United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service Sp Sy 3 (04)a Farms and Land in Farms February 2004 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Update Alert Page 9 was corrected to contain 2002 land in farm data rather than 2003. Page 10 was corrected to contain 2001 number of farms rather than 2002. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Farms and Land in Farms Decline Slightly in 2003 The number of farms in the United States in 2003 is estimated at 2.13 million, 0.4 percent fewer than in 2002. The decline in farms occurred in all sales categories except the $250,000-$499,999 class which remained unchanged. Total land in farms, at 938.8 million acres, decreased 1,550,000 acres from 2002. The average size farm during 2003 was 441 acres, an increase of one acre from the previous year. The decline in the number of farms and land in farms continues to reflect consolidation in farming operations and competition for agricultural land for other uses. The U.S. number of agricultural operations in the economic sales class $1,000-$9,999 declined 0.2 percent to 1,199,270 in 2003. Farms with sales of $10,000-$99,999 decreased 0.7% from 2002 to 600,530. The number of farms with $100,000-$249,999 in sales was 167,230, a decline of 0.9 percent. In the $250,000-$499,999 sales class, the number of farms was unchanged from the previous year. The number of agricultural operations with $500,000 or more of sales declined 0.4% from 2002. Generally favorable weather, stronger commodity prices, higher value of commodities produced, farm consolidation, and competition for other uses of farmland contributed to the shifting of farms among the sales categories. The number of farms in the North Central Region decreased by 5,300 (0.7 percent) and the number of farms in the West Region declined by 1,800 (0.6 percent). The South Region lost 1,300 farms (0.1 percent). The number of farms declined 100 (0.1 percent) in the Northeast Region. The number of farms in 2003 declined in 20 States, remained unchanged in 28 States, and increased in two States. The largest decline in farms occurred in California which lost 1,200 places followed by Missouri with 1,000. Other notable declines were: Minnesota and Nebraska, 900; Indiana, 800; North Carolina, 700; Iowa, 600; and Tennessee, Washington, and Wisconsin each losing 500 farms. For the two states with increased farm numbers, Mississippi added 600 and Montana 100 places. Texas, with 130.5 million acres of farm and ranch land, leads the nation. The farm and ranch acreage for Texas in 2003 was unchanged from 2002. States with the largest decreases in land in farms were: California, down 500,000 acres; Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, New Mexico, Tennessee, and Wisconsin each lost 100,000 acres. Other states showing declines in agricultural acreage were: Virginia, 70,000 acres; Indiana and Wyoming, 60,000 acres; Louisiana and Washington, 50,000 acres; Maryland, 20,000 acres; and Delaware, New York, Ohio, and Vermont each with 10,000 fewer acres. After several years of drought conditions, renewed public grazing allotments contributed to an increase of 300,000 acres in Montana's ranch land. Number of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average Size Farm: United States, 1992-2003 1/ ------------------------------------------------------ Year : Number : Land : Average : of Farms : in Farms : Farm Size ------------------------------------------------------ : Number : 1,000 Acres : Acres : : : 1993 : 2,201,590 : 968,845 : 440 1994 : 2,197,690 : 965,935 : 440 1995 : 2,196,400 : 962,515 : 438 1996 : 2,190,500 : 958,675 : 438 1997 : 2,190,510 : 956,010 : 436 1998 : 2,192,330 : 952,080 : 434 1999 : 2,187,280 : 948,460 : 434 2000 : 2,166,780 : 945,080 : 436 2001 : 2,148,630 : 942,070 : 438 2002 : 2,135,360 : 940,300 : 440 2003 : 2,126,860 : 938,750 : 441 1/ A farm is any establishment from which $1,000 or more of agricultural products were sold or would normally be sold during the year. Number of Farms: By State and United States, 2001-2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : 2001 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : AL : 46,000 45,000 45,000 AK : 600 610 610 AZ 1/ : 10,400 10,300 10,300 AR : 48,000 47,500 47,500 CA : 81,000 79,700 