Total Land Area: 443,763 acres

Farmland: 222,539 acres

Timberland: 191,372 acres

Number of Farms: 1,601

Population: 34,117

Total Employment: 12,469 jobs

Total Economic Activity: $1.7 billion

Top Industry Groups:

Agriculture, Forestry, and Related Industries

Government-related Services

Real Estate and Rentals

Total ProductionIn 2010, $182.0 million was generated through the county’s agriculture and forestry production sector.

Agricultural ProductionPoultry and egg production was the largest agricultural commodity, contributing 66.3 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production.

Lawrence County ranked first in the state in corn production. It contributed 9.4 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production, making it the second largest agricultural commodity.

The third largest agricultural commodity was cotton, which contributed 7.9 percent of the county’s total.

Lawrence County Agriculture, Forestry, and Related IndustriesTotal Impacts: $1.4 Billion and 8,444 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 120.7 702 35.4 1.9

Corn 17.1 531 6.6 0.3

Cotton 14.4 154 5.2 0.3

Forestry ProductionTimberland accounted for 43.1 percent of the surface land area of Lawrence County. Total forestry production contributed 1.4 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production.

Overall Contributions to Lawrence CountyLawrence County’s agricultural, forestry, and related industries generated 8,444 full- and part-time jobs, representing 67.7 percent of the county’s total workforce (12,469 jobs).

The total impact of agriculture, forestry, and related industries was $1.4 billion, which was 84.1 percent of the county’s total economic activity ($1.7 billion). The indirect business taxes impact was $42.2 million, 78.8 percent of the county’s total indirect business taxes.

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

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Forestry IndustryCounty Production (Mn$) Jobs Value Added (Mn$) Indirect Business Taxes (Mn$)Lawrence 2.5 9 1.5 0.2

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

Agricultural & Forestry Industries 1,391.7 7,567 599.6 38.1 Crop, livestock, forestry & fisheries production 182.0 1,975 59.5 3.4 Food & affiliated products manufacturing 4.2 54 0.9 0.1 Forest products manufacturing 1,205.6 5,539 539.2 34.6

Related Industries 44.1 877 24.3 4.1 Agricultural inputs & services 3.6 89 1.4 0.1 Food & affiliated products distribution 40.5 787 22.9 4.0 Total 1,435.8 8,444 623.9 42.2