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Arizona 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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Arizona farm and farm-related employment, 2002
Farm industries
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Total* Metro Nonmetro
Emp. Pct. of total Emp. Pct. of total Emp. Pct. of total
Farming:

Farm production
19,261 0.67 15,005 0.57 4,256 1.85
....Farm proprietors 7,316 0.25 4,496 0.17 2,820 1.23
....Farm wage and salary workers 11,945 0.42 10,509 0.40 1,436 0.62
Closely related:

Agricultural services
11,854 0.41 8,866 0.34 2,988 1.30
Agricultural input industries-- 2,415 0.08 2,120 0.08 295 0.13
....Agricultural chemicals 318 0.01 244 0.01 74 0.03
....Farm machinery and equipment 290 0.01 290 0.01 0 0.00
....Farm supply & mach. wholesale trade 1,663 0.06 1,460 0.06 203 0.09
....Commodity contract brokers 144 0.01 126 0.00 18 0.01
Agricultural processing and marketing-- 13,591 0.47 12,980 0.49 611 0.27
....Meat products 1,580 0.05 1,543 0.06 37 0.02
....Dairy products 1,358 0.05 1,358 0.05 0 0.00
....Can., frozen, and pres. fruit and veg. 411 0.01 337 0.01 74 0.03
....Grain mill products 385 0.01 376 0.01 9 0.00
....Bakery products 2,162 0.08 2,160 0.08 2 0.00
....Sugar and confectionery products 217 0.01 201 0.01 16 0.01
....Fats and oils products 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
....Beverages 1,720 0.06 1,688 0.06 32 0.01
....Misc. food prep. & kindred products 1,991 0.07 1,915 0.07 76 0.03
....Tobacco products 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
....Apparel and textiles 1,707 0.06 1,688 0.06 19 0.01
....Leather products and footwear 112 0.00 86 0.00 26 0.01
....Packaging 977 0.03 950 0.04 27 0.01
....Farm-related raw mat. whlsle trade 494 0.02 239 0.01 255 0.11
....Warehousing 477 0.02 439 0.02 38 0.02
Peripherally related:

Agricultural wholesale & retail trade
313,851 10.92 282,462 10.68 31,389 13.65
Indirect agribusiness 2,536 0.09 2,506 0.09 30 0.01
Total farm & farm-related
employment
363,508 12.65 323,939 12.25 39,569 17.21
All other employment 2,510,059 87.35 2,319,670 87.75 190,389 82.79
Total employment 2,873,567 100.00 2,643,609 100.00 229,958 100.00

*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