78,500 CO : 30,900 31,400 31,400 CT : 4,200 4,200 4,200 DE : 2,500 2,400 2,300 FL : 44,000 44,000 44,000 GA : 49,200 49,300 49,300 HI : 5,500 5,500 5,500 ID : 24,500 25,000 25,000 IL : 75,000 73,000 73,000 IN : 62,100 60,300 59,500 IA : 92,000 90,600 90,000 KS : 64,500 64,500 64,500 KY : 88,000 87,000 87,000 LA : 28,000 27,500 27,200 ME : 7,150 7,200 7,200 MD : 12,300 12,200 12,100 MA : 6,100 6,100 6,100 MI : 53,000 53,300 53,300 MN : 81,000 80,900 80,000 MS : 42,000 42,200 42,800 MO : 108,000 107,000 106,000 MT : 27,800 27,900 28,000 NE : 50,000 49,400 48,500 NV : 3,050 3,000 3,000 NH : 3,300 3,400 3,400 NJ : 9,800 9,900 9,900 NM 1/ : 17,800 17,700 17,500 NY : 37,500 37,000 37,000 NC : 55,000 54,200 53,500 ND : 30,600 30,500 30,300 OH : 78,000 77,800 77,600 OK : 84,000 83,500 83,500 OR : 40,000 40,000 40,000 PA : 58,500 58,200 58,200 RI : 830 850 850 SC : 24,400 24,500 24,400 SD : 32,000 31,800 31,600 TN : 88,000 87,500 87,000 TX : 228,600 229,000 229,000 UT : 15,500 15,300 15,300 VT : 6,600 6,600 6,500 VA : 47,900 47,600 47,500 WA : 36,500 36,000 35,500 WV : 20,800 20,800 20,800 WI : 77,000 77,000 76,500 WY : 9,200 9,200 9,200 : US : 2,148,630 2,135,360 2,126,860 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Includes some accounting for individual farms on reservation land. Land in Farms: By State and United States, 2001-2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : 2001 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Acres : AL : 8,900 8,900 8,900 AK : 900 900 900 AZ : 26,700 26,600 26,500 AR : 14,600 14,500 14,400 CA : 27,800 27,600 27,100 CO : 31,400 31,100 31,000 CT : 360 360 360 DE : 550 540 530 FL : 10,300 10,300 10,200 GA : 10,850 10,800 10,800 HI : 1,350 1,300 1,300 ID : 11,800 11,800 11,800 IL : 27,500 27,500 27,500 IN : 15,100 15,100 15,040 IA : 32,000 31,800 31,700 KS : 47,300 47,300 47,200 KY : 13,800 13,800 13,800 LA : 7,910 7,900 7,850 ME : 1,350 1,370 1,370 MD : 2,100 2,080 2,060 MA : 520 520 520 MI : 10,120 10,090 10,090 MN : 27,800 27,800 27,700 MS : 11,130 11,110 11,110 MO : 30,200 30,200 30,200 MT : 59,600 59,800 60,100 NE : 46,000 45,900 45,900 NV : 6,300 6,300 6,300 NH : 440 450 450 NJ : 830 820 820 NM : 44,800 44,800 44,700 NY : 7,660 7,660 7,650 NC : 9,120 9,100 9,100 ND : 39,400 39,400 39,400 OH : 14,680 14,610 14,600 OK : 33,800 33,700 33,700 OR : 17,200 17,200 17,200 PA : 7,710 7,700 7,700 RI : 60 60 60 SC : 4,880 4,850 4,850 SD : 43,900 43,800 43,800 TN : 11,800 11,700 11,600 TX : 130,700 130,500 130,500 UT : 11,600 11,600 11,600 VT : 1,270 1,260 1,250 VA : 8,680 8,670 8,600 WA : 15,400 15,350 15,300 WV : 3,600 3,600 3,600 WI : 15,800 15,700 15,600 WY : 34,500 34,500 34,440 : US : 942,070 940,300 938,750 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of Farms: Economic Sales Class by State, Region, and United States, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Economic Sales Class : State :-------------------------------------------------: and : $1,000- :$10,000- :$100,000-:$250,000-:$500,000 : Total Region : $9,999 : $99,999 :$249,999 :$499,999 : & Over : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : Northeast : CT 2/ : 2,850 4,200 ME 2/ : 5,100 7,200 MA 2/ : 3,850 6,100 NH 2/ : 2,500 3,400 NJ 2/ : 6,900 9,900 NY : 19,500 11,200 3,700 1,500 1,100 37,000 PA : 34,400 14,500 6,200 2,000 1,100 58,200 RI 2/ : 490 850 VT 2/ : 4,050 6,500 Oth Sts 1/ : 7,810 2,390 1,180 1,030 Total : 79,640 33,510 12,290 4,680 3,230 133,350 : North Central : IL : 27,000 24,600 11,000 7,300 3,100 73,000 IN : 31,000 18,000 5,600 2,900 2,000 59,500 IA : 27,800 33,800 15,200 8,200 5,000 90,000 KS : 28,200 24,800 6,700 2,800 2,000 64,500 MI : 31,700 15,100 3,200 1,800 1,500 53,300 MN : 35,200 25,500 10,000 5,400 3,900 80,000 MO : 59,600 36,100 6,100 2,500 1,700 106,000 NE : 13,100 19,000 9,100 4,300 3,000 48,500 ND : 8,800 12,000 5,500 2,600 1,400 30,300 OH : 44,900 23,400 5,600 2,400 1,300 77,600 SD : 8,800 12,700 6,200 2,600 1,300 31,600 WI : 37,000 21,500 12,100 3,900 2,000 76,500 Total : 353,100 266,500 96,300 46,700 28,200 790,800 : South : AL : 31,000 9,300 1,300 1,400 2,000 45,000 AR : 26,500 11,700 3,200 3,200 2,900 47,500 DE 2/ : 950 2,300 FL : 27,600 11,000 2,300 1,200 1,900 44,000 GA : 32,200 10,800 2,000 1,800 2,500 49,300 KY : 56,500 25,000 3,200 1,300 1,000 87,000 LA : 17,100 6,400 