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State Fact Sheets: Nevada

• 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	110,273	690,235	800,508
1990	162,738	1,039,095	1,201,833
2000	227,150	1,771,107	1,998,257
2008 (latest estimates)	264,770	2,335,397	2,600,167
More information on Nevada 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	35,201	40,507	39,957
2007	35,572	40,345	39,853
Percent change	2.1	-0.8	-0.5

Earnings per job (2007 dollars)
2006	38,465	46,730	45,987
2007	38,366	46,590	45,845
Percent change	-0.5	-0.6	-0.6

Poverty rate (percent)
1979	10.6	8.4	8.7
1989	10.2	10.1	10.2
1999	9.7	10.6	10.5
2007 (latest model-based estimates)	10.3	10.7	10.6
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

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Education (Persons 25 and older)
Percent not completing high school
1980	27.9	24.0	24.5
1990	21.8	21.1	21.2
2000	17.5	19.6	19.3

Percent completing high school only
1980	41.0	40.3	40.4
1990	35.0	31.0	31.5
2000	32.7	28.9	29.3

Percent completing some college
1980	18.7	20.9	20.6
1990	30.3	32.2	32.0
2000	35.1	32.9	33.2

Percent completing college
1980	12.1	14.8	14.4
1990	12.9	15.6	15.3
2000	14.8	18.6	18.2
More information on Nevada 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	146,324	1,479,975	1,626,299
2007	150,973	1,515,558	1,666,531

Unemployment rate (percent)
2007	5.0	4.7	4.7
2008	6.9	6.6	6.7
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

Percent employment change
2005-2006	2.8	4.6	4.4
2006-2007	4.3	3.0	3.1
2007-2008	0.6	1.8	1.7

* 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)	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

	2006	2007
Farm income and value added data

Number of farms	3,000	3,000

	Thousands $
Final crop output	187,014	211,974
+ Final animal output	279,814	287,535
+ Services and forestry	110,669	124,711
= Final agricultural sector output	577,497	624,220

- Intermediate consumption outlays	309,336	321,238
+ Net government transactions	-6,966	-7,667
= Gross value added	261,195	295,315

- Capital consumption	65,590	68,796

= Net value added	195,605	226,519

- Factor payments	96,639	98,821
Employee compensation (total hired labor)	70,605	71,517
Net rent received by nonoperator landlords	4,715	4,582
Real estate and nonreal estate interest	21,319	22,722

= Net farm income	98,966	127,698

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. Cattle and calves	212,921	38.5	0.4
2. Hay	141,915	25.7	2.3
3. Dairy products	103,904	18.8	0.3
4. Onions	33,152	6.0	2.5
5. Potatoes	15,332	2.8	0.5

All commodities	552,928		0.2

More information on Nevada'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. Seeds	7	31.2
2. Vegetables and preparations	25	13.0
3. Wheat and products	43	5.4
4. Feeds and fodders	42	4.1
5. Live animals and meat	43	1.7

Overall rank	47	57.1

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. 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

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