Wilcox County Agriculture, Forestry, and Related Industries · Wilcox County Agriculture, Forestry,...

Total Land Area: 568,755 acres

Farmland: 168,912 acres

Timberland: 513,409 acres

Number of Farms: 368

Population: 11,482

Total Employment: 4,496 jobs

Total Economic Activity: $611.0 million

Top Industry Groups:

Agriculture, Forestry, and Related Industries

Government-related Services

Civic, Social, and Other Services

Total ProductionIn 2010, $35.7 million was generated through the county’s agricultural and forestry production sector.

Agricultural ProductionCattle was the largest agricultural commodity, contributing 17.8 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production.

Cotton contributed 2.1 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production, making it the second largest agricultural commodity.

The third largest was soybeans, which contributed 2.0 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production.

Wilcox County Agriculture, Forestry, and Related IndustriesTotal Impacts: $512.7 Million and 2,914 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$)Cattle 6.4 157 1.5 0.1

Cotton 0.8 11 0.3 0.0

Soybeans 0.7 23 0.4 0.0

Forestry ProductionTimberland accounted for 90.3 percent of the surface land area of Wilcox County. Total forestry production contributed 51.4 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production.

Overall Contributions to Wilcox CountyWilcox County’s agricultural, forestry, and related industries generated 2,914 full- and part-time jobs, representing 64.8 percent of the county’s total workforce (4,496 jobs).

The total impact of agriculture, forestry, and related industries was $512.7 million, which was 83.9 percent of the county’s total economic activity ($611.0 million). The indirect business taxes impact was $13.4 million, 73.8 percent of the county’s total indirect business taxes.

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

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Forestry IndustryCounty Production (Mn$) Jobs Value Added (Mn$) Indirect Business Taxes (Mn$)Wilcox 18.3 141 9.8 0.4

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

Agricultural & Forestry Industries 498.6 2,630 215.2 12.0 Crop, livestock, forestry & fisheries production 35.7 583 16.1 0.9 Food & affiliated products manufacturing 1.3 21 0.3 0.0 Forest products manufacturing 461.6 2,026 198.8 11.1

Related Industries 14.1 283 7.7 1.5 Agricultural inputs & services 2.5 61 1.0 0.1 Food & affiliated products distribution 11.6 222 6.7 1.4 Total 512.7 2,914 222.9 13.4