1,600 1,000 1,100 27,200 MD 2/ : 7,700 12,100 MS : 30,300 8,100 1,500 1,000 1,900 42,800 NC : 33,500 11,500 2,500 2,500 3,500 53,500 OK : 52,000 24,900 3,800 1,600 1,200 83,500 SC : 18,400 4,300 600 400 700 24,400 TN : 65,500 17,500 1,950 1,200 850 87,000 TX : 157,000 56,000 8,000 4,500 3,500 229,000 VA : 31,200 12,400 1,750 1,100 1,050 47,500 WV 2/ : 17,200 20,800 Other States 3/ : 5,820 1,200 1,060 1,270 Total : 604,650 214,720 34,900 23,260 25,370 902,900 : West : AK 2/ : 330 610 AZ 2/ 5/ : 7,300 10,300 CA : 33,100 25,500 7,400 4,200 8,300 78,500 CO : 17,700 9,700 2,100 900 1,000 31,400 HI 2/ : 3,100 5,500 ID : 14,900 6,000 1,900 900 1,300 25,000 MT : 11,900 10,600 3,700 1,200 600 28,000 NV 2/ : 1,650 3,000 NM 5/ : 12,000 3,950 750 350 450 17,500 OR : 26,800 8,900 2,000 1,200 1,100 40,000 UT : 9,700 4,100 750 400 350 15,300 WA : 19,700 8,900 3,000 1,800 2,100 35,500 WY 2/ : 3,700 9,200 Other States 4/ : 8,150 2,140 960 1,280 Total : 161,880 85,800 23,740 11,910 16,480 299,810 : US :1,199,270 600,530 167,230 86,550 73,280 2,126,860 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, RI, and VT. 2/ Estimates not available for all sales classes. 3/ DE, MD, and WV. 4/ AK, AZ, HI, NV, and WY. 5/ Includes some accounting for individual farms on reservation land. Land in Farms: Economic Sales Class by State, Region, and United States, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Economic Sales Class : State :-------------------------------------------------: and : $1,000- :$10,000- :$100,000-:$250,000-:$500,000 : Total Region : $9,999 : $99,999 :$249,999 :$499,999 : & Over : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Acres : Northeast : CT 2/ : 140 360 ME 2/ : 540 1,370 MA 2/ : 220 520 NH 2/ : 240 450 NJ 2/ : 220 820 NY : 1,780 2,250 1,400 870 1,350 7,650 PA : 2,300 2,200 1,700 800 700 7,700 RI 2/ : 30 60 VT 2/ : 400 1,250 Oth Sts 1/ : 1,105 665 465 805 Total : 5,870 5,555 3,765 2,135 2,855 20,180 : North Central : IL : 1,800 5,580 7,080 7,000 6,040 27,500 IN : 1,620 3,310 3,260 3,210 3,640 15,040 IA : 1,750 7,500 8,450 7,600 6,400 31,700 KS : 3,400 15,500 12,300 8,000 8,000 47,200 MI : 2,000 2,600 1,650 1,590 2,250 10,090 MN : 3,070 6,850 5,920 5,410 6,450 27,700 MO : 7,200 10,700 5,200 3,900 3,200 30,200 NE : 1,600 10,700 12,600 10,000 11,000 45,900 ND : 3,000 11,200 11,500 7,900 5,800 39,400 OH : 2,800 4,500 3,100 2,450 1,750 14,600 SD : 3,500 11,400 13,600 8,600 6,700 43,800 WI : 3,000 4,100 3,400 2,600 2,500 15,600 Total : 34,740 93,940 88,060 68,260 63,730 348,730 : South : AL : 3,300 3,000 800 700 1,100 8,900 AR : 2,850 3,500 1,600 2,250 4,200 14,400 DE 2/ : 50 530 FL : 1,650 2,300 1,250 850 4,150 10,200 GA : 3,700 2,800 1,100 1,100 2,100 10,800 KY : 4,600 5,100 1,600 1,080 1,420 13,800 LA : 1,450 2,050 1,400 1,200 1,750 7,850 MD 2/ : 500 2,060 MS : 3,750 2,670 960 930 2,800 11,110 NC : 2,300 2,000 1,050 1,250 2,500 9,100 OK : 6,000 13,700 6,400 3,800 3,800 33,700 SC : 1,950 1,380 450 400 670 4,850 TN : 4,700 3,600 950 950 1,400 11,600 TX : 21,000 46,500 23,500 16,500 23,000 130,500 VA : 2,800 3,100 1,100 720 880 8,600 WV 2/ : 2,100 3,600 Other States 3/ : 1,680 540 500 820 Total : 62,700 93,380 42,700 32,230 50,590 281,600 : West : AK 2/ : 360 900 AZ 2/ 5/ : 620 26,500 CA : 2,280 6,220 4,160 3,140 11,300 27,100 CO : 3,100 10,500 7,000 4,500 5,900 31,000 HI 2/ : 80 1,300 ID : 1,140 3,080 2,370 1,580 3,630 11,800 MT : 4,300 17,800 18,800 10,400 8,800 60,100 NV 2/ : 130 6,300 NM 5/ : 2,400 12,400 10,100 7,500 12,300 44,700 OR : 1,700 4,500 3,700 3,400 3,900 17,200 UT : 900 2,450 1,550 4,550 2,150 11,600 WA : 1,100 2,700 3,200 2,600 5,700 15,300 WY 2/ : 3,360 34,440 Other States 4/ : 17,530 10,740 9,840 26,780 Total : 21,470 77,180 61,620 47,510 80,460 288,240 : US : 124,780 270,055 196,145 150,135 197,635 938,750 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, RI, and VT. 2/ Estimates not available for all sales classes. 