Table 1. Historical Highliglits: 1987 and Earlier Census Years 



[For meaning ol 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 



60 to 179 acres 



180 to 499 acres _ 



SOO to 999 acres 



1,000 to 1,999 acres 



2,000 acres or more 



Total cropland farms. - 

 acres_- 

 Harvested cropland farms. - 

 acres-- 



Imgated land farms.. 



acres.- 



Market value of agricultural 



products sold^ $1,000.. 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Crops, including nursery 

 and greentiouse crops .. $1,000.. 

 Livestock, poultry, and 

 their products $1,000.. 



Farms by value of sales^: 



Less ttian $2,500 



$2,500 to $4,999 



$5,000 to $9,999 



$10,000 to $24.999= 



$25,000 to $49.999« 



$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 pnncipal 

 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 fa^m labor $1,000.. 



Interest expense* $1,000.. 



Agricultural chemicals* ... $1,000.. 



bvestock 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 



253 056 

 736 006 



4 165 

 1 948 



1 881 



2 012 



12 738 



1 323 



619 



5 766 

 7 985 

 5 504 



527 

 851 440 



102 147 



300 284 

 50 516 

 30 365 

 81 230 

 40 272 

 26 447 



5 780 

 308 052 



3 185 

 48 454 



1 694 

 110 463 



1 322 

 197 214 



1 266 

 372 470 



257 070 110 



2 015 



4 822 



5 263 

 2 978 



14 719 

 1 799 220 



13 672 

 1 528 994 



339 430 

 689 815 



3 891 

 2 123 

 2 044 

 2 388 

 1 451 



1 504 



2 525 

 239 



6 255 

 8 682 

 5 876 



98 291 



275 819 

 72 146 

 45 329 

 68 545 

 58 509 

 27 401 



7 002 

 355 418 



3 736 

 52 151 



2 218 

 128 183 



179 149 



1 625 



335 333 



3 947 

 5 430 

 3 346 



14 384 

 1 809 726 



13 663 

 1 477 316 



267 125 



517 434 



3 137 

 2 143 

 2 247 

 2 496 

 1 610 



1 713 



2 047 



13 423 



1 541 



497 



6 829 



51 3 



28 140 



62 667 



(NA) 



18 983 



328 598 



3 297 



47 821 



2 429 



124 321 



6 172 



3 399 

 5 797 

 3 461 



14 068 

 1 775 576 



13 183 

 1 438 842 



255 595 

 362 976 



3 739 

 1 631 

 1 916 



6 248 



1 538 

 74 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



5 551 



6 721 

 4 477 



62 948 



159 073 

 46 601 

 19 066 

 36 508 

 (NA) 

 12 766 



7 219 

 380 160 



3 651 

 62 977 



3 066 

 136 709 



2 523 

 150 608 



2 159 

 240 631 



1 672 



3 733 

 6 931 



4 003 

 724 

 177 



41 



100 352 

 237 629 



5 967 

 2 156 

 2 298 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



51.6 

 278 715 



36 109 



89 012 

 19 665 

 11 820 

 27 263 

 (NA) 

 5 320 



363 142 



(NA) 



50 812 



3 940 



138 662 



7 483 



3 326 



167 451 



3 080 



287 872 



2 006 

 4 684 



8 357 

 4 744 



91 231 

 182 402 



7 916 

 2 843 

 2 996 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 9 814 

 6 929 



61,8 

 (NA) 



26 062 



74 873 

 18 872 

 12 169 

 24 623 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



11 619 

 415 208 

 4 071 

 50 393 

 6 940 

 175 315 



5 946 

 150 744 



3 626 

 245 818 



73 119 

 156 053 



10 476 



3 536 



4 064 

 6 997 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 11 784 

 7 067 



51 5 

 (NA) 



24 067 



62 089 



(NA) 



10 688 



26 921 



(NA) 



(NA) 



15 679 

 475 995 

 (NA) 

 48 376 

 11 093 

 198 069 



11 468 



216 695 



6 697 



222 446 



236 112 072 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



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