Total Land Area: 380,499 acres

Farmland: 128,800 acres

Timberland: 216,296 acres

Number of Farms: 736

Population: 54,512

Total Employment: 28,742 jobs

Total Economic Activity: $4.3 billion

Top Industry Groups:

Manufacturing

Agriculture, Forestry, and Related Industries

Government-related Services

Total ProductionIn 2010, $108.0 million was generated through the county’s agricultural and forestry production sector.

Agricultural ProductionPoultry and egg production was the largest agricultural commodity, contributing 52.6 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production.

Colbert County ranked third in the state in corn production. It contributed 13.5 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production, making it the second largest agricultural commodity.

The third largest was cattle, which contributed 5.7 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production.

Colbert County Agriculture, Forestry, and Related IndustriesTotal Impacts: $1.5 Billion and 9,794 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$) JobsValue Added*

(Mn$)Indirect Business

Taxes (Mn$)Poultry & egg 56.8 279 18.1 0.9

Corn 14.6 324 6.4 0.3

Cattle 6.2 84 1.8 0.2

Forestry ProductionTimberland accounted for 56.8 percent of the surface land are of Colbert County. Total forestry production contributed 3.0 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production.

Overall Contributions to Colbert CountyColbert County’s agricultural, forestry, and related industries generated 9,794 full- and part-time jobs, representing 34.1 percent of the county’s total workforce (28,742 jobs).

The total impact of agriculture, forestry, and related industries was $1.5 billion, which was 34.7 percent of the county’s total economic activity ($4.3 billion). The indirect business taxes impact was $46.1 million, 39.0 percent of the county’s total indirect business taxes.

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

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Forestry IndustryCounty Production (Mn$) Jobs Value Added (Mn$) Indirect Business Taxes (Mn$)Colbert 3.2 31 1.4 0.1

Economic ImpactsProduction

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

Agricultural & Forestry Industries 1,138.6 6,314 480.6 26.5 Crop, livestock, forestry & fisheries production 108.0 1,136 41.9 2.3 Food & affiliated products manufacturing 137.2 281 24.7 1.2 Forest products manufacturing 893.4 4,897 414.0 23.0

Related Industries 338.9 3,480 152.7 19.6 Agricultural inputs & services 186.4 960 58.8 3.7 Food & affiliated products distribution 152.5 2,520 93.8 15.8 Total 1,477.6 9,794 633.3 46.1