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Indiana 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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Indiana 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 		75,175 2.09 35,354 1.24 39,821 5.34
....Farm proprietors 63,612 1.77 29,850 1.05 33,762 4.53
....Farm wage and salary workers 11,563 0.32 5,504 0.19 6,059 0.81
Closely related:

Agricultural services 		13,193 0.37 9,902 0.35 3,291 0.44
Agricultural input industries-- 7,528 0.21 3,805 0.13 3,721 0.50
....Agricultural chemicals 193 0.01 97 0.00 96 0.01
....Farm machinery and equipment 1,345 0.04 419 0.01 926 0.12
....Farm supply & mach. wholesale trade 5,799 0.16 3,121 0.11 2,676 0.36
....Commodity contract brokers 191 0.01 168 0.01 23 0.00
Agricultural processing and marketing-- 46,427 1.29 27,827 0.98 18,600 2.49
....Meat products 7,943 0.22 3,319 0.12 4,624 0.62
....Dairy products 3,034 0.08 1,798 0.06 1,236 0.17
....Can., frozen, and pres. fruit and veg. 2,266 0.06 1,329 0.05 937 0.13
....Grain mill products 5,435 0.15 3,666 0.13 1,769 0.24
....Bakery products 7,401 0.21 5,649 0.20 1,752 0.23
....Sugar and confectionery products 1,672 0.05 768 0.03 904 0.12
....Fats and oils products 571 0.02 446 0.02 125 0.02
....Beverages 2,093 0.06 1,948 0.07 145 0.02
....Misc. food prep. & kindred products 2,228 0.06 910 0.03 1,318 0.18
....Tobacco products 34 0.00 0 0.00 34 0.00
....Apparel and textiles 2,858 0.08 1,790 0.06 1,068 0.14
....Leather products and footwear 345 0.01 262 0.01 83 0.01
....Packaging 6,017 0.17 2,881 0.10 3,136 0.42
....Farm-related raw mat. whlsle trade 3,074 0.09 1,684 0.06 1,390 0.19
....Warehousing 1,456 0.04 1,377 0.05 79 0.01
Peripherally related:

Agricultural wholesale & retail trade 		374,095 10.40 303,513 10.64 70,582 9.47
Indirect agribusiness 14,115 0.39 9,599 0.34 4,516 0.61
Total farm & farm-related
employment		 530,533 14.74 390,000 13.67 140,531 18.85
All other employment 3,067,876 85.26 2,462,802 86.33 605,076 81.15
Total employment 3,598,409 100.00 2,852,802 100.00 745,607 100.00

*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