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State Fact Sheets: Oklahoma

• 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	1,258,111	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
2008 (latest estimates)	1,317,532	2,324,829	3,642,361
More information on Oklahoma 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	26,945	37,560	33,688
2007	28,153	38,899	34,997
Percent change	9.0	7.1	7.8

Earnings per job (2007 dollars)
2006	30,798	47,130	41,641
2007	32,008	48,146	42,719
Percent change	7.9	4.3	5.2

Poverty rate (percent)
1979	16.5	11.3	13.4
1989	20.3	14.4	16.7
1999	17.4	13.2	14.7
2007 (latest model-based estimates)	18.5	14.3	15.8
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 Tracey Farrigan, 202-694-5489

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Education (Persons 25 and older)
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

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Employment
Total number of jobs
2006	713,570	1,409,682	2,123,252
2007	726,260	1,433,280	2,159,540

Unemployment rate (percent)
2007	4.0	4.1	4.1
2008	3.7	3.9	3.8
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

Percent employment change
2005-2006	3.7	0.2	1.5
2006-2007	4.6	-0.8	1.1
2007-2008	2.2	0.0	0.9

* 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)	43,954,269	43,946,916	43,905,445
Total farmland (acres)	34,069,201	33,661,826	35,087,269
Percent of total land area	77.5	76.6	79.9

Cropland (acres)	15,478,091	14,843,357	13,007,625
Percent of total farmland	45.4	44.1	37.1
Percent in pasture	32.6	34.0	21.4
Percent irrigated	3.0	3.2	3.7

Harvested Cropland (acres)	8,964,248	7,705,860	7,650,080

Woodland (acres)	2,201,673	2,266,746	2,468,152
Percent of total farmland	6.5	6.7	7.0
Percent in pasture	68.9	72.3	69.2

Pastureland (acres)	15,536,014	15,732,765	18,713,085
Percent of total farmland	45.6	46.7	53.3

Land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc. (acres)	853,423	818,958	898,407
Percent of total farmland	2.5	2.4	2.6

Conservation practices
Farmland in conservation or wetlands reserve programs (acres)	1,024,267	1,103,520	1,150,524

Average farm size (acres)	405	404	405

Farms by size (percent)
1 to 99 acres	39.1	40.5	42.0
100 to 499 acres	41.9	41.5	40.4
500 to 999 acres	9.7	9.2	8.6
1000 to 1,999 acres	5.7	4.9	4.8
2,000 or more acres	3.6	3.9	4.1

Farms by sales (percent)
Less than $9,999	63.5	62.8	62.9
$10,000 to $49,999	23.5	24.3	23.5
$50,000 to $99,999	5.3	5.2	5.3
$100,000 to $499,999	6.4	6.3	6.2
More than $500,000	1.3	1.4	2.1

Tenure of farmers
Full owner (farms)	48,704	52,817	56,948
Percent of total	58.0	63.4	65.8

Part owner (farms)	26,736	24,497	24,270
Percent of total	31.8	29.4	28.0

Tenant owner (farms)	8,588	5,986	5,347
Percent of total	10.2	7.2	6.2

Farm organization
Individuals/family, sole proprietorship (farms)	76,373	78,197	77,412
Percent of total	90.9	93.9	89.4

Family-held corporations (farms)	1,359	978	1,566
Percent of total	1.6	1.2	1.8

Partnerships (farms)	5,437	3,392	5,905
Percent of total	6.5	4.1	6.8

Non-family corporations (farms)	161	138	203
Percent of total	0.2	0.2	0.2

Others - cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc. (farms)	698	595	1,479
Percent of total	0.8	0.7	1.7

Characteristics of principal farm operators
Average operator age (years)	54.8	56.0	57.6
Percent with farming as their primary occupation	42.4	55.3	41.6
Men	76,097	74,580	75,716
Women	7,931	8,720	10,849

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	86,600	86,600

	Thousands $
Final crop output	1,357,654	1,949,447
+ Final animal output	4,126,973	3,923,818
+ Services and forestry	927,920	1,128,095
= Final agricultural sector output	6,412,547	7,001,360

- Intermediate consumption outlays	4,376,959	4,578,588
+ Net government transactions	88,019	136,916
= Gross value added	2,123,607	2,559,688

- Capital consumption	657,563	691,011

= Net value added	1,466,044	1,868,677

- Factor payments	770,022	841,894
Employee compensation (total hired labor)	353,832	412,731
Net rent received by nonoperator landlords	60,903	88,154
Real estate and nonreal estate interest	355,287	341,009

= Net farm income	696,022	1,026,783

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. Cattle and calves	2,436,638	41.7	5.1
2. Wheat	1,103,949	18.9	6.3
3. Hogs	558,580	9.6	3.5
4. Broilers	554,532	9.5	2.4
5. Dairy products	213,312	3.7	0.6

All commodities	5,837,797		1.8

More information on Oklahoma'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. Wheat and products	4	860.1
2. Live animals and meat	13	260.6
3. Cotton and linters	12	95.6
4. Poultry and products	17	94.2
5. Feed grains and products	23	93.3

Overall rank	24	1,631.4

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. Texas County	13.4	779,868
2. Cimarron County	4.5	261,870
3. Le Flore County	3.7	213,060
4. Beaver County	3.2	188,463
5. McCurtain County	3.2	186,206

State total		5,806,061

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