| AGRICULTURE | 2000 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farms (1,000) | 2,167 | 2,127 | 2,113 | 2,099 | 2,090 |
| Land in farms (million acres) | 945 | 939 | 936 | 933 | 932 |
| Net farm income (billion dollars) | 50.7 | 59.7 | 85.9 | 77.1 | 59.0 |
| Cash receipts, livestock and products (billion dollars) | 99.6 | 105.6 | 123.6 | 124.9 | 119.3 |
| Cash receipts, crops (billion dollars) | 92.4 | 109.9 | 113.7 | 115.9 | 120.0 |
BUSINESS |
2000 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
| Manufacturing and trade: | |||||
| Average monthly sales (billion dollars)1 | 834 | 854 | 923 | 1,001 | 1,066 |
| Inventories (billion dollars)2 | 1,197 | 1,145 | 1,235 | 1,312 | 1,389 |
| Inventory-sales ratio3 | 1.41 | 1.34 | 1.30 | 1.27 | 1.28 |
| Industrial production index, total (2002=100) | 103.6 | 101.1 | 103.6 | 106.9 | 111.1 |
| Manufacturing | 104.3 | 101.1 | 104.0 | 108.0 | 113.0 |
| Nondurable manufacturing | 102.3 | 100.1 | 102.0 | 104.5 | 106.7 |
| Durable manufacturing | 105.4 | 102.3 | 106.3 | 112.1 | 120.4 |
| Capacity utilization (percent) | 81.7 | 76.1 | 78.1 | 80.2 | 81.8 |
| Manufacturers shipments (billion dollars) | 4,209 | 4,015 | 4,309 | 4,735 | 4,940 |
| Merchant wholesalers, sales (billion dollars) | 2,815 | 2,962 | 3,297 | 3,585 | 3,952 |
| Retail stores, total sales (billion dollars) 4 | 2,989 | 3,265 | 3,474 | 3,693 | 3,904 |
| Sales per capita (dollars) | 10,590 | 11,229 | 11,832 | 12,456 | 13,040 |
FOOTNOTES
1 Averages of monthly non-seasonally adjusted figures.
2 Seasonally adjusted end of year.
3 Averages of seasonally adjusted monthly ratios.
4 Excluding food services.
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Administration and Customer Services Division
