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Idaho Farm and Farm-Related Employment, 2002

This product includes data for 1981-2002 and revises estimates for 1998-2001.

Note: These data will no longer be updated or maintained because some of the necessary underlying data are no longer available to ERS.

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Idaho farm and farm-related employment, 2002
Farm industries
[What is included?]		 Total* Metro Nonmetro
Emp. Pct. of total Emp. Pct. of total Emp. Pct. of total
Farming:

Farm production 		40,127 5.00 14,522 2.79 25,605 9.03
....Farm proprietors 23,724 2.95 8,987 1.73 14,737 5.20
....Farm wage and salary workers 16,403 2.04 5,535 1.06 10,868 3.83
Closely related:

Agricultural services 		4,839 0.60 2,458 0.47 2,381 0.84
Agricultural input industries-- 3,861 0.48 1,822 0.35 2,039 0.72
....Agricultural chemicals 800 0.10 433 0.08 367 0.13
....Farm machinery and equipment 631 0.08 186 0.04 445 0.16
....Farm supply & mach. wholesale trade 2,403 0.30 1,193 0.23 1,210 0.43
....Commodity contract brokers 27 0.00 10 0.00 17 0.01
Agricultural processing and marketing-- 19,013 2.37 8,588 1.65 10,425 3.68
....Meat products 2,396 0.30 2,112 0.41 284 0.10
....Dairy products 1,945 0.24 793 0.15 1,152 0.41
....Can., frozen, and pres. fruit and veg. 8,702 1.08 3,038 0.58 5,664 2.00
....Grain mill products 452 0.06 93 0.02 359 0.13
....Bakery products 316 0.04 311 0.06 5 0.00
....Sugar and confectionery products 1,560 0.19 589 0.11 971 0.34
....Fats and oils products 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
....Beverages 376 0.05 183 0.04 193 0.07
....Misc. food prep. & kindred products 610 0.08 140 0.03 470 0.17
....Tobacco products 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
....Apparel and textiles 292 0.04 164 0.03 128 0.05
....Leather products and footwear 299 0.04 271 0.05 28 0.01
....Packaging 187 0.02 156 0.03 31 0.01
....Farm-related raw mat. whlsle trade 1,523 0.19 658 0.13 865 0.31
....Warehousing 355 0.04 80 0.02 275 0.10
Peripherally related:

Agricultural wholesale & retail trade 		75,661 9.42 50,065 9.63 25,596 9.03
Indirect agribusiness 1,843 0.23 1,222 0.24 621 0.22
Total farm & farm-related
employment		 145,344 18.09 78,677 15.14 66,667 23.51
All other employment 657,908 81.91 441,055 84.86 216,853 76.49
Total employment 803,252 100.00 519,732 100.00 283,520 100.00

*Metro and nonmetro detail may not add to total because of some employment not
classified by location. Metro and nonmetro estimates are based on the June 2003 metropolitan area definitions.

Data are based on the 1997 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).

Source: Most industry estimates were developed from an enhanced file of the County Business Patterns, U.S. Bureau of the Census. Farm proprietors and farm wage and salary workers are from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce.

For more information, contact: Kathleen Kassel

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Updated date: March 1, 2005