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state fact sheets: Kentucky
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Product Overview State Summary
• Population, Income, Education, and Employment • Farm Characteristics • Farm Financial Indicators • Top Commodities, Exports, and Counties Data updated December 8, 2005
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Population, Income, Education, and Employment
Population
Rural *
Year 1980 1990 2000 2004 (latest estimates) More information on Kentucky population • County-level Population Data • Rural Population and Migration Briefing Room • Contact John Cromartie, 202-694-5421. Income 1,672,223 1,645,442 1,769,275 1,799,145
Urban *
1,988,101 2,039,854 2,272,494 2,346,777
Total
3,660,324 3,685,296 4,041,769 4,145,922
Rural *
Per-capita income (2003 dollars) 2002 2003 Percent change Earnings per job (2003 dollars) 2002 2003 Percent change Poverty rate (percent) 1979 1989 1999 2003 (latest model-based estimates) 20,960 21,061 0.5
Urban *
30,541 30,818 0.9
Total
26,365 26,575 0.8
27,039 27,578 2.0
39,044 40,218 3.0
34,638 35,592 2.8
23.0 25.4 21.2 18.4
13.0 13.9 11.6 12.3
17.6 19.0 15.8 14.9
More information on Kentucky poverty rates • County-level Poverty Data • Rural Income, Poverty, and Welfare Briefing Room • See important notes about decennial and model-based intercensal poverty estimates • Contact Robert Gibbs, 202-694-5423 Education (Persons 25 and older)
Rural *
Percent not completing high school
Urban *
Total
1980 1990 2000 Percent completing high school only 1980 1990 2000 Percent completing some college 1980 1990 2000 Percent completing college 1980 1990 2000 More information on Kentucky education • County-level Education Data • Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room • Contact Robert Gibbs, 202-694-5423 Employment
56.7 45.2 34.3
38.6 27.5 19.2
46.9 35.4 25.9
28.0 31.3 35.5
34.5 32.1 32.1
31.3 31.8 33.6
8.0 14.4 19.0
13.1 23.1 26.9
10.7 19.2 23.4
7.8 9.0 11.3
13.8 17.3 21.8
11.1 13.6 17.1
Rural *
Total number of jobs 2002 2003 Unemployment rate (percent) 2003 2004 More information on Kentucky unemployment rates • County-level Unemployment and Median Household Income Data • Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room • Contact Lorin Kusmin, 202-694-5429 Percent employment change 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 Percent of 2002 employment in farm and farm-related jobs Total Production Farm inputs Processing & marketing Wholesale & retail trade More information on farm employment • Farm and Farm-Related Employment data • Contact Alex Majchrowicz, 202-694-5355 842,022 843,840
Urban *
1,452,370 1,462,196
Total
2,294,392 2,306,036
7.1 5.9
5.6 4.8
6.2 5.3
-0.5 0.9 0.5
-1.1 1.0 0.9
-0.9 1.0 0.8
22.7 8.8 0.3 2.4 10.5
15.9 2.6 0.1 1.5 10.9
18.4 4.8 0.2 1.8 10.7
* Urban and rural (metro and nonmetro) defintions are based on the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) June 2003 classification. See Measuring Rurality: New Definitions in 2003 for more information. More information on socioeconomic conditions • Rural Emphasis Page • Contact Tim Parker, 202-694-5435.
