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Table XIV. — Population of the United States, farm population, agricultural 
workers, number of farms, total land area, and total land, improved land and 
crop land in farms, based on 1920 census ^ 
State 
Maine.- 
New Hampshire 
Vermont 
Massachusetts 
Khode Island 
Connecticut 
New York 
New Jersey 
Pennsylvania 
Delaware 
Maryland 
Virginia 
West Virginia 
North Carolina 
South Carolina 
Georgia 
Florida 
Kentucky 
Tennessee 
Alabama 
Mississippi 
Louisiana 
Arkansas 
Texas 
Oklahoma 
Ohio 
Indiana 
Illinois 
Michigan 
Wisconsin 
Minnesota 
Iowa.- 
Missouri 
North Dakota 
South Dakota 
Nebraska 
Kansas 
Montana 
Wyoming 
Colorado 
New Mexico 
Arizona 
Utah 
Nevada 
Idaho 
Washington 
Oregon 
California 
United States 
Total 
popula- 
tion 
Thou- 
768 
443 
353 
3,852 
1,381 
10, 385 
3,156 
8,720 
228 
1,450 
2,309 
1,464 
2,559 
1,684 
2,896 
969 
2,417 
2,338 
2,348 
1,791 
1,799 
1,752 
4,663 
2,028 
5,759 
2,930 
6,485 
3,669 
2,632 
2,387 
2,404 
3,404 
647 
637 
1,296 
1,769 
549 
194 
940 
360 
334 
449 
77 
432 
1,357 
783 
3,427 
Farm 
popula- 
tion 
Thou- 
sands 
198 
76 
125 
119 
15 
801 
144 
948 
51 
279 
1,065 
478 
1,501 
1,075 
1,685 
282 
1,305 
1,272 
1,336 
1,271 
786 
1,147 
2,278 
1,017 
1,139 
907 
1,098 
849 
920 
897 
985 
1,211 
395 
362 
584 
737 
226 
67 
161 
91 
140 
16 
201 
283 
214 
517 
Agricul- 
tural 
workers 
61, 139 
25, 425 
41, 757 
51,144 
7,615 
36, 459 
305, 103 
58, 081 
275, 773 
17, 362 
90,530 
291, 701 
118, 999 
468, 605 
418, 485 
601, 721 
107, 344 
391, 621 
395, 404 
497, 718 
498, 380 
278, 765 
402, 080 
787, 700 
312, 986 
356, 617 
291, 445 
376, 625 
271, 330 
292, 264 
291, 180 
324,004 
391, 921 
119, 755 
116, 698 
186, 579 
231, 779 
81, 759 
25, 554 
98, 842 
54,046 
35, 364 
43, 035 
8,431 
67, 135 
100, 775 
78,753 
259, 709 
Number 
of farms 
Total land 
area 
48,227 
20,523 
29,075 
32,001 
4,083 
22,655 
193, 195 
29,702 
202, 250 
10, 140 
47,908 
186, 242 
87, 289 
269, 763 
192, 693 
310, 732 
54,005 
270, 626 
252, 774 
256, 099 
272, 101 
135, 463 
232, 604 
436, 033 
191, 988 
256, 695 
205, 126 
237, 181 
196, 447 
189, 295 
178, 478 
213, 439 
263,004 
77, 690 
74, 637 
124, 417 
165, 286 
57, 677 
15, 748 
59, 934 
29,844 
9,975 
25, 662 
3,163 
42, 106 
50,206 
117,670 
Thoiisand 
acres 
19, 133 
5,780 
5,839 
5,145 
3,085 
30, 499 
4,809 
28,692 
1,258 
6,362 
25,768 
15, 374 
31. 194 
19, 517 
37, 584 
35, 111 
25, 716 
26, 680 
32, 818 
29,672 
29,062 
33, 616 
167, 935 
44, 425 
26, 074 
23, 069 
35, 867 
36, 787 
35, 364 
51, 749 
35, 575 
43, 985 
44, 917 
49. 195 
49, 157 
52, 335 
93, 524 
62, 431 
66, 341 
78, 402 
72, 838 
52, 598 
70,285 
53, 347 
42, 775 
61,188 
99, 617 
Land in farms 
Total 
Thou- 
sand 
acres 
5,426 
2,604 
4,236 
2,494 
332 
1,899 
20,633 
2,283 
17, 657 
944 
4,758 
18, 561 
9,570 
20, 022 
12, 426 
25,441 
6,047 
21,613 
19,511 
19, 577 
18, 197 
10, 020 
17, 457 
114, 020 
31, 952 
23,516 
21, 063 
31, 975 
19, 033 
22,148 
30, 222 
33, 475 
34, 775 
36, 215 
34, 636 
42, 225 
45, 425 
35, 071 
11,809 
24, 462 
24, 410 
5,802 
5,050 
2,357 
8,376 
13, 245 
13,542 
29,366 
1,903,177 955,878 503 
Im- 
proved 
Thou- 
sand 
acres 
1,977 
703 
1,692 
909 
133 
701 
13, 159 
1,556 
11,848 
653 
3,137 
9,460 
6,520 
8,198 
6,184 
13, 055 
2,297 
13, 976 
11, 185 
5,626 
9,211 
31,228 
18, 125 
18,542 
16, 680 
27,295 
12, 926 
12, 452 
21, 482 
28,607 
24,833 
24,563 
18,199 
23,110 
30, 601 
11,007 
2,102 
7,745 
1,717 
713 
1,715 
695 
4,512 
7,129 
4,914 
11,878 
In 
crops 
Thou- 
sand 
acres 
1,475 
618 
1,151 
622 
67 
632 
8,345 
1,138 
8,178 
487 
2,291 
4,871 
2,246 
7,443 
7,053 
12, 317 
1,430 
6,684 
6,951 
9,953 
7,958 
4,944 
7,050 
26, 918 
14,267 
11,814 
12,122 
21,020 
9,068 
9,622 
15,911 
21, 637 
15,511 
17,648 
15,284 
19, 010 
22, 307 
4,906 
1,624 
5,261 
1,812 
490 
1,027 
396 
2,323 
3,941 
2,805 
5,920 
365, 348 
1 District of Columbia omitted. 
