TABLE B—77.—Business formation and business failures, 1929-68Business failures *Amount of currentindex NewNumber of failures liabilities (millionsof net businessof dollars)Year or month business incorporationnessLiability sizeLiability sizeBusi-formation(1957-59 = (number)rate 2failureclassclass100)TotalTotalUnder$100,000$100,000andUnder$100,000over$100,000andover1929 .. .103.9 22,909 22,165 744 483.3 261.5 221.81930121.6 26,355 25,408 947 668.3 303.5 364.81931133.4 28,285 27,230 1,055 736.3 354.2 382.21932154.1 31,822 30,197 1 625 928.3 432.6 495.71933 3100.3 19,859 18,880 979 457.5 215.5 242.0193461.1 12,091 11,421 670 334.0 138.5 195.41935 . _61.7 12,244 11,691 553 310.6 135.5 175.1193647.8 9,607 9,285 322 203.2 102.8 100.4193745.9 9,490 9,203 287 183.3 101.9 81.4193861.1 12,836 12,553 283 246.5 140.1 106.41939 3 _ . . .69.6 14,768 14,541 227 182.5 132.9 49.7194063.0 13,619 13,400 219 166.7 119.9 46.8194154.5 11,848 11,685 163 136.1 100.7 35.4194244.6 9,405 9,282 123 100.8 80.3 20.5194316.4 3,221 3,155 66 45.3 30.2 15.119446.5 1,222 1,176 46 31.7 14.5 17.119454.2 809 759 50 30.2 11.4 18.81946132,916 5.2 1,129 1,002 127 67.3 15.7 51.61947 .112,638 14.3 3,474 3,103 371 204.6 63.7 140.91948123.1 96,101 20.4 5,250 4,853 337 234.6 93.9 140.7194996.7 85,491 34.4 9,246 8,708 538 308.1 161.4 146.71950102.3 92,925 34.3 9,162 8,746 416 248.3 151.2 97.11951.102.8 83,649 30.7 8,058 7,626 432 259.5 131.6 128.01952 . 108.0 92,819 28.7 7,611 7,081 530 283.3 131.9 151.41953103.5 102,545 33.2 8,862 8,075 787 394.2 167.5 226.6195499.8 117,164 42.0 11,086 10,226 860 462.6 211.4 251.21955107.6 139,915 41.6 10,969 10,113 856 449.4 206.4 243.01956103.2 141,163 48.0 12,686 11,615 1,071 562.7 239.8 322.9195798.3 137,112 51.7 13,739 12,547 1,192 615.3 267.1 348.2195897.1 150,781 55.9 14,964 13,499 1,465 728.3 297.6 430.71959104.6 193,067 51.8 14,053 12,707 1,346 692.8 278.9 413.91960 1 ... 99.8 182,713 57.0 15,445 13,650 1,795 938.6 327.2 611.4196195.4 181,535 64.4 17,075 15,006 2,069 1,090.1 370.1 720.01962 .98.0 182,057 60.8 15,782 13,772 2,010 1,213.6 346.5 867.11963 . 100.6 186,404 56.3 14,374 12,192 2,182 1,352.6 321.0 1,031.61964104.5 197,724 53.2 13,501 11,346 2 155 1,329.2 313.6 1,015.61965106.0 203,797 53.3 13,514 11,340 2,174 1,321.7 321.7 1,000.01966105.5 200,010 51.6 13,061 10,833 2,228 1,385.7 321.5 1,064.11967107.7 206,569 49.0 12,364 10,144 2,220 1,265.2 297.9 967.3196838.6 9,636 7,829 1,807 941.0 241.1 699.9Seasonally adjusted1967: Jan....102.2 16,703 54.9 1,191 1,003 188 108.2 30.2 77.9Feb103.2 15,987 57.1 1,216 995 221 113.5 29.3 84.1Mar103.3 16,244 49.7 1,216 981 235 119.3 28.7 90.6Apr103.7 16,760 52.1 1,160 966 194 103,8 27.8 76.1May105.0 17,627 48.6 1,100 917 183 93.4 27.1 66.3June108.1 17,799 48.6 1,047 850 197 104.6 24.7 80.0July108.4 16,300 43.2 843 708 135 72.6 20.8 51.7Aug110.7 17,674 49.3 1,017 793 224 108.9 23.7 85.2Sept110.3 18,118 49.1 913 758 155 93.9 22.2 71.8Oct110.6 18,000 47.4 949 782 167 81.6 22.5 59.1Nov112.7 18,403 42.2 881 718 163 70.0 21.3 48.7Dec113.8 18,168 43.2 831 673 158 195.4 19.6 175.81968: Jan113.5 17,223 38.2 844 651 193 104.5 20.4 84.1Feb114.5 18,014 37.5 832 682 150 79.6 21.4 58.2Mar113.6 17,974 44.3 1,021 839 182 88.6 26.1 62.5Apr113.9 18,659 43.5 1,003 833 170 80.1 24.8 55,3May115.1 18,796 40.9 909 707 202 91.4 21.9 69.5June..,116.2 19,197 36.9 751 616 135 74.7 18.6 56. CJuly119.1 19,530 41.0 810 646 164 90.3 19.2 71.1Aug119.7 20,053 36.5 734 607 127 65.8 18.3 47.5Sept122.1 21,237 40.3 705 598 107 58.7 19.1 39.5oct.:.:125.2 21,721 37.5 768 614 154 65.4 18.6 46.8Nov124.6 20,850 35.7 696 569 127 58.7 17.9 40.8Dec29.9 563 467 96 83.4 14.8 68.61 Commercial and industrial failures only. Excludes failures of banks and railroads and, beginning 1933, of real estate,insurance, holding, and financial companies, steamship lines, travel agencies, etc.2 Failure rate per 10,000 listed enterprises.3 Series revised; not strictly comparable with earlier data.Sources: Department of Commerce (Bureau of the Census) and Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.3l6