Farm Characteristics
1992, 1997 and 2002 Census of Agriculture
1992
Total land area (million acres) Total farmland (million acres) Percent of total land area Cropland (million acres) Percent of total farmland Percent in pasture Percent irrigated Harvested Cropland (million acres) Woodland (million acres) Percent of total farmland Percent in pasture Pastureland (million acres) Percent of total farmland Land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc. (million acres) Percent of total farmland Conservation and organic practices Farmland in conservation or wetlands reserve programs (million acres) Percent of total farmland Certified organic farms, all commodities (number) Value of all organic commodities sold ($1,000's) Certified organic farms, crops (number) Land used to raise certified organic crops (acres) Average farm size (acres) Farms by size (percent) 1 to 99 acres 100 to 499 acres 500 to 999 acres 1000 to 1,999 acres 2,000 or more acres Farms by sales (percent) Less than $9,999 $10,000 to $49,999 $50,000 to $99,999 $100,000 to $499,999 More than $500,000 Tenure of farmers Full owner (farms) Percent of total 25.43 13.67 53.7 8.88 65.0 38.9 0.3 4.42 3.13 22.9 31.7 1.06 7.8 0.60 4.4
1997
25.43 13.94 54.8 8.89 63.8 36.0 0.6 4.85 3.18 22.8 30.1 1.18 8.5 0.69 5.0
2002
25.43 13.84 54.4 8.41 60.8 30.7 0.4 4.98 3.11 22.5 29.0 1.61 11.7 0.71 5.1
0.27 2.0 N/A N/A N/A N/A 151
0.37 2.7 N/A N/A N/A N/A 153
0.40 2.9 525 2,987 114 640 160
56.8 37.8 3.8 1.2 0.4
57.6 37.1 3.7 1.2 0.4
57.4 36.9 3.7 1.4 0.5
55.1 33.0 6.1 5.1 0.5
58.9 30.0 5.3 5.4 0.9
67.3 22.7 4.0 4.8 1.1
63,398 70.2
66,243 72.6
66,456 76.8
Part owner (farms) Percent of total Tenant owner (farms) Percent of total Farm organization Individuals/family, sole proprietorship (farms) Percent of total Family-held corporations (farms) Percent of total Partnerships (farms) Percent of total Non-family corporations (farms) Percent of total Others - cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc. (farms) Percent of total Characteristics of principal farm operators Average operator age (years) Percent with farming as their primary occupation Men (persons) Women (persons)
18,779 20.8 8,104 9.0
18,229 20.0 6,726 7.4
15,937 18.4 4,148 4.8
76,712 85.0 871 1.0 12,135 13.4 193 0.2 370 0.4
79,441 87.1 1,184 1.3 10,004 11.0 183 0.2 386 0.4
79,297 91.6 983 1.1 5,764 6.7 136 0.2 361 0.4
53.2 44.5 82,523 7,758
53.7 39.5 82,591 8,607
55.2 54.2 78,267 8,274
More information on farm characteristics • Census of Agriculture • Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540. Data from the 1992 Census of Agriculture is not adjusted for coverage. See Coverage Adjustment from NASS.
Farm Financial Indicators
Farm income and value added data
2003
Number of farms Final crop output + Final animal output + Services and forestry = Final agricultural sector output - Intermediate consumption outlays + Net government transactions = Gross value added - Capital consumption = Net value added - Factor payments 87,000 Thousands $ 1,344,560 2,194,348 900,885 4,439,794 2,266,969 47,544 2,220,368 646,024 1,574,344 912,995
2004
85,000
1,397,228 2,692,812 1,069,133 5,159,173 2,595,184 42,309 2,606,298 671,658 1,934,640 851,411
Employee compensation (total hired labor) Net rent received by nonoperator landlords Real estate and nonreal estate interest = Net farm income More information on farm income • Farm Income Data • Farm Income and Costs Briefing Room • Contact Roger Strickland, 202-694-5592.
324,215 336,710 252,070 661,349
342,014 251,461 257,936 1,083,229
Farm balance sheet • Estimation of State-level Balance Sheets has been suspended. See the Farm Balance Sheet data page for more information.
Top Commodities, Exports, and Counties
Top 5 agriculture commodities, 2004
Value of receipts thousand $
1. Horses/mules 2. Broilers 3. Cattle and calves 4. Tobacco 5. Soybeans All commodities More information on Kentucky's top agriculture commodities • Leading commodities for cash receipts • Contact Roger Strickland, 202-694-5592. 950,000 690,932 620,650 421,694 372,216 4,126,185
Percent of state Percent of US value total farm receipts
23.0 16.7 15.0 10.2 9.0 81.8 3.4 1.3 27.8 2.0 1.7
Top 5 agriculture exports, estimates, FY 2004
Rank among states
1. Tobacco unmfd. 2. Soybeans and products 3. Live animals and meat, excluding poultry 4. Feed grains and products 5. Wheat and products Overall rank More information on agricultural exports • State Export Data • Agricultural Trade Briefing Room • Contact Nora Brooks, 202-694-5211. 2 14 8 14 24 21
Value million $
266.0 198.6 197.2 113.2 77.7 984.1
Top 5 counties in agricultural sales 2002
Percent of state total receipts
1. Fayette County 2. Woodford County 3. Graves County 5.8 5.6 4.9
Million $
178.9 171.9 150.2
4. Bourbon County 5. Webster County State total More information on agricultural sales • Census of Agriculture • Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540.
3.2 2.5
97.8 77.3 3,080.1
Data Sources
• Local Area Unemployment Statistics, county data, Bureau of Labor Statistics. • Regional Economic Information System, June 2005, Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce. • 1980, 1990, and 2000 Census of Population, Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce. • Farm Income and Costs Briefing Room, Economic Research Service, USDA. • Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States (FATUS), Economic Research Service, USDA. • Census of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. Prepared by Economic Research Service, USDA, Washington, DC. for more information, contact: Tim Parker web administration: webadmin@ers.usda.gov page updated: December 8, 2005
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