Statistical Bulletin Number 1018 Farms and Land in Farms Final Estimates 2003-2007 February 2009 National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Contents Page Number of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average Farm Size: United States, 2003-2007.................................2 Number of Farms: By State, United States, and Puerto Rico 2003-2007.............................................3 Land in Farms: By State, United States, and Puerto Rico 2003-2007..............................................4 Number of Farms: Economic Sales Class by State, Region, United States, and Puerto Rico 2003.....................5 Land in Farms: Economic Sales Class by State, Region, United States, and Puerto Rico 2003......................6 Number of Farms: Economic Sales Class by State, Region, United States, and Puerto Rico 2004.....................7 Land in Farms: Economic Sales Class by State, Region, United States, and Puerto Rico 2004......................8 Number of Farms: Economic Sales Class by State, Region, United States, and Puerto Rico 2005.....................9 Land in Farms: Economic Sales Class by State, Region, United States, and Puerto Rico 2005.....................10 Number of Farms: Economic Sales Class by State, Region, United States, and Puerto Rico 2006....................11 Land in Farms: Economic Sales Class by State, Region, United States, and Puerto Rico 2006.....................12 Number of Farms: Economic Sales Class by State, Region, United States, and Puerto Rico 2007....................13 Land in Farms: Economic Sales Class by State, Region, United States, and Puerto Rico 2007.....................14 Percent of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average Farm Size: Economic Sales Class, United States, 2003-2007........15 Average Farm Size: By State, United States, and Puerto Rico 2003-2007.........................................16 Farm Definition................................................................................................17 Farm Definition History........................................................................................18 Special Note Regarding the 2007 Estimates......................................................................19 Statistical Bulletin...........................................................................................20 Contacts.......................................................................................................21 Number of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average Farm Size: United States, 2003-2007 1/ 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : Land : Average Year : of : in : Farm : Farms : Farms 3/ : Size -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number 1,000 Acres Acres : 2003 : 2,126,860 936,750 440 2004 : 2,112,970 932,260 441 2005 : 2,098,690 927,940 442 2006 : 2,088,790 925,790 443 2007 3/ : 2,204,950 921,460 418 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 2/ For further information see page 19. 