USA Statistics in Brief--Agriculture and Business

U.S. Department of Commerce

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AGRICULTURE	2000	2004	2005	2006	2007
Farms (1,000)	2,167	2,113	2,099	2,089	2,076
Land in farms (million acres)	945	936	933	932	931
Net farm income (billion dollars)	50.6	85.8	79.3	57.6	86.0
Cash receipts, livestock and products (billion dollars)	99.6	123.6	124.9	118.2	137.9
Cash receipts, crops (billion dollars)	92.4	113.6	116.0	122.6	147.0
BUSINESS	2000	2004	2005	2006	2007
Manufacturing and trade:
Average monthly sales (billion dollars)¹	834	923	1,001	1,068	1,114
Inventories (billion dollars)²	1,198	1,238	1,305	1,390	1,444
Inventory-sales ratio³	1.41	1.30	1.27	1.27	1.27
Industrial production index, total (2002=100)	103.6	103.8	107.2	109.6	111.4
Manufacturing	104.0	104.6	109.0	112.1	114.1
Nondurable manufacturing	102.3	102.0	104.8	105.6	106.6
Durable manufacturing	105.4	106.9	112.7	117.9	121.0
Capacity utilization (percent)	81.7	78.0	80.2	80.9	81.0
Manufacturers shipments (billion dollars)	4,209	4,309	4,742	5,020	5,081
Merchant wholesalers, sales (billion dollars)	2,815	3,297	3,586	3,909	4,244
Retail stores, total sales (billion dollars) ⁴	2,989	3,474	3,688	3,887	4,040
Sales per capita (dollars)	10,591	11,850	12,464	13,012	13,396

AGRICULTURE

2000

2004

2005

2006

2007

Farms (1,000)

2,167

2,113

2,099

2,089

2,076

Land in farms (million acres)

945

936

933

932

931

Net farm income (billion dollars)

50.6

85.8

79.3

57.6

86.0

Cash receipts, livestock and products (billion dollars)

99.6

123.6

124.9

118.2

137.9

Cash receipts, crops (billion dollars)

92.4

113.6

116.0

122.6

147.0

BUSINESS

2000

2004

2005

2006

2007

Manufacturing and trade:

Average monthly sales (billion dollars)¹

834

923

1,001

1,068

1,114

Inventories (billion dollars)²

1,198

1,238

1,305

1,390

1,444

Inventory-sales ratio³

1.41

1.30

1.27

Industrial production index, total (2002=100)

103.6

103.8

107.2

109.6

111.4

Manufacturing

104.0

104.6

109.0

112.1

114.1

Nondurable manufacturing

102.3

102.0

104.8

105.6

106.6

Durable manufacturing

105.4

106.9

112.7

117.9

121.0

Capacity utilization (percent)

81.7

78.0

80.2

80.9

81.0

Manufacturers shipments (billion dollars)

4,209

4,309

4,742

5,020

5,081

Merchant wholesalers, sales (billion dollars)

2,815

3,297

3,586

3,909

4,244

Retail stores, total sales (billion dollars) ⁴

2,989

3,474

3,688

3,887

4,040

Sales per capita (dollars)

10,591

11,850

12,464

13,012

13,396

FOOTNOTES
¹ Averages of monthly non-seasonally adjusted figures.
² Seasonally adjusted end of year.
³ Averages of seasonally adjusted monthly ratios.
⁴ Excluding food services.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Administrative and Customer Services Division