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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

Kentucky Statistics Sheet

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FIC technical memo about the NRI
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1997-2002 2002-2007 1982-2007
Agricultural land converted to developed land (acres) 152,900 82,400 618,000
Agricultural land at the beginning of the reporting period (acres) 11,197,500 10,795,400 11,862,300
Prime agricultural land converted to developed land (acres) 72,900 39,100 282,500
Prime agricultural land at the beginning of the reporting period (acres) 4,916,500 4,724,200 5,220,200
Rural land converted to developed land (acres) 259,100 151,900 991,400
Rural land at the beginning of the reporting period (acres) 22,360,100 21,989,800 23,046,900
Prime rural land converted to developed land (acres) 84,100 48,300 320,100
Prime rural land available at the beginning of the reporting period (acres) 5,692,100 5,573,100 5,905,800
Total surface area (acres) 25,863,400 25,863,400 25,863,400

Census of Agriculture

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FIC technical memo about the Census of Agriculture
1997 2002 2007
Farms 91,198 86,541 85,260
Land in farms (acres) 13,940,180 13,843,706 13,993,121
Total land area (acres) - 25,426,029 25,275,577
Full-time operators 36,050 46,939 33,935
Part-time operators 55,148 39,602 51,325
Percentage of operators 55 and older - 51 56
Land managed by operators 55 and older (acres) - 7,298,288 8,234,307
Market value of agricultural products sold ($1,000) 3,158,783 3,080,080 4,824,561
   Percentage from crop production 51 36 29
   Percentage from livestock production 49 64 71

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