3/ Revised. Number of Farms: By State, United States, and Puerto Rico 2003-2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : 2003 : 2004 : 2005 : 2006 : 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : AL : 45,000 44,000 43,500 43,000 48,800 AK : 610 620 640 640 680 AZ : 10,300 10,200 10,100 10,000 15,600 AR : 47,500 47,500 47,000 46,500 49,300 CA : 78,500 77,000 76,500 76,000 81,000 CO : 31,400 30,900 30,500 30,700 36,900 CT : 4,200 4,200 4,200 4,200 4,900 DE : 2,300 2,300 2,300 2,300 2,550 FL : 44,000 43,200 42,000 41,000 47,500 GA : 49,300 49,000 49,000 49,000 47,900 HI : 5,500 5,500 5,500 5,500 7,500 ID : 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,400 IL : 73,000 72,800 72,500 72,400 76,900 IN : 59,500 59,300 59,000 59,000 61,000 IA : 90,000 89,700 89,000 88,600 92,800 KS : 64,500 64,500 64,500 64,000 65,500 KY : 87,000 85,000 84,000 84,000 85,300 LA : 27,200 27,000 26,800 26,800 30,000 ME : 7,200 7,200 7,100 7,100 8,100 MD : 12,100 12,100 12,100 12,000 12,850 MA : 6,100 6,100 6,100 6,100 7,700 MI : 53,300 53,200 53,000 53,000 56,000 MN : 80,000 79,600 79,600 79,300 81,000 MS : 42,800 42,200 42,200 42,000 42,000 MO : 106,000 106,000 105,000 105,000 107,800 MT : 28,000 28,000 28,000 28,100 29,500 NE : 48,500 48,300 48,000 47,600 47,700 NV : 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,100 NH : 3,400 3,400 3,400 3,400 4,150 NJ : 9,900 9,900 9,800 9,800 10,300 NM : 17,500 17,500 17,500 17,500 21,000 NY : 37,000 36,000 35,600 35,000 36,400 NC : 53,500 52,000 49,000 48,000 52,900 ND : 30,300 30,300 30,300 30,300 32,000 OH : 77,600 77,200 76,500 76,200 75,900 OK : 83,500 83,500 83,000 83,000 86,600 OR : 40,000 40,000 40,000 39,300 38,600 PA : 58,200 58,200 58,200 58,200 63,200 RI : 850 850 850 850 1,220 SC : 24,400 24,400 24,500 24,600 25,900 SD : 31,600 31,600 31,400 31,300 31,200 TN : 87,000 85,000 83,000 81,000 79,500 TX : 229,000 229,000 230,000 230,000 247,500 UT : 15,300 15,300 15,200 15,100 16,700 VT : 6,500 6,400 6,300 6,300 7,000 VA : 47,500 47,500 47,000 46,800 47,400 WA : 35,500 35,000 34,500 34,000 39,300 WV : 20,800 20,800 20,800 21,200 23,400 WI : 76,500 76,500 76,500 76,000 78,500 WY : 9,200 9,200 9,200 9,100 11,000 : US : 2,126,860 2,112,970 2,098,690 2,088,790 2,204,950 : PR : 13,600 13,500 13,600 13,600 11,200 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Land in Farms: By State, United States, and Puerto Rico 2003-2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : 2003 : 2004 : 2005 : 2006 : 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Acres : AL : 9,000 8,900 8,800 8,900 9,000 AK : 900 900 900 900 890 AZ : 26,520 26,400 26,250 26,100 26,100 AR : 14,300 14,200 14,200 14,000 13,900 CA : 26,900 26,400 25,900 25,700 25,400 CO : 31,100 31,100 31,100 31,300 31,400 CT : 370 380 390 400 410 DE : 530 530 520 510 510 FL : 10,040 9,830 9,570 9,460 9,300 GA : 10,800 10,800 10,700 11,000 10,300 HI : 1,300 1,200 1,200 1,160 1,120 ID : 11,800 11,700 11,700 11,600 11,500 IL : 27,400 27,200 27,000 26,900 26,800 IN : 15,000 14,900 14,900 14,900 14,800 IA : 31,600 31,400 31,200 30,900 30,800 KS : 47,000 46,800 47,160 47,450 46,300 KY : 13,900 13,900 14,000 14,000 14,000 LA : 7,900 8,000 8,000 8,000 8,100 ME : 1,370 1,370 1,360 1,350 1,350 MD : 2,060 2,060 2,060 2,060 2,060 MA : 520 520 520 520 520 MI : 10,100 10,100 10,100 10,100 10,000 MN : 27,600 27,400 27,200 27,000 26,900 MS : 11,110 11,050 11,050 11,000 11,000 MO : 29,900 29,700 29,500 29,300 29,000 MT : 60,300 