Comparison of Agricultural Land Change:
Agricultural Census & NRI
Note on National Resources Inventory Data
This page uses National Resources Inventory (NRI) data as corrected after notification of discrepancies by Demographia and others.
Even so, substantial discrepancies continue to exist between data reported in the NRI and the more comprehensive USDA Census of Agriculture
at the state level. As a result, the NRI is not considered reliable for analysis at the state level or any more local level.
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The National Resources Inventory has historically tracked very closely to the Agricultural Census with respect to farm land.
Since 1982, the NRI categories of cropland, CRP land, pasture land and range land have been within two percent of the Census of Agriculture's
land in farms. In fact, for the past three NRI's there has been only a 0.5 percent variation. However, significant variations occur at the state level,
with the variance being -52.7 percent. The differences in the change in
agricultural land between the last two NRI's is substantial, as the table below shows. Overall, there is a 36,000 acre total differential (aboslute value)
between the two indices, more than double the total change recorded in agricultural acreage.
Data in Thousands of Acres
|
State |
1992 Agricultural Census |
1997 Agricultural Census |
Change |
1992 National Resource Inventory |
1997 National Resource Inventory |
Change |
NRI Change Minus Agricultural Census Change (Absolute Value) |
NRI Variance from Agricultural Census: Change |
NRI Variance from Agricultural Census: 1992 Acreage |
NRI Variance from Agricultural Census: 1997 Acreage |
|
Alabama |
8,451 |
8,704 |
254 |
7,508 |
7,078 |
(430) |
684 |
-269.8% |
-11.2% |
-18.7% |
|
Arizona |
35,038 |
26,867 |
(8,171) |
33,864 |
33,607 |
(257) |
7,914 |
-96.9% |
-3.3% |
25.1% |
|
Arkansas |
14,128 |
14,365 |
237 |
13,568 |
13,244 |
(324) |
561 |
-236.6% |
-4.0% |
-7.8% |
|
California |
28,979 |
27,699 |
(1,280) |
29,472 |
29,125 |
(346) |
934 |
-72.9% |
1.7% |
5.2% |
|
Colorado |
33,983 |
32,634 |
(1,349) |
36,518 |
36,445 |
(74) |
1,275 |
-94.5% |
7.5% |
11.7% |
|
Connecticut |
359 |
359 |
1 |
346 |
316 |
(30) |
30 |
-5033.3% |
-3.6% |
-12.0% |
|
Delaware |
589 |
580 |
(10) |
527 |
509 |
(18) |
8 |
85.4% |
-10.6% |
-12.2% |
|
Florida |
10,766 |
10,454 |
(312) |
11,150 |
10,331 |
(819) |
507 |
162.6% |
3.6% |
-1.2% |
|
Georgia |
10,026 |
10,671 |
646 |
8,794 |
8,216 |
(578) |
1,224 |
-189.5% |
-12.3% |
-23.0% |
|
Hawaii |
1,589 |
1,439 |
(150) |
1,322 |
1,291 |
(31) |
118 |
-79.1% |
-16.8% |
-10.3% |
|
Idaho |
13,469 |
11,830 |
(1,639) |
14,240 |
14,117 |
(123) |
1,516 |
-92.5% |
5.7% |
19.3% |
|
Illinois |
27,250 |
27,205 |
(46) |
27,596 |
27,239 |
(357) |
312 |
685.1% |
1.3% |
0.1% |
|
Indiana |
15,619 |
15,111 |
(508) |
15,763 |
15,615 |
(148) |
360 |
-70.8% |
0.9% |
3.3% |
|
Iowa |
31,347 |
31,167 |
(180) |
30,837 |
30,622 |
(215) |
35 |
19.5% |
-1.6% |
-1.7% |
|
Kansas |
46,672 |
46,089 |
(583) |
47,548 |
47,423 |
(125) |
458 |
-78.6% |
1.9% |
2.9% |
|
Kentucky |
13,666 |
13,334 |
(332) |
