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NEW HAMPSHIRE FACT SHEET
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Population
Per-capita income
Earnings per job
Poverty rate
Total number of jobs
Unemployment rate
Percent employment change
Farm & farm related jobs
Top export commodities
Farm characteristics
Farm financial indicators
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POPULATION, EMPLOYMENT, AND INCOME
State Metro Nonmetro
Population
1980 920,610 552,361 368,249
1990 1,109,252 685,916 423,336
Latest(1997) 1,172,709 733,043 439,666
Per-capita income (1996 dollars)
1995 26,341 27,044 25,182
1996 26,772 27,582 25,431
Change 1.6% 2.0% 1.0%
Earnings per job (1996 dollars)
1995 27,531 29,357 24,749
1996 27,746 29,561 24,945
Change 0.8% 0.7% 0.8%
Poverty rate
1980 8.5 7.4 10.0
1990 6.4 5.7 7.7
Latest(1995-96) 5.9 N/A N/A
Total Number of Jobs
1995 695,600 420,024 275,576
1996 712,892 432,605 280,287
Unemployment Rate
1996 4.2 4.4 3.8
1997 3.1 3.2 3.0
Percent employment change
1994-95 2.4 2.9 1.7
1995-96 -1.9 -1.4 -2.7
1996-97 4.6 4.9 4.2
Percent of 1995 employment in farm and farm related jobs:
Total 13.5 13.4 13.7
Production 0.9 0.7 1.3
Farm Inputs 0.1 0.1
Proc. & Mark. 1.2 1.3 1.2
Whol.& Retail 10.9 11.0 10.8
FARM CHARACTERISTICS
1992 Census of Agriculture
TOTAL LAND AREA (million acres) 5.7
TOTAL FARMLAND (million acres) 0.4
of total land area 6.7%
CROPLAND (million acres) 0.1
of total farmland 35.1%
irrigated 1.3%
in pasture 19.5%
in Fed. farm program 0.2%
in Conservation Reserve 0.7%
WOODLAND (million acres) 0.2
of total farmland 56.7%
in pasture 12.0%
PASTURELAND (million acres) 0.0
of total farmland 2.5%
OTHER LAND (million acres) 0.0
of total farmland 5.6%
AVERAGE FARM SIZE (acres) 158.0
FARMS BY SIZE
1 to 99 acres 54.8%
100 to 499 acres 38.6%
500 to 999 acres 5.4%
1,000 to 1,999 acres 1.1%
2,000 or more acres 0.1%
FARMS BY SALES
Less than $50,000 83.3%
$50,000 to $99,999 5.9%
$100,000 to $499,999 9.6%
More than $500,000 1.3%
TENURE OF FARMERS
Full owner (farms) 1,642
Percent of total 67.2%
Part owner (farms) 664
Percent of total 27.2%
Tenant (farms) 139
Percent of total 5.7%
FARM ORGANIZATION
Individuals/family corporations (farms) 2,256
Percent of total 92.3%
Partnerships (farms) 147
Percent of total 6.0%
Non-family corporations (farms) 13
Percent of total 0.5%
Others (farms) 29
Percent of total 1.2%
Avg. Operator Age (yrs.) 53
Perc. w/ farming as their 49.2%
principal occupation
FARM FINANCIAL INDICATORS
Farm Income and Balance Sheet Statement
Year 1995 1996
Number of farms 2,300 2,400
Million $
Final crop output 84.9 86.7
+ Final animal output 62.2 69.8
+ Services and forestry 25.5 25.5
= Final agricultural sector output 172.6 181.9
- Intermediate consumption outlays 71.8 72.5
+ Net government transactions (12.4) (12.7)
= Gross value added 88.4 96.8
- Capital consumption 20.6 21.0
= NET VALUE ADDED 67.8 75.7
- Factor payments 30.7 32.4
Employee compensation (total hired labor) 24.9 26.1
Net rent received by nonoperator landlords 0.0 0.2
Real estate and nonreal estate interest 5.8 6.1
= NET FARM INCOME 37.1 43.3
Farm Balance Sheet as of December 31: 1995 1996
FARM ASSETS 1,051.1 1,059.3
Real estate 915.3 923.1
Nonreal estate 135.9 136.2
FARM DEBT 74.8 80.2
Real estate 38.4 37.0
Nonreal estate 36.4 43.2
EQUITY 976.3 979.1
RATIOS Percent
Debt/equity 7.7 8.2
Debt/assets 7.1 7.6
TOP 5 AGRICULTURE COMMODITIES, 1996
% of State Tot. % of US
Commodity Farm Receipts Tot.Val.
1. Dairy products 30.9 0.2
2. Greenhouse and nursery 24.8 0.3
3. Apples 5.2 0.4
4. Cattle and calves 4.0 0.0
5. Corn, sweet 3.7 0.9
All Commodities 0.1
TOP 5 AGRICULTURE EXPORTS, ESTIMATES, FY 1997
Rank Among
States Value
Commodity
Million $
1. Other 39 0.9
2.
3.
4.
5.
Overall 49 0.9
TOP 5 COUNTIES IN AGRICULTURAL SALES 1992
Percent of State's
Total Receipts Million $
1. CHESHIRE 16.2% 18.4
2. MERRIMACK 15.5% 17.7
3. GRAFTON 14.6% 16.7
4. HILLSBOROUGH 13.3% 15.1
5. SULLIVAN 11.2% 12.7
State Total 114.1
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