Commodity Production and Value Report
TEXAS
LOUISIANA
OKLAHOMA
MISSOURI
The Aggregate Agriculture Sector's share of the state
economy is much greater for Arkansas than for any
contiguous state and for the
averages
of the Southeast
region and the United States.
How much greater?
The Agriculture
Sector's share
of GDP in
Arkansas is:
ARKANSAS
TENNESEE
MISSISSIPPI
The Agriculture Sector's Share of the State Economy
• 4.4 times greater than in Texas
• 2.7 times greater than in Louisiana
• 2.5 times greater than in Oklahoma
• 1.9 times greater than in Missouri
• 1.8 times greater than in Tennessee
• 1.3 times greater than in Mississippi
1.9 times greater than for the Southeast region
• 2.7 times greater than for the U.S. as a whole
Source: USDC BEA, 2019; English, Popp, and Miller, 2020a.
"Calculations based on the percent contribution of the Agriculture Sector to state GDP in
2017. GDP by state represents the market value of goods and services produced by the labor
and property located in a state. GDP does not factor in the impact of subsidies and/or taxes
on products, which are captured in value added estimates.
"The Southeast is defined by BEA to include the states AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC,
SC, TN, VA, and WV, and is not the sum of Arkansas's contiguous states listed in the table.
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