11,417 |
11,196 |
(221) |
111 |
-33.5% |
-16.5% |
-16.0% |
|
Louisiana |
7,838 |
7,877 |
39 |
8,690 |
8,462 |
(228) |
267 |
-684.1% |
10.9% |
7.4% |
|
Maine |
1,258 |
1,212 |
(47) |
629 |
566 |
(64) |
17 |
36.2% |
-50.0% |
-53.3% |
|
Maryland |
2,224 |
2,155 |
(69) |
2,254 |
2,114 |
(141) |
72 |
104.8% |
1.4% |
-1.9% |
|
Massachusetts |
526 |
518 |
(8) |
430 |
396 |
(34) |
26 |
323.5% |
-18.3% |
-23.6% |
|
Michigan |
10,088 |
9,873 |
(215) |
11,618 |
10,893 |
(725) |
509 |
236.4% |
15.2% |
10.3% |
|
Minnesota |
25,667 |
25,995 |
328 |
26,580 |
26,392 |
(188) |
516 |
-157.3% |
3.6% |
1.5% |
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Mississippi |
10,188 |
10,125 |
(64) |
10,436 |
9,831 |
(606) |
542 |
852.7% |
2.4% |
-2.9% |
|
Missouri |
28,547 |
28,826 |
279 |
26,885 |
26,294 |
(591) |
871 |
-311.7% |
-5.8% |
-8.8% |
|
Montana |
59,643 |
58,608 |
(1,035) |
58,205 |
58,085 |
(120) |
914 |
-88.4% |
-2.4% |
-0.9% |
|
Nebraska |
44,393 |
45,525 |
1,132 |
45,679 |
45,604 |
(76) |
1,208 |
-106.7% |
2.9% |
0.2% |
|
Nevada |
9,264 |
6,409 |
(2,854) |
9,331 |
9,355 |
24 |
2,878 |
-100.8% |
0.7% |
46.0% |
|
New Hampshire |
386 |
415 |
29 |
240 |
228 |
(12) |
41 |
-139.5% |
-37.9% |
-45.0% |
|
New Jersey |
848 |
833 |
(15) |
797 |
700 |
(96) |
81 |
542.7% |
-6.0% |
-15.9% |
|
New Mexico |
46,849 |
45,787 |
(1,062) |
43,150 |
42,563 |
(587) |
475 |
-44.7% |
-7.9% |
-7.0% |
|
New York |
7,458 |
7,255 |
(204) |
8,778 |
8,193 |
(586) |
382 |
187.7% |
17.7% |
12.9% |
|
North Carolina |
8,936 |
9,122 |
186 |
8,095 |
7,809 |
(286) |
472 |
-253.3% |
-9.4% |
-14.4% |
|
North Dakota |
39,438 |
39,359 |
(79) |
39,756 |
39,624 |
(131) |
52 |
66.4% |
0.8% |
0.7% |
|
Ohio |
14,248 |
14,103 |
(145) |
14,570 |
13,957 |
(613) |
468 |
323.1% |
2.3% |
-1.0% |
|
Oklahoma |
32,143 |
33,219 |
1,076 |
33,202 |
32,870 |
(332) |
1,408 |
-130.9% |
3.3% |
-1.1% |
|
Oregon |
17,610 |
17,449 |
(160) |
15,769 |
15,491 |
(278) |
118 |
73.6% |
-10.4% |
-11.2% |
|
Pennsylvania |
7,190 |
7,168 |
(22) |
7,978 |
7,406 |
(571) |
550 |
2544.9% |
11.0% |
3.3% |
|
Rhode Island |
50 |
55 |
6 |
49 |
47 |
(3) |
8 |
-145.6% |
-0.6% |
-15.6% |
|
South Carolina |
4,473 |
4,594 |
121 |
4,438 |
4,033 |
(405) |
526 |
-435.2% |
-0.8% |
-12.2% |
|
South Dakota |
44,828 |
44,355 |
(473) |
42,472 |
42,409 |
(63) |
410 |
-86.6% |
-5.3% |
-4.4% |
|
Tennessee |
11,169 |
11,122 |
(47) |
10,451 |
10,008 |
(444) |
397 |
850.5% |
-6.4% |
-10.0% |
|
Texas |
130,887 |
131,308 |
422 |
144,120 |
142,503 |
(1,618) |
2,039 |
-483.8% |
10.1% |
8.5% |
|
Utah |
9,625 |
12,025 |
2,400 |
13,568 |
13,324 |
(244) |
2,645 |
-110.2% |
41.0% |
10.8% |
|
Vermont |
1,279 |
1,262 |
(16) |
975 |
945 |
(31) |
14 |
86.0% |
-23.7% |
-25.1% |
|
Virginia |
8,297 |
8,228 |
(69) |
6,182 |
5,984 |
(199) |
130 |
189.1% |
-25.5% |
-27.3% |
|
Washington |
15,726 |
15,180 |
(546) |
14,923 |
14,723 |
(200) |
346 |
-63.3% |
-5.1% |
-3.0% |
|
West Virginia |
3,267 |
3,456 |
188 |
2,536 |
2,391 |
(145) |
333 |
-176.8% |
-22.4% |
-30.8% |
|
Wisconsin |
15,464 |
14,900 |
(563) |
14,562 |
14,268 |
(294) |
270 |
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