AGRICULTURETABLE B—78.—Incomefrom agriculture, 1929-68Year orquarterFromallsourcesPersonal incomereceived by totalfarm populationFromfarmsources 1Fromnonfarmsources 2Realized grossTotalsIncome received from farmingNet to farmoperatorsCashreceiptsfrommarketingsProductionexpensesExcludingnetinventorychangeIncludingnetinventorychange 4Net income perfarm, includingnet inventorychangeCurrentprices1968prices 8Billions of dollarsDollars1929 __1930 .1931193219331934 . ...193519361937193819395.47.77.29.07.27.43.25.44.66.24.74.82.22.32.62.72.52.613.911.58.46.47.18.69.710.811.410.110.611.39.16.44.75.36.47.18.48.97.77.97.76.95.54.54.44.75.15.66.25.96.36.34.52.91.92.73.94.65.15.24.24.36.24.33.32.02.62.95.34.36.04.44.49456515063043794317756399056686852,0541,5141,3689501,1841,1972,0951,7272,3821,8561,90319401941194219431944.194619471948.194919501951.1952.19531954.195519561957.19581959.19601961196219631964.19651966.19671968 » _.__7.610.114.116.516.617.220.021.123.819.520.422.722.119.818.417.617.817.719.518.118.719.720.420.620.623.624.823.724.44.86.810.112.112.212.815.515.818.013.314.116.215.4.13.412.511.411.211.012.811.011.512.212.312.111.313.514.313.013.52.83.33.94.44.44.44.65.35.86.26.36.56.76.45.96.26.66.66.77.07.27.58.28.59.310.010.510.710.911.113.918.823.424.425.829.534.134.731.632.337.136.835.033.633.134.334.037.937.538.139.841.342.342.644.949.649.150.88.411.115.619.620.521.724.829.630.227.828.532.932.531.029.829.530.429.733.533.534.235.136.437.437.239.343.242.844.16.97.810.011.612.313.114.517.018.818.019.422.322.621.321.621.922.423.325.226.126.427.128.629.729.530.933.434.835.94.26.18.811.812.112.815.017.115.913.612.914.814.113.712.011.211.910.712.711.411.712.612.612.613.114.016.214.214.94.56.59.911.711.712.315.115.417.712.813.716.015.113.112.511.511.411.313.511.512.113.013.213.212.315.016.114.615.47061,0311,5881,9271,9502,0632,5432,6153,0442,2332,4212,9462,8962,6262,6062,4632,5352,5903,1892,7953,0493,3993,5863,7083,5644 4874,9674,6545,0351,9612,6443,6093,8543,7503,8204,2383,6834,0593,0593,3163,6823,5753,2823,2173,0413,0913,0833,7083,2503,5053,9074,0754,1663,9604,9315,2844,8485,035Seasonally adjusted annual rates1967: 1 ________IIIIIIV1968: 1IIIIIIV v48.949.349.248.949.850.751.651.142.543.043.042.743.244.044.944.334.434.935.035.035.435.936.236.314.514.414.213.914 414.815.414.814.614.714.814.514.815.115.715.84,6404,6704,7004,6104,8404,9405,1305,1704,8804,8604,9004,7504,9404,9405,0805,1201 Net income to farm operators including net inventory change, less net income of nonresident operators, plus wagesand salaries and other labor income of farm resident workers, less contributions of farm resident operators and workersto social insurance.2 Consists of income received by farm residents from nonfarm sources, such as wages and salaries from nonfarm employment,nonfarm business and professional income, rents from nonfarm real estate, dividends, interest, royalties,unemployment compensation, and social security payments.3 Cash receipts from marketings, Government payments, and nonmoney income furnished by farms.4 Includes net change in inventory of crops and livestock valued at the average price for the year.5 Income in current prices divided by the index of prices paid by farmers for family living Items on a 1968 base.Source: Department of Agriculture.323-166 O—69 -21317
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