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State Fact Sheets: Missouri

• Population, Income, Education, and Employment
• Farm Characteristics
• Farm Financial Indicators
• Top Commodities, Exports, and Counties
• About the State Fact Sheets

Data updated October 21, 2009

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Population, Income, Education, and Employment

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Population
Year
1980	1,383,367	3,533,399	4,916,766
1990	1,390,705	3,726,368	5,117,073
2000	1,525,249	4,069,962	5,595,211
2008 (latest estimates)	1,565,609	4,345,996	5,911,605
More information on Missouri population • County-level Population Data • Rural Population and Migration Briefing Room • Contact John Cromartie, 202-694-5421.

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Income
Per-capita income (2007 dollars)
2006	25,434	36,358	33,440
2007	25,865	36,898	33,964
Percent change	3.4	3.0	3.1

Earnings per job (2007 dollars)
2006	28,632	45,641	41,599
2007	29,094	45,780	41,843
Percent change	3.2	0.6	1.2

Poverty rate (percent)
1979	17.2	10.2	12.2
1989	18.9	11.3	13.3
1999	15.6	10.3	11.7
2007 (latest model-based estimates)	17.2	11.9	13.3
More information on Missouri 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

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Education (Persons 25 and older)
Percent not completing high school
1980	44.6	33.3	36.5
1990	34.4	22.9	26.1
2000	24.7	16.4	18.7

Percent completing high school only
1980	37.0	36.1	36.3
1990	37.5	31.5	33.1
2000	39.4	30.2	32.7

Percent completing some college
1980	9.7	14.8	13.3
1990	17.5	25.0	23.0
2000	22.9	28.6	27.0

Percent completing college
1980	8.9	15.9	13.9
1990	10.5	20.5	17.8
2000	13.0	24.8	21.6
More information on Missouri education • County-level Education Data • Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room • Contact Robert Gibbs, 202-694-5423

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Employment
Total number of jobs
2006	863,089	2,768,459	3,631,548
2007	864,247	2,799,044	3,663,291

Unemployment rate (percent)
2007	5.4	4.9	5.1
2008	6.2	6.0	6.1
More information on Missouri unemployment rates • County-level Unemployment and Median Household Income Data • Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room • Contact Lorin Kusmin, 202-694-5429

Percent employment change
2005-2006	1.4	1.0	1.1
2006-2007	-0.6	0.3	0.0
2007-2008	-0.7	-1.7	-1.4

* Urban and rural (metro and nonmetro) definitions are based on the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) June 2003 classification. See Measuring Rurality: New Definitions in 2003 for more information.

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

Farm Characteristics

	1997	2002	2007
1997, 2002 and 2007 Census of Agriculture

Approximate total land area (acres)	44,055,140	44,086,989	43,974,665
Total farmland (acres)	30,202,772	29,946,035	29,026,573
Percent of total land area	68.6	67.9	66.0

Cropland (acres)	19,926,421	18,884,920	16,405,595
Percent of total farmland	66.0	63.1	56.5
Percent in pasture	27.1	22.1	11.3
Percent irrigated	4.6	5.4	7.3

Harvested Cropland (acres)	12,850,509	13,137,184	12,980,113

Woodland (acres)	4,924,638	4,852,574	4,414,396
Percent of total farmland	16.3	16.2	15.2
Percent in pasture	48.7	47.0	42.3

Pastureland (acres)	3,941,666	4,854,438	6,864,391
Percent of total farmland	13.1	16.2	23.6

Land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc. (acres)	1,410,047	1,354,103	1,342,191
Percent of total farmland	4.7	4.5	4.6

Conservation practices
Farmland in conservation or wetlands reserve programs (acres)	1,625,624	1,418,874	1,691,694

Average farm size (acres)	272	280	269

Farms by size (percent)
1 to 99 acres	40.2	41.0	45.4
100 to 499 acres	45.8	45.0	41.7
500 to 999 acres	9.1	8.6	7.6
1000 to 1,999 acres	3.8	3.8	3.6
2,000 or more acres	1.2	1.6	1.8

Farms by sales (percent)
Less than $9,999	59.0	59.0	58.0
$10,000 to $49,999	25.1	25.7	24.9
$50,000 to $99,999	6.1	6.5	6.2
$100,000 to $499,999	8.2	7.3	8.0
More than $500,000	1.5	1.5	3.0

Tenure of farmers
Full owner (farms)	75,816	75,511	77,385
Percent of total	68.3	70.7	71.8

Part owner (farms)	27,204	25,795	25,147
Percent of total	24.5	24.2	23.3

Tenant owner (farms)	7,966	5,491	5,293
Percent of total	7.2	5.1	4.9

Farm organization
Individuals/family, sole proprietorship (farms)	99,050	98,435	94,818
Percent of total	89.2	92.2	87.9

Family-held corporations (farms)	2,542	1,973	2,739
Percent of total	2.3	1.8	2.5

Partnerships (farms)	8,402	5,563	8,202
Percent of total	7.6	5.2	7.6

Non-family corporations (farms)	206	201	324
Percent of total	0.2	0.2	0.3

Others - cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc. (farms)	786	625	1,742
Percent of total	0.7	0.6	1.6

Characteristics of principal farm operators
Average operator age (years)	54.4	56.0	57.1
Percent with farming as their primary occupation	42.8	57.2	41.8
Men	101,227	95,979	95,071
Women	9,759	10,818	12,754

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

Farm Financial Indicators

	2007	2008
Farm income and value added data

Number of farms	107,800	108,000

	Thousands $
Final crop output	3,666,396	4,811,643
+ Final animal output	3,574,490	3,634,632
+ Services and forestry	1,261,468	1,419,009
= Final agricultural sector output	8,502,354	9,865,284

- Intermediate consumption outlays	4,400,296	4,643,725
+ Net government transactions	12,693	198,173
= Gross value added	4,114,751	5,419,732

- Capital consumption	1,082,115	1,142,248

= Net value added	3,032,636	4,277,484

- Factor payments	1,107,775	1,244,751
Employee compensation (total hired labor)	302,001	261,917
Net rent received by nonoperator landlords	290,104	489,983
Real estate and nonreal estate interest	515,670	492,851

= Net farm income	1,924,861	3,032,733

More information on farm income • Farm Income Data • Farm Income and Costs Briefing Room • Contact Roger Strickland, 202-694-5592.

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, 2008
1. Soybeans	1,862,017	22.1	6.4
2. Corn	1,751,430	20.8	3.4
3. Cattle and calves	1,216,820	14.4	2.5
4. Hogs	876,503	10.4	5.5
5. Turkeys	371,070	4.4	8.3

All commodities	8,436,100		2.6

More information on Missouri's top agriculture commodities • Leading commodities for cash receipts in a text file • Contact Ted Covey, 202-694-5344.

	Rank among states	Value million $
Top 5 agriculture exports, estimates, FY 2008
1. Soybeans and products	6	1,248.7
2. Feed grains and products	11	531.7
3. Wheat and products	14	388.9
4. Live animals and meat	9	376.3
5. Cotton and linters	6	254.7

Overall rank	10	3,219.2

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. Barry County	4.4	331,990
2. Newton County	3.1	235,579
3. Stoddard County	3.0	228,116
4. Saline County	2.4	178,424
5. Lawrence County	2.3	172,461

State total		7,512,926

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.
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.

For more information, contact: Tim Parker

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Updated date: October 21, 2009