Total Land Area: 789,178 acres Farmland: 113,880 acres Timberland: 499,841 acres Number of Farms: 876 Population: 412,577 Total Employment: 226,719 jobs Total Economic Activity: $27.9 billion Top Industry Groups: Manufacturing Agriculture, Forestry, and Related Industries Government-related Services Total Production In 2010, $434.2 million was generated through the county’s agricultural and forestry production sector. Agricultural Production Mobile County ranked first in the state in greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture production. It contributed 40.8 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production, making it the largest agricultural commodity. Mobile County also ranked first in the state in commercial fishing. It contributed 20.9 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production, making it the second largest agricultural commodity. The third largest was cotton, which contributed 2.2 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production. Mobile County also ranked second in tree nut farming, and fourth in dairy cattle and milk production. Mobile County Agriculture, Forestry, and Related Industries Total Impacts: $6.4 Billion and 52,757 Jobs ALABAMA COUNCIL AGRIBUSINESS Promoting and Developing Alabama’s #1 Industry www.AlabamaAgImpact.com * Value Added is the value that is added to a product at the stage of its manufacture or distribution. Top Agricultural Commodities Commodity Production (Mn$) Jobs Value Added* (Mn$) Indirect Business Taxes (Mn$) Greenhouse, nursery & floriculture 177.1 1,977 115.6 5.8 Commercial fishing 90.7 1,859 40.5 2.3 Cotton 9.3 78 4.7 0.3
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Total Land Area: 789,178 acres
Farmland: 113,880 acres
Timberland: 499,841 acres
Number of Farms: 876
Population: 412,577
Total Employment: 226,719 jobs
Total Economic Activity: $27.9 billion
Top Industry Groups:
Manufacturing
Agriculture, Forestry, and Related Industries
Government-related Services
Total ProductionIn 2010, $434.2 million was generated through the county’s agricultural and forestry production sector.
Agricultural Production Mobile County ranked first in the state in greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture production. It contributed 40.8 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production, making it the largest agricultural commodity.
Mobile County also ranked first in the state in commercial fishing. It contributed 20.9 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production, making it the second largest agricultural commodity.
The third largest was cotton, which contributed 2.2 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production. Mobile County also ranked second in tree nut farming, and fourth in dairy cattle and milk production.
Mobile County Agriculture, Forestry, and Related IndustriesTotal Impacts: $6.4 Billion and 52,757 Jobs
ALABAMA
COUNCILAGRIBUSINESS
Promoting and Developing Alabama’s #1 Industry
www.AlabamaAgImpact.com
* Value Added is the value that is added to a product at the stage of its manufacture or distribution.
Top Agricultural Commodities
Commodity Production (Mn$) Jobs Value Added*
(Mn$)Indirect Business
Taxes (Mn$)Greenhouse, nursery & floriculture 177.1 1,977 115.6 5.8
Commercial fishing 90.7 1,859 40.5 2.3
Cotton 9.3 78 4.7 0.3
Forestry ProductionTimberland accounted for 63.3 percent of the surface land in Mobile County. Total forestry production contributed 5.9 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production.
Overall Contributions to Mobile CountyMobile County’s agricultural, forestry, and related industries generated 52,757 full- and part-time jobs, representing 23.3 percent of the county’s total workforce (226,719 jobs).
The total impact of agriculture, forestry, and related industries was $6.4 billion, which was 23.0 percent of the county’s total economic activity ($27.9 billion). The indirect business taxes impact was $255.1 million, 24.6 percent of the county’s total indirect business taxes.
For more information, visit the Mobile County Extension office online at www.aces.edu/ Mobile. Look in your telephone directory under Mobile County to find the telephone number.
Published by the Alabama Cooperative Extension System (Alabama A&M University and Auburn University), an equal opportunity educator and employer.
June 2013, ANR-1524© 2013 by the Alabama Cooperative Extension System. All rights reserved. www.aces.edu
ALABAMA
COUNCILAGRIBUSINESS
Promoting and Developing Alabama’s #1 Industry
Forestry IndustryCounty Production (Mn$) Jobs Value Added (Mn$) Indirect Business Taxes (Mn$)Mobile 25.6 144 17.6 0.6
Economic ImpactsProduction (Mn$) Jobs Value Added (Mn$) Indirect Business Taxes (Mn$)
Agricultural & Forestry Industries 3,209.4 21,828 1,529.6 90.7 Crop, livestock, forestry & fisheries production 434.2 5,343 255.8 13.1 Food & affiliated products manufacturing 870.7 5,009 294.2 17.0 Forest products manufacturing 1,904.5 11,476 979.7 60.6
Related Industries 3,217.6 30,928 1,688.5 164.4 Agricultural inputs & services 2,009.6 11,562 943.4 49.6 Food & affiliated products distribution 1,208.1 19,366 745.1 114.8 Total 6,427.1 52,757 3,218.1 255.1
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