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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) 138,300 115,200 818,200
Agricultural land at the beginning of the reporting period (acres) 13,937,600 13,730,900 15,157,500
Prime agricultural land converted to developed land (acres) 101,000 83,000 585,100
Prime agricultural land at the beginning of the reporting period (acres) 9,964,500 9,837,700 10,498,800
Rural land converted to developed land (acres) 225,600 210,900 1,298,500
Rural land at the beginning of the reporting period (acres) 21,962,500 21,732,700 22,842,900
Prime rural land converted to developed land (acres) 132,600 120,700 758,200
Prime rural land available at the beginning of the reporting period (acres) 11,562,000 11,415,500 12,077,000
Total surface area (acres) 26,444,800 26,444,800 26,444,800

Census of Agriculture


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FIC technical memo about the Census of Agriculture
 
1997 2002 2007
Farms 78,737 77,797 75,861
Land in farms (acres) 14,738,028 14,583,435 13,956,563
Total land area (acres) - 26,206,957 26,149,825
Full-time operators 33,210 43,488 32,676
Part-time operators 45,527 34,309 43,185
Percentage of operators 55 and older - 46 52
Land managed by operators 55 and older (acres) - 6,698,408 7,432,845
Market value of agricultural products sold ($1,000) 4,744,521 4,263,549 7,070,212
   Percentage from crop production 61 54 58
   Percentage from livestock production 39 46 42

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