10 NUMBER OF FARMS 1910 - 1985 



ALL LAND IN FARMS and AVERAGE SIZE OF FARMS 1950 - 1985 



NUMBER OF FARMS •- 1910-1949 



NUMBER 

 OF 

 YEAR FARMS 



Thous . 



1930 55.0 



1931 5 4.5 



1932 54.0 



1933 53.5 



1934 53.0 



1935 52.0 



1936 50.0 



1937 48.0 



1938 46.0 



1939 45.0 



NUMBER OF FARMS, ALL LAND IN FARMS, 

 and AVERAGE SIZE OF FARMS 1950 - 1985 



AVERAGE 

 SIZE OF 



YEAR FARMS FARMS FARMS 



Thous. Thous. Acres Acres 



1950 37.2 65,000 1,747 



1951 36.8 65,200 1.772 



1952 36.4 65,500 1,799 



1953 35.9 65,800 1,833 



1954 35.4 66,100 1,867 



1955 34.8 66,100 1,899 



1956 34.2 66,200 1,936 



1957 33.6 66,300 1,973 



1958 33.0 66,500 2,015 



1959 32.4 66,600 2,056 



1960 31.7 66,700 2,104 



1961 30.8 66,800 2,169 



1962 30.1 66,800 2,219 



1963 29.5 66,800 2,264 



1964 28.9 67,200 2,325 



1965 28.4 66,700 2,349 



1966 28.0 66,200 2,364 



1967 27.6 65,700 2,380 



1968 27.1 65,200 2,406 



1969 26.7 64,700 2,423 



1970 26.4 64,200 2,432 



1971 26.0 63,700 2,450 



1972 25.5 63,200 2,478 



1973 25.1 63,000 2,510 



1974 24.6 62,800 2,553 



1975 23.4 1/ 62,200 2,693 



1976 23.4 62,200 2,658 



1977 23.5 62,100 2,643 



1978 23.6 62,100 2,631 



1979 23.7 62,100 2,620 



1980 23.8 61,900 2,601 



1981 23.9 61,700 2,582 



1982 24.0 61,500 2,563 



1983 24.0 61,300 2,554 



1984 23.9 61,100 2,556 



1985 23.6 60,900 2,581 



1/ Places which had annual sale of agricultural products of $1,000 

 or more. Series Initiated with 1975. 