3/ DE, MD, and WV. 4/ AK, AZ, HI, NV, and WY. 5/ Includes some accounting for individual farms on reservation land. Number of Farms: Economic Sales Class by State, Region, and United States, 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Economic Sales Class : State :-------------------------------------------------: and : $1,000- :$10,000- :$100,000-:$250,000-:$500,000 : Total Region : $9,999 : $99,999 :$249,999 :$499,999 : & Over : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : Northeast : CT 2/ : 2,850 4,200 ME 2/ : 5,100 7,200 MA 2/ : 3,850 6,100 NH 2/ : 2,500 3,400 NJ 2/ : 6,900 9,900 NY : 19,300 11,000 3,900 1,600 1,200 37,000 PA : 34,400 14,500 6,200 2,000 1,100 58,200 RI 2/ : 490 850 VT 2/ : 4,050 6,600 Oth Sts 1/ : 7,860 2,440 1,180 1,030 Total : 79,440 33,360 12,540 4,780 3,330 133,450 : North Central : IL : 27,300 25,000 11,000 6,600 3,100 73,000 IN : 31,600 18,000 5,700 3,000 2,000 60,300 IA : 28,100 34,200 15,200 8,100 5,000 90,600 KS : 28,000 24,700 6,900 2,900 2,000 64,500 MI : 31,700 15,100 3,200 1,800 1,500 53,300 MN : 35,400 26,200 10,000 5,400 3,900 80,900 MO : 59,800 36,800 6,200 2,500 1,700 107,000 NE : 13,100 19,700 9,200 4,400 3,000 49,400 ND : 8,600 12,600 5,600 2,500 1,200 30,500 OH : 45,000 23,500 5,600 2,400 1,300 77,800 SD : 8,800 12,800 6,300 2,600 1,300 31,800 WI : 37,000 22,000 12,200 3,800 2,000 77,000 Total : 354,400 270,600 97,100 46,000 28,000 796,100 : South : AL : 31,000 9,300 1,300 1,400 2,000 45,000 AR : 26,600 11,500 3,200 3,200 3,000 47,500 DE 2/ : 1,020 2,400 FL : 27,600 11,000 2,300 1,200 1,900 44,000 GA : 32,100 10,800 2,000 1,900 2,500 49,300 KY : 56,500 25,000 3,200 1,300 1,000 87,000 LA : 17,300 6,500 1,600 1,000 1,100 27,500 MD 2/ : 7,500 12,200 MS : 29,800 7,900 1,500 1,100 1,900 42,200 NC : 33,700 11,500 2,700 2,700 3,600 54,200 OK : 52,000 25,000 3,700 1,600 1,200 83,500 SC : 18,500 4,300 600 400 700 24,500 TN : 66,000 17,500 1,950 1,200 850 87,500 TX : 157,000 56,000 8,000 4,500 3,500 229,000 VA : 31,200 12,400 1,750 1,150 1,100 47,600 WV 2/ : 17,200 20,800 Other States 3/ : 6,050 1,300 1,060 1,270 Total : 605,020 214,750 35,100 23,710 25,620 904,200 : West : AK 2/ : 330 610 AZ 2/ 5/ : 7,300 10,300 CA : 34,200 25,300 7,500 4,300 8,400 79,700 CO : 17,200 9,900 2,300 950 1,050 31,400 HI 2/ : 3,100 5,500 ID : 14,900 6,100 1,800 900 1,300 25,000 MT : 11,800 10,500 3,800 1,200 600 27,900 NV 2/ : 1,650 3,000 NM 5/ : 12,100 4,000 800 350 450 17,700 OR : 26,800 8,900 2,000 1,200 1,100 40,000 UT : 9,700 4,100 750 400 350 15,300 WA : 20,200 8,900 3,000 1,800 2,100 36,000 WY 2/ : 3,700 9,200 Other States 4/ : 8,160 2,130 960 1,280 Total : 162,980 85,860 24,080 12,060 16,630 301,610 : US :1,201,840 604,570 168,820 86,550 73,580 2,135,360 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, RI, and VT. 2/ Estimates not available for all sales classes. 3/ DE, MD, and WV. 4/ AK, AZ, HI, NV, and WY. 5/ Includes some accounting for individual farms on reservation land. Land in Farms: Economic Sales Class by State, Region, and United States, 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Economic Sales Class : State :-------------------------------------------------: and : $1,000- :$10,000- :$100,000-:$250,000-:$500,000 : Total Region : $9,999 : $99,999 :$249,999 :$499,999 : & Over : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Acres : Northeast : CT 2/ : 140 360 ME 2/ : 540 1,370 MA 2/ : 220 520 NH 2/ : 240 450 NJ 2/ : 220 820 NY : 1,770 2,200 1,420 920 1,350 7,660 PA : 2,300 2,200 1,700 800 700 7,700 RI 2/ : 30 60 VT 2/ : 400 1,260 Oth Sts 1/ : 1,105 675 465 805 Total : 5,860 5,505 3,795 2,185 2,855 20,200 : North Central : IL : 1,700 5,590 7,180 6,990 6,040 27,500 IN : 1,650 3,340 3,260 3,210 3,640 15,100 IA : 1,750 7,670 8,470 7,550 6,360 31,800 KS : 3,500 15,400 12,300 8,000 8,100 47,300 MI : 1,990 2,660 1,630 1,590 2,220 10,090 MN : 3,290 6,830 5,900 5,380 6,400 27,800 MO : 7,200 10,900 5,100 3,800 3,200 30,200 NE : 1,600 10,900 12,600 9,900 10,900 45,900 ND : 3,000 11,800 11,600 7,500 5,500 39,400 OH : 2,850 4,560 3,080 2,410 1,710 14,610 SD : 3,400 11,500 13,600 8,600 6,700 43,800 WI : 3,000 4,100 3,500 2,600 2,500 15,700 Total : 34,930 95,250 88,220 67,530 63,270 349,200 : South : AL : 3,300 3,000 800 700 1,100 8,900 AR : 2,950 3,500 1,600 2,250 4,200 14,500 DE 2/ : 65 540 FL : 1,700 2,350 1,250 850 4,150 10,300 GA : 3,600 2,930 1,170 1,080 2,020 10,800 KY : 4,600 5,100 1,600 1,080 1,420 13,800 LA : 1,500 2,050 1,400 1,200 1,750 7,900 MD 2/ : 480 2,080 MS : 3,690 2,700 960 940 2,820 11,110 NC : 2,250 1,950 1,090 1,310 2,500 9,100 OK : 6,300 13,600 6,200 3,800 3,800 33,700 SC : 1,960 1,360 450 400 680 4,850 TN : 4,800 3,600 950 950 1,400 11,700 TX : 22,000 46,000 