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Maryland 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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Maryland 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
18,688 0.59 13,801 0.46 4,887 2.81
....Farm proprietors 12,063 0.38 8,982 0.30 3,081 1.77
....Farm wage and salary workers 6,625 0.21 4,819 0.16 1,806 1.04
Closely related:

Agricultural services
9,696 0.31 8,451 0.28 1,245 0.72
Agricultural input industries-- 2,106 0.07 1,628 0.05 478 0.27
....Agricultural chemicals 219 0.01 198 0.01 21 0.01
....Farm machinery and equipment 2 0.00 2 0.00 0 0.00
....Farm supply & mach. wholesale trade 1,740 0.05 1,283 0.04 457 0.26
....Commodity contract brokers 145 0.00 145 0.00 0 0.00
Agricultural processing and marketing-- 23,176 0.73 18,948 0.63 4,228 2.43
....Meat products 3,676 0.12 1,325 0.04 2,351 1.35
....Dairy products 1,948 0.06 1,946 0.07 2 0.00
....Can., frozen, and pres. fruit and veg. 524 0.02 111 0.00 413 0.24
....Grain mill products 729 0.02 547 0.02 182 0.10
....Bakery products 2,514 0.08 2,450 0.08 64 0.04
....Sugar and confectionery products 824 0.03 768 0.03 56 0.03
....Fats and oils products 288 0.01 288 0.01 0 0.00
....Beverages 1,960 0.06 1,895 0.06 65 0.04
....Misc. food prep. & kindred products 3,043 0.10 2,524 0.08 519 0.30
....Tobacco products 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
....Apparel and textiles 3,322 0.10 3,003 0.10 319 0.18
....Leather products and footwear 1,530 0.05 1,530 0.05 0 0.00
....Packaging 2,119 0.07 2,097 0.07 22 0.01
....Farm-related raw mat. whlsle trade 308 0.01 214 0.01 94 0.05
....Warehousing 391 0.01 250 0.01 141 0.08
Peripherally related:

Agricultural wholesale & retail trade
305,029 9.64 286,871 9.59 18,158 10.44
Indirect agribusiness 4,496 0.14 3,669 0.12 827 0.48
Total farm & farm-related
employment
363,191 11.47 333,368 11.14 29,823 17.15
All other employment 2,802,019 88.53 2,657,983 88.86 144,036 82.85
Total employment 3,165,210 100.00 2,991,351 100.00 173,859 100.00

*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