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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

Michigan Statistics Sheet

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FIC technical memo about the NRI
1992-1997
Agricultural land converted to developed uses (acres)     194,500
Percentage of agricultural land converted to developed uses     2
State rank by percentage of agricultural land converted to developed uses     17
Average annual rate of agricultural land converted to developed uses (acres)     38,900
Prime agricultural land converted to developed uses (acres)     99,600
Rural land converted to developed uses (acres)     365,500
Average annual rate of rural land converted to developed uses (acres)     73,100
Prime rural land converted to developed uses (acres)     121,400

Census of Agriculture

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1997 2002 2007
Farms 53,519 53,315 56,014
Land in farms (acres) 10,443,935 10,142,958 10,031,807
Total land area (acres) - 36,354,446 36,176,779
Full-time operators 24,133 29,071 24,795
Part-time operators 29,386 24,244 31,219
Percentage of operators 55 and older - 46 54
Land managed by operators 55 and older (acres) - 3,094,512 5,434,256
Market value of agricultural products sold ($1,000) 3,694,670 3,772,435 5,753,219
   Percentage from crop production 63 63 58
   Percentage from livestock production 37 37 42

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