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State Fact Sheets: Georgia

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

Data updated December 15, 2008

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Population, Income, Education, and Employment

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Population
Year
1980	1,345,794	4,117,188	5,462,982
1990	1,426,633	5,051,583	6,478,216
2000	1,659,998	6,526,455	8,186,453
2007 (latest estimates)	1,784,337	7,760,413	9,544,750
More information on Georgia 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	24,208	34,080	32,200
2006	24,144	33,941	32,095
Percent change	-0.3	-0.4	-0.3

Earnings per job (2006 dollars)
2005	31,106	48,030	45,247
2006	30,507	47,542	44,769
Percent change	-2.0	-1.0	-1.1

Poverty rate (percent)
1979	22.5	14.7	16.6
1989	21.0	12.9	14.7
1999	18.5	11.6	13.0
2007 (latest model-based estimates)	19.8	13.1	14.3
More information on Georgia 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	57.6	39.0	43.6
1990	41.9	25.5	29.1
2000	31.3	18.9	21.4

Percent completing high school only
1980	25.0	29.7	28.5
1990	32.6	28.8	29.6
2000	35.6	26.9	28.7

Percent completing some college
1980	9.0	14.8	13.3
1990	15.4	23.8	22.0
2000	20.5	26.9	25.6

Percent completing college
1980	8.6	16.6	14.6
1990	10.2	21.9	19.3
2000	12.6	27.3	24.3
More information on Georgia 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	860,385	4,371,616	5,232,001
2006	875,764	4,505,531	5,381,295

Unemployment rate (percent)
2006	4.9	4.5	4.6
2007	5.0	4.3	4.4
More information on Georgia 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	3.1	3.0	3.0
2005-2006	2.9	3.2	3.2
2006-2007	-0.2	2.4	1.9

* 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)	37.07	37.07	37.06
Total farmland (million acres)	10.03	11.26	10.74
Percent of total land area	27.1	30.4	29.0

Cropland (million acres)	5.48	5.57	4.68
Percent of total farmland	54.6	49.5	43.5
Percent in pasture	21.7	20.3	18.5
Percent irrigated	13.0	13.6	18.1

Harvested Cropland (million acres)	3.33	3.89	3.25

Woodland (million acres)	3.33	4.01	4.29
Percent of total farmland	33.2	35.6	39.9
Percent in pasture	22.7	17.6	20.7

Pastureland (million acres)	0.82	0.91	1.17
Percent of total farmland	8.2	8.1	10.9

Land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc. (million acres)	0.40	0.76	0.61
Percent of total farmland	4.0	6.8	5.7

Conservation practices
Farmland in conservation or wetlands reserve programs (million acres)	0.30	0.50	0.46
Percent of total farmland	3.0	4.5	4.3

Average farm size (acres)	246	228	218

Farms by size (percent)
1 to 99 acres	51.2	55.9	58.5
100 to 499 acres	36.5	33.8	31.6
500 to 999 acres	7.3	5.7	5.5
1000 to 1,999 acres	3.5	3.1	2.8
2,000 or more acres	1.5	1.6	1.5

Farms by sales (percent)
Less than $9,999	57.5	65.6	69.3
$10,000 to $49,999	19.0	15.0	14.8
$50,000 to $99,999	5.9	4.2	3.2
$100,000 to $499,999	13.1	9.5	7.7
More than $500,000	4.2	5.6	5.0

Tenure of farmers
Full owner (farms)	27,673	36,076	37,393
Percent of total	67.9	73.1	75.8

Part owner (farms)	10,136	10,164	9,589
Percent of total	24.9	20.6	19.4

Tenant owner (farms)	2,950	3,103	2,329
Percent of total	7.2	6.3	4.7

Farm organization
Individuals/family, sole proprietorship (farms)	35,985	43,523	45,050
Percent of total	88.3	88.2	91.4

Family-held corporations (farms)	1,121	1,712	1,322
Percent of total	2.8	3.5	2.7

Partnerships (farms)	3,173	3,560	2,490
Percent of total	7.8	7.2	5.0

Non-family corporations (farms)	176	179	162
Percent of total	0.4	0.4	0.3

Others - cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc. (farms)	304	369	287
Percent of total	0.7	0.7	0.6

Characteristics of principal farm operators
Average operator age (years)	55.0	55.6	56.5
Percent with farming as their primary occupation	46.2	40.2	50.9
Men (persons)	37,303	43,576	42,856
Women (persons)	3,456	5,767	6,455

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	49,000	47,500

	Thousands $
Final crop output	2,216,862	2,401,233
+ Final animal output	3,576,946	4,332,599
+ Services and forestry	1,371,008	1,425,397
= Final agricultural sector output	7,164,816	8,159,229

- Intermediate consumption outlays	4,201,500	4,417,628
+ Net government transactions	350,885	197,519
= Gross value added	3,314,201	3,939,120

- Capital consumption	551,669	569,850

= Net value added	2,762,532	3,369,270

- Factor payments	702,005	734,159
Employee compensation (total hired labor)	317,884	339,618
Net rent received by nonoperator landlords	95,840	85,283
Real estate and nonreal estate interest	288,281	309,258

= Net farm income	2,060,527	2,635,111

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	3,187,848	46.8	14.9
2. Cotton	536,775	7.9	8.7
3. Chicken eggs	437,491	6.4	6.6
4. Greenhouse/nursery	350,000	5.1	2.0
5. Peanuts	324,324	4.8	42.5

All commodities	6,813,539		2.4

More information on Georgia'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. Poultry and products	1	419.7
2. Cotton and linters	4	364.0
3. Peanuts and products	1	109.1
4. Other	18	104.3
5. Vegetables and preparations	11	75.6

Overall rank	19	1,469.1

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. Franklin County	3.7	180.7
2. Hall County	3.5	170.3
3. Jackson County	3.1	154.4
4. Tattnall County	2.8	139.2
5. Colquitt County	2.6	129.5

State total		4,911.8

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: December 15, 2008