[Economic Report of the President (1996)]
[Administration of William J. Clinton]
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Table B-96.--Farm input use, selected inputs, 1948-95
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Farm population, April\1\         Farm employment                                        Selected indexes  of input use (1982=100)
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Year                                  As  percent               Self-                                          Farm                      Agricultural  Feed,  seed,    Other
Number       of total              employed     Hired   (millions   Total   Farm    real    Durable   Energy                     and      purchased
(thousands)  population\2\   Total   and unpaid   workers      of              labor  estate  equipment          chemicals\6\    purchased     inputs
workers\4\            acres)\5\                                                           livestock\7\
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1948....................................      24,383         16.6      10,363      8,026     2,337        356       95     278      92        38       65          35            55          73
1949....................................      24,194         16.2       9,964      7,712     2,252        360       97     272      94        45       72          36            57          74

1950....................................      23,048         15.2       9,926      7,597     2,329        345       97     261      95        52       73          44            56          74
1951....................................      21,890         14.2       9,546      7,310     2,236        344       98     251      97        58       76          43            59          80
1952....................................      21,748         13.9       9,149      7,005     2,144        349       98     243      98        63       79          44            58          82
1953....................................      19,874         12.5       8,864      6,775     2,089        348       97     230      99        66       81          43            60          79
1954....................................      19,019         11.7       8,651      6,570     2,081        346       94     224     100        69       81          44            55          75

1955....................................      19,078         11.5       8,381      6,345     2,036        340       99     227     100        70       83          46            62          78
1956....................................      18,712         11.1       7,852      5,900     1,952        324       98     215     101        71       83          51            64          78
1957....................................      17,656         10.3       7,600      5,660     1,940        324       97     201     101        69       82          49            67          80
1958....................................      17,128          9.8       7,503      5,521     1,982        324       98     192     101        68       80          50            71          83
1959....................................      16,592          9.3       7,342      5,390     1,952        324      100     191     101        68       81          57            72          95

1960....................................      15,635          8.7       7,057      5,172     1,885        324       99     186     101        69       82          59            71          95
1961....................................      14,803          8.1       6,919      5,029     1,890        302       97     181      98        68       84          62            68          93
1962....................................      14,313          7.7       6,700      4,873     1,827        295       97     179      97        67       85          56            70          94
1963....................................      13,367          7.1       6,518      4,738     1,780        298       98     174      97        67       86          62            73          95
1964....................................      12,954          6.7       6,110      4,506     1,604        298       96     164      97        67       88          67            71          93

1965....................................      12,363          6.4       5,610      4,128     1,482        298       95     160      96        69       89          72            70          94
1966....................................      11,595          5.9       5,214      3,854     1,360        294       96     149      95        71       90          83            75          95
1967....................................      10,875          5.5       4,903      3,650     1,253        306       95     142      98        73       90          79            75          95
1968....................................      10,454          5.2       4,749      3,535     1,213        300       94     137      96        76       90          68            76          94
1969....................................      10,307          5.1       4,596      3,419     1,176        290       95     135      95        78       92          73            81          92

1970....................................       9,712          4.7       4,523      3,348     1,175        293       95     133      95        78       92          76            83          89
1971....................................       9,425          4.5       4,436      3,275     1,161        305       94     131      97        79       90          80            81          86
1972....................................       9,610          4.6       4,373      3,228     1,146        294       95     129      95        79       89          85            83          87
1973....................................       9,472          4.5       4,337      3,169     1,168        321       97     129      99        81       90          95            83          94
1974....................................       9,264          4.3       4,389      3,075     1,314        328       96     120     100        85       86         100            82          99

1975....................................       8,864          4.1       4,331      3,021     1,310        336       95     120      99        89      101          92            78          97
1976....................................       8,253          3.8       4,363      2,992     1,371        337       98     118     100        91      113         101            82         100
1977....................................    \8\6,194       \8\2.8       4,143      2,852     1,291        345       96     114     100        94      119          99            78         102
1978....................................    \8\6,501       \8\2.9       3,937      2,680     1,256        338      101     110      99        96      125         109            90         119
1979....................................    \8\6,241       \8\2.8       3,765      2,495     1,270        348      104     106     100        99      113         120            97         127

1980....................................    \8\6,051       \8\2.7       3,699      2,401     1,298        352      105     102     102       102      110         133           102         116
1981....................................    \8\5,850       \8\2.5     \9\3,58
2   \9\2,324   \9\1,258       366      103     102     102       102      106         132            97         109
1982....................................    \8\5,628       \8\2.4     \9\3,46
6   \9\2,248   \9\1,218       362      100     100     100       100      100         100           100         100
1983....................................    \8\5,787       \8\2.5     \9\3,34
9   \9\2,171   \9\1,178       306       97      95      93        95       97          93           102         106
1984....................................       5,754          2.4     \9\3,23
3   \9\2,095   \9\1,138       348       97      95      98        91      100         106            92         109

1985....................................       5,355          2.2       3,116      2,018     1,098        342       94      91      97        86       90         100            93         103
1986....................................       5,226          2.2       2,912      1,873     1,039        325       91      85      95        80       84         110            94          93
1987....................................       4,986          2.1       2,897      1,846     1,051        302       89      84      91        74       93         101            91          97
1988....................................       4,951          2.1       2,954      1,967     1,037        297       86      86      91        70       93          92            89          86
1989....................................       4,801          2.0       2,863      1,935       928        318       86      85      92        67       92          96            86          91

1990....................................       4,591          1.9       2,891      2,000       892        322       89      85      91        65       92          98            93         103
1991....................................       4,632          1.9       2,877      1,968       910        318       90      87      91        63       92         103            91         110
1992....................................  ...........  .............    2,810      1,944       866        317       90      82      91        61       92         103            96         114
1993....................................  ...........  .............    2,800      1,942       857        308       90      81      89        60       92         106            96         126
1994....................................  ...........  .............    2,767      1,925       842        321   ......  ......  ......  .........  ......  ............  ............  .........

1995 ....
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\1\Farm population as defined by Department of Agriculture and Department of Commerce, i.e., civilian population living on farms in rural areas, regardless of occupation. See also footnote 8.
Series discontinued in 1992.
\2\Total population of United States including Armed Forces overseas, as of July 1.
\3\Includes persons doing farmwork on all farms. These data, published by the Department of Agriculture, differ from those on agricultural employment by the Department of Labor (see Table B-
31) because of differences in the method of approach, in concepts of employment, and in time of month for which the data are collected.
\4\Prior to 1982 this category was termed ``family workers'' and did not include nonfamily unpaid workers.
\5\Acreage harvested plus acreages in fruits, tree nuts, and farm gardens.
\6\Fertilizer, lime, and pesticides.
\7\Includes purchases of broiler- and egg-type chicks and turkey poults and livestock imports for purposes other than immediate slaughter.
\8\Based on new definition of a farm. Under old definition of a farm, farm population (in thousands and as percent of total population) for 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, and 1983 is
7,806 and 3.6; 8,005 and 3.6; 7,553 and 3.4; 7,241 and 3.2; 7,014 and 3.1; 6,880 and 3.0; 7,029 and 3.0, respectively.
\9\Basis for farm employment series was discontinued for 1981 through 1984. Employment is estimated for these years.

Note.--Population includes Alaska and Hawaii beginning 1960.

Sources: Department of Agriculture and Department of Commerce (Bureau of the Census).