60,400 60,600 60,800 60,900 NE : 45,900 45,800 45,700 45,700 45,600 NV : 6,200 6,100 6,100 6,000 5,900 NH : 450 450 460 460 470 NJ : 810 790 760 740 730 NM : 44,300 44,000 43,400 43,100 43,200 NY : 7,590 7,490 7,350 7,270 7,200 NC : 9,100 9,000 8,800 8,800 8,600 ND : 39,400 39,400 39,400 39,400 39,600 OH : 14,600 14,500 14,200 14,100 14,000 OK : 34,000 34,300 34,500 34,800 35,100 OR : 17,100 17,000 16,700 16,600 16,400 PA : 7,700 7,700 7,800 7,800 7,800 RI : 70 70 70 70 70 SC : 4,860 4,870 4,870 4,890 4,900 SD : 43,800 43,800 43,700 43,700 43,700 TN : 11,500 11,500 11,200 11,100 11,000 TX : 130,500 130,000 129,800 129,700 130,400 UT : 11,600 11,500 11,400 11,300 11,100 VT : 1,250 1,250 1,250 1,250 1,230 VA : 8,500 8,400 8,300 8,200 8,100 WA : 15,300 15,100 15,000 15,000 14,900 WV : 3,600 3,600 3,600 3,600 3,700 WI : 15,600 15,500 15,400 15,300 15,200 WY : 33,700 33,000 32,300 31,600 30,200 : US : 936,750 932,260 927,940 925,790 921,460 : PR : 610 600 570 570 490 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of Farms: Economic Sales Class by State, Region, United States, and Puerto Rico 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/ : 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 : 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/ : 8,160 2,130 960 1,280 Total : 161,880 85,810 23,730 11,910 16,480 299,810 : US :1,199,270 600,540 167,220 86,550 73,280 2,126,860 : PR : 9,100 3,500 500 300 200 13,600 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Land in Farms: Economic Sales Class by State, Region, United States, and Puerto Rico 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/ : 150 370 ME 2/ : 540 1,370 MA 2/ : 220 520 NH 2/ : 240 450 NJ 2/ : 220 810 NY : 1,770 2,210 1,400 860 1,350 7,590 PA : 2,300 2,200 1,700 800 700 7,700 RI 2/ : 32 70 VT 2/ : 390 1,250 Oth Sts 1/ : 1,100 676 465 807 Total : 5,862 5,510 3,776 2,125 2,857 20,130 : North Central : IL : 1,800 5,600 7,000 7,000 6,000 27,400 IN : 1,600 3,300 3,300 3,200 3,600 15,000 IA : 1,700 7,500 8,400 7,600 6,400 31,600 KS : 3,400 15,300 12,300 8,000 8,000 47,000 MI : 2,000 2,600 1,650 1,600 2,250 10,100 MN : 3,100 6,800 5,900 5,400 6,400 27,600 MO : 7,100 10,600 5,100 3,900 3,200 29,900 NE : 1,600 10,700 12,600 10,000 11,000 45,900 ND : 2,900 10,500 11,000 7,500 7,500 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 : 34,500 92,900 87,350 67,850 65,300 347,900 : South : AL : 3,400 3,000 800 700 1,100 9,000 AR : 2,800 3,500 1,600 2,200 4,200 14,300 DE 2/ : 50 530 FL : 1,600 2,300 1,200 840 4,100 10,040 GA : 3,700 2,800 1,100 1,100 2,100 10,800 KY : 4,600 5,100 1,600 1,100 1,500 13,900 LA : 1,500 2,050 1,400 1,200 1,750 7,900 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 13,800 6,600 3,800 3,800 34,000 SC : 1,950 1,380 450 400 680 4,860 TN : 4,600 3,600 950 950 1,400 11,500 TX : 21,000 46,500 23,500 16,500 23,000 130,500 VA : 2,800 3,000 1,100 720 880 8,500 WV 2/ : 2,100 3,600 Other States 3/ : 1,680 540 500 820 Total : 62,650 93,380 42,850 32,190 50,630 281,700 : West : AK 2/ : 360 900 AZ 2/ : 620 26,520 CA : 2,300 6,200 4,100 3,100 11,200 26,900 CO : 3,100 10,600 7,000 4,500 5,900 31,100 HI 2/ : 80 1,300 ID : 1,100 3,100 2,400 1,600 3,600 11,800 MT : 4,300 17,900 18,900 10,400 8,800 60,300 NV 2/ : 