Total Land Area: 342,285 acres

Farmland: 94,376 acres

Timberland: 203,718 acres

Number of Farms: 1,004

Population: 104,303

Total Employment: 46,231 jobs

Total Economic Activity: $5.1 billion

Top Industry Groups:

Manufacturing

Agriculture, Forestry, and Related Industries

Health Care and Social Services

Total ProductionIn 2010, $168.5 million was generated through the county’s agricultural and forestry production sector.

Agricultural ProductionPoultry and egg production was the largest agricultural commodity, contributing 76.1 percent of the county’s total agriculture and forestry production.

The second largest was cattle, which contributed 3.3 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production.

The third largest was soybeans, which contributed 2.1 percent of the county’s total. Etowah County ranked third in the state in fruit farming.

Etowah County Agriculture, Forestry, and Related IndustriesTotal Impacts: $1.1 Billion and 10,506 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 CommoditiesCommodity Production (Mn$) Jobs Value Added*

(Mn$)Indirect Business

Taxes (Mn$)Poultry & egg 128.2 748 44.2 2.6

Cattle 5.5 107 0.9 0.1

Soybeans 3.6 70 2.0 0.1

Forestry ProductionTimberland accounted for 59.5 percent of the surface land area of Etowah County. Total forestry production contributed 8.9 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production.

Overall Contributions to Etowah CountyEtowah County’s agricultural, forestry, and related industries generated 10,506 full- and part-time jobs, representing 22.7 percent of the county’s total workforce (46,231 jobs).

The total impact of agriculture, forestry, and related industries was $1.1 billion, which was 22.0 percent of the county’s total economic activity ($5.1 billion). The indirect business taxes impact was $41.0 million, 20.2 percent of the county’s total indirect business taxes.

For more information, visit the Etowah County Extension office online at www.aces.edu/ Etowah. Look in your telephone directory under Etowah County to find the telephone number.

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Economic ImpactCounty Production (Mn$) Jobs Value Added (Mn$) Indirect Business Taxes (Mn$)Etowah 15.0 138 8.1 0.5

Economic ImpactsProduction (Mn$) Jobs Value Added (Mn$) Indirect Business Taxes (Mn$)

Agricultural & Forestry Industries 859.0 5,792 305.9 17.3 Crop, livestock, forestry & fisheries production 168.5 1,450 63.7 3.9 Food & affiliated products manufacturing 683.5 4,279 239.5 13.2 Forest products manufacturing 6.9 63 2.8 0.2

Related Industries 269.5 4,714 157.3 23.7 Agricultural inputs & services 22.8 326 12.8 0.4 Food & affiliated products distribution 246.7 4,388 144.4 23.3 Total 1,128.5 10,506 463.2 41.0