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Connecticut 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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Connecticut 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 		10,064 0.47 8,203 0.41 1,861 1.30
....Farm proprietors 3,815 0.18 2,595 0.13 1,220 0.85
....Farm wage and salary workers 6,249 0.29 5,608 0.28 641 0.45
Closely related:

Agricultural services 		7,055 0.33 6,256 0.32 799 0.56
Agricultural input industries-- 1,427 0.07 1,302 0.07 125 0.09
....Agricultural chemicals 93 0.00 93 0.00 0 0.00
....Farm machinery and equipment 60 0.00 2 0.00 58 0.04
....Farm supply & mach. wholesale trade 959 0.05 892 0.05 67 0.05
....Commodity contract brokers 315 0.01 315 0.02 0 0.00
Agricultural processing and marketing-- 12,328 0.58 9,358 0.47 2,970 2.07
....Meat products 1,114 0.05 794 0.04 320 0.22
....Dairy products 1,037 0.05 1,035 0.05 2 0.00
....Can., frozen, and pres. fruit and veg. 320 0.02 318 0.02 2 0.00
....Grain mill products 361 0.02 361 0.02 0 0.00
....Bakery products 3,444 0.16 2,411 0.12 1,033 0.72
....Sugar and confectionery products 663 0.03 663 0.03 0 0.00
....Fats and oils products 7 0.00 7 0.00 0 0.00
....Beverages 809 0.04 574 0.03 235 0.16
....Misc. food prep. & kindred products 1,122 0.05 401 0.02 721 0.50
....Tobacco products 42 0.00 42 0.00 0 0.00
....Apparel and textiles 2,045 0.10 1,593 0.08 452 0.31
....Leather products and footwear 271 0.01 269 0.01 2 0.00
....Packaging 960 0.05 772 0.04 188 0.13
....Farm-related raw mat. whlsle trade 123 0.01 111 0.01 12 0.01
....Warehousing 10 0.00 7 0.00 3 0.00
Peripherally related:

Agricultural wholesale & retail trade 		193,135 9.09 179,355 9.06 13,780 9.59
Indirect agribusiness 4,420 0.21 3,911 0.20 509 0.35
Total farm & farm-related
employment		 228,429 10.75 208,385 10.52 20,044 13.95
All other employment 1,895,608 89.25 1,771,953 89.48 123,655 86.05
Total employment 2,124,037 100.00 1,980,338 100.00 143,699 100.00

*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