130 6,200 NM : 2,400 12,300 10,000 7,400 12,200 44,300 OR : 1,600 4,500 3,700 3,400 3,900 17,100 UT : 850 2,430 1,680 3,340 3,300 11,600 WA : 1,100 2,700 3,200 2,600 5,700 15,300 WY 2/ : 3,300 33,700 Other States 4/ : 17,470 10,480 9,680 26,500 Total : 21,240 77,200 61,460 46,020 81,100 287,020 : US : 124,252 268,990 195,436 148,185 199,887 936,750 : PR : 150 240 70 60 90 610 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Number of Farms: Economic Sales Class by State, Region, United States, and Puerto Rico 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 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 : 18,400 11,400 3,300 1,600 1,300 36,000 PA : 34,300 14,600 6,200 2,000 1,100 58,200 RI 2/ : 490 850 VT 2/ : 3,950 6,400 Oth Sts 1/ : 7,760 2,380 1,240 1,030 Total : 78,340 33,760 11,880 4,840 3,430 132,250 : North Central : IL : 26,600 24,300 11,000 7,500 3,400 72,800 IN : 30,700 17,800 5,700 3,000 2,100 59,300 IA : 27,400 33,600 15,200 8,300 5,200 89,700 KS : 28,000 24,800 6,700 2,900 2,100 64,500 MI : 31,400 15,000 3,100 1,900 1,800 53,200 MN : 34,800 25,500 9,900 5,400 4,000 79,600 MO : 59,100 36,300 6,200 2,600 1,800 106,000 NE : 12,600 18,400 9,100 4,700 3,500 48,300 ND : 8,700 11,800 5,400 2,700 1,700 30,300 OH : 44,000 23,700 5,600 2,500 1,400 77,200 SD : 8,600 12,600 6,200 2,700 1,500 31,600 WI : 36,800 21,500 11,900 4,100 2,200 76,500 Total : 348,700 265,300 96,000 48,300 30,700 789,000 : South : AL : 30,000 9,200 1,400 1,400 2,000 44,000 AR : 26,400 11,700 3,200 3,300 2,900 47,500 DE 2/ : 980 2,300 FL : 27,000 10,700 2,400 1,200 1,900 43,200 GA : 31,800 11,000 1,900 1,800 2,500 49,000 KY : 54,500 24,800 3,300 1,400 1,000 85,000 LA : 16,800 6,400 1,650 1,000 1,150 27,000 MD 2/ : 7,600 12,100 MS : 29,700 8,000 1,600 1,000 1,900 42,200 NC : 32,100 11,300 2,600 2,500 3,500 52,000 OK : 51,500 25,200 3,900 1,600 1,300 83,500 SC : 18,300 4,300 650 400 750 24,400 TN : 63,500 17,500 1,950 1,200 850 85,000 TX : 156,500 56,500 8,000 4,400 3,600 229,000 VA : 31,000 12,400 1,800 1,200 1,100 47,500 WV 2/ : 17,200 20,800 Other States 3/ : 5,810 1,200 1,100 1,310 Total : 594,880 214,810 35,550 23,500 25,760 894,500 : West : AK 2/ : 320 620 AZ 2/ : 7,100 10,200 CA : 32,300 24,900 7,300 4,200 8,300 77,000 CO : 17,400 9,600 2,000 900 1,000 30,900 HI 2/ : 3,100 5,500 ID : 14,600 6,200 1,900 1,000 1,300 25,000 MT : 11,800 10,500 3,700 1,400 600 28,000 NV 2/ : 1,650 3,000 NM : 11,900 4,000 750 370 480 17,500 OR : 26,500 9,000 2,050 1,250 1,200 40,000 UT : 9,700 4,050 750 450 350 15,300 WA : 19,300 8,800 3,000 1,800 2,100 35,000 WY 2/ : 3,600 9,200 Other States 4/ : 8,360 2,150 970 1,270 Total : 159,270 85,410 23,600 12,340 16,600 297,220 : US :1,181,190 599,280 167,030 88,980 76,490 2,112,970 : PR : 8,900 3,500 500 300 300 13,500 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Land in Farms: Economic Sales Class by State, Region, United States, and Puerto Rico 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 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/ : 150 380 ME 2/ : 540 1,370 MA 2/ : 220 520 NH 2/ : 240 450 NJ 2/ : 210 790 NY : 1,720 2,070 1,280 890 1,530 7,490 PA : 2,300 2,200 1,700 800 700 7,700 RI 2/ : 32 70 VT 2/ : 390 1,250 Oth Sts 1/ : 1,110 676 465 797 Total : 5,802 