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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
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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) 375,400 315,400 1,767,200
Agricultural land at the beginning of the reporting period (acres) 29,188,600 28,660,600 30,919,400
Prime agricultural land converted to developed land (acres) 50,500 44,300 301,500
Prime agricultural land at the beginning of the reporting period (acres) 5,494,000 5,315,300 5,997,500
Rural land converted to developed land (acres) 449,100 374,800 2,142,100
Rural land at the beginning of the reporting period (acres) 47,634,700 47,196,400 49,563,700
Prime rural land converted to developed land (acres) 51,900 45,500 303,700
Prime rural land available at the beginning of the reporting period (acres) 5,565,200 5,412,400 6,058,700
Total surface area (acres) 101,510,200 101,510,200 101,510,200

Census of Agriculture


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FIC technical memo about the Census of Agriculture
 
1997 2002 2007
Farms 87,991 79,631 81,033
Land in farms (acres) 28,795,834 27,589,027 25,364,695
Total land area (acres) - 99,813,971 99,689,515
Full-time operators 43,783 49,132 40,910
Part-time operators 44,208 30,499 40,123
Percentage of operators 55 and older - 54 61
Land managed by operators 55 and older (acres) - 15,102,668 15,904,892
Market value of agricultural products sold ($1,000) 23,280,110 25,737,173 33,885,064
   Percentage from crop production 74 74 68
   Percentage from livestock production 26 26 32

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