| AGRICULTURE | 2000 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farms (1,000) | 2,167 | 2,099 | 2,089 | 2,205 | 2,200 | |
| Land in farms (million acres) | 945 | 928 | 926 | 921 | 920 | |
| Net farm income (billion dollars) | 50.6 | 78.7 | 58.5 | 70.9 | 87.1 | |
| Cash receipts, livestock and products (billion dollars) | 99.6 | 124.9 | 118.6 | 138.6 | 141.1 | |
| Cash receipts, crops (billion dollars) | 92.4 | 116.1 | 122.3 | 149.9 | 183.1 | |
BUSINESS |
2000 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |
| Manufacturing and trade: | ||||||
| Average monthly sales (billion dollars)1 | 834 | 1,000 | 1,064 | 1,102 | 1,137 | |
| Inventories (billion dollars)2 | 1,198 | 1,307 | 1,391 | 1,447 | 1,456 | |
| Inventory-sales ratio3 | 1.41 | 1.27 | 1.28 | 1.28 | 1.31 | |
| Industrial production index, total (2002=100) | 103.7 | 107.2 | 109.7 | 111.3 | 108.8 | |
| Manufacturing | 103.9 | 109.1 | 112.1 | 113.8 | 110.4 | <|
| Nondurable manufacturing | 102.2 | 104.8 | 105.7 | 106.7 | 103.7 | |
| Durable manufacturing | 105.2 | 112.8 | 117.8 | 120.2 | 116.3 | |
| Capacity utilization (percent) | 81.7 | 80.1 | 80.9 | 80.6 | 77.6 | |
| Manufacturers shipments (billion dollars) | 4,209 | 4,742 | 5,020 | 5,081 | 5,183 | |
| Merchant wholesalers, sales (billion dollars) | 2,815 | 3,575 | 3,881 | 4,150 | 4,501 | |
| Retail stores, total sales (billion dollars) 4 | 2,989 | 3,687 | 3,870 | 3,995 | 3,960 | |
| Sales per capita (dollars) | 10,592 | 12,478 | 13,029 | 13,410 | 13,206 | |
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 service.
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Administrative and Customer Services Division