23,500 16,000 23,000 130,500 VA : 2,850 3,060 1,100 770 890 8,670 WV 2/ : 2,100 3,600 Other States 3/ : 1,720 570 495 790 Total : 64,145 92,920 42,640 31,825 50,520 282,050 : West : AK 2/ : 360 900 AZ 2/ 5/ : 620 26,600 CA : 2,230 6,420 4,250 3,210 11,490 27,600 CO : 3,100 10,500 7,100 4,500 5,900 31,100 HI 2/ : 80 1,300 ID : 1,140 3,080 2,370 1,580 3,630 11,800 MT : 4,300 17,700 18,600 10,500 8,700 59,800 NV 2/ : 130 6,300 NM 5/ : 2,620 12,380 10,090 7,440 12,270 44,800 OR : 1,700 4,500 3,700 3,400 3,900 17,200 UT : 910 2,510 1,620 4,380 2,180 11,600 WA : 1,140 2,780 3,190 2,650 5,590 15,350 WY 2/ : 3,360 34,500 Other States 4/ : 17,610 10,730 9,970 26,740 Total : 21,690 77,480 61,650 47,630 80,400 288,850 : US : 126,625 271,155 196,305 149,170 197,045 940,300 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, RI, and VT. 2/ Estimates not available for all sales classes. 3/ DE, MD, and WV. 4/ AK, AZ, HI, NV, and WY. 5/ Includes some accounting for individual farms on reservation land. Number of Farms: Economic Sales Class by State, Region, and United States, 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Economic Sales Class : State :-------------------------------------------------: and : $1,000- :$10,000- :$100,000-:$250,000-:$500,000 : Total Region : $9,999 : $99,999 :$249,999 :$499,999 : & Over : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : Northeast : CT 2/ : 2,850 4,200 ME 2/ : 5,000 7,150 MA 2/ : 3,700 6,100 NH 2/ : 2,400 3,300 NJ 2/ : 6,400 9,800 NY : 19,800 11,000 4,000 1,600 1,100 37,500 PA : 32,300 16,400 6,200 2,100 1,500 58,500 RI 2/ : 470 830 VT 2/ : 4,000 6,600 Oth Sts 1/ : 8,400 2,580 1,170 1,010 Total : 76,920 35,800 12,780 4,870 3,610 133,980 : North Central : IL : 27,800 25,700 11,700 6,700 3,100 75,000 IN : 31,400 19,500 6,100 3,100 2,000 62,100 IA : 26,700 35,600 17,200 7,700 4,800 92,000 KS : 26,300 25,900 7,200 3,100 2,000 64,500 MI : 30,700 15,500 3,400 1,900 1,500 53,000 MN : 33,900 27,100 10,900 5,400 3,700 81,000 MO : 60,100 37,500 6,200 2,500 1,700 108,000 NE : 13,100 19,800 9,800 4,400 2,900 50,000 ND : 8,500 13,000 5,600 2,400 1,100 30,600 OH : 44,300 24,200 5,700 2,400 1,400 78,000 SD : 8,200 13,600 6,500 2,500 1,200 32,000 WI : 36,500 22,300 12,400 3,800 2,000 77,000 Total : 347,500 279,700 102,700 45,900 27,400 803,200 : South : AL : 32,000 9,300 1,300 1,400 2,000 46,000 AR : 27,000 11,800 2,800 3,300 3,100 48,000 DE 2/ : 1,020 2,500 FL : 27,600 11,000 2,300 1,200 1,900 44,000 GA : 31,900 10,400 2,300 2,000 2,600 49,200 KY : 54,000 28,000 3,600 1,400 1,000 88,000 LA : 17,500 6,500 1,800 1,100 1,100 28,000 MD 2/ : 7,100 12,300 MS : 30,000 7,600 1,400 1,100 1,900 42,000 NC : 33,300 12,500 2,900 2,700 3,600 55,000 OK : 52,300 25,300 3,700 1,600 1,100 84,000 SC : 18,400 4,200 700 400 700 24,400 TN : 66,000 18,000 1,950 1,200 850 88,000 TX : 156,000 56,200 8,200 4,500 3,700 228,600 VA : 31,300 12,500 1,800 1,200 1,100 47,900 WV 2/ : 17,200 20,800 Other States 3/ : 6,370 1,440 1,170 1,300 Total : 602,620 219,670 36,190 24,270 25,950 908,700 : West : AK 2/ : 330 600 AZ 2/ 5/ : 7,300 10,400 CA : 35,800 25,000 7,600 4,300 8,300 81,000 CO : 16,400 10,000 2,300 1,100 1,100 30,900 HI 2/ : 3,100 5,500 ID : 13,900 6,300 2,000 1,000 1,300 24,500 MT : 11,700 10,500 3,800 1,200 600 27,800 NV 2/ : 1,650 3,050 NM 5/ : 12,100 4,100 800 350 450 17,800 OR : 26,500 9,000 2,100 1,200 1,200 40,000 UT : 9,500 4,400 850 400 350 15,500 WA : 21,000 8,700 3,000 1,800 2,000 36,500 WY 2/ : 3,600 9,200 Other States 4/ : 8,320 2,170 1,010 1,270 Total : 162,880 86,320 24,620 12,360 16,570 302,750 : US :1,189,920 621,490 176,290 87,400 73,530 2,148,630 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, RI, and VT. 2/ Estimates not available for all sales classes. 