Table 1. Historical Highliglits: 1987 and Earlier Census Years 



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



All farms 



1987 



Farms number. . 



Land in larms 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-- 



Han/ested cropland.. farms>- 



acres.- 



Irrigated land.. farms.. 



acres.. 



h^arket 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 $49,9995 



$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 farm^: 



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.. 



fwlilk 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. 



2 342 

 356 

 261 



1 217 

 1 654 

 1 042 



1 675 

 1 352 



2 719 

 9 980 201 



3 671 



925 540 

 249 



143 648 

 52 928 



405 

 574 

 535 

 461 

 224 

 172 

 348 



2 227 

 861 883 



1 695 

 605 082 



2 154 

 829 761 



202 581 

 74 506 



72 582 

 129 999 



717 

 318 

 322 

 377 

 288 

 261 

 344 

 70 



2 067 

 392 

 198 



1 024 



1 505 



891 



1 553 

 1 166 



(NA) 



2 399 



10 427 111 



4 346 



801 173 

 184 



115 952 

 48 414 



251 

 428 

 520 

 441 

 232 

 177 

 350 



2 120 

 829 499 



1 855 

 585 486 



2 086 

 881 151 



196 954 

 82 932 



58 748 

 140 206 



476 

 281 

 338 

 371 

 290 

 239 

 318 

 55 



1 801 

 363 

 186 



1 020 



1 301 



770 



1 392 

 1 007 



(NA) 



} 



2 076 



10 813 610 



5 209 



440 806 

 85 



71 867 

 35 074 



186 

 317 

 403 

 440 

 215 

 173 

 342 



1 857 

 753 294 



1 665 

 551 300 



1 794 

 777 510 



133 437 

 64 276 



43 647 

 89 788 



481 

 171 

 256 



222 

 34 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



715 

 852 

 506 



1 189 

 710 



2 112 



10 708 346 



5 070 



270 507 

 53 



37 482 

 18 274 



186 

 SOS 

 484 

 423 

 214 

 167 

 333 



1 855 

 748 528 



1 648 

 521 024 



1 768 

 752 696 



80 880 

 38 295 



12 239 

 68 635 



577 

 225 

 300 



847 



lis 



16 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



(NA) 



1 043 



647 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



} 



2 156 



10 482 772 

 4 862 



182 436 

 38 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



89 



306 

 546 

 440 

 216 

 162 

 397 



1 993 

 774 419 



1 854 

 507 210 



2 018 

 824 511 



51 277 

 23 784 



9 764 

 41 191 



718 

 267 

 303 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



(NA) 

 912 

 575 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



49.8 

 (NA) 



2 354 



10 942 936 



4 649 



141 974 

 31 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



129 

 401 

 614 

 427 

 212 



2 129 

 786 532 



1 920 

 337 529 



2 110 

 542 976 



56 892 

 24 168 



7 301 

 49 496 



762 

 258 

 328 

 946 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



(NA) 

 977 

 609 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



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