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Iowa 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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Iowa 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 		106,808 5.59 24,281 2.25 82,527 9.91
....Farm proprietors 92,066 4.82 20,975 1.95 71,091 8.54
....Farm wage and salary workers 14,742 0.77 3,306 0.31 11,436 1.37
Closely related:

Agricultural services 		9,640 0.50 4,380 0.41 5,260 0.63
Agricultural input industries-- 21,279 1.11 9,144 0.85 12,135 1.46
....Agricultural chemicals 1,778 0.09 212 0.02 1,566 0.19
....Farm machinery and equipment 8,700 0.46 4,972 0.46 3,728 0.45
....Farm supply & mach. wholesale trade 10,367 0.54 3,747 0.35 6,620 0.79
....Commodity contract brokers 434 0.02 213 0.02 221 0.03
Agricultural processing and marketing-- 64,240 3.36 26,139 2.43 38,101 4.57
....Meat products 28,807 1.51 11,021 1.02 17,786 2.14
....Dairy products 3,516 0.18 1,085 0.10 2,431 0.29
....Can., frozen, and pres. fruit and veg. 2,512 0.13 1,497 0.14 1,015 0.12
....Grain mill products 7,987 0.42 4,060 0.38 3,927 0.47
....Bakery products 1,377 0.07 654 0.06 723 0.09
....Sugar and confectionery products 674 0.04 468 0.04 206 0.02
....Fats and oils products 761 0.04 385 0.04 376 0.05
....Beverages 880 0.05 562 0.05 318 0.04
....Misc. food prep. & kindred products 3,061 0.16 1,980 0.18 1,081 0.13
....Tobacco products 2 0.00 0 0.00 2 0.00
....Apparel and textiles 1,955 0.10 570 0.05 1,385 0.17
....Leather products and footwear 626 0.03 384 0.04 242 0.03
....Packaging 1,616 0.08 568 0.05 1,048 0.13
....Farm-related raw mat. whlsle trade 9,232 0.48 2,030 0.19 7,202 0.86
....Warehousing 1,234 0.06 875 0.08 359 0.04
Peripherally related:

Agricultural wholesale & retail trade 		186,044 9.74 108,543 10.08 77,501 9.31
Indirect agribusiness 5,625 0.29 3,026 0.28 2,599 0.31
Total farm & farm-related
employment		 393,636 20.61 175,513 16.30 218,123 26.19
All other employment 1,516,298 79.39 901,537 83.70 614,761 73.81
Total employment 1,909,934 100.00 1,077,050 100.00 832,884 100.00

*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