3/ DE, MD, and WV. 4/ AK, AZ, HI, NV, and WY. 5/ Includes some accounting for individual farms on reservation land. Land in Farms: Economic Sales Class by State, Region, and United States, 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Economic Sales Class : State :-------------------------------------------------: and : $1,000- :$10,000- :$100,000-:$250,000-:$500,000 : Total Region : $9,999 : $99,999 :$249,999 :$499,999 : & Over : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Acres : Northeast : CT 2/ : 140 360 ME 2/ : 520 1,350 MA 2/ : 210 520 NH 2/ : 230 440 NJ 2/ : 200 830 NY : 1,800 2,200 1,430 920 1,310 7,660 PA : 2,330 2,370 1,440 790 780 7,710 RI 2/ : 30 60 VT 2/ : 390 1,270 Oth Sts 1/ : 1,165 685 475 785 Total : 5,850 5,735 3,555 2,185 2,875 20,200 : North Central : IL : 1,660 5,590 7,100 7,000 6,150 27,500 IN : 1,580 3,420 3,300 3,200 3,600 15,100 IA : 1,700 8,000 8,600 7,600 6,100 32,000 KS : 3,500 15,400 12,100 8,200 8,100 47,300 MI : 1,980 2,680 1,700 1,580 2,180 10,120 MN : 3,220 7,200 6,200 5,380 5,800 27,800 MO : 7,200 11,200 5,000 3,700 3,100 30,200 NE : 1,700 11,000 13,000 9,800 10,500 46,000 ND : 3,300 12,700 11,900 7,100 4,400 39,400 OH : 2,840 4,580 3,080 2,430 1,750 14,680 SD : 3,200 12,000 13,700 8,400 6,600 43,900 WI : 2,900 4,200 3,600 2,600 2,500 15,800 Total : 34,780 97,970 89,280 66,990 60,780 349,800 : South : AL : 3,300 2,960 850 670 1,120 8,900 AR : 2,900 3,600 1,600 2,300 4,200 14,600 DE 2/ : 50 550 FL : 1,700 2,350 1,250 850 4,150 10,300 GA : 3,500 2,880 1,170 1,100 2,200 10,850 KY : 4,400 5,200 1,700 1,100 1,400 13,800 LA : 1,550 2,000 1,380 1,230 1,750 7,910 MD 2/ : 450 2,100 MS : 3,680 2,700 920 960 2,870 11,130 NC : 2,240 1,960 1,090 1,310 2,520 9,120 OK : 6,500 13,900 5,900 3,800 3,700 33,800 SC : 2,030 1,290 430 420 710 4,880 TN : 4,800 3,700 950 950 1,400 11,800 TX : 21,500 46,330 23,380 16,280 23,210 130,700 VA : 2,800 3,090 1,100 800 890 8,680 WV 2/ : 2,100 3,600 Other States 3/ : 1,710 580 510 850 Total : 63,500 93,670 42,300 32,280 50,970 282,720 : West : AK 2/ : 340 900 AZ 2/ 5/ : 540 26,700 CA : 2,500 6,600 4,220 3,180 11,300 27,800 CO : 3,400 10,300 7,000 4,800 5,900 31,400 HI 2/ : 100 1,350 ID : 1,150 3,150 2,400 1,600 3,500 11,800 MT : 4,400 17,600 18,300 10,600 8,700 59,600 NV 2/ : 140 6,300 NM 5/ : 3,100 12,200 10,000 7,100 12,400 44,800 OR : 1,700 4,500 3,700 3,400 3,900 17,200 UT : 930 2,550 1,880 3,680 2,560 11,600 WA : 1,340 2,790 3,190 2,780 5,300 15,400 WY 2/ : 3,320 34,500 Other States 4/ : 17,830 11,240 10,010 26,230 Total : 22,960 77,520 61,930 47,150 79,790 289,350 : US : 127,090 274,895 197,065 148,605 194,415 942,070 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, RI, and VT. 2/ Estimates not available for all sales classes. 3/ DE, MD, and WV. 4/ AK, AZ, HI, NV, and WY. 5/ Includes some accounting for individual farms on reservation land. Percent of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average Size Farm: By Economic Sales Class, United States, 2001-2003 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Economic : Percent of Total : Sales :-------------------------------: Average Size Farm Class : Farms : Land in Farms : (Acres) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2001 : $1,000 - $2,499 : 27.1 4.3 70 $2,500 - $4,999 : 14.9 4.2 124 $5,000 - $9,999 : 13.3 5.0 165 $10,000 - $19,999 : 11.7 7.5 281 $20,000 - $39,999 : 8.7 8.4 423 $40,000 - $99,999 : 8.6 13.3 678 $100,000 - $249,999 : 8.2 20.9 1,118 $250,000 - $499,999 : 4.1 15.8 1,690 $500,000 - $999,999 : 2.2 11.4 2,272 $1,000,000 + : 1.2 9.2 3,361 : Total : 100.0 100.0 438 : : : 2002 : $1,000 - $2,499 : 27.3 4.5 73 $2,500 - $4,999 : 15.0 4.1 120 $5,000 - $9,999 : 13.7 4.9 157 $10,000 - $24,999 : 11.5 7.6 291 $25,000 - $49,999 : 8.7 9.7 491 $50,000 - $99,999 : 8.4 11.5 603 $100,000 - $249,999 : 7.9 20.9 1,165 $250,000 - $499,999 : 4.1 15.8 1,697 $500,000 - $999,999 : 2.2 11.5 2,302 $1,000,000 + : 1.2 9.5 3,486 : Total : 100.0 100.0 440 : : : 2003 : $1,000 - $2,499 : 27.0 4.3 70 $2,500 - $4,999 : 15.2 4.0 116 $5,000 - $9,999 : 14.0 4.9 154 $10,000 - $24,999 : 11.4 7.5 290 $25,000 - $49,999 : 8.6 9.8 503 $50,000 - $99,999 : 8.3 11.5 612 $100,000 - $249,999 : 7.9 20.9 1,168 $250,000 - $499,999 : 4.1 16.0 1,722 $500,000 - $999,999 : 2.1 10.5 2,207 $1,000,000 + : 1.4 10.6 3,342 : Total : 100.0 100.0 441 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Economic Sales Classes changed for 2001 to standard government groupings. Average Size Farm: By State and United States, 2001-2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : 2001 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Acres : AL : 193 198 198 AK : 1,500 1,475 1,475 AZ : 2,567 2,583 2,573 AR : 304 305 303 CA : 343 346 345 CO : 1,016 990 987 CT : 86 86 86 DE : 220 225 230 FL : 234 234 232 GA : 221 219 219 HI : 245 236 236 ID : 482 472 472 IL : 367 377 377 IN : 243 250 