Table 1. Historical l-lighlights: 1987 and Earlier Census Years 



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



All farms 



1987 



1954 



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' ._ $1,000.. 



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 to 1,999 acres 



2,000 acres or more 



Total cropland farms,, 



acres,. 



Harvested cropland farms . . 



acres. - 



Inigated 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 $49,9996 



$50,000 to $99,999 



$100,000 to $499,999 



$500,000 or more 



Farms by type of 

 organization: 

 Individual or family (sole 



proprietorship) 



Partnership 



Corporation 



Other — cooperative, 

 estate or trust, 

 institutional, etc 



Operators by days worked 

 off farni': 



None 



Any 



200 days or more ___ 



Operators by principal 

 occupation*: 



Farming _ 



Other 



Average age of operator^ years.. 



Total farm production 

 expenses' $1,000.. 



Selected farm production 

 expenses': 

 Livestock and poultry 



purchased $1,000.. 



Feed for livestock and 



poultry $1,000.. 



Commercial fertilizer' $1,000.. 



Petroleum products $1,000.. 



Hired farm labor $1,000.. 



Interest expense^ $1.000.. 



Agricultural chemicals^ ... $1,000.. 



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,. 

 Chickens 3 months old or 

 older inventory^ farms.. 



number.. 

 Broilers and other meat- 

 type chickens sold farms.. 



number.. 



See footnotes at end of table. 



105 180 



31 638 130 



301 



283 597 

 947 



5 543 375 

 52 844 



7 974 



10 981 

 27 556 

 39 071 

 15 874 

 3 401 

 323 



96 749 



27 290 868 



92 878 



20 484 178 



851 

 92 247 



8 926 799 

 84 872 



3 660 117 

 5 266 682 



8 799 



5 498 



8 252 



17 436 



17 752 



20 656 



25 157 



1 630 



89 188 

 11 088 

 4 404 



1 358 161 



1 101 866 

 467 355 

 315 061 

 282 515 

 579 338 

 309 894 



49 469 

 4 303 682 



32 279 



1 123 745 



7 748 



294 888 



50 509 

 3 539 020 



36 670 



12 983 074 



38 638 



23 483 812 



4 697 



9 580 666 



1 060 

 666 016 



115 413 



32 611 964 



283 



471 011 

 1 684 



6 731 271 

 58 398 



7 910 

 12 322 

 30 959 

 46 269 

 14 858 



2 796 

 309 



106 859 

 27 580 749 



103 644 

 24 137 670 



616 

 91 427 



9 828 932 

 85 163 



4 143 086 



5 685 846 



8 092 



5 535 



8 230 



17 531 



20 458 



25 735 



28 128 



1 660 



97 610 

 13 213 

 4 110 



55 958 

 48 480 

 25 240 



86 041 

 29 372 



47.6 

 (NA) 



1 536 601 



1 214 715 

 562 767 

 536 937 

 222 146 



1 015 561 

 331 924 



62 412 

 5 822 488 



41 117 



1 536 397 



10 485 



339 664 



62 765 

 4 595 676 



45 768 

 14 332 644 



49 012 

 23 801 117 



7 637 

 9 584 663 



1 041 

 429 389 



121 339 



33 258 233 



274 



427 161 



1 548 



5 774 996 

 47 666 



6 610 

 11 342 

 34 898 

 51 974 

 14 109 



2 152 

 254 



114 391 

 28 063 990 



111 379 

 23 622 212 



739 

 100 770 



8 172 960 

 67 356 



3 133 218 



5 039 742 



6 721 



6 234 



9 901 



21 622 



25 887 



28 293 



21 419 



986 



103 884 



14 345 



2 668 



442 



62 890 

 51 057 

 25 073 



92 309 

 29 030 



(NA) 



1 519 139 



1 033 523 

 481 090 

 293 963 

 192 667 

 (NA) 

 208 549 



69 226 

 6 531 710 



44 755 



1 606 685 



12 623 



339 469 



70 693 

 5 457 944 



57 325 

 14 695 418 



60 065 

 22 082 31 1 



10 050 

 9 343 813 



1 142 

 675 938 



} 



126 104 



33 044 768 



262 



188 370 

 719 



3 527 520 

 28 968 



5 051 



9 841 



40 146 



56 692 



12 578 



1 646 



150 



120 559 

 27 278 052 



116 863 

 23 085 329 



348 

 39 417 



6 319 637 

 50 114 



2 800 973 



3 517 658 



9 608 

 6 399 

 11 002 



84 747 



13 622 

 451 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



56 414 

 38 253 

 20 278 



102 163 

 22 512 



4 276 217 



681 383 

 394 865 

 204 875 

 108 412 

 (NA) 

 139 620 



79 851 

 6 658 298 



52 930 

 1 868 308 



18 213 

 399 573 



81 Oil 

 5 018 819 



59 582 

 11 476 589 



66 336 

 19 359 946 



16 038 

 9 816 088 



1 337 

 658 267 



140 354 



33 569 629 



239 



93 694 

 392 



1 683 466 

 12 290 



5 637 



9 586 



48 256 



65 998 



9 865 



928 



84 



134 143 

 27 738 852 



128 791 

 19 286 658 



269 

 20 664 



3 655 512 

 26 044 



886 284 

 2 768 051 



17 322 

 11 756 

 20 543 



4 193 

 132 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



888 254 



593 256 

 146 486 

 121 911 



79 039 

 (NA) 



56 611 



96 738 



7 020 754 



(NA) 



1 548 103 



30 005 



476 944 



99 981 

 5 954 623 



83 251 

 13 438 546 



88 196 

 20 826 437 



29 984 

 11 154 735 



775 

 474 699 



> 



154 162 



33 758 321 



219 



59 553 

 272 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



4 324 



11 156 



58 301 



72 790 



6 999 



532 



60 



148 055 

 26 356 116 



143 701 

 19 951 672 



291 

 21 528 



2 596 544 

 16 843 



733 378 

 1 861 768 



20 654 

 15 390 

 31 546 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



(NA) 

 53 238 

 19 192 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



48.5 

 (NA) 



526 204 



443 782 



88 365 



106 960 



57 626 



(NA) 



(NA) 



124 407 



7 284 905 



65 042 



1 247 101 



59 673 



735 647 



123 505 

 5 142 522 



106 184 

 13 674 088 



108 909 

 19 872 227 



73 804 

 19 503 609 



106 

 1 906 367 



{ 



174 707 



33 830 950 



194 



49 150 

 254 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



5 457 

 13 727 

 75 553 

 75 150 



4 475 



345 



166 224 

 26 402 004 



162 116 

 22 873 407 



313 

 18 181 



2 284 110 

 13 074 



496 297 

 1 787 174 



25 926 

 23 547 

 47 428 

 77 709 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



(NA) 

 53 793 

 17 313 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



47.7 

 (NA) 



535 437 



418 340 



(NA) 



97 190 



59 060 



(NA) 



(NA) 



145 351 



6 479 829 



(NA) 



961 605 



92 730 



830 586 



141 538 

 4 481 521 



134 503 

 14 789 165 



136 844 

 18 589 848 



119 149 

 26 700 633 



163 

 2 553 191 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 NA) 



(NA) 



126 087 

 61 223 

 15 526 



(NA) 

 47.0 



(NA) 



(NA) 



330 359 



(NA) 



84 263 



54 108 



(NA) 



(NA) 



172 323 



6 062 002 



(NA) 



1 014 790 



138 142 

 1 041 116 



157 190 

 3 413 809 



151 508 



13 283 683 



152 368 



14 101 563 



156 134 

 30 128 595 



282 

 949 715 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



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