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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 Resources Inventory

Indiana Statistics Sheet

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FIC technical memo about the NRI
Glossary of NRI-related terms
1997-2002 2002-2007 1982-2007
Agricultural land converted to developed land (acres) 104,200 77,800 503,100
Agricultural land at the beginning of the reporting period (acres) 15,690,400 15,507,500 16,038,400
Prime agricultural land converted to developed land (acres) 68,300 56,200 354,000
Prime agricultural land at the beginning of the reporting period (acres) 11,906,900 11,780,100 12,131,400
Rural land converted to developed land (acres) 144,100 119,700 684,800
Rural land at the beginning of the reporting period (acres) 20,140,800 19,991,400 20,558,200
Prime rural land converted to developed land (acres) 76,200 65,600 395,400
Prime rural land available at the beginning of the reporting period (acres) 12,980,500 12,874,900 13,252,100
Total surface area (acres) 23,158,400 23,158,400 23,158,400

Census of Agriculture

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FIC technical memo about the Census of Agriculture
1997 2002 2007
Farms 66,707 60,296 60,938
Land in farms (acres) 15,525,154 15,058,670 14,773,184
Total land area (acres) - 22,954,817 22,924,685
Full-time operators 28,779 33,612 25,510
Part-time operators 37,928 26,684 35,428
Percentage of operators 55 and older - 46 50
Land managed by operators 55 and older (acres) - 6,704,595 7,613,690
Market value of agricultural products sold ($1,000) 5,323,116 4,785,158 8,271,291
   Percentage from crop production 62 63 64
   Percentage from livestock production 38 37 36

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