Highlights of the Arizona Green Industry *

The green industry is defined as firms involved in the production, design, installation, maintenance and sale of plant products to enhance human environments. As such, the industry consists of three major components: landscape services, nursery/greenhouses production and distributions and florists. The following statistics cover only the landscape and nursery sectors.

• $1.2 billion in total sales
  
  
• $487 million in payroll
  
  
• 24,100 jobs

For more economic impact statistics on the Arizona Green Industry, visit www.nass.usda.gov/az.

• 31% growth in employment since 1998
  
  
• 58% growth in payroll since 1998

For more economic impact statistics on the Arizona Green Industry, visit www.nass.usda.gov/az.

*From the 2004 publication "The Economic Impact of Arizona's Green Industry" by Arizona Agricultural Statistics Service.