253 IA : 348 351 352 KS : 733 733 732 KY : 157 159 159 LA : 283 287 289 ME : 189 190 190 MD : 171 170 170 MA : 85 85 85 MI : 191 189 189 MN : 343 344 346 MS : 265 263 260 MO : 280 282 285 MT : 2,144 2,143 2,146 NE : 920 929 946 NV : 2,066 2,100 2,100 NH : 133 132 132 NJ : 85 83 83 NM : 2,517 2,531 2,554 NY : 204 207 207 NC : 166 168 170 ND : 1,288 1,292 1,300 OH : 188 188 188 OK : 402 404 404 OR : 430 430 430 PA : 132 132 132 RI : 72 71 71 SC : 200 198 199 SD : 1,372 1,377 1,386 TN : 134 134 133 TX : 572 570 570 UT : 748 758 758 VT : 192 191 192 VA : 181 182 181 WA : 422 426 431 WV : 173 173 173 WI : 205 204 204 WY : 3,750 3,750 3,743 : US : 438 440 441 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reliability of Data in this Report Survey Procedures: Data are collected by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) during the June Agricultural Survey using sampling procedures to ensure every farm and ranch has a chance of being selected. NASS uses a multiple frame approach to measuring farms and land in farms. An area sampling frame is built for every state that divides all land into segments. A sample of segments, designed for the state, is selected and enumerated in early June. Highly trained interviewers locate each sampled segment and identify every farm and ranch operating land in the segment and the number of acres in each operation. These data are used to compute estimates of farm numbers and land in farms. Additionally, all farms found in the segments are checked against a list of farms and ranches maintained by NASS to determine if the farm is on the list. Operations not on the list provide a measure of incompleteness of the list. These data are combined with data collected from a sample selected from the list to calculate estimates of farms and land in farms. Estimation Procedures: Data are checked for reasonableness and consistency and summarized for each state. State estimates are aggregated to regional and national totals for Headquarters review. State Statistical Offices perform a thorough review of their survey results and historical data relationships and recommend official estimates. Headquarters establishes regional and national estimates and ensures that state estimates are in balance with the Regional and National numbers. Revision Policy: Estimates are subject to revision the following year and following review of the five-year Census of Agriculture. The basis for revision must be supported by additional data which directly affects the level of the estimate. Historical publication statistical bulletin, NASS-SB991 (04), with revisions for 1998-2002 was published February 27, 2004. Reliability: Two types of errors, sampling and nonsampling, are possible in an estimate based on a sample survey. Both types affect the "precision" of the estimates. Sampling error occurs because a complete census is not taken. The sampling error measures the variation in estimates from the average of all possible samples. An estimate of 100 with a sampling error of 1 would mean that chances are 19 out of 20 that the estimates from all possible samples averaged together would be between 98 and 102; which is the survey estimate, plus or minus two times the sampling error. The sampling error expressed as a percent of the estimate is called the relative sampling error. The relative sampling error for the U.S. number of farms and land in farms is just above 1.5 percent. The sampling error for total number of farms and total land in farms is less than the sampling error for each component of the total, such as number of farms by economic sales class. Relative sampling errors by economic sales class generally ranged from 1.9 to 3.0 percent for number of farms and 2.9 to 13.2 percent for land in farms at the U.S. level. Nonsampling errors can occur in complete censuses as well as sample surveys. They are caused by the inability to btain correct information from each person surveyed, differences in interpreting questions or definitions, and mistakes in coding or processing the data. Special efforts are taken at each step of the survey to minimize nonsampling errors. Terms and Definitions A farm is "any place from which $1,000 or more of agricultural products were produced and sold, or normally would have been sold, during the