Total ProductionIn 2010, $ 282.6 million was generated through the county’s agricultural and forestry production sector.

Agricultural Production Baldwin County ranked second in the state in greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture production. It contributed 35.2 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production, making it the largest agricultural commodity.

Baldwin County ranked first in peanut production. It contributed 14.5 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production, making it the second largest agricultural commodity.

The third largest commodity was cattle, which contributed 2.7 percent of the county’s total.

Baldwin County ranked first and second in tree nut farming and commercial fishing, respectively.

Total Land Area: 1,021,664 acres

Farmland: 190,213 acres

Timberland: 724,032 acres

Number of Farms: 1,139

Population: 186,717

Total Employment: 88,070 jobs

Total Economic Activity: $8.5 billion

Top Industry Groups:

Real Estate and Rentals

Agriculture, Forestry, and Related Industries

Finance and Insurance

Baldwin County Agriculture, Forestry, and Related IndustriesTotal Impacts: $1.5 Billion and 19,915 Jobs

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Top Agricultural Commodities

Commodity Production (Mn$) Jobs Value Added*

(Mn$)Indirect Business

Taxes (Mn$)Greenhouse, nursery & floriculture 99.5 1,131 64.2 3.3

Peanuts 40.9 355 21.1 1.8

Cattle 7.7 86 1.4 0.2

* Value Added is the value that is added to a product at the stage of its manufacture or distribution.

Forestry ProductionTimberland accounted for 70.9 percent of the surface land area of Baldwin County. Total forestry production contributed 6.9 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production.

Overall Contributions to Baldwin CountyBaldwin County’s agricultural, forestry, and related industries generated 19,915 full- and part-time jobs, representing 22.6 percent of the county’s total workforce (88,070 jobs).

The total impact of agriculture, forestry, and related industries was $1,538.9 million, which was 18.1 percent of the county’s total economic activity ($8.5 billion). The indirect business taxes impact was $81.2 million, 18.7 percent of the county’s total indirect business taxes.

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

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Forestry IndustryCounty Production (Mn$) Jobs Value Added (Mn$) Indirect Business Taxes (Mn$)

Baldwin 19.5 123 10.6 0.9

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

Agricultural & Forestry Industries 702.9 5,751 313.2 19Crop, livestock, forestry & fisheries production 282.6 3,148 152.3 9.4

Food & affiliated products manufacturing 137.6 857 41.4 2.5Forest products manufacturing 282.7 1,747 119.4 7

Related Industries 835.9 14,164 487.2 62.2Agricultural inputs & services 130.4 2,287 67.2 3.4Food & affiliated products distribution 705.6 11,877 420 58.8Total 1,538.9 19,915 800.3 81.2