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State Fact Sheets: Oklahoma

• 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	1,258,111	1,767,376	3,025,487
1990	1,224,940	1,920,645	3,145,585
2000	1,293,624	2,157,030	3,450,654
2007 (latest estimates)	1,314,022	2,303,294	3,617,316
More information on Oklahoma 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	25,362	34,385	31,079
2006	26,227	35,936	32,391
Percent change	3.4	4.5	4.2

Earnings per job (2006 dollars)
2005	29,881	44,180	39,362
2006	29,870	45,240	40,062
Percent change	-0.0	2.3	1.7

Poverty rate (percent)
1979	16.5	11.3	13.4
1989	20.3	14.4	16.7
1999	17.4	13.2	14.7
2005 (latest model-based estimates)	18.9	15.1	16.4
More information on Oklahoma 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	40.6	29.2	34.0
1990	31.0	21.8	25.4
2000	23.2	17.1	19.4

Percent completing high school only
1980	33.0	35.7	34.8
1990	32.4	29.2	30.5
2000	35.0	29.3	31.5

Percent completing some college
1980	13.6	18.0	16.1
1990	22.3	29.0	26.3
2000	25.4	30.9	28.8

Percent completing college
1980	12.3	17.1	15.1
1990	14.3	20.1	17.8
2000	16.3	22.7	20.3
More information on Oklahoma 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	700,470	1,378,545	2,079,015
2006	722,511	1,422,197	2,144,708

Unemployment rate (percent)
2006	4.2	4.1	4.1
2007	4.3	4.3	4.3
More information on Oklahoma 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	1.1	1.1	1.1
2005-2006	3.5	0.0	1.2
2006-2007	1.3	0.3	0.6

* 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)	43.95	43.95	43.95
Total farmland (million acres)	32.14	34.07	33.66
Percent of total land area	73.1	77.5	76.6

Cropland (million acres)	14.52	15.48	14.84
Percent of total farmland	45.2	45.4	44.1
Percent in pasture	30.7	32.6	34.0
Percent irrigated	3.3	3.0	3.2

Harvested Cropland (million acres)	8.27	8.96	7.71

Woodland (million acres)	1.94	2.20	2.27
Percent of total farmland	6.0	6.5	6.7
Percent in pasture	71.9	68.9	72.3

Pastureland (million acres)	15.06	15.54	15.73
Percent of total farmland	46.9	45.6	46.7

Land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc. (million acres)	0.62	0.85	0.82
Percent of total farmland	1.9	2.5	2.4

Conservation practices
Farmland in conservation or wetlands reserve programs (million acres)	0.83	1.02	1.10
Percent of total farmland	2.6	3.0	3.3

Average farm size (acres)	480	405	404

Farms by size (percent)
1 to 99 acres	32.4	39.1	40.5
100 to 499 acres	43.5	41.9	41.5
500 to 999 acres	12.3	9.7	9.2
1000 to 1,999 acres	7.7	5.7	4.9
2,000 or more acres	4.2	3.6	3.9

Farms by sales (percent)
Less than $9,999	55.7	63.5	62.8
$10,000 to $49,999	28.0	24.0	24.3
$50,000 to $99,999	6.9	5.3	5.2
$100,000 to $499,999	7.9	6.4	6.3
More than $500,000	1.1	1.3	1.4

Tenure of farmers
Full owner (farms)	35,802	48,704	52,817
Percent of total	53.5	58.0	63.4

Part owner (farms)	24,039	26,736	24,497
Percent of total	35.9	31.8	29.4

Tenant owner (farms)	7,096	8,588	5,986
Percent of total	10.6	10.2	7.2

Farm organization
Individuals/family, sole proprietorship (farms)	60,304	76,373	78,197
Percent of total	90.1	90.9	93.9

Family-held corporations (farms)	1,085	1,359	978
Percent of total	1.6	1.6	1.2

Partnerships (farms)	4,985	5,437	3,392
Percent of total	7.4	6.5	4.1

Non-family corporations (farms)	111	161	138
Percent of total	0.2	0.2	0.2

Others - cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc. (farms)	452	698	595
Percent of total	0.7	0.8	0.7

Characteristics of principal farm operators
Average operator age (years)	55.0	54.8	56.0
Percent with farming as their primary occupation	49.7	42.4	55.3
Men (persons)	61,611	76,097	74,580
Women (persons)	5,326	7,931	8,720

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	83,000	82,500

	Thousands $
Final crop output	789,270	1,451,888
+ Final animal output	3,936,452	4,114,574
+ Services and forestry	885,508	895,716
= Final agricultural sector output	5,611,230	6,462,178

- Intermediate consumption outlays	3,647,405	4,078,616
+ Net government transactions	75,700	78,655
= Gross value added	2,039,525	2,462,218

- Capital consumption	618,599	635,076

= Net value added	1,420,926	1,827,142

- Factor payments	659,351	757,663
Employee compensation (total hired labor)	263,055	319,810
Net rent received by nonoperator landlords	67,373	82,825
Real estate and nonreal estate interest	328,923	355,028

= Net farm income	761,575	1,069,479

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. Cattle and calves	2,474,854	48.0	5.0
2. Hogs	584,656	11.3	4.0
3. Broilers	540,456	10.5	2.5
4. Wheat	502,052	9.7	4.7
5. Dairy products	236,797	4.6	0.7

All commodities	5,157,688		1.8

More information on Oklahoma'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. Wheat and products	9	333.8
2. Live animals and meat	13	180.6
3. Feeds and fodders	10	80.0
4. Poultry and products	17	72.5
5. Cotton and linters	12	61.6

Overall rank	26	870.9

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. Texas County	14.9	662.5
2. Cimarron County	4.1	182.0
3. Le Flore County	3.8	169.2
4. McCurtain County	3.3	149.2
5. Harper County	3.2	142.0

State total		4,456.4

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