Table 1. Farms, Land in Farms, and Land Use: 1982 and 1978 



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



United States 



FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 



Farms number, 1982,, 



1978-. 

 Land in farms acres, 1982_. 



Average size of farm acres, 



Approximate land area acres. 



Proportion in farms percent. 



Value of land and buildings^ 



Average per farm dollars. 



Average per acre dollars. 



1978.. 

 1982., 

 1978. 



LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO 

 USE 



Total cropland farms, 1982. 



1978- 



acres, 1982. 



1978. 



Harvested cropland farms, 1982. 



1978- 



acres, 1982. 



1978. 



arms., 

 acres., 

 [arms., 

 acres., 

 farms.. 

 acres.. 

 larms-. 

 acres., 

 farms.. 

 acres.. 



100 to 199 acres 



200 to 499 acres 



500 to 999 acres 



acres. 

 1,000 acres or more farms.. 



10 to 19 acres . 

 20 to 29 acres . 

 30 to 49 acres . 

 50 to 99 acres . 



10 to 19 acres . 

 20 to 29 acres . 

 30 to 49 acres . 

 50 to 99 acres . 



100 to 199 acres 



200 to 499 acres 



500 to 999 acres 



1 ,000 acres or more . 



Cropland used only for pasture or grazing farms, 



acres. 



Other cropland farms, 



acres. 



Cropland in cover crops, legumes, and 

 soil-improvement grasses, not harvested 

 and not pastured --. farms, 



acres. 



Cropland on which all crops failed farms, 



acres. 



Cropland in cultivated summer fallow farms. 



Cropland idle farms, 



acres. 



Total woodland farms, 



acres, 



Woodland pastured -farms, 



acres. 



See footnotes at end of table. 



farms., 

 acres, 

 farms., 

 acres, 

 farms., 

 acres- 

 farms-. 

 acres., 

 farms.. 



farms., 

 acres., 

 farms., 

 acres., 

 farms.. 

 acres- 

 farms., 

 acres. 



1982. 

 1978- 

 1982- 

 1978. 

 1982. 

 1978. 

 1982. 

 1978. 



1978-. 

 1982.. 

 1978.. 

 1982.. 

 1978.. 



1982.. 

 1978.. 

 1982.. 

 1978.. 

 1982.. 

 1978.. 

 1982.. 

 1978.. 



1982.. 

 1978. 

 1982. 

 1978. 

 1982. 

 1978.. 

 1982. 

 1978. 



