Table 1. State Summary Highlights: 1987 



[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductofy text] 



United States 



Alabama 



Alaska 



Colorado 



Farms number. 



Land in farms acres. 



Average size of farm acres. 



Value of land and buildings^: 



Average per farm dollars. 



Average per acre dollars. 



Estimated market value of all machinery and 

 equipment^: 



Average per farm dollars. 



Farms by size: 



1 to 9 acres 



10 to 49 acres 



50 to 179 acres--- _ - 



180 to 499 acres 



500 to 999 acres 



1,000 acres or more 



Total cropland famis- 



acres. 



Harvested cropland farms. 



acres. 



Irrigated land farms. 



acres- 



Market value of agricultural products sold.. $1,000. 



Average per farm dollars. 



Crops, including nursery and greenhouse 



crops - --- --- $1,000. 



Livestock, poultry, and their products $1,000. 



Farms by value of sales: 



Less than $2,500 __ 



$2,500 to $4,999 



$5,000 to $9.999- 



$10,000 to $24.999- 



$25,000 to $49.999 



$50,000 to $99.999 , 



$100,000 or more - - 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Farming ., _ 



Other-- 



Operators by days worked off farm: 



Any-- 



200 days or more 



Average age of operator years.. 



Total farm production expenses' $1,000., 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Livestock and poultry: 



Cattle and calves inventory farms. 



number.. 



Beef cows farms- 



number.. 



Milk cows farms., 



number.. 



Cattle and calves sold farms. 



number.. 



Hogs and pigs inventory farms.. 



number.. 

 Hogs and pigs sold-- farms,. 



number-. 

 Sheep and tambs inventory farms.. 



number.. 

 Chickens 3 months old or older inventory farms.. 



number.. 

 Broilers and other meat-type chickens 

 sold farms., 



number.. 



Selected crops harvested: 



Com for grain or seed farms.. 



acres., 

 bushels.. 



Wheat for grain farms.. 



acres., 

 bushels. 



Cotton farms., 



acres- 

 bales.. 



Soybeans for beans farms.. 



acres., 

 bushels.. 



Hay— alfalfa, other tame, small grain, wild. 



grass silage, green chop. etc. (see text) farms-. 



acres,. 



tons. dry.. 



Vegetables harvested for sale {see text) farms.. 



acres.. 



Land in orchards farms,. 



acres,. 



2 087 759 



964 470 625 



462 



289 387 

 627 



43 318 



9 145 753 



211 



168 161 

 800 



574 



1 026 732 



1 789 



553 000 

 309 



96 



113 

 172 

 97 

 24 

 72 



454 



66 305 



397 



28 949 



74 



1 826 



17 972 

 31 309 



10 768 

 7 204 



242 

 92 

 73 

 65 

 38 

 25 

 39 



248 

 326 



369 

 182 

 48.9 



15 774 

 27 480 



170 



9 433 



112 



3 199 



50 



1 713 

 134 



2 538 



45 



573 



37 



1 100 



27 



2 394 



82 

 2 385 



12 



4 141 



6 

 (D) 

 (0) 



7 669 



36 287 794 



4 732 



1 317 765 

 279 



2 158 

 1 510 

 1 133 



910 



678 



1 280 



4 840 

 1 453 852 



3 646 

 865 817 



4 241 

 913 841 



1 628 544 

 212 354 



896 681 

 731 863 



2 494 

 820 

 775 

 757 

 583 

 533 



1 707 



3 782 

 3 887 



4 423 



2 997 



51.5 



301 666 

 169 642 



3 521 

 1 110 912 



2 497 

 334 851 



476 

 86 280 



3 302 

 1 009 492 



331 

 135 414 



242 

 237 623 



456 

 301 279 



741 

 331 462 



290 

 21 254 

 28 615 



46 

 347 



23 

 (D) 



166 



12 794 



1 530 568 



443 



97 407 



7 991 708 



1 199 



381 733 



1 005 493 



1 402 



181 319 



1 040 321 



328 

 98 138 



1 141 

 74 921 



48 242 



14 355 611 



298 



225 604 

 761 



2 249 

 9 723 



17 551 



11 173 



4 371 



3 175 



40 536 

 9 950 401 



32 248 



6 477 365 



7 269 



2 406 338 



3 320 258 



68 825 



1 246 686 



2 073 572 



12 130 

 7 609 

 7 101 

 6 088 



2 885 



3 329 

 9 100 



24 210 

 24 032 



26 208 



18 417 



51.8 



2 454 097 

 50 869 



31 606 



1 562 243 



27 297 



786 183 



2 252 



70 926 



31 315 



888 755 



2 467 

 452 930 



2 168 

 1 211 130 



351 

 10 943 



3 263 

 24 085 427 



4 132 

 719 764 548 



748 



53 672 



5 802 912 



5 329 



859 405 



33 241 332 



2 479 

 529 636 

 816 723 



8 983 



3 160 746 



73 279 691 



21 832 



944 470 



1 511 459 



720 

 14 189 



1 017 

 16 471 



83 217 



30 598 178 



368 



583 668 

 1 575 



22 697 



28 498 



15 017 



8 028 



3 804 



5 173 



68 266 

 10 894 503 



59 259 

 7 676 287 



58 868 

 7 596 091 



13 922 234 

 167 300 



9 269 389 

 4 652 844 



23 187 

 8 661 

 8 512 



11 028 

 7 863 

 6 895 



17 071 



41 906 

 41 311 



47 085 



30 948 



53.6 



10 917 593 

 131 205 



22 119 



4 570 667 



14 966 



906 006 



3 631 

 1 070 366 



20 486 

 3 097 094 



2 699 

 150 931 



2 297 

 303 406 



4 602 

 979 506 



5 354 

 45 377 564 



298 

 209 376 014 



1 076 

 156 323 



23 454 799 



2 841 

 562 302 



40 004 786 



3 037 



1 083 811 



2 619 934 



4 

 156 

 (D) 



10 638 



1 532 777 

 7 304 837 



3 787 

 882 741 



41 021 



2 152 664 



27 284 



34 048 433 



1 248 



458 906 

 369 



2 725 



4 352 



5 111 

 4 862 



3 355 



6 879 



22 334 



10 988 853 



19 446 



5 522 216 



14 913 



3 013 773 



3 143 131 

 115 201 



781 934 

 2 361 197 



6 607 



2 582 



3 008 



4 245 

 3 316 



3 117 



4 409 



16 504 

 10 780 



14 202 



8 311 



51.8 



2 700 407 

 98 989 



14 637 



2 946 334 



11 132 



830 216 



1 714 



76 285 



14 569 



3 476 740 



1 685 

 258 725 



1 620 

 460 359 



1 981 

 708 070 



2 709 

 3 118 767 



112 

 43 706 



4 295 



685 568 



98 919 585 



6 992 



2 421 603 



81 581 401 



72 



6 247 



216 167 



13 535 

 1 423 807 

 3 088 681 



585 

 34 102 



838 

 11 339 



See footnotes at end of table. 



144 UNITED STATES 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



