Population, Income, Education, and Employment
| Population |
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Rural * |
Urban * |
Total |
| Year |
| 1980 |
45,582,560 |
180,959,644 |
226,542,204 |
| 1990 |
44,769,175 |
203,940,698 |
248,709,873 |
| 2000 |
48,841,966 |
232,579,940 |
281,421,906 |
| 2008 (latest estimates) |
50,157,328 |
253,902,396 |
304,059,724 |
More information on United States population
• County-level Population Data
• Rural Population and Migration Briefing Room
• Contact John Cromartie, 202-694-5421.
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Income
|
| |
Rural * |
Urban * |
Total |
| Per-capita income (2007 dollars) |
| 2006 |
28,023 |
39,806 |
37,842 |
| 2007 |
28,781 |
40,570 |
38,615 |
| Percent change |
5.4 |
3.8 |
4.1 |
| |
| Earnings per job (2007 dollars) |
| 2006 |
33,224 |
51,510 |
48,775 |
| 2007 |
33,693 |
51,551 |
48,900 |
| Percent change |
2.8 |
0.2 |
0.5 |
| |
| Poverty rate (percent) |
| 1979 |
15.9 |
11.6 |
12.4 |
| 1989 |
17.3 |
12.2 |
13.1 |
| 1999 |
14.8 |
11.9 |
12.4 |
| 2007 (latest model-based estimates) |
15.8 |
12.4 |
13.0 |
More information on United States 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
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Education (Persons 25 and older)
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| |
Rural * |
Urban * |
Total |
| Percent not completing high school |
| 1980 |
41.8 |
31.6 |
33.5 |
| 1990 |
31.4 |
23.3 |
24.8 |
| 2000 |
23.5 |
18.8 |
19.6 |
| |
| Percent completing high school only |
| 1980 |
35.0 |
34.4 |
34.6 |
| 1990 |
35.2 |
28.9 |
30.0 |
| 2000 |
35.9 |
27.1 |
28.6 |
| |
| Percent completing some college |
| 1980 |
12.4 |
16.4 |
15.7 |
| 1990 |
21.0 |
25.8 |
24.9 |
| 2000 |
25.5 |
27.8 |
27.4 |
| |
| Percent completing college |
| 1980 |
10.6 |
17.6 |
16.2 |
| 1990 |
12.4 |
22.1 |
20.3 |
| 2000 |
15.1 |
26.4 |
24.4 |
More information on United States education
• County-level Education Data
• Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room
• Contact Robert Gibbs, 202-694-5423
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Employment
|
| |
Rural * |
Urban * |
Total |
| Total number of jobs |
| 2006 |
26,603,697 |
151,213,903 |
177,817,600 |
| 2007 |
26,854,223 |
154,089,577 |
180,943,800 |
| |
| Unemployment rate (percent) |
| 2007 |
4.8 |
4.6 |
4.6 |
| 2008 |
5.6 |
5.8 |
5.8 |
More information on United States unemployment rates
• County-level Unemployment and Median Household Income Data
• Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room
• Contact Lorin Kusmin, 202-694-5429
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| Percent employment change |
| 2005-2006 |
0.2 |
2.2 |
1.9 |
| 2006-2007 |
0.0 |
1.3 |
1.1 |
| 2007-2008 |
-1.3 |
-0.3 |
-0.5 |
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Farm Characteristics
| 1997, 2002 and 2007 Census of Agriculture |
| |
| |
1997 |
2002 |
2007 |
| Approximate total land area (acres) |
2,262,462,020 |
2,263,960,501 |
2,260,994,361 |
| Total farmland (acres) |
954,752,502 |
938,279,056 |
922,095,840 |
| Percent of total land area |
42.2 |
41.4 |
40.8 |
| |
| Cropland (acres) |
445,324,765 |
434,164,946 |
406,424,909 |
| Percent of total farmland |
46.6 |
46.3 |
44.1 |
| Percent in pasture |
14.9 |
13.9 |
8.8 |
| Percent irrigated |
11.5 |
11.6 |
12.7 |
| |
| Harvested Cropland (acres) |
318,937,401 |
302,697,252 |
309,607,601 |
| |
| Woodland (acres) |
76,854,833 |
75,878,213 |
75,098,603 |
| Percent of total farmland |
8.0 |
8.1 |
8.1 |
| Percent in pasture |
40.4 |
41.0 |
38.1 |
| |
| Pastureland (acres) |
398,232,125 |
395,278,829 |
408,832,116 |
| Percent of total farmland |
41.7 |
42.1 |
44.3 |
| |
Land in house lots, ponds,
roads, wasteland, etc. (acres) |
34,340,781 |
32,957,068 |
31,740,212 |
| Percent of total farmland |
3.6 |
3.5 |
3.4 |
| |
| Conservation practices |
Farmland in conservation or
wetlands reserve programs
(acres) |
31,901,955 |
32,723,967 |
38,547,450 |
| |
| Average farm size (acres) |
431 |
441 |
418 |
| |
| Farms by size (percent) |
| 1 to 99 acres |
49.2 |
51.0 |
54.4 |
| 100 to 499 acres |
34.7 |
33.1 |
31.0 |
| 500 to 999 acres |
8.1 |
7.6 |
6.8 |
| 1000 to 1,999 acres |
4.6 |
4.7 |
4.2 |
| 2,000 or more acres |
3.4 |
3.7 |
3.6 |
| |
| Farms by sales (percent) |
| Less than $9,999 |
55.3 |
59.3 |
59.8 |
| $10,000 to $49,999 |
21.4 |
19.4 |
18.3 |
| $50,000 to $99,999 |
7.4 |
6.6 |
5.7 |
| $100,000 to $499,999 |
12.7 |
11.3 |
10.9 |
| More than $500,000 |
3.2 |
3.3 |
5.3 |
| |
| Tenure of farmers |
| Full owner (farms) |
1,384,565 |
1,428,136 |
1,522,033 |
| Percent of total |
62.5 |
67.1 |
69.0 |
| |
| Part owner (farms) |
615,902 |
551,004 |
542,192 |
| Percent of total |
27.8 |
25.9 |
24.6 |
