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State Fact Sheets: Nevada
• 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

Population
  Rural * Urban * Total
Year
    1980 110,273 690,235 800,508
    1990 162,738 1,039,095 1,201,833
    2000 227,150 1,771,107 1,998,257
    2010 268,591 2,431,960 2,700,551

More information on Nevada population
• County-level Population Data
• Rural Population and Migration Briefing Room
• Contact John Cromartie, 202-694-5421.

Income
  Rural * Urban * Total
Per-capita income (2009 dollars)
    2008 37,378 40,160 39,878
    2009 36,565 37,794 37,670
    Percent change -2.2 -5.9 -5.5
 
Earnings per job (2009 dollars)
    2008 40,378 47,649 46,994
    2009 40,606 47,043 46,449
    Percent change 0.6 -1.3 -1.2
 
Poverty rate (percent)
    1979 10.6 8.4 8.7
    1989 10.2 10.1 10.2
    1999 9.7 10.6 10.5
    2010 (latest model-based estimates) 11.8 15.0 14.8

More information on Nevada 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

Household-level Food Insecurity and Very Low Food Security
  2002-04 Avg. 2005-07 Avg. 2008-10 Avg.
Percent of households
    Food insecure 8.5 10.4 14.7
    Very low food security 2.9 4.0 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.

Education (Persons 25 and older)
  Rural * Urban * Total
Percent not completing high school
    1980 (Census) 27.9 24.0 24.5
    1990 (Census) 21.8 21.1 21.2
    2000 (Census) 17.5 19.6 19.3
    2006-2010 (ACS) 14.7 15.8 15.7
 
Percent completing high school only
    1980 (Census) 41.0 40.3 40.4
    1990 (Census) 35.0 31.0 31.5
    2000 (Census) 32.7 28.9 29.3
    2006-2010 (ACS) 34.3 29.1 29.7
 
Percent completing some college
    1980 (Census) 18.7 20.9 20.6
    1990 (Census) 30.3 32.2 32.0
    2000 (Census) 35.1 32.9 33.2
    2006-2010 (ACS) 35.2 32.5 32.8
 
Percent completing college
    1980 (Census) 12.1 14.8 14.4
    1990 (Census) 12.9 15.6 15.3
    2000 (Census) 14.8 18.6 18.2
    2006-2010 (ACS) 15.9 22.5 21.8

More information on Nevada education
• County-level Education Data
• Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room
• Contact Alexander Marré, 202-694-5338

Employment
  Rural * Urban * Total
Total number of jobs
    2008 146,955 1,482,671 1,629,626
    2009 140,672 1,384,443 1,525,115
 
Percent employment change
    2007-2008 -1.1 0.0 -0.1
    2008-2009 -1.4 -5.4 -5.0
    2009-2010 -2.6 -3.0 -2.9
 
Unemployment rate (percent)
    2009 11.4 12.6 12.5
    2010 13.7 15.0 14.9

More information on Nevada unemployment rates
• County-level Unemployment and Median Household Income Data
• Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room
• Contact Lorin Kusmin, 202-694-5429

Federal Funds, FY 2010
  Rural * Urban * Total
Federal funding, dollars per person
   All Federal funds 8,825 8,431 8,470
 
Federal funding by purpose (function codes)
      Agriculture and natural resources 101 30 37
      Community resources 1,846 2,237 2,198
      Defense and space 922 853 860
      Human resources 176 112 118
      Income security 5,220 4,062 4,177
      National functions 561 1,137 1,080
 
Federal funding by type of payments (object codes)
      Grants 919 845 852
      Direct loans 92 132 128
      Guaranteed/insured loans 1,596 2,164 2,108
      Retirement/disability payments 3,613 2,570 2,674
      Other direct payments to
      individuals		 1,089 1,059 1,062
      Direct payments, not to
      individuals		 87 32 38
      Procurement contracts 878 891 890
      Salaries and wages 550 736 718

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 32 36 37
Crops (acres) 2,993 3,724 6,321
Pasture & rangeland (acres) 30,763 484 484
Total acres 33,756 4,208 6,805

More information on organic agriculture
• Organic Production Data
• Organic Agriculture Briefing Room
• Contact Catherine Greene, 202-694-5541.

