Total Land Area: 474,502 acres

Farmland: 117,263 acres

Timberland: 355,259 acres

Number of Farms: 787

Population: 30,663

Total Employment: 13,917 jobs

Total Economic Activity: $1.7 billion

Top Industry Groups:

Manufacturing

Agriculture, Forestry, and Related Industries

Finance and Insurance

Total ProductionIn 2010, $130.9 million was generated through the county’s agricultural and forestry production sector.

Agricultural ProductionPoultry and egg production was the largest agricultural commodity, contributing 69.4 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production.

The second largest was cattle, which contributed 3.7 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production.

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

Marion County Agriculture, Forestry, and Related IndustriesTotal Impacts: $538.9 Million and 4,501 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 90.9 547 29.7 1.7

Cattle 4.9 86 0.8 0.1

Soybeans 4.3 86 2.2 0.2

Forestry ProductionTimberland accounted for 74.9 percent of the surface land area of Marion County. Total forestry production contributed 14.8 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production.

Overall Contributions to Marion CountyMarion County’s agricultural, forestry, and related industries generated 4,501 full- and part-time jobs, representing 32.3 percent of the county’s total workforce (13,917 jobs).

The total impact of agriculture, forestry, and related industries was $538.9 million, which was 32.4 percent of the county’s total economic activity ($1.7 billion). The indirect business taxes impact was $15.8 million, 32.1 percent of the county’s total indirect business taxes.

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

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Forestry IndustryCounty Production (Mn$) Jobs Value Added (Mn$) Indirect Business Taxes (Mn$)Marion 19.4 187 9.7 0.6

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

Agricultural & Forestry Industries 443.2 3,112 167.5 9.3 Crop, livestock, forestry & fisheries production 130.9 1,175 48.0 2.9 Food & affiliated products manufacturing 155.6 1,061 46.4 2.8 Forest products manufacturing 156.8 877 73.2 3.6

Related Industries 95.7 1,389 45.9 6.5 Agricultural inputs & services 45.3 423 17.8 1.0 Food & affiliated products distribution 50.4 966 28.1 5.5 Total 538.9 4,501 213.4 15.8