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State Fact Sheets: Arizona

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

Data updated June 30, 2009

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Population, Income, Education, and Employment

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Population
Year
1980	365,652	2,350,894	2,716,546
1990	448,668	3,216,560	3,665,228
2000	591,147	4,539,485	5,130,632
2008 (latest estimates)	667,880	5,832,300	6,500,180
More information on Arizona 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	24,156	34,271	33,205
2007	24,391	33,815	32,833
Percent change	1.9	-2.7	-2.2

Earnings per job (2007 dollars)
2006	35,666	45,863	45,066
2007	35,296	44,657	43,927
Percent change	-2.1	-5.3	-5.1

Poverty rate (percent)
1979	21.3	12.0	13.2
1989	26.0	14.3	15.7
1999	21.7	12.9	13.9
2007 (latest model-based estimates)	19.3	13.4	14.1
More information on Arizona 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	37.2	26.3	27.6
1990	31.8	20.0	21.3
2000	25.7	18.2	19.0

Percent completing high school only
1980	34.0	34.3	34.3
1990	29.6	25.7	26.1
2000	29.2	23.7	24.3

Percent completing some college
1980	17.4	21.1	20.6
1990	27.3	32.9	32.2
2000	32.2	33.2	33.1

Percent completing college
1980	10.9	18.3	17.4
1990	11.3	21.5	20.3
2000	13.0	24.9	23.5
More information on Arizona 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	266,726	3,145,170	3,411,896
2007	274,704	3,245,953	3,520,657

Unemployment rate (percent)
2007	5.2	3.7	3.8
2008	7.2	5.3	5.5
More information on Arizona 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	3.6	4.3	4.2
2006-2007	1.2	2.6	2.5
2007-2008	1.9	1.3	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)	72,731,030	72,726,122	72,696,492
Total farmland (acres)	27,169,627	26,586,577	26,117,899
Percent of total land area	37.4	36.6	35.9

Cropland (acres)	1,354,820	1,261,894	1,205,425
Percent of total farmland	5.0	4.7	4.6
Percent in pasture	9.2	16.9
Percent irrigated	75.3	70.4	68.3

Harvested Cropland (acres)	1,026,359	887,966	832,406

Woodland (acres)	66,748	32,450	279,779
Percent of total farmland	0.2	0.1	1.1
Percent in pasture	72.0	41.3

Pastureland (acres)	23,883,937	23,240,467	22,900,777
Percent of total farmland	87.9	87.4	87.7

Land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc. (acres)	1,864,124	2,051,766	1,731,918
Percent of total farmland	6.9	7.7	6.6

Conservation practices
Farmland in conservation or wetlands reserve programs (acres)	-	2,880

Average farm size (acres)	3,194	3,645	1,670

Farms by size (percent)
1 to 99 acres	59.1	65.7	84.3
100 to 499 acres	18.9	16.7	7.7
500 to 999 acres	8.3	6.1	2.8
1000 to 1,999 acres	5.6	4.6	2.0
2,000 or more acres	8.1	6.9	3.3

Farms by sales (percent)
Less than $9,999	60.5	64.3	81.4
$10,000 to $49,999	18.0	15.1	9.6
$50,000 to $99,999	4.6	4.2	2.3
$100,000 to $499,999	8.8	7.6	3.2
More than $500,000	8.1	8.8	3.5

Tenure of farmers
Full owner (farms)	6,241	5,723	13,989
Percent of total	73.4	78.5	89.5

Part owner (farms)	1,264	904	913
Percent of total	14.9	12.4	5.8

Tenant owner (farms)	1,002	667	735
Percent of total	11.8	9.1	4.7

Farm organization
Individuals/family, sole proprietorship (farms)	6,126	5,695	13,721
Percent of total	72.0	78.1	87.7

Family-held corporations (farms)	689	518	612
Percent of total	8.1	7.1	3.9

Partnerships (farms)	1,256	841	962
Percent of total	14.8	11.5	6.2

Non-family corporations (farms)	123	75	117
Percent of total	1.4	1.0	0.7

Others - cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc. (farms)	313	165	225
Percent of total	3.7	2.3	1.4

Characteristics of principal farm operators
Average operator age (years)	55.1	54.9	58.5
Percent with farming as their primary occupation	48.2	58.9	61.1
Men	6,985	5,774	9,617
Women	1,522	1,520	6,020

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

Farm Financial Indicators

	2006	2007
Farm income and value added data

Number of farms	10,000	10,000

	Thousands $
Final crop output	1,521,442	1,832,877
+ Final animal output	1,331,133	1,614,943
+ Services and forestry	552,875	610,490
= Final agricultural sector output	3,405,450	4,058,310

- Intermediate consumption outlays	2,000,382	2,138,049
+ Net government transactions	45,262	19,156
= Gross value added	1,450,330	1,939,418

- Capital consumption	254,197	268,981

= Net value added	1,196,133	1,670,437

- Factor payments	489,227	511,967
Employee compensation (total hired labor)	450,677	477,433
Net rent received by nonoperator landlords	-70,836	-84,045
Real estate and nonreal estate interest	109,386	118,579

= Net farm income	706,906	1,158,470

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, 2007
1. Dairy products	801,627	23.4	2.3
2. Cattle and calves	677,393	19.8	1.4
3. Lettuce	560,160	16.4	20.3
4. Hay	195,177	5.7	3.1
5. Cotton	169,894	5.0	2.8

All commodities	3,420,493		1.2

More information on Arizona's top agriculture commodities • Leading commodities for cash receipts in Excel • Contact Roger Strickland, 202-694-5592.

	Rank among states	Value million $
Top 5 agriculture exports, estimates, FY 2008
1. Cotton and linters	10	148.3
2. Wheat and products	31	103.1
3. Vegetables and preparations	9	100.3
4. Live animals and meat	23	61.5
5. Fruits and preparations	10	43.8

Overall rank	33	660.6

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. Yuma County	29.7	959,968
2. Maricopa County	25.2	813,491
3. Pinal County	24.7	799,811
4. La Paz County	4.2	136,593
5. Cochise County	3.6	117,130

State total		3,234,552

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 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.

For more information, contact: Tim Parker

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Updated date: June 30, 2009