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Statistics
Welcome to the statistics area of the FIC Web site. Here you will find frequently requested data from the National Resources Inventory, the Census of Agriculture and Farmland Information Center fact sheets. You also can link to additional information and data sources. To access the information, select "national" or a state name from the drop down box.

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National Resources Inventory

National Statistics Sheet

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FIC technical memo about the NRI
1992-1997
Agricultural land converted to developed uses (acres)     6,172,800
Percentage of agricultural land converted to developed uses     1
State rank by percentage of agricultural land converted to developed uses      
Average annual rate of agricultural land converted to developed uses (acres)     1,234,560
Prime agricultural land converted to developed uses (acres)     2,416,200
Rural land converted to developed uses (acres)     11,392,400
Average annual rate of rural land converted to developed uses (acres)     2,278,480
Prime rural land converted to developed uses (acres)     3,225,400

Census of Agriculture

Go to Census of Agriculture Web site
1997 2002
Farms 2,215,876 2,128,982  
Land in farms (acres) 954,752,502 938,279,056  
Total land area (acres) - 2,263,960,501  
Full-time operators 1,044,388 1,224,246  
Part-time operators 1,171,488 904,736  
Percentage of operators 55 and older - 50  
Land managed by operators 55 and older (acres) - 472,956,653  
Market value of agricultural products sold ($1,000) 201,379,812 200,646,355  
   Percentage from crop production 50 47  
   Percentage from livestock production 50 53  

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