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Alaska/Hawaii 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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Note: Alaska and Hawaii are not part of the Farm Production Regions classification scheme, although they are included here as a region and in the U.S. totals.
SAS Output  
Alaska/Hawaii 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
13,044 1.09 3,629 0.43 9,415 2.63
....Farm proprietors 5,527 0.46 1,170 0.14 4,357 1.22
....Farm wage and salary workers 7,517 0.63 2,459 0.29 5,058 1.42
Closely related:

Agricultural services
21,980 1.84 2,815 0.34 19,165 5.36
Agricultural input industries-- 1,016 0.08 501 0.06 515 0.14
....Agricultural chemicals 393 0.03 47 0.01 346 0.10
....Farm machinery and equipment 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
....Farm supply & mach. wholesale trade 586 0.05 425 0.05 161 0.05
....Commodity contract brokers 37 0.00 29 0.00 8 0.00
Agricultural processing and marketing-- 16,734 1.40 6,412 0.76 10,112 2.83
....Meat products 517 0.04 297 0.04 220 0.06
....Dairy products 683 0.06 510 0.06 173 0.05
....Can., frozen, and pres. fruit and veg. 1,262 0.11 260 0.03 1,002 0.28
....Grain mill products 99 0.01 99 0.01 0 0.00
....Bakery products 1,432 0.12 1,236 0.15 196 0.05
....Sugar and confectionery products 964 0.08 336 0.04 628 0.18
....Fats and oils products 22 0.00 19 0.00 3 0.00
....Beverages 943 0.08 665 0.08 278 0.08
....Misc. food prep. & kindred products 8,990 0.75 1,237 0.15 7,543 2.11
....Tobacco products 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
....Apparel and textiles 1,421 0.12 1,391 0.17 30 0.01
....Leather products and footwear 74 0.01 57 0.01 17 0.00
....Packaging 160 0.01 158 0.02 2 0.00
....Farm-related raw mat. whlsle trade 50 0.00 33 0.00 17 0.00
....Warehousing 117 0.01 114 0.01 3 0.00
Peripherally related:

Agricultural wholesale & retail trade
133,831 11.18 91,823 10.93 42,008 11.76
Indirect agribusiness 336 0.03 227 0.03 109 0.03
Total farm & farm-related
employment
186,941 15.62 105,407 12.55 81,324 22.76
All other employment 1,010,215 84.38 734,418 87.45 276,007 77.24
Total employment 1,197,156 100.00 839,825 100.00 357,331 100.00

*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