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South Dakota 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 Dakota 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 		37,388 7.24 6,215 2.58 31,173 11.30
....Farm proprietors 32,860 6.36 5,544 2.30 27,316 9.90
....Farm wage and salary workers 4,528 0.88 671 0.28 3,857 1.40
Closely related:

Agricultural services 		2,466 0.48 727 0.30 1,739 0.63
Agricultural input industries-- 2,968 0.57 991 0.41 1,977 0.72
....Agricultural chemicals 56 0.01 56 0.02 0 0.00
....Farm machinery and equipment 738 0.14 569 0.24 169 0.06
....Farm supply & mach. wholesale trade 2,132 0.41 355 0.15 1,777 0.64
....Commodity contract brokers 42 0.01 11 0.00 31 0.01
Agricultural processing and marketing-- 11,663 2.26 5,950 2.47 5,713 2.07
....Meat products 4,513 0.87 3,649 1.52 864 0.31
....Dairy products 981 0.19 234 0.10 747 0.27
....Can., frozen, and pres. fruit and veg. 69 0.01 0 0.00 69 0.03
....Grain mill products 576 0.11 307 0.13 269 0.10
....Bakery products 1,205 0.23 733 0.30 472 0.17
....Sugar and confectionery products 28 0.01 20 0.01 8 0.00
....Fats and oils products 59 0.01 0 0.00 59 0.02
....Beverages 250 0.05 170 0.07 80 0.03
....Misc. food prep. & kindred products 159 0.03 24 0.01 135 0.05
....Tobacco products 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
....Apparel and textiles 333 0.06 201 0.08 132 0.05
....Leather products and footwear 20 0.00 0 0.00 20 0.01
....Packaging 18 0.00 7 0.00 11 0.00
....Farm-related raw mat. whlsle trade 3,289 0.64 553 0.23 2,736 0.99
....Warehousing 163 0.03 52 0.02 111 0.04
Peripherally related:

Agricultural wholesale & retail trade 		51,442 9.96 24,456 10.15 26,986 9.78
Indirect agribusiness 1,536 0.30 653 0.27 883 0.32
Total farm & farm-related
employment		 107,463 20.80 38,992 16.19 68,471 24.83
All other employment 409,176 79.20 201,836 83.81 207,340 75.17
Total employment 516,639 100.00 240,828 100.00 275,811 100.00

*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