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State Fact Sheets: Indiana

• 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	1,328,032	4,162,182	5,490,214
1990	1,311,751	4,232,408	5,544,159
2000	1,394,113	4,686,372	6,080,485
2008 (latest estimates)	1,387,419	4,989,373	6,376,792
More information on Indiana 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	28,224	34,246	32,918
2007	28,641	34,497	33,215
Percent change	3.0	1.5	1.8

Earnings per job (2007 dollars)
2006	35,239	44,208	42,419
2007	35,755	44,191	42,521
Percent change	2.9	-0.1	0.5

Poverty rate (percent)
1979	10.1	9.5	9.7
1989	10.8	10.7	10.7
1999	8.9	9.7	9.5
2007 (latest model-based estimates)	11.9	12.4	12.3
More information on Indiana 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	37.1	32.5	33.6
1990	28.2	23.2	24.4
2000	20.9	16.9	17.9

Percent completing high school only
1980	44.0	40.9	41.7
1990	43.4	36.6	38.2
2000	44.3	35.0	37.2

Percent completing some college
1980	9.8	12.9	12.1
1990	18.5	22.9	21.9
2000	22.8	26.4	25.5

Percent completing college
1980	8.7	13.8	12.5
1990	10.0	17.3	15.6
2000	12.0	21.7	19.4
More information on Indiana 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	739,473	2,966,430	3,705,903
2007	738,078	2,989,706	3,727,784

Unemployment rate (percent)
2007	4.9	4.5	4.6
2008	6.6	5.7	5.9
More information on Indiana 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	0.3	1.9	1.5
2006-2007	-0.7	0.2	-0.0
2007-2008	-1.1	-1.1	-1.1

* 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)	22,956,877	22,954,817	22,924,685
Total farmland (acres)	15,525,154	15,058,670	14,773,184
Percent of total land area	67.6	65.6	64.4

Cropland (acres)	13,065,057	12,909,002	12,716,037
Percent of total farmland	84.2	85.7	86.1
Percent in pasture	5.1	3.5	2.2
Percent irrigated	1.9	2.4	3.1

Harvested Cropland (acres)	11,844,628	11,937,370	12,108,940

Woodland (acres)	1,386,159	1,153,779	1,020,287
Percent of total farmland	8.9	7.7	6.9
Percent in pasture	21.4	19.3	15.8

Pastureland (acres)	403,389	427,190	542,941
Percent of total farmland	2.6	2.8	3.7

Land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc. (acres)	670,549	568,699	493,919
Percent of total farmland	4.3	3.8	3.3

Conservation practices
Farmland in conservation or wetlands reserve programs (acres)	409,976	291,664	365,321

Average farm size (acres)	233	250	242

Farms by size (percent)
1 to 99 acres	54.3	57.5	62.7
100 to 499 acres	32.8	28.7	24.7
500 to 999 acres	7.8	7.5	6.2
1000 to 1,999 acres	4.1	4.7	4.3
2,000 or more acres	1.1	1.6	2.1

Farms by sales (percent)
Less than $9,999	48.8	54.0	54.4
$10,000 to $49,999	24.0	20.6	17.8
$50,000 to $99,999	8.7	8.2	7.0
$100,000 to $499,999	15.4	14.1	14.2
More than $500,000	3.0	3.1	6.6

Tenure of farmers
Full owner (farms)	40,996	39,082	40,550
Percent of total	61.5	64.8	66.5

Part owner (farms)	20,053	17,580	16,180
Percent of total	30.1	29.2	26.6

Tenant owner (farms)	5,658	3,634	4,208
Percent of total	8.5	6.0	6.9

Farm organization
Individuals/family, sole proprietorship (farms)	57,266	53,864	52,553
Percent of total	85.8	89.3	86.2

Family-held corporations (farms)	2,954	2,461	2,769
Percent of total	4.4	4.1	4.5

Partnerships (farms)	5,803	3,463	4,614
Percent of total	8.7	5.7	7.6

Non-family corporations (farms)	246	171	209
Percent of total	0.4	0.3	0.3

Others - cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc. (farms)	438	337	793
Percent of total	0.7	0.6	1.3

Characteristics of principal farm operators
Average operator age (years)	52.3	53.7	55.0
Percent with farming as their primary occupation	43.1	55.7	41.9
Men	62,529	55,776	54,561
Women	4,178	4,520	6,377

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	59,000	58,800

	Thousands $
Final crop output	3,907,717	5,210,462
+ Final animal output	2,054,399	2,573,155
+ Services and forestry	917,985	1,079,101
= Final agricultural sector output	6,880,101	8,862,718

- Intermediate consumption outlays	3,411,992	4,270,252
+ Net government transactions	214,254	-41,394
= Gross value added	3,682,363	4,551,073

- Capital consumption	891,231	920,698

= Net value added	2,791,132	3,630,375

- Factor payments	1,309,464	1,315,788
Employee compensation (total hired labor)	295,923	312,518
Net rent received by nonoperator landlords	554,656	509,257
Real estate and nonreal estate interest	458,885	494,013

= Net farm income	1,481,668	2,314,587

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. Corn	2,713,699	34.9	8.0
2. Soybeans	1,861,933	23.9	8.8
3. Hogs	777,421	10.0	5.3
4. Dairy products	659,162	8.5	1.9
5. Chicken eggs	422,640	5.4	6.3

All commodities	7,775,741		2.7

More information on Indiana'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. Soybeans and products	4	1,596.3
2. Feed grains and products	6	1,178.1
3. Live animals and meat	10	371.6
4. Wheat and products	20	254.1
5. Poultry and products	7	185.4

Overall rank	9	3,778.2

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. Jasper County	3.5	293,544
2. White County	2.8	231,957
3. Elkhart County	2.5	205,755
4. Dubois County	2.4	200,724
5. Jackson County	2.4	196,943

State total		8,271,291

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