WASHINGTON, Sept. 2, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:
NATIONAL RICE MONTH
Profile America — Wednesday, September 2nd. To highlight its importance, both as a crop and as part of the changing U.S. diet, this is National Rice Month. Globally, rice is the world's most important cereal grain. Reflecting both our increasing cultural diversity and awareness of good nutrition, Americans have increased their annual consumption of rice from 1980's 9½ pounds to today's 31 pounds each. Rice has been grown in America since the late 17th century and is currently a $3 billion a year crop. While raising only 2 percent of the world's rice, the U.S. is the leading non-Asian exporter, sending nearly $2.1 billion worth annually to overseas markets. The grain is raised by farmers in Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Texas. You can find more facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau online at www.census.gov.
Sources:
Rice month: http://usarice.com/all-about-rice/national-rice-month
Value of rice: http://www.agmrc.org/commodities__products/grains__oilseeds/rice-profile/
1990 per capita consumption: http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2012/tables/12s0217.pdf
2014 U.S. per capita consumption: http://www.uark.edu/ua/ricersch/pdfs/per_capita_rice_consumption_of_selected_countries.pdf
Rice exports: http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/statistics/product/enduse/exports/c0000.html
Percentage of world volume: http://www.usarice.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=671&Itemid=386
Leading states: http://www.ers.usda.gov/datafiles/Rice_Yearbook/table08.xls
Profile America is produced by the Center for New Media and Promotions of the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are available as produced segments, ready to air, on the Internet at http://www.census.gov (look for "Multimedia Gallery" by the "Newsroom" button).
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SOURCE U.S. Census Bureau
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