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State Fact Sheets: Virginia
• 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 1,005,072 4,341,725 5,346,797
    1990 1,000,091 5,187,267 6,187,358
    2000 1,071,452 6,007,063 7,078,515
    2010 1,113,515 6,887,509 8,001,024

More information on Virginia 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 30,209 46,873 44,498
    2009 30,304 46,313 44,057
    Percent change 0.3 -1.2 -1.0
 
Earnings per job (2009 dollars)
    2008 35,207 56,625 54,250
    2009 35,670 57,976 55,521
    Percent change 1.3 2.4 2.3
 
Poverty rate (percent)
    1979 15.9 10.9 11.8
    1989 15.7 9.2 10.2
    1999 14.0 8.8 9.6
    2010 (latest model-based estimates) 16.7 10.2 11.1

More information on Virginia 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 8.0 9.6
    Very low food security 2.6 3.0 3.3

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) 56.5 33.0 37.6
    1990 (Census) 41.6 21.5 24.8
    2000 (Census) 31.7 16.0 18.5
    2006-2010 (ACS) 23.5 12.2 13.9
 
Percent completing high school only
    1980 (Census) 25.0 29.2 28.4
    1990 (Census) 30.5 25.9 26.6
    2000 (Census) 33.6 24.5 26.0
    2006-2010 (ACS) 35.5 24.3 26.0
 
Percent completing some college
    1980 (Census) 9.7 16.2 14.9
    1990 (Census) 17.5 25.4 24.0
    2000 (Census) 21.5 26.9 26.0
    2006-2010 (ACS) 25.0 26.5 26.3
 
Percent completing college
    1980 (Census) 8.7 21.6 19.1
    1990 (Census) 10.4 27.3 24.5
    2000 (Census) 13.1 32.6 29.5
    2006-2010 (ACS) 16.0 37.0 33.8

More information on Virginia 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 539,287 4,324,353 4,863,640
    2009 521,890 4,219,640 4,741,530
 
Percent employment change
    2007-2008 0.2 0.8 0.7
    2008-2009 0.3 -1.8 -1.5
    2009-2010 -0.7 0.1 0.0
 
Unemployment rate (percent)
    2009 9.0 6.5 6.8
    2010 9.1 6.6 6.9

More information on Virginia 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 10,951 19,793 18,566
 
Federal funding by purpose (function codes)
      Agriculture and natural resources 110 29 40
      Community resources 1,045 2,741 2,506
      Defense and space 1,102 7,644 6,736
      Human resources 192 136 144
      Income security 7,506 5,055 5,395
      National functions 996 4,188 3,745
 
Federal funding by type of payments (object codes)
      Grants 1,526 963 1,041
      Direct loans 208 296 284
      Guaranteed/insured loans 884 2,623 2,382
      Retirement/disability payments 4,274 3,405 3,526
      Other direct payments to
      individuals		 2,059 1,205 1,324
      Direct payments, not to
      individuals		 87 113 109
      Procurement contracts 1,164 8,253 7,270
      Salaries and wages 750 2,934 2,631

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 40 111 120
Crops (acres) 3,164 11,773 13,353
Pasture & rangeland (acres) 480 1,688 1,966
Total acres 3,644 13,461 15,318

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) 24,900,924 25,340,202 25,275,225
    Total farmland (acres) 8,753,625 8,624,829 8,103,925
        Percent of total land area 35.2 34.0 32.1
 
        Cropland (acres) 4,525,365 4,194,158 3,274,137
            Percent of total farmland 51.7 48.6 40.4
            Percent in pasture 35.8 30.2 14.9
            Percent irrigated 1.8 2.3 2.4
 
            Harvested Cropland (acres) 2,600,860 2,623,776 2,544,997
 
        Woodland (acres) 2,736,045 2,667,732 2,319,491
            Percent of total farmland 31.3 30.9 28.6
            Percent in pasture 23.5 23.9 21.2
 
