Population, Income, Education, and Employment
| Population |
| |
Rural * |
Urban * |
Total |
| Year |
| 1980 |
1,258,111 |
1,767,376 |
3,025,487 |
| 1990 |
1,224,940 |
1,920,645 |
3,145,585 |
| 2000 |
1,293,624 |
2,157,030 |
3,450,654 |
| 2007 (latest estimates) |
1,314,022 |
2,303,294 |
3,617,316 |
More information on Oklahoma 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 |
25,362 |
34,385 |
31,079 |
| 2006 |
26,227 |
35,936 |
32,391 |
| Percent change |
3.4 |
4.5 |
4.2 |
| |
| Earnings per job (2006 dollars) |
| 2005 |
29,881 |
44,180 |
39,362 |
| 2006 |
29,870 |
45,240 |
40,062 |
| Percent change |
-0.0 |
2.3 |
1.7 |
| |
| Poverty rate (percent) |
| 1979 |
16.5 |
11.3 |
13.4 |
| 1989 |
20.3 |
14.4 |
16.7 |
| 1999 |
17.4 |
13.2 |
14.7 |
| 2005 (latest model-based estimates) |
18.9 |
15.1 |
16.4 |
More information on Oklahoma 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 |
40.6 |
29.2 |
34.0 |
| 1990 |
31.0 |
21.8 |
25.4 |
| 2000 |
23.2 |
17.1 |
19.4 |
| |
| Percent completing high school only |
| 1980 |
33.0 |
35.7 |
34.8 |
| 1990 |
32.4 |
29.2 |
30.5 |
| 2000 |
35.0 |
29.3 |
31.5 |
| |
| Percent completing some college |
| 1980 |
13.6 |
18.0 |
16.1 |
| 1990 |
22.3 |
29.0 |
26.3 |
| 2000 |
25.4 |
30.9 |
28.8 |
| |
| Percent completing college |
| 1980 |
12.3 |
17.1 |
15.1 |
| 1990 |
14.3 |
20.1 |
17.8 |
| 2000 |
16.3 |
22.7 |
20.3 |
More information on Oklahoma education
• County-level Education Data
• Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room
• Contact Robert Gibbs, 202-694-5423
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Employment
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| |
Rural * |
Urban * |
Total |
| Total number of jobs |
| 2005 |
700,470 |
1,378,545 |
2,079,015 |
| 2006 |
722,511 |
1,422,197 |
2,144,708 |
| |
| Unemployment rate (percent) |
| 2006 |
4.2 |
4.1 |
4.1 |
| 2007 |
4.3 |
4.3 |
4.3 |
More information on Oklahoma 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 |
1.1 |
1.1 |
1.1 |
| 2005-2006 |
3.5 |
0.0 |
1.2 |
| 2006-2007 |
1.3 |
0.3 |
0.6 |
| |
| Percent of 2002 employment in farm and farm-related jobs |
| Total |
24.8 |
13.2 |
17.1 |
| Production |
10.8 |
2.0 |
5.0 |
| Farm inputs |
0.4 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
| Processing & marketing |
2.4 |
0.7 |
1.3 |
| Wholesale & retail trade |
10.1 |
9.8 |
9.9 |
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) |
43.95 |
43.95 |
43.95 |
| Total farmland (million acres) |
32.14 |
34.07 |
33.66 |
| Percent of total land area |
73.1 |
77.5 |
76.6 |
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| Cropland (million acres) |
14.52 |
15.48 |
14.84 |
| Percent of total farmland |
45.2 |
45.4 |
44.1 |
| Percent in pasture |
30.7 |
32.6 |
34.0 |
| Percent irrigated |
3.3 |
3.0 |
3.2 |
| |
Harvested Cropland
(million acres) |
8.27 |
8.96 |
7.71 |
| |
| Woodland (million acres) |
1.94 |
2.20 |
2.27 |
| Percent of total farmland |
6.0 |
6.5 |
6.7 |
| Percent in pasture |
71.9 |
68.9 |
72.3 |
| |
| Pastureland (million acres) |
15.06 |
15.54 |
15.73 |
| Percent of total farmland |
46.9 |
45.6 |
46.7 |
| |
Land in house lots, ponds,
roads, wasteland, etc.
