San Mateo (cont'd)

SAN MATEO COUNTY (cont'd)
INDUSTRY 1982 1987 ($ mill.)
Value added by manufacture, ($ mill.) 1,627.1 2,353.8 Capital expenditures:
Percent of California 1.7 1.8 1982 103.9
1987 126.7
Leading industries:
Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products 438.1 Payroll in manufacturing:
Food and kindred products 433.2 1987 955.1
Printing and publishing 289.2 1990* 1,495.3
Electronic and other electric equipment 260.6
Chemicals and allied products 228.2 Number of mfg. establishments:
Instruments and related products 219.8 1987 1,072
Industrial machinery and equipment 161.2 1990* 1,114
Lumber production, 1994 (Thous. of board ft.) 7,540 * Not comparable with 1987 due to
Percent of California 0.3 source difference.
AGRICULTURE
Number of farms, 1992 302 Leading commodities with
Acreage in farms, 1992 57,418 value of production, 1994 $ mill.
% of land area 20.0
Nursery stock, ornamental 42.5
Agricultural employment, 1994 ** 4,700 Plants, potted foliage 17.5
Snapdragons 7.9
Value of production, 1994 ($ mill.) 208.9 Orchids (potted) 6.9
Percent of California 0.9 Chrysanthemums (potted) 6.4
County Rank 27 Herbaceaus Perennials 5.8
Livestock and livestock products 1.1 Poinsettia (potted) 5.8
Poultry and poultry products 0.0 Lilies, potted 3.8
Field crops 1.2 Roses 3.5
Vegetables 39.9 Iris 3.1
Fruits and nuts 1.2
Nursery products 165.4
Seed crops 0.0 * Less than $50,000.
Apiary products * ** Includes San Francisco and Marin counties.
TRANSPORTATION
Vehicle registrations, 1994
Total 662,797 Miles of streets, roads and
Automobiles 507,577 highways, 1994 2,062.7
Per capita (7-1-94 pop.) 0.74
Trucks 93,010
Motorcycles 13,451
Trailers 48,759
PUBLIC FINANCE
Per Per
1993-94 $ mill. capita* $1,000 income** 1993-94 $ mill.
County government tax collections, total 123.4 181.03 5.90 Expenditures:
Property tax 107.4 157.55 5.13 Federal 2,405.6
Sales tax 11.7 17.22 0.56 Defense 272.2
County 526.3
Total receipts, local government 1,827.1 City 457.6
School districts 485.8
* 7-1-93 population Special districts 261.1
** 1993 personal income Redevelopment agencies 65.9
California Department of Finance
Economic Research
(916) 322-2263 February, 1996

Last Update: 8/30/96

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