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 buildingsV 



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.. 



Imgated 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 $49,9995 



$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-. 



Agncultural chemicals' ... $1.000.. 



Livestock and poultry: 

 Cattle and calves 



inventory __ farms.. 



number.. 



Beef cows farms. , 



number.. 



Milk cows farms.. 



numljer.. 



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. 



5 096 

 510 

 232 



6 315 



1 574 441 



249 



206 616 

 842 



274 844 

 43 571 



272 

 754 



1 926 



2 635 

 634 



85 

 9 



5 977 

 772 055 



5 583 

 547 848 



120 

 1 254 



369 402 

 58 496 



20 054 

 349 348 



1 661 



593 



444 



469 



615 



1 192 



1 307 



26 



5 589 

 505 

 176 



3 023 

 2 863 

 1 710 



4 093 

 2 222 



(NA) 



5 181 

 486 

 145 



38 



3 110 

 2 526 

 1 402 



4 006 

 1 846 



(NA) 



15 124 



] 



5 906 



1 667 561 



282 



130 338 

 462 



141 152 

 24 531 



160 

 402 



1 690 



2 875 

 655 

 110 



14 



5 762 

 779 344 



5 501 

 514 804 



46 

 509 



207 889 

 35 200 



15 844 

 189 336 



1 418 

 379 

 387 



3 355 



352 

 3 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



6 874 



1 915 520 



279 



62 347 

 224 



81 020 

 12 097 



168 



465 



1 991 



3 380 



739 



114 



17 



6 600 

 836 246 



6 125 

 511 096 



37 

 286 



136 010 

 19 786 



8 462 

 126 152 



2 092 

 377 

 547 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



(NA) 

 3 081 

 1 799 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



50.4 

 109 S64 



7 495 



> 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



(NA) 

 4 332 

 2 102 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



4 973 



> 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



(NA) 

 5 609 

 2 797 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



5 542 



15 981 



3 317 737 



208 



12 662 

 61 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



1 295 

 1 752 



5 589 



6 205 

 981 



158 



15 195 



1 062 266 



14 643 



799 145 



55 



86 446 



5 409 



6 597 

 2 951 

 4 042 

 2 Oil 

 379 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



7 440 



8 341 

 4 107 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



50.2 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



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