| |
| Tenant owner (farms) |
215,409 |
149,842 |
140,567 |
| Percent of total |
9.7 |
7.0 |
6.4 |
| |
| Farm organization |
Individuals/family, sole
proprietorship (farms) |
1,922,590 |
1,909,598 |
1,906,335 |
| Percent of total |
86.8 |
89.7 |
86.5 |
| |
Family-held corporations
(farms) |
81,621 |
66,667 |
85,837 |
| Percent of total |
3.7 |
3.1 |
3.9 |
| |
| Partnerships (farms) |
185,607 |
129,593 |
174,247 |
| Percent of total |
8.4 |
6.1 |
7.9 |
| |
| Non-family corporations (farms) |
8,811 |
7,085 |
10,237 |
| Percent of total |
0.4 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
| |
Others - cooperative, estate or
trust, institutional, etc. (farms) |
17,247 |
16,039 |
28,136 |
| Percent of total |
0.8 |
0.8 |
1.3 |
| |
| Characteristics of principal farm operators |
| Average operator age (years) |
54.0 |
55.3 |
57.1 |
Percent with farming as their
primary occupation |
47.1 |
57.5 |
45.1 |
| Men |
2,006,092 |
1,891,163 |
1,898,583 |
| Women |
209,784 |
237,819 |
306,209 |
| |
More information on farm characteristics
• Census of Agriculture
• Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540.
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Farm Financial Indicators
| Farm income and value added data |
| |
2006 |
2007 |
| |
| Number of farms |
2,088,790 |
2,075,510 |
| |
| |
Thousands $ |
| Final crop output |
119,176,426 |
150,841,913 |
| + Final animal output |
119,027,214 |
138,132,183 |
| + Services and forestry |
38,387,151 |
40,271,248 |
| = Final agricultural sector output |
276,590,790 |
329,245,344 |
| |
| - Intermediate consumption outlays |
153,612,951 |
171,382,964 |
| + Net government transactions |
6,220,413 |
1,487,403 |
| = Gross value added |
129,198,252 |
159,349,782 |
| |
| - Capital consumption |
26,086,594 |
26,894,200 |
| |
| = Net value added |
103,111,658 |
132,455,582 |
| |
| - Factor payments |
44,602,276 |
45,677,852 |
| Employee compensation (total hired labor) |
21,196,020 |
21,818,260 |
| Net rent received by nonoperator landlords |
9,438,757 |
8,807,366 |
| Real estate and nonreal estate interest |
13,967,499 |
15,052,226 |
| |
| = Net farm income |
58,509,382 |
86,777,730 |
| |
More information on farm income
• Farm Income Data
• Farm Income and Costs Briefing Room
• Contact Roger Strickland, 202-694-5592.
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| Farm balance sheet |
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• Estimation of State-level Balance Sheets has been suspended. See the Farm Balance Sheet data page for more information.
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Top Commodities, Exports, and Counties
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Top 5 agriculture commodities, 2007
|
| |
Value of receipts
thousand $ |
Percent of US
total value |
|
| 1. Cattle and calves |
49,721,888 |
17.5 |
|
| 2. Dairy products |
35,425,015 |
12.4 |
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| 3. Corn |
33,922,784 |
11.9 |
|
| 4. Broilers |
21,460,211 |
7.5 |
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| 5. Soybeans |
21,113,437 |
7.4 |
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| All commodities |
284,843,650 |
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More information on United States's top agriculture commodities
• Leading commodities for cash receipts in Excel
• Contact Roger Strickland, 202-694-5592.
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| Top 5 agriculture exports, estimates, FY 2008 |
| |
|
Value
million $ |
| 1. Soybeans and products |
|
19,331.9 |
| 2. Feed grains and products |
|
18,147.5 |
| 3. Wheat and products |
|
14,836.0 |
| 4. Other |
|
12,681.1 |
| 5. Live animals and meat |
|
9,454.6 |
| |
| Overall rank |
|
115,451.5 |
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More information on agricultural exports
• State Export Data
• Agricultural Trade Briefing Room
• Contact Nora Brooks, 202-694-5211.
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| Top 5 counties in agricultural sales 2007 |
| |
Percent of US total receipts |
Thousands $ |
| 1. Fresno County, CA |
1.3 |
3,730,546 |
| 2. Tulare County, CA |
1.1 |
3,335,014 |
| 3. Kern County, CA |
1.1 |
3,204,147 |
| 4. Merced County, CA |
0.8 |
2,330,408 |
| 5. Monterey County,CA |
0.7 |
2,178,470 |
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| US total |
|
297,220,491 |
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More information on agricultural sales
• Census of Agriculture
• Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540.
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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.
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