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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) 91,500 74,300 468,000
Agricultural land at the beginning of the reporting period (acres) 26,167,900 25,860,200 27,552,400
Prime agricultural land converted to developed land (acres) 41,300 32,500 183,900
Prime agricultural land at the beginning of the reporting period (acres) 12,600,400 12,466,000 12,895,800
Rural land converted to developed land (acres) 172,200 160,000 807,600
Rural land at the beginning of the reporting period (acres) 39,262,600 39,069,400 39,776,900
Prime rural land converted to developed land (acres) 50,700 41,100 222,700
Prime rural land available at the beginning of the reporting period (acres) 14,193,400 14,125,100 14,351,200
Total surface area (acres) 44,613,900 44,613,900 44,613,900

Census of Agriculture


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FIC technical memo about the Census of Agriculture
 
1997 2002 2007
Farms 110,986 106,797 107,825
Land in farms (acres) 30,202,772 29,946,035 29,026,573
Total land area (acres) - 44,086,989 43,974,665
Full-time operators 47,507 61,035 45,031
Part-time operators 63,479 45,762 62,974
Percentage of operators 55 and older - 53 57
Land managed by operators 55 and older (acres) - 16,194,803 16,009,587
Market value of agricultural products sold ($1,000) 5,466,009 4,983,255 7,512,926
   Percentage from crop production 44 40 47
   Percentage from livestock production 56 60 53

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