Table 1. Historical IHighlights: 1987 and Earlier Census Years 



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



All farms 



1987 



Farms number.. 



Land in farms acres.. 



Average size of farm acres-- 



Value of land and burldings': 



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 feums-. 



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 



S5.000 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 taist, 

 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 farm labor $1.000..- 



Interest expense^ $1,000-. 



Agncultural chemicals' ... $1,000.. 



Livestock and poultry: 

 Cattle and calves 



inventory farms.. 



number.. 



Beef cows feirms.. 



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. 



24 568 



60 203 993 



2 451 



505 526 

 205 



1 488 238 

 60 754 



1 940 



2 745 



3 019 

 3 315 



2 737 



3 460 

 7 352 



21 064 



17 829 766 



19 267 



9 128 013 



9 520 

 1 996 882 



1 547 286 

 62 980 



639 202 

 908 084 



4 320 

 2 006 



2 374 



3 912 



3 695 



4 064 

 3 945 



252 



19 506 

 2 147 

 2 656 



12 162 

 10 764 

 5 607 



17 405 

 7 163 



51.4 



1 288 298 



23 570 



60 539 209 



2 568 



677 995 

 259 



1 567 780 

 66 632 



1 551 



2 673 



3 080 

 3 097 



2 640 



3 345 

 7 184 



20 717 



16 452 331 



19 279 



9 365 775 



g 226 

 2 023 003 



1 547 160 

 65 641 



759 171 

 787 989 



3 914 



1 795 



2 295 



3 703 

 3 592 

 3 928 

 3 981 



263 



18 842 

 2 099 

 2 336 



10 964 

 10 108 

 5 272 



16 898 

 6 672 



50.5 

 (NA) 



23 565 



61 690 919 



2 618 



512 791 

 195 



1 245 732 

 52 956 



1 255 



1 889 



2 987 



3 420 

 2 928 



4 Oil 

 7 075 



21 437 



16 232 608 



20 313 



8 741 043 



9 384 

 2 069 531 



1 177 454 

 49 966 



488 486 



688 968 



2 842 



1 991 



2 538 

 4 573 

 4 757 

 4 024 

 2 567 



160 



19 042 

 2 305 

 2 012 



12 114 

 10 079 

 5 016 



16 855 

 6 710 



(NA) 



} 



23 324 



62 158 351 



2 665 



298 070 

 112 



752 934 

 33 257 



1 177 



1 550 



2 707 



3 436 

 2 990 



4 053 



7 411 



21 368 



15 445 720 



20 376 



8 426 881 



8 714 

 1 759 040 



1 033 239 

 44 299 



549 876 

 480 277 



3 340 



1 655 



2 520 



2 036 

 106 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



9 952 

 7 284 

 3 704 



16 967 

 4 948 



51.1 

 769 064 



24 951 



62 918 247 



2 522 



150 222 

 60 



421 206 

 17 304 



1 283 



1 485 



2 791 



3 757 



3 339 



4 700 

 7 596 



22 709 



16 108 575 



21 404 



7 937 203 



9 197 

 1 841 421 



575 802 

 23 077 



189 423 

 384 878 



4 525 



2 375 



3 800 



597 

 49 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



(NA) 

 10 651 

 4 802 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



50.0 

 464 392 



27 020 



65 833 760 



2 437 



103 271 

 42 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



704 



1 641 



3 393 



4 396 

 3 954 



5 101 

 7 831 



25 212 



15 388 431 



24 308 



7 812 612 



10 843 

 1 893 360 



389 659 

 14 421 



171 610 

 216 719 



5 886 

 3 522 

 5 518 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



(NA) 

 9 918 

 4 358 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



49.7 

 (NA) 



{ 



28 959 



64 081 391 



2 213 



76 761 

 35 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



675 

 1 690 



3 804 



4 938 

 4 671 



13 181 



27 486 



15 077 767 



26 726 



8 158 899 



11 935 

 1 874 520 



377 401 

 13 032 



160 656 

 215 139 



6 469 

 4 024 

 6 570 

 11 691 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



(NA) 

 10 523 

 4 281 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



48.9 

 (NA) 



37 664 



27 179 

 (NA) 



27 379 



28 250 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



22 017 



2 458 512 



(NA) 



1 088 604 



14 575 



73 398 



19 944 

 1 188 745 



7 962 

 188 777 



4 838 

 200 709 



16 850 

 1 259 164 



19 

 66 700 



33 061 



61 468 903 



1 859 



44 653 

 24 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



1 455 

 1 893 



4 800 



5 952 

 5 553 



13 408 



31 218 



14 508 389 



30 575 



8 414 058 



13 114 

 1 890 671 



339 481 

 10 268 



184 581 

 153 977 



9 654 



6 003 



7 760 

 6 905 

 2 581 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



20 883 

 11 501 

 4 394 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



488 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



17 224 



(NA) 



24 881 



26 705 



(NA) 



(NA) 



26 724 



2 600 105 



(NA) 



1 082 512 



19 960 



98 716 



22 958 



1 108 352 



9 993 

 129 088 



5 677 

 110 260 



22 870 

 1 628 605 



2 



6 500 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



MONTANA 7 



