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State Fact Sheets: Arizona

• 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	365,652	2,350,894	2,716,546
1990	448,668	3,216,560	3,665,228
2000	591,147	4,539,485	5,130,632
2007 (latest estimates)	661,597	5,677,158	6,338,755
More information on Arizona 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	22,947	32,378	31,367
2006	23,423	32,942	31,936
Percent change	2.1	1.7	1.8

Earnings per job (2006 dollars)
2005	35,382	44,867	44,120
2006	35,271	45,122	44,353
Percent change	-0.3	0.6	0.5

Poverty rate (percent)
1979	21.3	12.0	13.2
1989	26.0	14.3	15.7
1999	21.7	12.9	13.9
2007 (latest model-based estimates)	19.3	13.4	14.1
More information on Arizona 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	37.2	26.3	27.6
1990	31.8	20.0	21.3
2000	25.7	18.2	19.0

Percent completing high school only
1980	34.0	34.3	34.3
1990	29.6	25.7	26.1
2000	29.2	23.7	24.3

Percent completing some college
1980	17.4	21.1	20.6
1990	27.3	32.9	32.2
2000	32.2	33.2	33.1

Percent completing college
1980	10.9	18.3	17.4
1990	11.3	21.5	20.3
2000	13.0	24.9	23.5
More information on Arizona 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	252,308	2,949,551	3,201,859
2006	262,604	3,103,597	3,366,201

Unemployment rate (percent)
2006	5.4	3.9	4.1
2007	5.2	3.7	3.8
More information on Arizona 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	2.3	3.2	3.1
2005-2006	3.6	4.2	4.2
2006-2007	1.4	2.4	2.3

* 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)	72.73	72.73	72.73
Total farmland (million acres)	35.04	27.17	26.59
Percent of total land area	48.2	37.4	36.6

Cropland (million acres)	1.34	1.35	1.26
Percent of total farmland	3.8	5.0	4.7
Percent in pasture	8.3	9.2	16.9
Percent irrigated	67.4	75.3	70.4

Harvested Cropland (million acres)	0.91	1.03	0.89

Woodland (million acres)	3.32	0.07	0.03
Percent of total farmland	9.5	0.2	0.1
Percent in pasture	97.0	72.0	41.3

Pastureland (million acres)	29.63	23.88	23.24
Percent of total farmland	84.6	87.9	87.4

Land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc. (million acres)	0.74	1.86	2.05
Percent of total farmland	2.1	6.9	7.7

Conservation practices
Farmland in conservation or wetlands reserve programs (million acres)	0.01	0.00	0.00
Percent of total farmland	0.0	0.0	0.0

Average farm size (acres)	5,173	3,194	3,645

Farms by size (percent)
1 to 99 acres	53.5	59.1	65.7
100 to 499 acres	18.7	18.9	16.7
500 to 999 acres	9.1	8.3	6.1
1000 to 1,999 acres	6.3	5.6	4.6
2,000 or more acres	12.5	8.1	6.9

Farms by sales (percent)
Less than $9,999	52.9	60.5	64.3
$10,000 to $49,999	19.0	18.0	15.1
$50,000 to $99,999	6.8	4.6	4.2
$100,000 to $499,999	13.4	8.8	7.6
More than $500,000	8.2	8.1	8.8

Tenure of farmers
Full owner (farms)	4,302	6,241	5,723
Percent of total	63.5	73.4	78.5

Part owner (farms)	1,468	1,264	904
Percent of total	21.7	14.9	12.4

Tenant owner (farms)	1,003	1,002	667
Percent of total	14.8	11.8	9.1

Farm organization
Individuals/family, sole proprietorship (farms)	4,779	6,126	5,695
Percent of total	70.6	72.0	78.1

Family-held corporations (farms)	521	689	518
Percent of total	7.7	8.1	7.1

Partnerships (farms)	1,091	1,256	841
Percent of total	16.1	14.8	11.5

Non-family corporations (farms)	110	123	75
Percent of total	1.6	1.4	1.0

Others - cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc. (farms)	272	313	165
Percent of total	4.0	3.7	2.3

Characteristics of principal farm operators
Average operator age (years)	54.3	55.1	54.9
Percent with farming as their primary occupation	53.3	48.2	58.9
Men (persons)	5,941	6,985	5,774
Women (persons)	832	1,522	1,520

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	10,000	10,000

	Thousands $
Final crop output	1,521,442	1,832,877
+ Final animal output	1,331,133	1,614,943
+ Services and forestry	552,875	610,490
= Final agricultural sector output	3,405,450	4,058,310

- Intermediate consumption outlays	2,000,382	2,138,049
+ Net government transactions	45,262	19,156
= Gross value added	1,450,330	1,939,418

- Capital consumption	254,197	268,981

= Net value added	1,196,133	1,670,437

- Factor payments	489,227	511,967
Employee compensation (total hired labor)	450,677	477,433
Net rent received by nonoperator landlords	-70,836	-84,045
Real estate and nonreal estate interest	109,386	118,579

= Net farm income	706,906	1,158,470

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. Dairy products	801,627	23.4	2.3
2. Cattle and calves	677,393	19.8	1.4
3. Lettuce	560,160	16.4	20.3
4. Hay	195,177	5.7	3.1
5. Cotton	169,894	5.0	2.8

All commodities	3,420,493		1.2

More information on Arizona'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. Cotton and linters	10	114.2
2. Vegetables and preparations	10	92.9
3. Wheat and products	32	46.8
4. Fruits and preparations	8	46.6
5. Other	27	44.1

Overall rank	33	505.5

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. Yuma County	33.5	802.4
2. Maricopa County	30.9	740.2
3. Pinal County	17.7	424.8
4. La Paz County	3.6	86.6
5. Graham County	3.4	81.9

State total		2,395.4

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

Web administration: webadmin@ers.usda.gov

Updated date: December 15, 2008