CA County Profiles - merced (cont'd)

MERCED COUNTY (cont'd)
INDUSTRY19821987($ mill.)
Value added by manufacture, ($ mill.)223.6 379.6 Capital expenditures:
Percent of California0.2 0.3 198248.3
198721.9
Industries:
Food and kindred products226.1 Payroll in manufacturing:
Lumber and wood products15.9 1987137.9
Transportation equipment17.3 1990*154.4
Fabricated metal products(D)
Printing and publishing(D)Number of mfg. establishments:
1987120


(D) Data not shown to avoid disclosure of confidential information. 1990*125
* Not comparable with 1987 due to source difference.


AGRICULTURE

Number of farms, 19922,879 Leading commodities with
Acreage in farms, 1992978,831 value of production, 1994$ mill.
% of land area79.2
Milk335.8
Agricultural employment, 199410,400 Almonds152.1
Chickens124.7
Value of production, 1994 ($ mill.)1,250.0 Cotton87.1
Percent of California5.1 Tomatoes71.2
County Rank5 Alfalfa62.9
Livestock and livestock products395.5 Cattle45.2
Poultry and poultry products175.0 Potatoes, sweet43.6
Field crops245.8 Grapes, wine28.3
Vegetables152.0 Turkeys23.5
Fruits and nuts259.5
Nursery products14.9
Seed crops2.0
Apiary products5.3


TRANSPORTATION

Vehicle registrations, 1994
Total147,690 Miles of streets, roads and
Automobiles86,908 highways, 19942,447.3
Per capita (7-1-94 pop.)0.43
Trucks39,474
Motorcycles2,635
Trailers18,673


PUBLIC FINANCE
PerPer
1993-94$ mill.capita*$1,000 income**1993-94$ mill.

County government tax collections, total26.6 135.25 9.16 Expenditures:
Property tax22.4 113.62 7.70 Federal714.9
Sales tax2.7 13.75 0.93 Defense172.5
County254.8
Total receipts, local government669.5 City77.9
School districts278.1
* 7-1-93 population Special districts43.0
** 1993 personal income Redevelopment agencies14.0


California Department of Finance
Economic Research
(916) 322-2263February, 1996