Table 1. Historical Highlights: 1987 and Earlier Census Years 



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



All farms 



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. . 



Irrigated land farms.. 



acres. . 



Market value of agncultural 



products sold2 $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 phncipal 

 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__ 



Agncultural chemicals' _,_ $1,000__ 



-ivestock 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 



18 742 



3 559 051 



190 



15 988 

 971 

 197 



6 018 

 10 083 



7 278 



7 201 

 10 036 



55.6 



37 921 



64 781 

 10 779 

 12 787 

 23 244 

 16 409 

 5 346 



12 897 

 408 129 



10 588 



182 071 



1 575 



27 019 



12 061 

 249 163 



1 226 

 30 759 



868 

 59 181 



2 030 

 691 077 



29 226 871 



17 336 



1 134 



180 



92 



6 802 

 11 743 

 8 347 



7 117 

 11 625 



(NA) 



30 135 



51 915 

 10 226 



15 800 

 20 340 



16 738 

 5 024 



15 123 

 455 173 



12 632 

 198 322 



2 901 

 34 776 



13 525 

 237 91 1 



1 981 

 33 881 



1 151 

 57 979 



3 215 

 531 398 



185 

 22 991 789 



16 046 



1 216 

 140 



5 574 

 11 273 

 8 171 



6 586 

 10 889 



53.2 

 (NA) 



24 063 



40 533 



9 184 



10 466 



16 643 



(NA) 



4 521 



13 938 

 428 763 



11 692 



191 235 



3 263 



36 040 



13 210 

 237 873 



2 641 

 51 769 



1 651 

 73 750 



3 539 

 534 499 



149 

 14 255 463 



} 



16 909 



3 496 606 



207 



62 094 

 300 



180 806 

 11 211 



454 



2 160 



8 260 



4 724 



972 



279 



60 



16 344 



1 329 192 



14 899 



511 182 



113 

 1 513 



133 088 

 7 871 



34 473 

 96 858 



10 984 

 2 232 

 1 552 



198 

 12 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



5 068 

 9 799 



6 817 



7 496 

 9 292 



17 102 



34 431 



6 694 



7 105 

 11 136 



(NA) 

 2 400 



14 161 

 495 460 



10 841 



214 782 



4 433 



42 232 



12 876 

 199 846 



3 225 

 47 866 



1 736 

 67 861 



4 077 

 696 046 



187 

 14 907 028 



23 142 



4 340 554 



188 



25 450 

 136 



96 544 

 4 466 



760 



3 808 



11 220 



5 767 



1 203 



317 



67 



21 714 



1 553 500 



19 145 



538 894 



130 

 3 166 



104 638 

 4 522 



21 439 

 81 477 



16 617 

 2 669 

 1 762 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



(NA) 

 15 158 

 10 067 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



16 441 



21 407 



4 031 



5 022 

 10 544 



(NA) 

 2 069 



17 658 



454 726 



(NA) 



172 702 



6 863 



50 215 



15 749 

 253 395 



4 479 

 60 374 



2 469 

 98 694 



6 412 

 1 324 946 



309 

 13 861 705 



> 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



(NA) 

 19 501 

 12 982 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



55.0 

 (NA) 



10 026 



23 413 



3 775 



4 954 

 9 668 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



28 954 

 482 488 



16 542 

 180 632 



18 772 

 83 895 



23 271 

 260 400 



11 609 



77 971 



3 544 



96 160 



17 248 

 1 771 362 



611 

 17 748 751 



99 142 

 2 253 



19 005 

 77 864 



36 299 

 3 531 

 2 063 

 2 065 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



(NA) 

 24 211 

 14 520 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



54.5 

 (NA) 



11 481 



26 435 



(NA) 



4 738 



10 361 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



36 467 



515 027 



(NA) 



141 864 



29 130 

 121 151 



31 120 

 250 716 



23 736 



148 238 



7 170 



110 687 



29 346 

 2 015 129 



1 199 

 22 936 314 



68 583 



7 351 874 



107 



987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



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