5,380 3,656 2,155 3,027 20,020 : North Central : IL : 1,700 5,100 6,900 6,900 6,600 27,200 IN : 1,500 3,200 3,200 3,200 3,800 14,900 IA : 1,600 7,300 8,300 7,500 6,700 31,400 KS : 3,300 15,400 11,900 7,900 8,300 46,800 MI : 1,900 2,600 1,600 1,600 2,400 10,100 MN : 3,000 6,700 5,900 5,400 6,400 27,400 MO : 6,900 10,600 5,000 3,800 3,400 29,700 NE : 1,500 10,100 12,000 10,100 12,100 45,800 ND : 2,800 10,000 10,000 7,600 9,000 39,400 OH : 2,600 4,500 3,100 2,400 1,900 14,500 SD : 3,300 11,000 13,600 8,600 7,300 43,800 WI : 2,900 3,900 3,400 2,600 2,700 15,500 Total : 33,000 90,400 84,900 67,600 70,600 346,500 : South : AL : 3,200 3,000 800 700 1,200 8,900 AR : 2,800 3,400 1,600 2,200 4,200 14,200 DE 2/ : 50 530 FL : 1,600 2,100 1,300 830 4,000 9,830 GA : 3,600 2,800 1,100 1,100 2,200 10,800 KY : 4,500 5,100 1,700 1,100 1,500 13,900 LA : 1,500 2,100 1,400 1,200 1,800 8,000 MD 2/ : 490 2,060 MS : 3,700 2,600 990 940 2,820 11,050 NC : 2,200 1,950 1,100 1,250 2,500 9,000 OK : 5,800 13,900 6,600 3,900 4,100 34,300 SC : 1,930 1,390 450 400 700 4,870 TN : 4,700 3,500 950 950 1,400 11,500 TX : 20,700 46,400 23,600 16,100 23,200 130,000 VA : 2,700 3,000 1,050 750 900 8,400 WV 2/ : 2,100 3,600 Other States 3/ : 1,660 550 520 820 Total : 61,570 92,900 43,190 31,940 51,340 280,940 : West : AK 2/ : 350 900 AZ 2/ : 600 26,400 CA : 2,100 6,000 4,000 3,100 11,200 26,400 CO : 3,100 10,400 7,000 4,600 6,000 31,100 HI 2/ : 70 1,200 ID : 1,100 3,000 2,400 1,600 3,600 11,700 MT : 4,200 17,800 18,000 11,500 8,900 60,400 NV 2/ : 130 6,100 NM : 2,200 12,300 9,800 7,600 12,100 44,000 OR : 1,600 4,500 3,600 3,400 3,900 17,000 UT : 850 2,410 1,640 2,800 3,800 11,500 WA : 1,000 2,600 3,200 2,600 5,700 15,100 WY 2/ : 3,200 33,000 Other States 4/ : 17,120 10,350 9,420 26,360 Total : 20,500 76,130 59,990 46,620 81,560 284,800 : US : 120,872 264,810 191,736 148,315 206,527 932,260 : PR : 140 230 80 60 90 600 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Number of Farms: Economic Sales Class by State, Region, United States, and Puerto Rico 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 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 7,100 MA 2/ : 3,850 6,100 NH 2/ : 2,500 3,400 NJ 2/ : 6,800 9,800 NY : 17,800 11,400 3,450 1,550 1,400 35,600 PA : 34,200 14,500 6,300 2,000 1,200 58,200 RI 2/ : 490 850 VT 2/ : 3,850 6,300 Oth Sts 1/ : 7,760 2,380 1,240 1,030 Total : 77,340 33,660 12,130 4,790 3,630 131,550 : North Central : IL : 26,300 24,200 11,000 7,400 3,600 72,500 IN : 30,400 17,700 5,600 3,100 2,200 59,000 IA : 26,900 33,400 15,100 8,200 5,400 89,000 KS : 28,000 24,800 6,700 2,900 2,100 64,500 MI : 31,100 15,000 3,200 1,800 1,900 53,000 MN : 34,800 25,400 9,900 5,500 4,000 79,600 MO : 57,900 36,100 6,400 2,700 1,900 105,000 NE : 12,500 17,700 8,900 4,900 4,000 48,000 ND : 8,500 11,900 5,300 2,800 1,800 30,300 OH : 43,200 23,400 6,000 2,500 1,400 76,500 SD : 8,300 12,500 6,200 2,800 1,600 31,400 WI : 36,500 21,400 11,700 4,400 2,500 76,500 Total : 344,400 263,500 96,000 49,000 32,400 785,300 : South : AL : 29,500 9,200 1,400 1,400 2,000 43,500 AR : 26,200 11,400 3,200 3,300 2,900 47,000 DE 2/ : 1,000 2,300 FL : 26,000 10,600 2,300 1,200 1,900 42,000 GA : 31,800 11,200 1,800 1,700 2,500 49,000 KY : 53,000 25,000 3,500 