
Value of receipts
thousand $ |
Percent of US
total value |
|
| 1. Cattle and calves |
49,148,366 |
20.5 |
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| 2. Dairy products |
23,421,987 |
9.8 |
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| 3. Corn |
21,716,106 |
9.1 |
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| 4. Broilers |
18,851,949 |
7.9 |
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| 5. Soybeans |
16,920,732 |
7.1 |
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| All commodities |
239,271,907 |
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More information on United States's top agriculture commodities
• Leading commodities for cash receipts in Excel
• Contact Roger Strickland, 202-694-5592.
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| Top 5 agriculture exports, estimates, FY 2007 |
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Value
million $ |
| 1. Feed grains and products |
|
11,847.7 |
| 2. Other |
|
11,033.5 |
| 3. Soybeans and products |
|
11,027.2 |
| 4. Wheat and products |
|
8,457.7 |
| 5. Live animals and meat |
|
6,787.0 |
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| Overall rank |
|
81,947.1 |
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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 2002 |
| |
Percent of US total receipts |
Million $ |
| 1. Fresno County, CA |
1.4 |
2,759.4 |
| 2. Tulare County, CA |
1.2 |
2,338.6 |
| 3. Monterey County, CA |
1.1 |
2,190.1 |
| 4. Kern County, CA |
1.0 |
2,058.7 |
| 5. Merced County, CA |
1.0 |
2,058.7 |
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| US total |
|
200,646.4 |
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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 2006, 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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