        Pastureland (acres) 1,139,762 1,412,483 2,150,933
            Percent of total farmland 13.0 16.4 26.5
 
        Land in house lots, ponds,
        roads, wasteland, etc. (acres)		 352,453 350,456 359,364
            Percent of total farmland 4.0 4.1 4.4
 
Conservation practices
        Farmland in conservation or
        wetlands reserve programs
        (acres)		 104,634 107,610 70,112
 
Average farm size (acres) 177 181 171
 
Farms by size (percent)
            1 to 99 acres 56.7 56.8 59.8
            100 to 499 acres 35.8 35.7 33.2
            500 to 999 acres 5.0 4.6 4.2
            1000 to 1,999 acres 1.9 2.1 2.0
            2,000 or more acres 0.7 0.8 0.8
 
Farms by sales (percent)
            Less than $9,999 65.9 67.3 67.1
            $10,000 to $49,999 21.5 20.6 21.1
            $50,000 to $99,999 4.2 3.9 4.0
            $100,000 to $499,999 6.2 6.0 5.0
            More than $500,000 2.2 2.3 2.9
 
Tenure of farmers
        Full owner (farms) 31,995 31,814 32,143
            Percent of total 64.8 66.8 67.8
 
        Part owner (farms) 13,847 13,138 12,799
            Percent of total 28.0 27.6 27.0
 
        Tenant owner (farms) 3,524 2,654 2,441
            Percent of total 7.1 5.6 5.2
 
Farm organization
        Individuals/family, sole
        proprietorship (farms)		 43,445 42,851 41,173
            Percent of total 88.0 90.0 86.9
 
        Family-held corporations
        (farms)		 1,603 1,531 2,027
            Percent of total 3.2 3.2 4.3
 
        Partnerships (farms) 3,866 2,757 3,625
            Percent of total 7.8 5.8 7.7
 
        Non-family corporations (farms) 184 192 242
            Percent of total 0.4 0.4 0.5
 
        Others - cooperative, estate or
        trust, institutional, etc. (farms)		 268 275 316
            Percent of total 0.5 0.6 0.7
 
Characteristics of principal farm operators
        Average operator age (years) 55.8 56.7 58.2
        Percent with farming as their
         primary occupation		 41.5 53.6 42.8
        Men 43,591 40,825 39,537
        Women 5,775 6,781 7,846
 

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 47,000 47,300
 
  Thousands $
       Final crop output 1,059,631 838,976
+     Final animal output 1,701,568 1,963,142
+     Services and forestry 793,619 929,095
=   Final agricultural sector output 3,554,818 3,731,213
 
-      Intermediate consumption outlays 2,059,966 2,145,679
+     Net government transactions -33,465 -37,686
=   Gross value added 1,461,387 1,547,848
 
-      Capital consumption 652,579 667,310
 
=   Net value added 808,808 880,538
 
-    Factor payments 454,063 455,314
         Employee compensation (total hired labor) 291,915 281,589
         Net rent received by nonoperator landlords -25,875 -6,227
         Real estate and nonreal estate interest 188,023 179,952
 
=   Net farm income 354,746 425,224
 

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. Broilers 622,792 21.5 2.6
2. Cattle and calves 373,186 12.9 0.7
3. Dairy products 331,934 11.5 1.1
4. Turkeys 284,580 9.8 6.5
5. Greenhouse/nursery 261,700 9.0 1.7
 
All commodities 2,898,500   0.9
 

More information on Virginia'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. Wheat and products 21 121.1
2. Live animals and meat 18 115.4
3. Poultry and products 12 114.8
4. Soybeans and products 21 93.1
5. Tobacco unmfd. 4 76.4
 
Total export value 32 754.7
 

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. Rockingham County 18.4 534,142
2. Augusta County 6.7 194,814
3. Accomack County 5.3 153,040
4. Page County 5.1 148,344
5. Shenandoah County 3.5 101,576
 
State total   2,906,188
 

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