(million acres) |
0.62 |
0.85 |
0.82 |
| Percent of total farmland |
1.9 |
2.5 |
2.4 |
| |
| Conservation practices |
Farmland in conservation or
wetlands reserve programs
(million acres) |
0.83 |
1.02 |
1.10 |
| Percent of total farmland |
2.6 |
3.0 |
3.3 |
| |
| Average farm size (acres) |
480 |
405 |
404 |
| |
| Farms by size (percent) |
| 1 to 99 acres |
32.4 |
39.1 |
40.5 |
| 100 to 499 acres |
43.5 |
41.9 |
41.5 |
| 500 to 999 acres |
12.3 |
9.7 |
9.2 |
| 1000 to 1,999 acres |
7.7 |
5.7 |
4.9 |
| 2,000 or more acres |
4.2 |
3.6 |
3.9 |
| |
| Farms by sales (percent) |
| Less than $9,999 |
55.7 |
63.5 |
62.8 |
| $10,000 to $49,999 |
28.0 |
24.0 |
24.3 |
| $50,000 to $99,999 |
6.9 |
5.3 |
5.2 |
| $100,000 to $499,999 |
7.9 |
6.4 |
6.3 |
| More than $500,000 |
1.1 |
1.3 |
1.4 |
| |
| Tenure of farmers |
| Full owner (farms) |
35,802 |
48,704 |
52,817 |
| Percent of total |
53.5 |
58.0 |
63.4 |
| |
| Part owner (farms) |
24,039 |
26,736 |
24,497 |
| Percent of total |
35.9 |
31.8 |
29.4 |
| |
| Tenant owner (farms) |
7,096 |
8,588 |
5,986 |
| Percent of total |
10.6 |
10.2 |
7.2 |
| |
| Farm organization |
Individuals/family, sole
proprietorship (farms) |
60,304 |
76,373 |
78,197 |
| Percent of total |
90.1 |
90.9 |
93.9 |
| |
Family-held corporations
(farms) |
1,085 |
1,359 |
978 |
| Percent of total |
1.6 |
1.6 |
1.2 |
| |
| Partnerships (farms) |
4,985 |
5,437 |
3,392 |
| Percent of total |
7.4 |
6.5 |
4.1 |
| |
| Non-family corporations (farms) |
111 |
161 |
138 |
| Percent of total |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
| |
Others - cooperative, estate or
trust, institutional, etc. (farms) |
452 |
698 |
595 |
| Percent of total |
0.7 |
0.8 |
0.7 |
| |
| Characteristics of principal farm operators |
| Average operator age (years) |
55.0 |
54.8 |
56.0 |
Percent with farming as their
primary occupation |
49.7 |
42.4 |
55.3 |
| Men (persons) |
61,611 |
76,097 |
74,580 |
| Women (persons) |
5,326 |
7,931 |
8,720 |
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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 |
83,000 |
83,000 |
| |
| |
Thousands $ |
| Final crop output |
1,102,820 |
831,235 |
| + Final animal output |
4,315,100 |
3,961,495 |
| + Services and forestry |
799,847 |
872,328 |
| = Final agricultural sector output |
6,217,767 |
5,665,058 |
| |
| - Intermediate consumption outlays |
3,468,323 |
3,560,643 |
| + Net government transactions |
155,682 |
76,731 |
| = Gross value added |
2,905,126 |
2,181,146 |
| |
| - Capital consumption |
597,007 |
620,455 |
| |
| = Net value added |
2,308,119 |
1,560,691 |
| |
| - Factor payments |
644,861 |
684,174 |
| Employee compensation (total hired labor) |
260,722 |
267,249 |
| Net rent received by nonoperator landlords |
76,448 |
68,651 |
| Real estate and nonreal estate interest |
307,691 |
348,274 |
| |
| = Net farm income |
1,663,258 |
876,517 |
| |
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 state total
farm receipts |
Percent of US value |
| 1. Cattle and calves |
2,751,320 |
54.0 |
5.6 |
| 2. Hogs |
566,388 |
11.1 |
4.0 |
| 3. Broilers |
498,316 |
9.8 |
2.6 |
| 4. Wheat |
383,601 |
7.5 |
5.2 |
| 5. Dairy products |
178,044 |
3.5 |
0.8 |
| |
| All commodities |
5,093,622 |
|
2.1 |
| |
More information on Oklahoma'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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Rank among states |
Value
million $ |
| 1. Wheat and products |
9 |
333.8 |
| 2. Live animals and meat |
13 |
180.6 |
| 3. Feeds and fodders |
10 |
80.0 |
| 4. Poultry and products |
17 |
72.5 |
| 5. Cotton and linters |
12 |
61.6 |
| |
| Overall rank |
26 |
870.9 |
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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 2002 |
| |
Percent of state total receipts |
Million $ |
| 1. Texas County |
14.9 |
662.5 |
| 2. Cimarron County |
4.1 |
182.0 |
| 3. Le Flore County |
3.8 |
169.2 |
| 4. McCurtain County |
3.3 |
149.2 |
| 5. Harper County |
3.2 |
142.0 |
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| State total |
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4,456.4 |
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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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