year". Government payments are included in sales. Ranches, institutional farms, experimental and research farms, and Indian Reservations are included as farms. Places with the entire acreage enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP), or other government programs are counted as farms. The definition of a farm was first established in 1850 and has changed nine times since. The current definition was first used for the 1974 census. Land in farms consists of agricultural land used for crops, pasture, or grazing. Also included is woodland and wasteland not actually under cultivation or used for pasture or grazing, provided it was part of the farm operator's total operation. Land in farms includes acres in the Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve Programs, or other government programs. Land in farms includes land owned and operated as well as land rented from others. Land used rent free is included as land rented from others. All grazing land, except land used under government permits on a per-head basis, is included as land in farms provided it was part of a farm or ranch. Land under the exclusive use of a grazing association is reported by the grazing association and included as land in farms. All land in American Indian reservations used for growing crops or grazing livestock is included as land in farms. Land in reservations not reported by individual American Indians or non-Native Americans is reported in the name of the cooperative group that used the land. In many instances, the entire American Indian reservation is reported as one farm. Economic sales classes are based on the gross value of agricultural products sold. Government program payments from the previous year are also included. Farm Definition History: The definition of a farm has remained the same since 1974. Activities included as agriculture, however, have undergone modification in recent years. Beginning in 1995, operations having 5 or more horses or ponies and no other agricultural sales were counted as horse farms. An operation with 1 or more horses with agricultural sales of at least $1,000, qualified as a farm. Two industries, maple syrup and short rotation woody crop farms, were added beginning in 1997 as a result of the new North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). These changes were made to achieve comparability with the Census of Agriculture farm definition. All the changes in the farm definition beginning in 1995 were carried back to 1993 and included in the 1993-1998 estimates. These changes bring comparability between the Census of Agriculture data and the annually published NASS estimates. Because of these changes in the farm definition, the official estimates show a level difference in the number of farms between 1992 and 1993 in some states. To further align the counting of farms with the Census of Agriculture, places with 100 acres or more of pasture only in 2002 were included in farm and land in farm numbers. The handling of Indian reservation land was changed in 2002 to provide some accounting for individual farms. Minimum Criteria for "FARM" Definition, 1840 - Present and Enumeration of Apiaries and Fur Farms Year Acres in Value of Value of Sales of Required some Apiaries and Place Agricultural Agricultural Agricultural Fur Farms Products Products Operations Enumerated (Products) 1974 -Present - - - - $1,000 or more - - - - 1959 Less than 10 - - $250 or more - - - - 10 or more - - $50 or more - - - - 1954 Less than 3 - - $150 or more - - - - 3 or more $150 or more - - - - - - 1950 Less than 3 - - $150 or more - - Apiaries 3 or more $150 or more - - - - Fur Farms 1935 - 1945 Less than 3 $250 or more - - - - Apiaries 3 or more - - - - X Fur Farms 1930 Less than 3 $250 or more - - - - Apiaries 3 or more - - - - X - - 1925 Less than 3 $250 or more - - - - - - 3 or more - - - - X - - 1910 - 1925 Less than 3 $250 or more - - - - Apiaries 3 or more - - - - X - - 1900 Less than 3 - - - - - - Apiaries 3 or more - - - - X - - 1870 - 1890 Less than 3 - - $500 or more - - Apiaries 3 or more - - - - X - - 1860 - - - - - - - - - - 1850 - - $100 or more - - - - Apiaries 1840 - - - - - - - - - - Released February 27, 2004, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. 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