Total Land Area: 371,430 acres

Farmland: 204,363 acres

Timberland: 166,709 acres

Number of Farms: 841

Population: 102,369

Total Employment: 61,186 jobs

Total Economic Activity: $7.1 billion

Top Industry Groups:

Agriculture, Forestry, and Related Industries

Health Care and Social Services

Manufacturing

Total ProductionIn 2010, $125.7 million was generated through the county’s agricultural and forestry production sector.

Agricultural ProductionHouston County ranked second in the state in peanut production. It contributed 21.1 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production, making it the largest agricultural commodity.

Houston County ranked fourth in the state in cotton. It contributed 16.4 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production, making it the second largest agricultural commodity.

The third largest was poultry and egg production, which contributed 10.8 percent of the county’s total.

Houston County Agriculture, Forestry, and Related IndustriesTotal Impacts: $1.8 Billion and 14,934 Jobs

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Top Agricultural Commodities

Commodity Production (Mn$) Jobs Value Added* (Mn$) Indirect Business Taxes (Mn$)

Peanuts 26.6 263 13.9 1.2

Cotton 20.6 202 9.4 0.6

Poultry & egg 13.6 84 5.0 0.3

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

Forestry ProductionTimberland accounted for 44.9 percent of the surface land area of Houston County. Total forestry production contributed 12.4 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production.

Overall Contributions to Houston CountyHouston County’s agricultural, forestry, and related industries generated 14,934 full- and part-time jobs, representing 24.4 percent of the county’s total workforce (61,186 jobs).

The total impact of agriculture, forestry, and related industries was $1,808.6 million, which was 25.5 percent of the county’s total economic activity ($7.1 billion). The indirect business taxes impact was $88.4 million, 23.1 percent of the county’s total indirect business taxes.

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

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Forestry IndustryCounty Production (Mn$) Jobs Value Added (Mn$) Indirect Business Taxes (Mn$)Houston 15.6 131 9.3 0.5

Economic ImpactsProduction

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

Agricultural & Forestry Industries 1,283.1 7,462 547.4 46.1Crop, livestock, forestry & fisheries production 125.7 1,415 63.0 4.4Food & affiliated products manufacturing 1,116.0 5,748 464.6 40.5Forest products manufacturing 41.3 299 19.9 1.2

Related Industries 525.6 7,472 299.3 42.4Agricultural inputs & services 124.9 1,017 55.8 4.2Food & affiliated products distribution 400.6 6,455 243.5 38.1Total 1,808.6 14,934 846.7 88.4