Highlights of the State's Agriculture: 1982 and 1978 



[Dollar figures are in current dollars with no adjustment for price changes. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text} 



Item 



Percent 

 change from 

 1978 to 1982 



Farms with sales of $10,000 

 or more 



Percent 

 change from 

 1978 10 1982 



Farms number. 



Land in farms acres. 



Average size of farm acres. 



Value of land and buildings^: 



Average per farm dollars. 



Average per acre 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 



Harvested cropland farms- 

 acres. 



Irrigated land farms. 



acres. 



Market value of agricultural products sold $1,000. 



Crops, including nursery and greenhouse products farms. 



$1,000. 



Livestock, poultry, and their products farms. 



$1,000. 



Farms by standard industrial classification: 



Cash grains (Oil) 



Field crops, except cash grains (013) 



Vegetables and melons (016) 



Fruits and tree nuts (017) 



Horticultural specialties (018) 



General farms, primarily crop (019) 



Livestock, except dairy, poultry, arid animal specialties (021) 



Dairy farms (024) _ 



Poultry and eggs (025) 



Animal specialties (027) 



General farms, primarily livestock (029) 



Farms by type of orgariization: 



Individual or family 



Partnership 



Corporation 



Other— cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc 



Tenure of operator 



Full owners 



Part owners _ 



Tenants 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Farming 



Other 



Selected farm production expenses^: 



Feed for livestock and poultry $1,000. 



Commercial fertilizer $1,000. 



Other agncuttural chemicals^ $1,000. 



Energy and petroleum products $1,000. 



Hired farm labor $1,000_ 



Livestock and poultry inventory: 



Cattle and calves farms. 



number. 



Milk cows farms. 



number- 

 Hogs and pigs farms- 



numt)er- 



Chickens 3 months old or older-. farms- 



number. 



Crops han/ested: 

 Corn for grain or seed farms- 

 Wheat for grain fannsi 



acres- 

 Barley for grain farms. 



acres- 

 Irish potatoes __ farms. 



acres. 

 Hay— alfalfa, other tame, small grain, wild, grass silage, green chop, etc. 

 (see text) farnis. 



acres- 

 Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) famis. 



acres. 

 Land in orchards farms. 



acres- 



36 080 



16 469 678 

 456 



423 352 

 933 



6 425 

 12 717 



7 755 

 4 038 

 1 927 

 1 548 

 1 670 



26 067 



5 278 772 



16 252 



1 638 470 



2 831 159 



18 684 

 1 714 741 



21 468 

 1 116 418 



5 021 

 2 941 



951 



6 129 

 834 



1 039 

 14 354 



1 719 

 420 



2 332 

 340 



31 107 



2 748 



2 043 



182 



24 275 

 8 793 

 3 012 



17 968 



18 112 



348 833 

 174 198 

 102 290 

 171 793 

 313 100 



20 147 

 1 321 820 



3 608 

 210 254 



2 460 

 73 836 



4 476 

 6 604 480 



761 



131 474 



6 232 



: 716 305 



4 176 



751 963 



533 



104 738 



13 793 

 724 940 



2 031 

 169 170 



6 946 

 215 585 



30 987 



16 721 836 



540 



358 679 

 659 



4 161 

 9 896 

 7 433 

 4 136 

 2 000 

 1 673 

 1 688 



24 926 



5 014 228 



14 951 



1 639 189 



2 075 155 



18 784 



1 293 857 



18 298 



781 298 



4 935 

 3 276 



948 



5 810 

 758 

 943 



10 889 

 1 713 



266 

 1 219 



230 



26 574 



2 652 



1 609 



152 



19 949 

 8 275 

 2 763 



16 961 

 14 026 



246 697 



123 882 



55 971 



95 114 



236 656 



16 478 



237 822 



3 737 



190 693 



2 258 

 79 237 



3 387 

 719 792 



737 



66 615 



6 498 



2 842 436 



3 333 



373 885 



502 



110 692 



13 388 

 782 520 



2 029 

 167 875 



6 262 

 173 956 



16.4 



-1.5 



-15.6 



18.0 

 41.6 



54.4 

 28.5 

 4.3 

 -2.4 

 -3.7 

 -7.5 

 -1.1 



4.6 



5.3 



8.7 



(Z) 



36.4 



-.5 



32.5 



17.3 



42.9 



1.7 



-10.2 



.3 



5.5 



10.0 



10.2 



31.8 



.4 



57.9 



91.3 



47.8 



17.1 



3.6 



27.0 



19.7 



21.7 

 6.3 

 9.0 



5.9 

 29.1 



41.4 

 40.6 

 82.8 

 80.6 

 32.3 



22.3 

 6.8 

 -3.5 

 10.3 

 8.9 

 -6.8 

 32.2 

 15.5 



3.3 

 97.4 

 -4.1 



-4.4 



25.3 



101.1 



6.2 



-5.4 



3.0 



-7.4 



.1 



.8 



10.9 



23.9 



15 621 



13 017 462 



833 



750 785 

 908 



864 

 3 100 

 3 832 

 2 982 

 1 738 

 1 475 

 1 630 



14 200 



5 062 643 



9 264 



1 547 446 



2 773 390 



12 309 



1 696 207 



7 611 



1 077 183 



4 442 



1 262 

 575 



3 784 

 424 

 461 



2 534 

 1 619 



155 



340 



25 



11 819 



1 851 



1 882 



69 



7 704 

 5 944 

 1 973 



12 583 

 3 038 



332 472 

 171 291 

 99 725 

 160 220 

 306 649 



6 839 



1 117 552 



2 133 



206 385 



637 



57 361 



880 



6 507 834 



697 



130 915 



5 716 



! 700 227 



3 720 

 738 229 



452 

 104 520 



5 914 

 568 716 



1 405 

 166 632 



4 012 

 192 695 



15 806 



13 188 415 



834 



543 852 

 654 



840 

 3 211 

 3 795 

 3 003 

 1 749 

 1 564 

 1 644 



14 480 



4 782 155 



9 324 



1 542 999 



2 024 368 



12 665 



1 274 647 



7 628 



749 720 



4 218 



1 594 

 617 



3 919 

 382 

 564 



2 406 

 1 653 



178 



233 



42 



12 342 



1 878 



1 529 



57 



7 870 

 5 996 

 1 940 



12 913 

 2 893 



235 270 



121 336 



54 414 



88 196 



231 267 



6 913 



1 062 524 



2 383 



187 078 



730 



59 424 



1 038 



5 646 592 



666 

 65 527 



5 807 

 2 812 220 



2 812 



360 962 



455 



110 395 



6 225 

 616 897 



1 477 

 164 741 



4 048 

 161 133 



'Data are based on a sample of fanns. 



^Data for 1978 include the cost of lime which was not collected in 1982. 



VIII WASHINGTON 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



