Total Land Area: 661,645 acres

Farmland: 200,568 acres

Timberland: 476,570 acres

Number of Farms: 1,096

Population: 38,058

Total Employment: 17,650 jobs

Total Economic Activity: $2.3 billion

Top Industry Groups:

Manufacturing

Agriculture, Forestry, and Related Industries

Utilities

Total ProductionIn 2010, $199.3 million was generated through the county’s agricultural and forestry production sector.

Agricultural ProductionPoultry and egg production was the largest agricultural commodity, contributing 56.2 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production.

The second largest was cattle, which contributed 7.3 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production.

The third largest was peanuts, which contributed 5.2 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production. Covington County ranked third in tree nut farming, and fifth in dairy cattle and milk production.

Covington County Agriculture, Forestry, and Related IndustriesTotal Impacts: $482.4 Million and 4,369 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 112.0 690 38.6 2.5

Cattle 14.5 236 4.1 0.4

Peanuts 10.4 106 5.1 0.5

Forestry ProductionTimberland accounted for 72.0 percent of the surface land area of Covington County. Total forestry production contributed 11.2 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production.

Overall Contributions to Covington CountyCovington County’s agricultural, forestry, and related industries generated 4,369 full- and part-time jobs, representing 24.8 percent of the county’s total workforce (17,650 jobs).

The total impact of agriculture, forestry, and related industries was $482.4 million, which was 21.1 percent of the county’s total economic activity ($2.3 billion). The indirect business taxes impact was $19.7 million, 17.1 percent of the county’s total indirect business taxes.

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

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Forestry IndustryCounty Production (Mn$) Jobs Value Added (Mn$) Indirect Business Taxes (Mn$)Covington 22.2 171 14.0 0.7

Economic ImpactsProduction

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

Agricultural & Forestry Industries 375.7 2,682 157.0 10.3 Crop, livestock, forestry & fisheries production 199.3 1,721 85.6 5.4 Food & affiliated products manufacturing 14.2 105 5.3 0.3 Forest products manufacturing 162.2 856 66.1 4.6

Related Industries 106.7 1,687 58.0 9.4 Agricultural inputs & services 31.2 367 12.7 0.7 Food & affiliated products distribution 75.4 1,320 45.3 8.7 Total 482.4 4,369 215.0 19.7