2 240 976 



2 257 775 



986 796 579 



1 014 777 234 



440 



2 265 104 932 



43.6 



2 010 609 



2 081 604 



445 362 028 



453 874 133 



1 809 756 



1 904 602 



326 306 462 



317 145 955 



287 987 



1 201 016 

 204 851 



2 743 474 

 145 424 



3 347 272 

 190 893 



7 133 050 



256 249 



17 938 078 



262 378 

 36 947 644 



293 902 

 92 176 629 



118 633 



80 701 585 



49 439 



84 117 714 



259 376 



1 112 149 

 212 915 



2 874 544 

 159 265 



3 685 129 

 215 568 



8 073 167 



292 102 



20 481 051 



297 310 

 41 910 432 



319 150 

 99 112 907 



109 393 



73 664 257 



39 523 



66 232 319 



869 702 



949 206 



65 027 715 



73 204 828 



537 005 



699 464 



54 027 851 



63 523 350 



136 133 

 200 361 



5 070 965 

 7 086 767 



82 278 



99 610 



4 885 737 



6 398 762 



139 315 



183 034 



30 335 723 



33 736 210 



286 689 



375 833 



13 735 426 



16 301 611 



916 962 



939 563 



87 088 255 



91 815 487 



480 423 



499 208 



43 420 212 



47 022 313 



48 448 

 50 780 



10 200 547 



11 147 825 



211 



220 



32 490 995 



31.4 



171 210 



138 257 



826 



630 



41 975 



45 443 



5 105 734 



5 448 622 



33 351 



37 301 



3 265 361 



3 364 231 



8 304 

 39 675 

 6 753 



88 278 

 3 961 



89 617 

 3 857 



141 459 



3 685 



249 595 



2 638 

 360 785 



2 592 

 805 998 



1 088 



729 260 



473 



760 694 



8 376 

 42 136 



7 560 

 99 807 



4 633 

 105 493 



4 836 

 178 127 



4 501 

 306 147 



3 166 

 433 489 



2 810 

 864 663 



1 021 



687 918 



399 



646 451 



22 934 



25 383 



1 473 509 



1 705 469 



8 810 

 11 414 



366 864 

 378 922 



1 931 



2 193 

 70 295 

 66 093 



1 147 



2 514 

 50 546 

 73 272 



1 010 

 1 383 

 34 059 

 40 097 



6 063 



7 316 

 211 964 

 199 460 



30 050 



32 040 



3 463 064 



3 902 052 



18 726 



20 187 



1 219 880 



1 439 674 



570 



383 



1 323 953 



1 286 463 



2 323 



3 359 

 365 333 120 



463 849 



364 527 



200 



460 



320 



54 311 



29 341 



7 334 

 6 298 



37 752 534 



38 505 905 



5 148 



6 114 

 72 645 158 



52.0 



1 496 334 



1 198 843 



289 



4 948 



4 472 



1 480 103 



1 543 713 



3 838 



3 579 



1 047 213 



1 106 631 



4 528 

 463 



5 854 

 260 



5 779 

 272 



10 061 

 290 



19 911 



316 

 44 208 



482 

 158 464 



344 

 240 574 



243 

 557 834 



5 253 



234 



5 237 



282 



10 384 



325 



22 815 



333 

 47 445 



532 

 172 296 



376 

 257 246 



268 

 582 711 



1 653 



1 427 



128 964 



124 685 



1 482 



1 284 



303 926 



312 397 



207 

 40 389 

 37 390 



268 

 79 114 

 98 487 

 1 188 

 972 

 212 025 

 199 738 



3 767 953 



4 218 055 



225 



50 525 



51 751 



14 682 960 



15 074 799 



286 402 



221 156 



972 



43 228 



45 552 



10 042 942 



10 330 477 



34 725 



37 245 



7 484 316 



7 572 049 



3 999 

 19 933 



5 723 

 74 412 



4 486 

 99 268 



5 290 

 191 123 



4 563 

 303 001 



388 823 

 3 288 



1 060 742 

 2 567 



1 807 862 

 1 920 



3 539 152 



4 406 

 21 779 



6 243 

 81 788 



4 632 

 103 189 



5 770 

 208 789 



4 738 

 314 258 



3 087 



418 278 



3 804 



1 234 100 



2 688 



1 871 908 



1 877 

 3 317 960 



23 368 



24 875 



2 054 947 

 2 307 997 



7 723 

 7 109 



1 284 

 1 454 



64 217 

 60 258 

 947 

 1 660 

 54 453 

 120 217 



1 427 



945 



110 092 



58 123 



5 022 



4 018 



274 917 



211 833 



27 665 



28 645 

 2 576 467 

 2 710 216 



17 872 



18 859 

 1 241 836 

 1 416 118 



82 463 



73 194 



32 156 894 



32 727 202 



390 



447 



100 031 366 



32.1 



746 677 



521 240 



1 918 



67 916 



63 663 



11 257 374 



11 454 731 



59 048 



56 253 



8 764 808 



8 804 374 



20 099 



77 339 



8 643 



119 358 



5 015 

 113 697 



6 137 

 230 731 



6 174 

 428 536 



4 849 

 670 235 



4 376 

 1 345 810 



2 019 

 1 408 530 



1 736 

 4 370 672 



67 530 



8 603 



119 200 



5 093 

 116 130 



6 418 

 240 576 



6 587 

 457 152 



4 972 

 689 427 



4 447 

 1 380 049 



1 987 

 1 372 987 



1 747 

 4 361 323 



14 590 



14 073 



1 344 619 



1 501 704 



10 066 



10 705 



1 147 947 



1 148 653 



832 

 855 

 63 228 

 79 037 

 1 070 

 1 284 

 96 598 

 102 677 



1 362 



1 611 

 429 315 

 444 294 



7 659 



7 987 



558 806 



522 645 



6 124 



4 279 



1 483 132 



1 364 874 



2 598 

 2 070 



944 863 

 929 901 



27 111 



26 907 



33 537 998 



35 253 411 



1 237 



1 310 



66 300 697 



50.6 



562 479 



416 988 



454 



22 421 



23 341 

 10 552 383 

 10 607 070 



20 061 



21 217 

 6 036 679 

 5 844 806 



20 690 

 1 110 

 25 461 



1 712 

 63 743 



2 640 

 183 978 



3 225 

 451 073 



4 307 

 1 361 674 



2 139 



1 474 930 



1 339 



2 445 862 



1 561 

 20 967 



1 185 

 27 275 



1 871 

 69 959 



2 963 

 207 508 



3 891 

 548 077 



4 780 

 1 498 352 



2 237 

 1 536 469 



1 130 

 1 928 585 



7 788 



8 088 

 1 000 257 

 1 032 388 



8 538 



10 354 



3 515 447 



3 729 877 



947 



1 877 



132 746 



177 667 



1 623 



2 588 

 289 976 



344 526 



5 697 



6 666 

 2 746 929 

 2 781 932 



2 627 



3 976 



345 796 

 425 753 



2 115 



1 860 



1 041 669 



1 124 618 



1 486 



1 306 



816 542 



870 061 



134 UNITED STATES 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



