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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) 711,600 658,700 2,869,600
Agricultural land at the beginning of the reporting period (acres) 144,190,800 143,330,100 147,861,800
Prime agricultural land converted to developed land (acres) 268,100 263,200 1,093,700
Prime agricultural land at the beginning of the reporting period (acres) 34,192,100 33,840,700 35,303,400
Rural land converted to developed land (acres) 954,300 822,600 3,502,500
Rural land at the beginning of the reporting period (acres) 157,330,100 156,350,400 159,518,200
Prime rural land converted to developed land (acres) 327,600 317,600 1,251,000
Prime rural land available at the beginning of the reporting period (acres) 36,914,900 36,533,100 37,644,700
Total surface area (acres) 171,051,900 171,051,900 171,051,900

Census of Agriculture


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FIC technical memo about the Census of Agriculture
 
1997 2002 2007
Farms 228,173 228,926 247,437
Land in farms (acres) 133,956,359 129,877,666 130,398,753
Total land area (acres) - 167,550,149 167,145,209
Full-time operators 92,264 122,719 98,692
Part-time operators 135,909 106,207 148,745
Percentage of operators 55 and older - 55 62
Land managed by operators 55 and older (acres) - 76,589,727 86,482,373
Market value of agricultural products sold ($1,000) 14,016,017 14,134,744 21,001,074
   Percentage from crop production 32 26 31
   Percentage from livestock production 68 74 69

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