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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SAS Output
| Appalachia 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 |
387,467 |
2.43 |
163,477 |
1.34 |
223,990 |
5.92 |
| ....Farm proprietors |
316,616 |
1.98 |
130,930 |
1.08 |
185,686 |
4.90 |
| ....Farm wage and salary workers |
70,851 |
0.44 |
32,547 |
0.27 |
38,304 |
1.01 |
Closely related:
Agricultural services |
58,872 |
0.37 |
43,347 |
0.36 |
15,525 |
0.41 |
| Agricultural input industries-- |
23,810 |
0.15 |
15,333 |
0.13 |
8,466 |
0.22 |
| ....Agricultural chemicals |
2,738 |
0.02 |
1,579 |
0.01 |
1,159 |
0.03 |
| ....Farm machinery and equipment |
2,170 |
0.01 |
1,024 |
0.01 |
1,146 |
0.03 |
| ....Farm supply & mach. wholesale trade |
18,391 |
0.12 |
12,272 |
0.10 |
6,108 |
0.16 |
| ....Commodity contract brokers |
511 |
0.00 |
458 |
0.00 |
53 |
0.00 |
| Agricultural processing and marketing-- |
363,821 |
2.28 |
224,902 |
1.85 |
138,919 |
3.67 |
| ....Meat products |
71,081 |
0.45 |
34,824 |
0.29 |
36,257 |
0.96 |
| ....Dairy products |
8,339 |
0.05 |
6,000 |
0.05 |
2,339 |
0.06 |
| ....Can., frozen, and pres. fruit and veg. |
10,168 |
0.06 |
6,825 |
0.06 |
3,343 |
0.09 |
| ....Grain mill products |
8,491 |
0.05 |
6,670 |
0.05 |
1,821 |
0.05 |
| ....Bakery products |
33,151 |
0.21 |
28,672 |
0.24 |
4,479 |
0.12 |
| ....Sugar and confectionery products |
5,118 |
0.03 |
2,784 |
0.02 |
2,334 |
0.06 |
| ....Fats and oils products |
1,931 |
0.01 |
1,883 |
0.02 |
48 |
0.00 |
| ....Beverages |
13,145 |
0.08 |
10,134 |
0.08 |
3,011 |
0.08 |
| ....Misc. food prep. & kindred products |
8,749 |
0.05 |
6,018 |
0.05 |
2,731 |
0.07 |
| ....Tobacco products |
17,425 |
0.11 |
16,464 |
0.14 |
961 |
0.03 |
| ....Apparel and textiles |
156,348 |
0.98 |
85,067 |
0.70 |
71,281 |
1.88 |
| ....Leather products and footwear |
4,356 |
0.03 |
2,599 |
0.02 |
1,757 |
0.05 |
| ....Packaging |
14,701 |
0.09 |
9,946 |
0.08 |
4,755 |
0.13 |
| ....Farm-related raw mat. whlsle trade |
7,133 |
0.04 |
4,219 |
0.03 |
2,914 |
0.08 |
| ....Warehousing |
3,685 |
0.02 |
2,797 |
0.02 |
888 |
0.02 |
Peripherally related:
Agricultural wholesale & retail trade |
1,605,839 |
10.06 |
1,219,718 |
10.02 |
386,121 |
10.20 |
| Indirect agribusiness |
66,228 |
0.41 |
47,145 |
0.39 |
19,083 |
0.50 |
Total farm & farm-related
employment |
2,506,037 |
15.70 |
1,713,922 |
14.07 |
792,104 |
20.92 |
| All other employment |
13,458,676 |
84.30 |
10,464,893 |
85.93 |
2,993,794 |
79.08 |
| Total employment |
15,964,713 |
100.00 |
12,178,815 |
100.00 |
3,785,898 |
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
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