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California Statistics Sheet National Resources Inventory Go to NRI Web site FIC technical memo about the NRI Summary of agricultural land developed Summary of rural land developed Glossary of NRI-related terms
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1997-2002 |
2002-2007 |
1982-2007 |
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Agricultural land converted to developed land (acres) |
375,400 |
315,400 |
1,767,200 |
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Agricultural land at the beginning of the reporting period (acres) |
29,188,600 |
28,660,600 |
30,919,400 |
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Prime agricultural land converted to developed land (acres) |
50,500 |
44,300 |
301,500 |
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Prime agricultural land at the beginning of the reporting period (acres) |
5,494,000 |
5,315,300 |
5,997,500 |
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Rural land converted to developed land (acres) |
449,100 |
374,800 |
2,142,100 |
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Rural land at the beginning of the reporting period (acres) |
47,634,700 |
47,196,400 |
49,563,700 |
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Prime rural land converted to developed land (acres) |
51,900 |
45,500 |
303,700 |
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Prime rural land available at the beginning of the reporting period (acres) |
5,565,200 |
5,412,400 |
6,058,700 |
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Total surface area (acres) |
101,510,200 |
101,510,200 |
101,510,200 |
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 Census of Agriculture
 Go to Census of Agriculture Web site FIC technical memo about the Census of Agriculture |
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1997 |
2002 |
2007 |
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Farms |
87,991 |
79,631 |
81,033 |
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Land in farms (acres) |
28,795,834 |
27,589,027 |
25,364,695 |
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Total land area (acres) |
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99,813,971 |
99,689,515 |
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Full-time operators |
43,783 |
49,132 |
40,910 |
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Part-time operators |
44,208 |
30,499 |
40,123 |
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Percentage of operators 55 and older |
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54 |
61 |
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Land managed by operators 55 and older (acres) |
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15,102,668 |
15,904,892 |
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Market value of agricultural products sold ($1,000) |
23,280,110 |
25,737,173 |
33,885,064 |
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Percentage from crop production |
74 |
74 |
68 |
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Percentage from livestock production |
26 |
26 |
32 |
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