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<br />COUNTY AGRIBUSINESS DEPENDENCY
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<br />Colorado Rankings by Agribusiness Income and Percent of Total County Income In 1997
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<br />Al!ribusiness A\:ribusiness %
<br />Income ($1.000) of County Total
<br />Weld 390,528 Yuma 48.8%
<br />Denver 316,500 Washington 41.5%
<br />Jefferson 300,659 Phillips 39.9%
<br />Adams 145,176 Baca 36.5%
<br />Morgan 129,696 Kit Carson 34.5%
<br />Larimer 121,004 Sedgwick 28.6%
<br />Arapahoe 114,278 Kiowa 27.2%
<br />Boulder 107,094 Saguache 25.6%
<br />Yuma 106,200 Morgan 23.91110
<br />Logan 77 ,346 Cheyenne 23.7%
<br />EI Paso 56,323 Crowley 22.0%
<br />Kit Carson 53,752 Costilla 20.7%
<br />Prowers 51,078 Logan 19.4%
<br />Washington 39,105 Prowers 18.9%)
<br />Rio Grande 35,470 Rio Grande 17.4%
<br />Phillips 35,198 Jackson 17.4%
<br />Pueblo 33,215 Bent 16.8%
<br />Montrose 31,065 Canejas 12.9'%
<br />Otero 30,925 Weld 11.6%
<br />Douglas 29,741 Otero 10.()'%
<br />Baca 28,417 Lincoln 9.7%
<br />Mesa 27,024 Alamosa 7.9%
<br />Alamosa 21,523 Delta 6.3%
<br />Delta 18,087 Montrose 5.8%
<br />Bcot 17,445 Dolores 3.3%
<br />Saguache 15,713 Jefferson 2.4%
<br />Sedgwick 11,877 Adams 2.1%
<br />Crowley 11,185 EIben 2.1%
<br />La Plata 9,782 Larimer 2.1%
<br />Cheyenne 9,586 Park 1.9%
<br />Eagle 9,157 Douglas 1.7%
<br />Garfield 9,006 Pueblo 1.4%
<br />Lincoln 8,876 Mesa 1.4%
<br />Canejas 8,847 Hinsdale 1.2%
<br />Kiowa 8,122 Garfield 1.2%
<br />Pitkin 7,770 Denver 1.1%
<br />Costilla 7,332 La Plata 1.1%
<br />Jackson 4,397 Boulder 1.1%
<br />Routt 3,940 San Miguel 1.0%
<br />Fremont 3,862 Pitkin 1.0%
<br />Montezuma 2,950 Moffat 1.0%
<br />Sunnnit 2,689 Montezuma 0.9%
<br />Moffat 2,640 Mineral 0.8%
<br />Eiben 2,402 Eagle 0.8%
<br />San Miguel 1,758 Routt 0.8%
<br />Park 1,737 Archuleta 0.7%
<br />Las Animas 961 Arapahoe 0.7%
<br />Gunnison 916 Fremont 0.6%
<br />Chaffee 747 Las Animas 0.5%
<br />Archuleta 698 EI Paso 0.5%
<br />Dolores 583 Summit 0.4%
<br />Clear Creek 404 Chaffee 0.4%
<br />Hinsdale 126 Gunnison 0.3%
<br />Lake 116 Clear Creek 0.3%
<br />Mineral 115 Lake 0.1%
<br />Grand 37 San Juan 0.1%
<br />Teller 24 Grand 0.0%
<br />Gilpin 20 Teller 0.0%
<br />San Juan 7 Gilpin 0.0%
<br />Custer -324 Custer -1.2%
<br />Ouray -968 Rio Blanco -1.7%
<br />Huerfano -1,455 Ouray -2.1%
<br />Rio Blanco -2379 Huerfano -2.2%
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<br />The figure below shows the localion of Colorado's 63 counties and their degree
<br />of dependency on agribusiness. Production agriculture alone does not fully
<br />represent the economic importance of fanning and ranching to an economy. As
<br />discussed throughout the full report, other industries depend on production
<br />agriculture such as fertilizer sale, food processing, and farm machinery
<br />production.
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<br />In order to recognize the degree of contribution of agribusiness to a county, two
<br />categories have been developed. Agribusiness Dependent counties receive over
<br />20%. of total county income from agribusiness industries. Agribusiness
<br />Important counties receive between 10% and 20% of total county income from
<br />agribusiness industries. The Other category represenlS those counties thaI
<br />receive less than 10% of their total county income from agribusiness.
<br />Agribusiness dependent counties are not the only counties with large
<br />agribusiness sectors. Some counties are not classified as agribusiness important
<br />or dependent because they have relatively large non-agricultural sectors. Eight
<br />of the 63 counties are agribusiness important and twelve are agribusiness
<br />dependent. Therefore, over 31 % of Colorado counties continue to be either
<br />agribusiness dependent or agribusiness important in 1997, which does not
<br />represent a significant change from 1992. However, there have been some
<br />individual changes wilhin the categories. Of particular note is Lincoln County,
<br />which had been ranked in 1992 as agricultural dependenl but is now at less than
<br />10%. Dolores County, which had been ranked as agricultural important is now
<br />less than 5%. Costilla County is now ranked as agricultural dependent at over
<br />20% and Conejos County has increased to agricultural important with over 12%.
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<br />The county rankings of agribusiness importance and dependency are shown in
<br />the table on the left. In the first two columns, the counties are ranked according
<br />to the tolal size of agribusiness. The last two colwnns show the ranking by the
<br />percentage of total county income that agribusiness provides in each county.
<br />Metro counties rank highest in size while rural sectors rank highest in
<br />importance.
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