1,450 1,050 84,000 LA : 16,700 6,300 1,650 1,000 1,150 26,800 MD 2/ : 7,700 12,100 MS : 29,700 8,100 1,550 1,000 1,850 42,200 NC : 29,700 10,600 2,500 2,600 3,600 49,000 OK : 51,000 25,200 3,900 1,600 1,300 83,000 SC : 18,400 4,300 650 400 750 24,500 TN : 61,500 17,500 1,950 1,200 850 83,000 TX : 157,000 56,600 8,200 4,500 3,700 230,000 VA : 30,500 12,500 1,800 1,100 1,100 47,000 WV 2/ : 17,200 20,800 Other States 3/ : 5,710 1,200 1,050 1,340 Total : 586,900 214,210 35,600 23,500 25,990 886,200 : West : AK 2/ : 330 640 AZ 2/ : 7,000 10,100 CA : 31,500 25,000 7,200 4,300 8,500 76,500 CO : 17,100 9,300 2,100 900 1,100 30,500 HI 2/ : 3,100 5,500 ID : 15,000 6,000 1,600 1,100 1,300 25,000 MT : 11,900 10,300 3,700 1,400 700 28,000 NV 2/ : 1,650 3,000 NM : 11,900 3,950 750 390 510 17,500 OR : 26,000 9,200 2,100 1,300 1,400 40,000 UT : 9,600 4,050 750 450 350 15,200 WA : 19,000 8,600 3,000 1,700 2,200 34,500 WY 2/ : 3,600 9,200 Other States 4/ : 8,270 2,150 1,010 1,330 Total : 157,680 84,670 23,350 12,550 17,390 295,640 : US :1,166,320 596,040 167,080 89,840 79,410 2,098,690 : PR : 8,800 3,600 600 300 300 13,600 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Land in Farms: Economic Sales Class by State, Region, United States, and Puerto Rico 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 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/ : 150 390 ME 2/ : 530 1,360 MA 2/ : 220 520 NH 2/ : 250 460 NJ 2/ : 190 760 NY : 1,660 2,000 1,300 830 1,560 7,350 PA : 2,300 2,200 1,700 800 800 7,800 RI 2/ : 30 70 VT 2/ : 390 1,250 Oth Sts 1/ : 1,100 676 466 808 Total : 5,720 5,300 3,676 2,096 3,168 19,960 : North Central : IL : 1,600 4,900 6,800 6,900 6,800 27,000 IN : 1,500 3,200 3,100 3,200 3,900 14,900 IA : 1,600 7,100 8,200 7,400 6,900 31,200 KS : 3,260 15,000 12,000 8,000 8,900 47,160 MI : 1,900 2,500 1,600 1,600 2,500 10,100 MN : 2,900 6,600 5,800 5,300 6,600 27,200 MO : 6,700 10,400 5,100 3,900 3,400 29,500 NE : 1,500 9,100 11,500 10,200 13,400 45,700 ND : 2,800 9,000 9,000 7,600 11,000 39,400 OH : 2,450 4,400 3,050 2,400 1,900 14,200 SD : 3,200 10,700 13,600 8,800 7,400 43,700 WI : 2,900 3,700 3,300 2,700 2,800 15,400 Total : 32,310 86,600 83,050 68,000 75,500 345,460 : South : AL : 3,100 3,000 800 700 1,200 8,800 AR : 2,700 3,300 1,700 2,200 4,300 14,200 DE 2/ : 50 520 FL : 1,500 2,000 1,200 770 4,100 9,570 GA : 3,600 2,800 1,000 1,000 2,300 10,700 KY : 4,300 5,100 1,800 1,100 1,700 14,000 LA : 1,400 2,100 1,400 1,200 1,900 8,000 MD 2/ : 490 2,060 MS : 3,700 2,600 950 920 2,880 11,050 NC : 2,000 1,750 1,100 1,350 2,600 8,800 OK : 5,600 14,000 6,800 3,900 4,200 34,500 SC : 1,930 1,390 450 400 700 4,870 TN : 4,300 3,500 930 970 1,500 11,200 TX : 20,600 46,000 23,500 16,100 23,600 129,800 VA : 2,600 3,000 1,000 800 900 8,300 WV 2/ : 2,100 3,600 Other States 3/ : 1,660 550 500 830 Total : 59,970 92,200 43,180 31,910 52,710 279,970 : West : AK 2/ : 350 900 AZ 2/ : 550 26,250 CA : 1,800 5,700 3,800 3,200 11,400 25,900 CO : 2,900 10,400 6,800 4,700 6,300 31,100 HI 2/ : 70 1,200 ID : 1,100 3,100 2,300 1,600 3,600 11,700 MT : 4,200 17,600 18,000 11,700 9,100 60,600 NV 2/ : 130 6,100 NM : 2,200 11,700 9,800 7,500 12,200 43,400 OR : 1,500 4,300 3,500 3,300 4,100 16,700 UT : 850 2,300 1,650 2,400 4,200 11,400 