Total Land Area: 515,149 acres

Farmland: 199,416 acres

Timberland: 177,076 acres

Number of Farms: 1,187

Population: 340,111

Total Employment: 233,957 jobs

Total Economic Activity: $31.4 billion

Top Industry Groups:

Manufacturing

Government-related Services

Professional and Technical Services

Real Estate and Rentals

Agriculture, Forestry, and Related Industries

Total ProductionIn 2010, $164.0 million was generated through the county’s agricultural and forestry production sector.

Agricultural Production Madison County ranked third in the state in soybean production. It contributed 25.4 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production, making it the largest agricultural commodity.

Madison County ranked second in cotton, which contributed 18.2 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production, making it the second largest agricultural commodity.

Madison County ranked fifth in corn, which contributed 17.1 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production, making it the third largest agricultural commodity.

Madison County Agriculture, Forestry, and Related IndustriesTotal Impacts: $1.8 Billion and 25,061 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$)Soybeans 41.6 614 24.5 1.4

Cotton 29.8 262 13.8 0.6

Corn 28.1 534 13.9 0.6

Forestry ProductionTimberland accounted for 34.4 percent of the surface land area of Madison County. Total forestry production contributed 4.5 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production.

Overall Contributions to Madison CountyMadison County’s agricultural, forestry, and related industries generated 25,061 full- and part-time jobs, representing 10.7 percent of the county’s total workforce (233,957 jobs).

The total impact of agriculture, forestry, and related industries was $1.8 billion, which was 5.7 percent of the county’s total economic activity ($31.4 billion). The indirect business taxes impact was $118.0 million, 14.7 percent of the county’s total indirect business taxes.

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

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Forestry IndustryCounty Production (Mn$) Jobs Value Added (Mn$) Indirect Business Taxes (Mn$)Madison 7.3 78 3.0 0.2

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

Agricultural & Forestry Industries 548.1 3,949 218.4 15.8 Crop, livestock, forestry & fisheries production 164.0 2,105 80.0 4.3 Food & affiliated products manufacturing 185.0 890 65.0 7.7 Forest products manufacturing 199.2 954 73.4 3.8

Related Industries 1,235.7 21,112 739.8 102.3 Agricultural inputs & services 184.7 3,009 104.5 3.3 Food & affiliated products distribution 1,051.0 18,103 635.3 98.9 Total 1,783.8 25,061 958.2 118.0