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Total Land Area: 359,085 acres
Farmland: 138,336 acres
Timberland: 251,007 acres
Number of Farms: 528
Population: 50,044
Total Employment: 28,708 jobs
Total Economic Activity: $5.6 billion
Top Industry Groups:
Manufacturing
Government-related Services
Agriculture, Forestry, and Related Industries
Total ProductionIn 2010, $87.4 million was generated through the county’s agricultural and forestry production sector.
Agricultural Production Poultry and egg production was the largest agricultural commodity, contributing 59.0 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production.
The second largest agricultural commodity was peanuts, which contributed 9.1 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production.
The third largest was cotton, which contributed 6.0 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production.
Dale County Agriculture, Forestry, and Related IndustriesTotal Impacts: $723.7 Million and 3,835 Jobs
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* Value Added is the value that is added to a product at the stage of its manufacture or distribution.
Top Agricultural Commodities
Commodity Production (Mn$) Jobs Value Added*
(Mn$)Indirect Business
Taxes (Mn$)Poultry & egg 51.6 237 14.6 0.6
Peanuts 7.9 72 3.4 0.3
Cotton 5.2 46 1.8 0.1
Forestry ProductionTimberland accounted for 69.9 percent of the surface land area of Dale County. Total forestry production contributed 12.2 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production.
Overall Contributions to Dale CountyDale County’s agricultural, forestry, and related industries generated 3,835 full- and part-time jobs, representing 13.4 percent of the county’s total workforce (28,708 jobs).
The total impact of agriculture, forestry, and related industries was $723.7 million, which was 12.8 percent of the county’s total output ($5.6 billion). The indirect business taxes impact was $13.7 million, 16.1 percent of the county’s total indirect business taxes.
For more information, visit the Dale County Extension office online at www.aces.edu/ Dale. Look in your telephone directory under Dale County to find the telephone number.
Published by the Alabama Cooperative Extension System (Alabama A&M University and Auburn University), an equal opportunity educator and employer.
June 2013, ANR-1487© 2013 by the Alabama Cooperative Extension System. All rights reserved. www.aces.edu
ALABAMA
COUNCILAGRIBUSINESS
Promoting and Developing Alabama’s #1 Industry
Forestry IndustryCounty Production (Mn$) Jobs Value Added (Mn$) Indirect Business Taxes (Mn$)Dale 10.7 82 6.2 0.3
Economic ImpactsProduction (Mn$) Jobs Value Added (Mn$) Indirect Business Taxes (Mn$)
Agricultural & Forestry Industries 577.6 2,079 147.4 6.0 Crop, livestock, forestry & fisheries production 87.4 645 31.1 1.6 Food & affiliated products manufacturing 416.0 938 83.7 3.3 Forest products manufacturing 74.2 496 32.6 1.1
Related Industries 146.0 1,756 62.3 7.7 Agricultural inputs & services 77.8 411 24.5 1.4 Food & affiliated products distribution 68.3 1,345 37.8 6.3 Total 723.7 3,835 209.6 13.7
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