Total Land Area: 444,147 acres Farmland: 99,975 acres Timberland: 313,750 acres Number of Farms: 645 Population: 43,895 Total Employment: 12,371 jobs Total Economic Activity: $1.3 billion Top Industry Groups: Agriculture, Forestry, and Related Industries Manufacturing Government-related Services Total Production In 2010, $102.3 million was generated through the county’s agricultural and forestry production sector. Agricultural Production Chilton County ranked first in the state in fruit farming. It contributed 14.3 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production, making it the largest agricultural commodity. Cattle was the second largest agricultural commodity, contributing 5.7 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production. The third largest was greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture production, which contributed 3.7 percent of the county’s total. Chilton County Agriculture, Forestry, and Related Industries Total Impacts: $385.5 Million and 4,080 Jobs ALABAMA COUNCIL AGRIBUSINESS Promoting and Developing Alabama’s #1 Industry www.AlabamaAgImpact.com * Value Added is the value that is added to a product at the stage of its manufacture or distribution. Top Agricultural Commodities Commodity Production (Mn$) Jobs Value Added* (Mn$) Indirect Business Taxes (Mn$) Fruit 14.6 181 8.1 0.4 Cattle 5.9 110 1.4 0.1 Greenhouse, nursery & floriculture 3.8 66 2.5 0.1
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Total Land Area: 444,147 acres
Farmland: 99,975 acres
Timberland: 313,750 acres
Number of Farms: 645
Population: 43,895
Total Employment: 12,371 jobs
Total Economic Activity: $1.3 billion
Top Industry Groups:
Agriculture, Forestry, and Related Industries
Manufacturing
Government-related Services
Total ProductionIn 2010, $102.3 million was generated through the county’s agricultural and forestry production sector.
Agricultural Production Chilton County ranked first in the state in fruit farming. It contributed 14.3 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production, making it the largest agricultural commodity.
Cattle was the second largest agricultural commodity, contributing 5.7 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production.
The third largest was greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture production, which contributed 3.7 percent of the county’s total.
Chilton County Agriculture, Forestry, and Related IndustriesTotal Impacts: $385.5 Million and 4,080 Jobs
ALABAMA
COUNCILAGRIBUSINESS
Promoting and Developing Alabama’s #1 Industry
www.AlabamaAgImpact.com
* Value Added is the value that is added to a product at the stage of its manufacture or distribution.
Forestry ProductionTimberland accounted for 70.6 percent of the surface land area of Chilton County. Total forestry production contributed 46.3 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production.
Overall Contributions to Chilton CountyChilton County’s agricultural, forestry, and related industries generated 4,080 full- and part-time jobs, representing 33.0 percent of the county’s total workforce (12,371 jobs).
The total impact of agriculture, forestry, and related industries was $385.5 million, which was 29.6 percent of the county’s total economic activity ($1.3 billion). The indirect business taxes impact was $15.5 million, 27.1 percent of the county’s total indirect business taxes.
For more information, visit the Chilton County Extension office online at www.aces.edu/ Chilton. Look in your telephone directory under Chilton 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.