Farm Characteristics

1997, 2002 and 2007 Census of Agriculture
 
  1997 2002 2007
Approximate total land area (acres) 70,275,531 70,288,634 70,252,997
    Total farmland (acres) 6,397,569 6,330,622 5,865,392
        Percent of total land area 9.1 9.0 8.3
 
        Cropland (acres) 847,288 940,295 753,718
            Percent of total farmland 13.2 14.9 12.9
            Percent in pasture 30.6 33.4 24.6
            Percent irrigated 62.1 56.9 66.7
 
            Harvested Cropland (acres) 526,408 549,076 504,311
 
        Woodland (acres) 13,966 43,688 36,327
            Percent of total farmland 0.2 0.7 0.6
            Percent in pasture 77.8 34.5 73.9
 
        Pastureland (acres) 5,218,813 4,974,195 4,855,316
            Percent of total farmland 81.6 78.6 82.8
 
        Land in house lots, ponds,
        roads, wasteland, etc. (acres)		 317,502 372,444 220,031
            Percent of total farmland 5.0 5.9 3.8
 
Conservation practices
        Farmland in conservation or
        wetlands reserve programs
        (acres)		 (D) 7,682  
 
Average farm size (acres) 2,000 2,118 1,873
 
Farms by size (percent)
            1 to 99 acres 53.9 55.6 58.7
            100 to 499 acres 23.1 20.2 20.1
            500 to 999 acres 7.8 7.2 6.9
            1000 to 1,999 acres 5.8 5.7 4.8
            2,000 or more acres 9.3 11.3 9.5
 
Farms by sales (percent)
            Less than $9,999 52.4 55.4 57.0
            $10,000 to $49,999 23.5 17.6 17.6
            $50,000 to $99,999 8.0 7.6 5.7
            $100,000 to $499,999 12.0 14.1 13.2
            More than $500,000 4.1 5.4 6.5
 
Tenure of farmers
        Full owner (farms) 2,393 2,354 2,490
            Percent of total 74.8 78.8 79.5
 
        Part owner (farms) 527 458 465
            Percent of total 16.5 15.3 14.9
 
        Tenant owner (farms) 278 177 176
            Percent of total 8.7 5.9 5.6
 
Farm organization
        Individuals/family, sole
        proprietorship (farms)		 2,532 2,499 2,542
            Percent of total 79.2 83.6 81.2
 
        Family-held corporations
        (farms)		 219 174 207
            Percent of total 6.8 5.8 6.6
 
        Partnerships (farms) 309 205 284
            Percent of total 9.7 6.9 9.1
 
        Non-family corporations (farms) 26 26 23
            Percent of total 0.8 0.9 0.7
 
        Others - cooperative, estate or
        trust, institutional, etc. (farms)		 112 85 75
            Percent of total 3.5 2.8 2.4
 
Characteristics of principal farm operators
        Average operator age (years) 54.9 55.9 57.5
        Percent with farming as their
         primary occupation		 52.4 58.7 52.7
        Men 2,691 2,472 2,530
        Women 507 517 601
 

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

Farm Financial Indicators

Farm income and value added data
  2009 2010
 
Number of farms 3,080 3,100
 
  Thousands $
       Final crop output 260,488 211,607
+     Final animal output 274,147 346,697
+     Services and forestry 115,035 106,406
=   Final agricultural sector output 649,670 664,710
 
-      Intermediate consumption outlays 346,984 341,550
+     Net government transactions -6,642 -8,291
=   Gross value added 296,044 314,869
 
-      Capital consumption 71,128 72,616
 
=   Net value added 224,916 242,253
 
-    Factor payments 113,001 104,493
         Employee compensation (total hired labor) 86,215 77,924
         Net rent received by nonoperator landlords 3,481 4,261
         Real estate and nonreal estate interest 23,305 22,308
 
=   Net farm income 111,916 137,760
 

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

Top 5 agriculture commodities, 2010
  Value of receipts
thousand $		 Percent of state total
farm receipts		 Percent of US value
1. Cattle and calves 217,776 39.2 0.4
2. Dairy products 103,766 18.7 0.3
3. Hay 99,160 17.9 1.8
4. Onions 67,340 12.1 5.6
5. Potatoes 14,286 2.6 0.5
 
All commodities 555,051   0.2
 

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

Top 5 agriculture exports, estimates, FY 2010
  Rank among states Value
million $
1. Seeds 10 26.5
2. Vegetables and preparations 23 19.9
3. Feeds and fodders 42 6.5
4. Other 48 3.4
5. Wheat and products 43 3.4
 
Total export value 46 61.0
 

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

Top 5 counties in agricultural sales 2007
  Percent of state total receipts Thousands $
1. Lyon County 17.8 91,108
2. Humboldt County 14.5 74,355
3. Churchill County 13.0 66,921
4. Nye County 11.3 58,238
5. Elko County 10.4 53,599
 
State total   513,269
 

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



Data Sources

Prepared by Economic Research Service, USDA, Washington, DC.

For more information, contact: Tim Parker
Web administration: webadmin@ers.usda.gov
Updated date: January 17, 2012