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South Carolina 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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South Carolina 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 		32,629 1.45 18,644 1.05 13,985 2.94
....Farm proprietors 24,597 1.09 14,096 0.79 10,501 2.21
....Farm wage and salary workers 8,032 0.36 4,548 0.26 3,484 0.73
Closely related:

Agricultural services 		7,066 0.31 5,390 0.30 1,676 0.35
Agricultural input industries-- 2,370 0.11 1,643 0.09 725 0.15
....Agricultural chemicals 608 0.03 536 0.03 72 0.02
....Farm machinery and equipment 166 0.01 63 0.00 103 0.02
....Farm supply & mach. wholesale trade 1,578 0.07 1,028 0.06 548 0.12
....Commodity contract brokers 18 0.00 16 0.00 2 0.00
Agricultural processing and marketing-- 63,649 2.82 37,606 2.11 26,043 5.48
....Meat products 8,909 0.39 5,663 0.32 3,246 0.68
....Dairy products 903 0.04 818 0.05 85 0.02
....Can., frozen, and pres. fruit and veg. 2,227 0.10 447 0.03 1,780 0.37
....Grain mill products 456 0.02 388 0.02 68 0.01
....Bakery products 2,331 0.10 1,731 0.10 600 0.13
....Sugar and confectionery products 92 0.00 71 0.00 21 0.00
....Fats and oils products 142 0.01 76 0.00 66 0.01
....Beverages 773 0.03 604 0.03 169 0.04
....Misc. food prep. & kindred products 968 0.04 591 0.03 377 0.08
....Tobacco products 4 0.00 4 0.00 0 0.00
....Apparel and textiles 44,441 1.97 25,857 1.45 18,584 3.91
....Leather products and footwear 88 0.00 17 0.00 71 0.01
....Packaging 1,593 0.07 826 0.05 767 0.16
....Farm-related raw mat. whlsle trade 337 0.01 193 0.01 144 0.03
....Warehousing 385 0.02 320 0.02 65 0.01
Peripherally related:

Agricultural wholesale & retail trade 		249,653 11.06 197,244 11.07 52,409 11.03
Indirect agribusiness 17,481 0.77 14,614 0.82 2,867 0.60
Total farm & farm-related
employment		 372,848 16.52 275,141 15.45 97,705 20.55
All other employment 1,883,815 83.48 1,506,179 84.55 377,638 79.45
Total employment 2,256,663 100.00 1,781,320 100.00 475,343 100.00

*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