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Vermont 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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Vermont 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
9,432 2.30 2,226 1.53 7,206 2.73
....Farm proprietors 6,640 1.62 1,507 1.03 5,133 1.94
....Farm wage and salary workers 2,792 0.68 719 0.49 2,073 0.78
Closely related:

Agricultural services
2,761 0.67 735 0.50 2,026 0.77
Agricultural input industries-- 485 0.12 154 0.11 331 0.13
....Agricultural chemicals 17 0.00 2 0.00 15 0.01
....Farm machinery and equipment 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
....Farm supply & mach. wholesale trade 467 0.11 152 0.10 315 0.12
....Commodity contract brokers 1 0.00 0 0.00 1 0.00
Agricultural processing and marketing-- 5,584 1.36 2,670 1.83 2,914 1.10
....Meat products 223 0.05 165 0.11 58 0.02
....Dairy products 2,001 0.49 890 0.61 1,111 0.42
....Can., frozen, and pres. fruit and veg. 105 0.03 12 0.01 93 0.04
....Grain mill products 448 0.11 336 0.23 112 0.04
....Bakery products 621 0.15 395 0.27 226 0.09
....Sugar and confectionery products 499 0.12 437 0.30 62 0.02
....Fats and oils products 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
....Beverages 347 0.08 234 0.16 113 0.04
....Misc. food prep. & kindred products 284 0.07 83 0.06 201 0.08
....Tobacco products 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
....Apparel and textiles 806 0.20 58 0.04 748 0.28
....Leather products and footwear 93 0.02 2 0.00 91 0.03
....Packaging 100 0.02 48 0.03 52 0.02
....Farm-related raw mat. whlsle trade 54 0.01 10 0.01 44 0.02
....Warehousing 3 0.00 0 0.00 3 0.00
Peripherally related:

Agricultural wholesale & retail trade
44,331 10.81 15,339 10.52 28,992 10.98
Indirect agribusiness 791 0.19 469 0.32 322 0.12
Total farm & farm-related
employment
63,384 15.46 21,593 14.81 41,791 15.82
All other employment 346,556 84.54 124,197 85.19 222,359 84.18
Total employment 409,940 100.00 145,790 100.00 264,150 100.00

*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