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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 Statistics Sheet

National Resources Inventory
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FIC technical memo about the NRI
Summary of agricultural land developed
Summary of rural land developed
Glossary of NRI-related terms
1997-2002 2002-2007 1982-2007
Agricultural land converted to developed land (acres) 5,135,500 4,080,300 23,163,500
Agricultural land at the beginning of the reporting period (acres) 936,151,700 925,082,100 968,342,700
Prime agricultural land converted to developed land (acres) 1,815,700 1,431,100 8,716,600
Prime agricultural land at the beginning of the reporting period (acres) 275,953,800 271,452,200 286,426,200
Rural land converted to developed land (acres) 9,705,500 7,491,300 41,324,800
Rural land at the beginning of the reporting period (acres) 1,391,496,800 1,381,269,800 1,418,965,400
Prime rural land converted to developed land (acres) 2,555,500 2,036,300 11,573,800
Prime rural land available at the beginning of the reporting period (acres) 331,149,200 327,946,900 339,432,200
Total surface area (acres) 1,937,664,200 1,937,664,200 1,937,664,200

Census of Agriculture


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FIC technical memo about the Census of Agriculture 		 
1997 2002 2007
Farms 2,215,876 2,128,982 2,204,792
Land in farms (acres) 954,752,502 938,279,056 922,095,840
Total land area (acres) - 2,263,960,501 2,260,994,361
Full-time operators 1,044,388 1,224,246 993,881
Part-time operators 1,171,488 904,736 1,210,911
Percentage of operators 55 and older - 50 57
Land managed by operators 55 and older (acres) - 472,956,653 527,405,083
Market value of agricultural products sold ($1,000) 201,379,812 200,646,355 297,220,491
   Percentage from crop production 50 47 48
   Percentage from livestock production 50 53 52

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