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State Fact Sheets: Missouri

• 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	1,383,367	3,533,399	4,916,766
1990	1,390,705	3,726,368	5,117,073
2000	1,525,249	4,069,962	5,595,211
2007 (latest estimates)	1,564,150	4,314,265	5,878,415
More information on Missouri 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	24,684	35,282	32,439
2006	24,978	35,636	32,789
Percent change	1.2	1.0	1.1

Earnings per job (2006 dollars)
2005	27,638	44,524	40,499
2006	27,500	44,123	40,155
Percent change	-0.5	-0.9	-0.9

Poverty rate (percent)
1979	17.2	10.2	12.2
1989	18.9	11.3	13.3
1999	15.6	10.3	11.7
2005 (latest model-based estimates)	17.7	12.1	13.6
More information on Missouri 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	44.6	33.3	36.5
1990	34.4	22.9	26.1
2000	24.7	16.4	18.7

Percent completing high school only
1980	37.0	36.1	36.3
1990	37.5	31.5	33.1
2000	39.4	30.2	32.7

Percent completing some college
1980	9.7	14.8	13.3
1990	17.5	25.0	23.0
2000	22.9	28.6	27.0

Percent completing college
1980	8.9	15.9	13.9
1990	10.5	20.5	17.8
2000	13.0	24.8	21.6
More information on Missouri 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	857,181	2,739,286	3,596,467
2006	876,480	2,794,857	3,671,337

Unemployment rate (percent)
2006	5.0	4.7	4.8
2007	5.4	4.9	5.0
More information on Missouri 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	0.9	0.8	0.8
2005-2006	1.5	1.1	1.2
2006-2007	-0.7	0.6	0.2

* 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)	44.06	44.06	44.09
Total farmland (million acres)	28.55	30.20	29.95
Percent of total land area	64.8	68.6	67.9

Cropland (million acres)	19.23	19.93	18.88
Percent of total farmland	67.4	66.0	63.1
Percent in pasture	28.1	27.1	22.1
Percent irrigated	3.7	4.6	5.4

Harvested Cropland (million acres)	12.16	12.85	13.14

Woodland (million acres)	4.51	4.92	4.85
Percent of total farmland	15.8	16.3	16.2
Percent in pasture	53.4	48.7	47.0

Pastureland (million acres)	3.73	3.94	4.85
Percent of total farmland	13.1	13.1	16.2

Land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc. (million acres)	1.08	1.41	1.35
Percent of total farmland	3.8	4.7	4.5

Conservation practices
Farmland in conservation or wetlands reserve programs (million acres)	1.04	1.63	1.42
Percent of total farmland	3.6	5.4	4.7

Average farm size (acres)	291	272	280

Farms by size (percent)
1 to 99 acres	36.5	40.2	41.0
100 to 499 acres	47.5	45.8	45.0
500 to 999 acres	10.5	9.1	8.6
1000 to 1,999 acres	4.4	3.8	3.8
2,000 or more acres	1.2	1.2	1.6

Farms by sales (percent)
Less than $9,999	51.9	59.0	59.0
$10,000 to $49,999	30.0	25.0	25.7
$50,000 to $99,999	7.7	6.1	6.5
$100,000 to $499,999	9.8	8.2	7.3
More than $500,000	1.1	1.5	1.5

Tenure of farmers
Full owner (farms)	63,421	75,816	75,511
Percent of total	64.7	68.3	70.7

Part owner (farms)	26,498	27,204	25,795
Percent of total	27.0	24.5	24.2

Tenant owner (farms)	8,163	7,966	5,491
Percent of total	8.3	7.2	5.1

Farm organization
Individuals/family, sole proprietorship (farms)	86,776	99,050	98,435
Percent of total	88.5	89.2	92.2

Family-held corporations (farms)	2,071	2,542	1,973
Percent of total	2.1	2.3	1.8

Partnerships (farms)	8,537	8,402	5,563
Percent of total	8.7	7.6	5.2

Non-family corporations (farms)	212	206	201
Percent of total	0.2	0.2	0.2

Others - cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc. (farms)	486	786	625
Percent of total	0.5	0.7	0.6

Characteristics of principal farm operators
Average operator age (years)	53.8	54.4	56.0
Percent with farming as their primary occupation	50.2	42.8	57.2
Men (persons)	90,965	101,227	95,979
Women (persons)	7,117	9,759	10,818

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	105,000	104,500

	Thousands $
Final crop output	2,695,967	3,559,874
+ Final animal output	3,019,650	3,353,088
+ Services and forestry	1,242,989	1,370,215
= Final agricultural sector output	6,958,606	8,283,177

- Intermediate consumption outlays	3,584,573	4,171,005
+ Net government transactions	200,917	12,747
= Gross value added	3,574,950	4,124,919

- Capital consumption	1,027,115	1,060,929

= Net value added	2,547,835	3,063,990

- Factor payments	921,669	1,036,887
Employee compensation (total hired labor)	209,826	288,797
Net rent received by nonoperator landlords	234,075	236,022
Real estate and nonreal estate interest	477,768	512,068

= Net farm income	1,626,166	2,027,103

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. Soybeans	1,355,998	19.6	6.4
2. Cattle and calves	1,224,076	17.7	2.5
3. Corn	1,193,651	17.3	3.5
4. Hogs	809,257	11.7	5.5
5. Turkeys	327,600	4.7	8.8

All commodities	6,919,680		2.4

More information on Missouri'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. Soybeans and products	7	718.1
2. Feed grains and products	10	396.6
3. Live animals and meat	10	246.9
4. Wheat and products	14	212.6
5. Cotton and linters	7	167.5

Overall rank	15	2,063.6

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. Barry County	4.0	201.4
2. Newton County	2.8	137.6
3. Stoddard County	2.6	127.4
4. McDonald County	2.4	119.9
5. Lawrence County	2.2	109.9

State total		4,983.3

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