Table 8. Land in Farms, Harvested Cropland, and Irrigated Land, by Size of Farm: 1987 

 and 1982 



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



Land in farms 



Farms by size. 

 1 lo 9 acres --. 

 10 to 49 acres . 

 50 to 69 acres . 

 70 to 99 acres - 

 100 to 139 acre 



140 to 179 acres. 

 180 to 219 acres, 

 220 10 259 acres _ 

 260 to 499 acres _ 

 500 to 999 acres . 



1,000 to 1,999 acres... 



2,000 acres or more __. 



5.000 acres or more . 



Farms with han/ested cropland. 

 Farms by size 



1 to 9 acres 



10 to 49 acres 



50 to 69 acres 



70 to 99 acres , 



100 to 139 acres 



140 to 179 acres - 

 180 to 219 acres - 

 220 10 259 acres . 

 260 to 499 acres . 

 500 to 999 acres . 



1,000 to 1,999 acres--- 



2,000 acres or more ... 



5,000 acres or more . 



Farms with irrigated land -.. 

 Farms by size: 



1 to 9 acres 



10 to 49 acres 



50 to 69 acres 



70 to 99 acres 



100 to 139 acres 



es. 



140 to 179 aci 

 180 10 219 

 220 to 259 

 260 to 499 aci 

 500 to 999 aci 



1,000 to 1,999 acres. 



2,000 acres or more _ 



5,000 acres or more 



1 388 



938 

 702 

 526 

 1 363 

 712 



284 



846 

 3 216 

 1 083 



2 015 

 4 822 

 1 299 



3 737 

 1 141 

 1 325 



8 093 

 111 409 

 74 731 

 105 392 

 162 494 



147 616 

 139 143 

 125 145 

 482 939 

 471 565 



374 944 

 193 158 

 28 217 



4 178 

 85 310 

 62 910 

 92 932 



139 110 

 132 693 

 119 716 

 471 079 



369 918 

 193 158 

 28 217 



835 

 6 654 

 3 679 



6 882 

 9 814 



7 303 

 7 426 

 5 574 



42 898 

 63 004 



9 316 

 122 229 

 75 607 

 120 181 

 176 285 



157 713 

 159 512 

 138 427 

 555 856 

 523 218 



329 990 

 189 394 

 35 254 



5 767 

 97 933 

 66 364 

 109 620 

 163 998 



149 279 



150 969 

 134 008 

 541 156 

 516 901 



324 084 

 189 394 

 35 254 



4 816 



2 951 



3 538 

 6 775 



5 958 



6 708 

 5 289 



39 327 

 51 521 



44 353 



46 210 



(D) 



2 646 

 42 185 

 30 087 

 45 694 

 72 835 



70 372 

 72 337 

 66 901 

 274 994 

 284 322 



253 939 

 130 601 

 16 039 



346 913 



2 646 

 42 185 

 30 087 

 45 694 

 72 835 



70 372 

 72 337 

 66 901 

 274 994 

 284 322 



253 939 

 130 601 

 16 039 



1 836 



3 520 

 5 046 



4 577 

 4 307 

 3 048 



27 238 

 41 715 



51 322 



27 807 



(D) 



3 738 

 50 551 

 32 974 

 53 466 

 84 424 



80 329 

 86 040 

 79 467 

 335 303 

 349 630 



239 843 

 133 229 

 19 034 



3 738 

 50 551 

 32 974 

 53 466 

 84 424 



80 329 

 86 040 

 79 467 

 335 303 

 349 630 



239 843 

 133 229 

 19 034 



1 873 



1 393 



1 084 



9 639 



11 956 



13 874 



4 318 



(D) 



38 556 



416 



1 349 



488 



815 



1 239 



1 126 

 725 

 1 392 

 6 448 

 10 013 



1 392 

 6 448 

 10 013 



Table 9. Irrigation: 1987, 1982, and 1978 



[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols. 



Farms with irrigation 



Farms with irrigation 



Farms number. 



Proportion of farms percent. 



Irrigated land acres.. 



Average per farm acres.. 



Acres irrigated: 

 1 to 9 acres ._ farms. 



acres. 

 10 to 49 acres farms., 



acres.. 

 50 to 99 acres _ farms., 



acres., 

 100 to 199 acres farms., 



acres.. 



5 430 



80 



10 875 



Irrigated land— Con. 

 Acres irrigated— Con. 



200 to 499 acres farms. 



acres 



500 to 999 acres farms 



acres 



1.000 acres or more farms 



acres. 



Irrigated land use: 



Harvested cropland farms 



acres, 

 Pastureland and other land farms. 



Land in irrigated farms .acres. 



Cropland acres. 



Harvested cropland acres. 



260 493 

 206 104 

 174 017 



218 246 

 159 492 

 147 700 



7 852 



8 



5 739 



183 114 

 124 711 

 110 487 



16 MARYLAND 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



