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Agricultural Statistics
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

Washington Statistics Sheet

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FIC technical memo about the NRI
1992-1997
Agricultural land converted to developed uses (acres)     118,600
Percentage of agricultural land converted to developed uses     1
State rank by percentage of agricultural land converted to developed uses     26
Average annual rate of agricultural land converted to developed uses (acres)     23,720
Prime agricultural land converted to developed uses (acres)     39,300
Rural land converted to developed uses (acres)     246,100
Average annual rate of rural land converted to developed uses (acres)     49,220
Prime rural land converted to developed uses (acres)     45,800

Census of Agriculture

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1997 2002 2007
Farms 40,113 35,939 39,284
Land in farms (acres) 15,778,606 15,318,008 14,972,789
Total land area (acres) - 42,588,197 42,540,079
Full-time operators 18,649 21,013 18,021
Part-time operators 21,464 14,926 21,263
Percentage of operators 55 and older - 50 57
Land managed by operators 55 and older (acres) - 8,690,036 9,635,990
Market value of agricultural products sold ($1,000) 4,947,886 5,330,740 6,792,856
   Percentage from crop production 69 67 70
   Percentage from livestock production 31 33 30

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