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

Farm production
1,328 0.23 1,328 0.23
....Farm proprietors 635 0.11 635 0.11
....Farm wage and salary workers 693 0.12 693 0.12
Closely related:

Agricultural services
1,926 0.33 1,926 0.33
Agricultural input industries-- 226 0.04 226 0.04
....Agricultural chemicals 15 0.00 15 0.00
....Farm machinery and equipment 2 0.00 2 0.00
....Farm supply & mach. wholesale trade 123 0.02 123 0.02
....Commodity contract brokers 86 0.01 86 0.01
Agricultural processing and marketing-- 6,455 1.09 6,455 1.09
....Meat products 279 0.05 279 0.05
....Dairy products 156 0.03 156 0.03
....Can., frozen, and pres. fruit and veg. 106 0.02 106 0.02
....Grain mill products 27 0.00 27 0.00
....Bakery products 738 0.13 738 0.13
....Sugar and confectionery products 253 0.04 253 0.04
....Fats and oils products 73 0.01 73 0.01
....Beverages 426 0.07 426 0.07
....Misc. food prep. & kindred products 386 0.07 386 0.07
....Tobacco products 0 0.00 0 0.00
....Apparel and textiles 3,362 0.57 3,362 0.57
....Leather products and footwear 444 0.08 444 0.08
....Packaging 161 0.03 161 0.03
....Farm-related raw mat. whlsle trade 44 0.01 44 0.01
....Warehousing 0 0.00 0 0.00
Peripherally related:

Agricultural wholesale & retail trade
61,832 10.48 61,832 10.48
Indirect agribusiness 2,317 0.39 2,317 0.39
Total farm & farm-related
employment
74,084 12.56 74,084 12.56
All other employment 515,683 87.44 515,683 87.44
Total employment 589,767 100.00 589,767 100.00

*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.

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Updated date: March 1, 2005