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State Fact Sheets: Indiana

• 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	1,328,032	4,162,182	5,490,214
1990	1,311,751	4,232,408	5,544,159
2000	1,394,113	4,686,372	6,080,485
2007 (latest estimates)	1,388,703	4,956,586	6,345,289
More information on Indiana 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	27,540	33,143	31,897
2006	27,790	33,561	32,288
Percent change	0.9	1.3	1.2

Earnings per job (2006 dollars)
2005	34,693	43,173	41,457
2006	33,992	42,765	41,007
Percent change	-2.1	-1.0	-1.1

Poverty rate (percent)
1979	10.1	9.5	9.7
1989	10.8	10.7	10.7
1999	8.9	9.7	9.5
2007 (latest model-based estimates)	11.9	12.4	12.3
More information on Indiana 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	37.1	32.5	33.6
1990	28.2	23.2	24.4
2000	20.9	16.9	17.9

Percent completing high school only
1980	44.0	40.9	41.7
1990	43.4	36.6	38.2
2000	44.3	35.0	37.2

Percent completing some college
1980	9.8	12.9	12.1
1990	18.5	22.9	21.9
2000	22.8	26.4	25.5

Percent completing college
1980	8.7	13.8	12.5
1990	10.0	17.3	15.6
2000	12.0	21.7	19.4
More information on Indiana 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	746,900	2,943,579	3,690,479
2006	750,674	2,993,987	3,744,661

Unemployment rate (percent)
2006	5.3	4.8	4.9
2007	4.9	4.5	4.5
More information on Indiana 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	0.9	1.0	1.0
2005-2006	0.2	1.8	1.5
2006-2007	-0.7	-0.1	-0.2

* 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)	22.96	22.96	22.95
Total farmland (million acres)	15.62	15.53	15.06
Percent of total land area	68.0	67.6	65.6

Cropland (million acres)	13.37	13.07	12.91
Percent of total farmland	85.6	84.2	85.7
Percent in pasture	5.3	5.1	3.5
Percent irrigated	1.8	1.9	2.4

Harvested Cropland (million acres)	11.83	11.84	11.94

Woodland (million acres)	1.31	1.39	1.15
Percent of total farmland	8.4	8.9	7.7
Percent in pasture	25.2	21.4	19.3

Pastureland (million acres)	0.38	0.40	0.43
Percent of total farmland	2.4	2.6	2.8

Land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc. (million acres)	0.56	0.67	0.57
Percent of total farmland	3.6	4.3	3.8

Conservation practices
Farmland in conservation or wetlands reserve programs (million acres)	0.21	0.41	0.29
Percent of total farmland	1.4	2.6	1.9

Average farm size (acres)	249	233	250

Farms by size (percent)
1 to 99 acres	48.7	54.3	57.5
100 to 499 acres	36.6	32.8	28.7
500 to 999 acres	9.6	7.8	7.5
1000 to 1,999 acres	4.3	4.1	4.7
2,000 or more acres	0.8	1.1	1.6

Farms by sales (percent)
Less than $9,999	41.6	48.8	54.0
$10,000 to $49,999	29.0	24.0	20.6
$50,000 to $99,999	10.7	8.7	8.2
$100,000 to $499,999	17.1	15.4	14.1
More than $500,000	2.1	3.0	3.1

Tenure of farmers
Full owner (farms)	35,868	40,996	39,082
Percent of total	57.1	61.5	64.8

Part owner (farms)	20,504	20,053	17,580
Percent of total	32.7	30.1	29.2

Tenant owner (farms)	6,406	5,658	3,634
Percent of total	10.2	8.5	6.0

Farm organization
Individuals/family, sole proprietorship (farms)	53,105	57,266	53,864
Percent of total	84.6	85.8	89.3

Family-held corporations (farms)	2,425	2,954	2,461
Percent of total	3.9	4.4	4.1

Partnerships (farms)	6,721	5,803	3,463
Percent of total	10.7	8.7	5.7

Non-family corporations (farms)	197	246	171
Percent of total	0.3	0.4	0.3

Others - cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc. (farms)	330	438	337
Percent of total	0.5	0.7	0.6

Characteristics of principal farm operators
Average operator age (years)	51.6	52.3	53.7
Percent with farming as their primary occupation	50.3	43.1	55.7
Men (persons)	59,671	62,529	55,776
Women (persons)	3,107	4,178	4,520

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	59,000	58,800

	Thousands $
Final crop output	3,907,717	5,210,462
+ Final animal output	2,054,399	2,573,155
+ Services and forestry	917,985	1,079,101
= Final agricultural sector output	6,880,101	8,862,718

- Intermediate consumption outlays	3,411,992	4,270,252
+ Net government transactions	214,254	-41,394
= Gross value added	3,682,363	4,551,073

- Capital consumption	891,231	920,698

= Net value added	2,791,132	3,630,375

- Factor payments	1,309,464	1,315,788
Employee compensation (total hired labor)	295,923	312,518
Net rent received by nonoperator landlords	554,656	509,257
Real estate and nonreal estate interest	458,885	494,013

= Net farm income	1,481,668	2,314,587

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. Corn	2,713,699	34.9	8.0
2. Soybeans	1,861,933	23.9	8.8
3. Hogs	777,421	10.0	5.3
4. Dairy products	659,162	8.5	1.9
5. Chicken eggs	422,640	5.4	6.3

All commodities	7,775,741		2.7

More information on Indiana'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. Soybeans and products	4	898.3
2. Feed grains and products	5	824.0
3. Live animals and meat	9	253.0
4. Poultry and products	7	153.8
5. Wheat and products	20	118.3

Overall rank	10	2,414.6

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. Elkhart County	2.8	136.0
2. Jasper County	2.8	132.9
3. Kosciusko County	2.6	122.3
4. Newton County	2.5	119.2
5. White County	2.4	116.5

State total		4,783.2

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