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State Fact Sheets: Maryland

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

Data updated October 22, 2008

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Population, Income, Education, and Employment

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Population
Year
1980	213,339	4,003,594	4,216,933
1990	244,802	4,536,666	4,781,468
2000	276,055	5,020,431	5,296,486
2007 (latest estimates)	300,315	5,318,029	5,618,344
More information on Maryland population • County-level Population Data • Rural Population and Migration Briefing Room • Contact John Cromartie, 202-694-5421.

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Income
Per-capita income (2006 dollars)
2005	34,957	43,448	43,001
2006	35,569	44,249	43,788
Percent change	1.8	1.8	1.8

Earnings per job (2006 dollars)
2005	36,269	51,733	50,876
2006	36,092	51,534	50,674
Percent change	-0.5	-0.4	-0.4

Poverty rate (percent)
1979	12.7	9.7	9.8
1989	10.5	8.1	8.3
1999	10.0	8.4	8.5
2005 (latest model-based estimates)	10.3	8.3	8.3
More information on Maryland 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 Robert Gibbs, 202-694-5423

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Education (Persons 25 and older)
Percent not completing high school
1980	44.4	31.9	32.6
1990	28.1	21.2	21.6
2000	18.9	16.0	16.2

Percent completing high school only
1980	33.0	32.5	32.5
1990	36.6	27.7	28.1
2000	36.8	26.1	26.7

Percent completing some college
1980	11.1	14.8	14.6
1990	20.2	24.0	23.8
2000	24.5	25.7	25.7

Percent completing college
1980	11.9	20.8	20.4
1990	15.1	27.1	26.5
2000	19.8	32.1	31.4
More information on Maryland 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
2005	185,234	3,155,941	3,341,175
2006	190,172	3,222,948	3,413,120

Unemployment rate (percent)
2006	4.3	3.7	3.8
2007	4.2	3.5	3.6
More information on Maryland 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
2004-2005	1.2	1.8	1.7
2005-2006	1.9	2.1	2.1
2006-2007	-0.3	0.5	0.4

* Urban and rural (metro and nonmetro) defintions 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

	1992	1997	2002
1992, 1997 and 2002 Census of Agriculture

Total land area (million acres)	6.20	6.20	6.29
Total farmland (million acres)	2.22	2.19	2.08
Percent of total land area	35.8	35.3	33.0

Cropland (million acres)	1.66	1.62	1.49
Percent of total farmland	74.8	73.8	71.6
Percent in pasture	10.2	9.5	7.2
Percent irrigated	3.4	4.2	5.4

Harvested Cropland (million acres)	1.40	1.38	1.28

Woodland (million acres)	0.37	0.36	0.36
Percent of total farmland	16.7	16.2	17.2
Percent in pasture	15.5	12.2	12.5

Pastureland (million acres)	0.09	0.10	0.12
Percent of total farmland	4.2	4.7	5.8

Land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc. (million acres)	0.10	0.12	0.11
Percent of total farmland	4.3	5.3	5.5

Conservation practices
Farmland in conservation or wetlands reserve programs (million acres)	0.02	0.03	0.06
Percent of total farmland	0.7	1.3	2.8

Average farm size (acres)	171	165	170

Farms by size (percent)
1 to 99 acres	59.7	62.6	63.7
100 to 499 acres	32.7	30.0	28.5
500 to 999 acres	4.9	4.6	4.6
1000 to 1,999 acres	2.0	2.1	2.3
2,000 or more acres	0.7	0.7	0.9

Farms by sales (percent)
Less than $9,999	49.9	53.5	60.5
$10,000 to $49,999	22.0	20.0	16.8
$50,000 to $99,999	6.9	6.3	5.5
$100,000 to $499,999	17.1	14.6	11.8
More than $500,000	3.7	5.4	5.4

Tenure of farmers
Full owner (farms)	8,080	8,530	8,479
Percent of total	62.0	64.4	69.5

Part owner (farms)	3,429	3,315	2,704
Percent of total	26.3	25.0	22.2

Tenant owner (farms)	1,528	1,409	1,015
Percent of total	11.7	10.6	8.3

Farm organization
Individuals/family, sole proprietorship (farms)	11,129	11,308	10,577
Percent of total	85.4	85.3	86.7

Family-held corporations (farms)	641	741	642
Percent of total	4.9	5.6	5.3

Partnerships (farms)	1,114	1,039	763
Percent of total	8.5	7.8	6.3

Non-family corporations (farms)	68	71	84
Percent of total	0.5	0.5	0.7

Others - cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc. (farms)	85	95	132
Percent of total	0.7	0.7	1.1

Characteristics of principal farm operators
Average operator age (years)	53.9	54.9	55.9
Percent with farming as their primary occupation	53.5	49.2	57.2
Men (persons)	11,500	11,640	10,281
Women (persons)	1,537	1,614	1,917

More information on farm characteristics • Census of Agriculture • Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540. Data from the 1992 Census of Agriculture is not adjusted for coverage. See Coverage Adjustment from NASS.

Farm Financial Indicators

	2006	2007
Farm income and value added data

Number of farms	12,000	12,000

	Thousands $
Final crop output	719,483	797,107
+ Final animal output	937,019	1,128,241
+ Services and forestry	413,720	459,802
= Final agricultural sector output	2,070,222	2,385,150

- Intermediate consumption outlays	1,041,801	1,159,578
+ Net government transactions	4,947	-25,411
= Gross value added	1,033,368	1,200,161

- Capital consumption	222,990	233,162

= Net value added	810,378	966,999

- Factor payments	244,989	236,653
Employee compensation (total hired labor)	140,993	121,595
Net rent received by nonoperator landlords	13,597	18,353
Real estate and nonreal estate interest	90,399	96,705

= Net farm income	565,389	730,346

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. Broilers	732,274	37.1	3.4
2. Greenhouse/nursery	396,127	20.1	2.3
3. Dairy products	207,600	10.5	0.6
4. Corn	137,856	7.0	0.4
5. Soybeans	94,029	4.8	0.4

All commodities	1,972,248		0.7

More information on Maryland'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 2007
1. Other	19	94.6
2. Poultry and products	14	89.8
3. Wheat and products	33	46.3
4. Soybeans and products	21	43.8
5. Feed grains and products	26	41.6

Overall rank	35	357.5

More information on agricultural exports • State Export Data • Agricultural Trade Briefing Room • Contact Nora Brooks, 202-694-5211.

	Percent of state total receipts	Million $
Top 5 counties in agricultural sales 2002
1. Wicomico County	13.5	174.6
2. Somerset County	9.8	127.3
3. Worcester County	9.5	123.5
4. Caroline County	8.1	104.4
5. Frederick County	7.5	96.8

State total		1,293.3

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: October 22, 2008