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State Fact Sheets: New York

• 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	1,508,228	16,049,937	17,558,165
1990	1,552,018	16,438,437	17,990,455
2000	1,560,940	17,415,517	18,976,457
2007 (latest estimates)	1,547,795	17,749,934	19,297,729
More information on New York 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	27,670	43,624	42,339
2006	28,526	45,382	44,027
Percent change	3.1	4.0	4.0

Earnings per job (2006 dollars)
2005	35,709	62,513	60,582
2006	35,949	63,609	61,617
Percent change	0.7	1.7	1.7

Poverty rate (percent)
1979	12.9	13.5	13.4
1989	12.7	13.1	13.0
1999	13.2	14.7	14.6
2007 (latest model-based estimates)	14.0	13.8	13.8
More information on New York 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	35.7	33.6	33.7
1990	25.9	25.1	25.2
2000	20.0	21.0	20.9

Percent completing high school only
1980	38.0	33.7	34.1
1990	36.8	28.8	29.5
2000	37.0	26.9	27.8

Percent completing some college
1980	14.3	14.3	14.3
1990	23.0	22.1	22.2
2000	26.4	23.7	23.9

Percent completing college
1980	12.0	18.5	17.9
1990	14.2	23.9	23.1
2000	16.5	28.3	27.4
More information on New York 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	775,474	9,988,013	10,763,487
2006	788,440	10,163,655	10,952,095

Unemployment rate (percent)
2006	5.1	4.5	4.6
2007	5.0	4.5	4.5
More information on New York 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	1.2	1.7	1.6
2005-2006	0.7	1.3	1.3
2006-2007	-0.7	0.4	0.3

* 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)	30.18	30.20	30.22
Total farmland (million acres)	7.46	7.79	7.66
Percent of total land area	24.7	25.8	25.4

Cropland (million acres)	4.88	4.96	4.84
Percent of total farmland	65.4	63.7	63.2
Percent in pasture	14.6	13.8	10.6
Percent irrigated	0.9	1.4	1.4

Harvested Cropland (million acres)	3.53	3.86	3.85

Woodland (million acres)	1.54	1.66	1.65
Percent of total farmland	20.7	21.3	21.5
Percent in pasture	19.0	14.7	14.3

Pastureland (million acres)	0.55	0.52	0.55
Percent of total farmland	7.4	6.7	7.2

Land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc. (million acres)	0.48	0.65	0.62
Percent of total farmland	6.5	8.4	8.1

Conservation practices
Farmland in conservation or wetlands reserve programs (million acres)	0.05	0.10	0.21
Percent of total farmland	0.6	1.3	2.8

Average farm size (acres)	231	204	206

Farms by size (percent)
1 to 99 acres	37.8	45.9	47.9
100 to 499 acres	51.3	45.1	42.8
500 to 999 acres	8.4	6.7	6.6
1000 to 1,999 acres	2.1	1.9	2.2
2,000 or more acres	0.4	0.4	0.6

Farms by sales (percent)
Less than $9,999	44.1	51.6	55.9
$10,000 to $49,999	21.0	21.0	18.5
$50,000 to $99,999	12.3	9.1	8.2
$100,000 to $499,999	20.4	15.9	14.4
More than $500,000	2.3	2.6	2.9

Tenure of farmers
Full owner (farms)	18,924	24,286	24,722
Percent of total	58.6	63.5	66.4

Part owner (farms)	11,417	11,741	11,040
Percent of total	35.3	30.7	29.6

Tenant owner (farms)	1,965	2,237	1,493
Percent of total	6.1	5.8	4.0

Farm organization
Individuals/family, sole proprietorship (farms)	27,346	32,813	32,654
Percent of total	84.6	85.8	87.6

Family-held corporations (farms)	1,365	1,593	1,388
Percent of total	4.2	4.2	3.7

Partnerships (farms)	3,284	3,465	2,846
Percent of total	10.2	9.1	7.6

Non-family corporations (farms)	156	178	193
Percent of total	0.5	0.5	0.5

Others - cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc. (farms)	155	215	174
Percent of total	0.5	0.6	0.5

Characteristics of principal farm operators
Average operator age (years)	52.5	52.9	54.1
Percent with farming as their primary occupation	61.7	53.9	60.8
Men (persons)	29,452	33,795	31,583
Women (persons)	2,854	4,469	5,672

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	35,000	34,200

	Thousands $
Final crop output	1,567,075	1,748,473
+ Final animal output	1,983,330	2,763,864
+ Services and forestry	362,023	451,958
= Final agricultural sector output	3,912,428	4,964,295

- Intermediate consumption outlays	1,856,115	2,030,245
+ Net government transactions	-101,633	-182,220
= Gross value added	1,954,680	2,751,830

- Capital consumption	473,261	482,322

= Net value added	1,481,419	2,269,508

- Factor payments	702,661	660,790
Employee compensation (total hired labor)	495,350	427,196
Net rent received by nonoperator landlords	12,449	20,672
Real estate and nonreal estate interest	194,862	212,922

= Net farm income	778,758	1,608,718

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	2,377,987	53.5	6.7
2. Greenhouse/nursery	347,028	7.8	2.0
3. Apples	256,551	5.8	11.8
4. Corn	190,997	4.3	0.6
5. Cattle and calves	104,834	2.4	0.2

All commodities	4,446,816		1.6

More information on New York'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. Dairy Products	3	217.8
2. Other	14	171.7
3. Fruits and preparations	6	117.8
4. Wheat and products	23	109.7
5. Vegetables and preparations	13	71.4

Overall rank	27	866.7

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. Suffolk County	6.5	201.2
2. Wyoming County	5.7	178.0
3. Cayuga County	4.1	128.0
4. Genesee County	4.0	124.9
5. Wayne County	3.3	103.9

State total		3,117.8

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