Carbon

Carbon, Pennsylvania

2007

2002

% change

207

206

+0

20,035 acres

19,257 acres

+4

97 acres

93 acres

+4

$8,944,000

$8,147,000

+ 10

Average Per Farm

$43,206

$39,551

+9

Government Payments

$239,000

$105,000

+ 128

$2,539

$1,978

+ 28

Number of Farms Land in Farms Average Size of Farm Market Value of Production Crop Sales $7,823,000 (87 percent) Livestock Sales $1,121,000 (13 percent)

Average Per Farm

Carbon, Pennsylvania Ranked items among the 67 state counties and 3,079 U.S. counties, 2007 Item

Quantity

State Rank

Universe 1

U.S. Rank

Universe 1

MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SOLD ($1,000) Total value of agricultural products sold Value of crops including nursery and greenhouse Value of livestock, poultry, and their products

8,944 7,823 1,121

59 47 63

67 67 67

2,642 2,002 2,877

3,076 3,072 3,069

673 (-) (-) 954 162 3,265 1,699 1,068 (D) 325 394 11 35 (D) (D) 50

52 (-) (-) 37 55 28 4 49 (D) 61 61 61 53 (D) (D) 53

67 19 (-) 67 66 65 66 66 67 67 65 66 66 67 59 67

2,085 (-) (-) 828 1,187 621 32 1,439 (D) 2,869 1,693 2,234 1,918 (D) (D) 1,353

2,933 437 626 2,796 2,659 2,703 1,710 3,054 3,020 3,054 2,493 2,922 2,998 3,024 1,498 2,875

1,236 1,087 595 296

56 61 48 28

67 67 66 66

1,450 2,898 1,322 408

3,024 3,060 2,891 2,733

(D)

(D)

62

(D)

1,544

4,455 1,473 1,398 1,090 482

61 54 7 6 43

67 66 66 61 64

2,379 1,768 36 81 669

3,060 2,634 1,756 2,130 1,957

VALUE OF SALES BY COMMODITY GROUP ($1,000) Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and dry peas Tobacco Cotton and cottonseed Vegetables, melons, potatoes, and sweet potatoes Fruits, tree nuts, and berries Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod Cut Christmas trees and short rotation woody crops Other crops and hay Poultry and eggs Cattle and calves Milk and other dairy products from cows Hogs and pigs Sheep, goats, and their products Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and donkeys Aquaculture Other animals and other animal products TOP LIVESTOCK INVENTORY ITEMS (number) Layers Cattle and calves Sheep and lambs Ducks Pheasants 3 TOP CROP ITEMS (acres) Forage-land used for all hay and haylage, grass silage, and greenchop Corn for grain Cut Christmas trees Nursery stock Oats for grain

Other County Highlights Economic Characteristics Farms by value of sales Less than $1,000 $1,000 to $2,499 $2,500 to $4,999 $5,000 to $9,999 $10,000 to $19,999 $20,000 to $24,999 $25,000 to $39,999 $40,000 to $49,999 $50,000 to $99,999 $100,000 to $249,999 $250,000 to $499,999 $500,000 or more Total farm production expenses ($1,000) Average per farm ($) Net cash farm income of operation ($1,000) Average per farm ($)

Quantity 82 15 13 18 20 7 9 11 11 14 4 3 7,906 38,193 1,473 7,114

Operator Characteristics

Quantity

Principal operators by primary occupation: Farming Other

77 130

Principal operators by sex: Male Female

179 28

Average age of principal operator (years)

55.0

2

All operators by race: American Indian or Alaska Native Asian Black or African American Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander White More than one race All operators 2 of Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino Origin

(D) Cannot be disclosed. (Z) Less than half of the unit shown. See "Census of Agriculture, Volume 1, Geographic Area Series" for complete footnotes. 1 Universe is number of counties in state or U.S. with item. 2 Data were collected for a maximum of three operators per farm. 3 Items with a rank that cannot be disclosed are separated by a blank line, position in table does not indicate rank.

(-) 2 (-) (-) 329 (-) 4