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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) 94,200 64,600 429,700
Agricultural land at the beginning of the reporting period (acres) 3,993,600 3,676,600 4,728,000
Prime agricultural land converted to developed land (acres) 34,600 22,200 159,600
Prime agricultural land at the beginning of the reporting period (acres) 1,773,800 1,656,600 2,032,500
Rural land converted to developed land (acres) 334,400 232,000 1,330,800
Rural land at the beginning of the reporting period (acres) 15,994,300 15,652,600 16,774,100
Prime rural land converted to developed land (acres) 67,100 44,500 287,900
Prime rural land available at the beginning of the reporting period (acres) 3,245,800 3,176,400 3,431,400
Total surface area (acres) 19,939,300 19,939,300 19,939,300

Census of Agriculture


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FIC technical memo about the Census of Agriculture
 
1997 2002 2007
Farms 25,807 24,541 25,867
Land in farms (acres) 4,974,138 4,845,923 4,889,339
Total land area (acres) - 19,270,060 19,255,034
Full-time operators 9,484 11,377 9,739
Part-time operators 16,323 13,164 16,128
Percentage of operators 55 and older - 56 62
Land managed by operators 55 and older (acres) - 2,796,327 3,176,927
Market value of agricultural products sold ($1,000) 1,679,193 1,489,750 2,352,681
   Percentage from crop production 49 40 34
   Percentage from livestock production 51 60 66

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