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Utah 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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Utah 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
19,078 1.37 9,260 0.74 9,818 6.85
....Farm proprietors 15,126 1.08 7,235 0.58 7,891 5.51
....Farm wage and salary workers 3,952 0.28 2,025 0.16 1,927 1.35
Closely related:

Agricultural services
2,435 0.17 2,069 0.17 366 0.26
Agricultural input industries-- 1,962 0.14 1,295 0.10 667 0.47
....Agricultural chemicals 359 0.03 145 0.01 214 0.15
....Farm machinery and equipment 50 0.00 33 0.00 17 0.01
....Farm supply & mach. wholesale trade 1,488 0.11 1,067 0.09 421 0.29
....Commodity contract brokers 65 0.00 50 0.00 15 0.01
Agricultural processing and marketing-- 17,683 1.27 16,179 1.29 1,504 1.05
....Meat products 2,824 0.20 2,057 0.16 767 0.54
....Dairy products 2,776 0.20 2,558 0.20 218 0.15
....Can., frozen, and pres. fruit and veg. 3,325 0.24 3,312 0.26 13 0.01
....Grain mill products 1,151 0.08 1,019 0.08 132 0.09
....Bakery products 3,065 0.22 3,065 0.24 0 0.00
....Sugar and confectionery products 1,009 0.07 1,009 0.08 0 0.00
....Fats and oils products 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
....Beverages 487 0.03 470 0.04 17 0.01
....Misc. food prep. & kindred products 476 0.03 412 0.03 64 0.04
....Tobacco products 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
....Apparel and textiles 1,427 0.10 1,257 0.10 170 0.12
....Leather products and footwear 146 0.01 135 0.01 11 0.01
....Packaging 559 0.04 559 0.04 0 0.00
....Farm-related raw mat. whlsle trade 243 0.02 131 0.01 112 0.08
....Warehousing 195 0.01 195 0.02 0 0.00
Peripherally related:

Agricultural wholesale & retail trade
135,116 9.68 121,420 9.70 13,696 9.56
Indirect agribusiness 3,545 0.25 3,203 0.26 342 0.24
Total farm & farm-related
employment
179,819 12.89 153,426 12.25 26,393 18.43
All other employment 1,215,410 87.11 1,098,563 87.75 116,847 81.57
Total employment 1,395,229 100.00 1,251,989 100.00 143,240 100.00

*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