WA : 1,000 2,600 3,200 2,500 5,700 15,000 WY 2/ : 3,200 32,300 Other States 4/ : 16,430 10,150 9,320 26,550 Total : 19,850 74,130 59,200 46,220 83,150 282,550 : US : 117,850 258,230 189,106 148,226 214,528 927,940 : PR : 130 210 80 60 90 570 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Number of Farms: Economic Sales Class by State, Region, United States, and Puerto Rico 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 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 7,100 MA 2/ : 3,850 6,100 NH 2/ : 2,500 3,400 NJ 2/ : 6,800 9,800 NY : 18,600 10,700 2,800 1,600 1,300 35,000 PA : 34,200 14,500 6,300 2,000 1,200 58,200 RI 2/ : 490 850 VT 2/ : 3,850 6,300 Oth Sts 1/ : 7,760 2,380 1,240 1,030 Total : 78,140 32,960 11,480 4,840 3,530 130,950 : North Central : IL : 26,300 24,200 10,900 7,300 3,700 72,400 IN : 30,400 17,800 5,450 3,000 2,350 59,000 IA : 26,600 33,300 15,000 8,200 5,500 88,600 KS : 27,200 24,600 6,800 3,100 2,300 64,000 MI : 31,100 14,800 3,300 1,800 2,000 53,000 MN : 34,500 25,200 9,900 5,600 4,100 79,300 MO : 56,800 37,700 6,000 2,500 2,000 105,000 NE : 12,500 16,300 8,500 5,200 5,100 47,600 ND : 8,400 12,100 5,200 2,700 1,900 30,300 OH : 42,600 23,200 6,500 2,400 1,500 76,200 SD : 8,300 12,300 6,100 2,900 1,700 31,300 WI : 36,200 21,300 11,600 4,300 2,600 76,000 Total : 340,900 262,800 95,250 49,000 34,750 782,700 : South : AL : 29,000 9,200 1,400 1,400 2,000 43,000 AR : 26,000 11,200 3,200 3,200 2,900 46,500 DE 2/ : 990 2,300 FL : 24,700 10,600 2,400 1,300 2,000 41,000 GA : 31,200 11,100 2,100 2,000 2,600 49,000 KY : 53,000 25,000 3,400 1,450 1,150 84,000 LA : 16,700 6,300 1,600 1,000 1,200 26,800 MD 2/ : 7,600 12,000 MS : 29,400 8,100 1,600 1,000 1,900 42,000 NC : 28,500 10,700 2,500 2,700 3,600 48,000 OK : 51,000 25,200 3,900 1,600 1,300 83,000 SC : 18,400 4,400 650 400 750 24,600 TN : 59,500 17,500 1,950 1,200 850 81,000 TX : 156,600 56,500 8,200 4,800 3,900 230,000 VA : 30,100 12,900 1,700 1,000 1,100 46,800 WV 2/ : 17,500 21,200 Other States 3/ : 5,820 1,230 1,060 1,300 Total : 580,190 214,520 35,830 24,110 26,550 881,200 : West : AK 2/ : 330 640 AZ 2/ : 6,900 10,000 CA : 30,200 25,700 7,500 4,200 8,400 76,000 CO : 17,300 9,100 2,100 1,000 1,200 30,700 HI 2/ : 3,100 5,500 ID : 14,500 6,200 1,600 1,300 1,400 25,000 MT : 11,300 10,800 3,800 1,500 700 28,100 NV 2/ : 1,650 3,000 NM : 11,900 3,900 800 390 510 17,500 OR : 25,200 9,200 2,100 1,400 1,400 39,300 UT : 9,400 4,100 760 460 380 15,100 WA : 18,700 8,500 2,900 1,700 2,200 34,000 WY 2/ : 3,600 9,100 Other States 4/ : 8,170 2,100 1,060 1,330 Total : 154,080 85,670 23,660 13,010 17,520 293,940 : US :1,153,310 595,950 166,220 90,960 82,350 2,088,790 : PR : 8,800 3,600 600 300 300 13,600 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Land in Farms: Economic Sales Class by State, Region, United States, and Puerto Rico 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 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/ : 160 400 ME 2/ : 520 1,350 MA 2/ : 220 520 NH 2/ : 250 460 NJ 2/ : 190 740 NY : 1,700 2,000 1,200 920 1,450 7,270 PA : 2,300 2,200 1,700 800 800 7,800 RI 2/ : 30 70 VT 2/ : 390 1,250 Oth Sts 1/ : 1,090 666 466 808 Total : 5,760 5,290 3,566 2,186 3,058 19,860 : North Central : IL : 1,600 4,900 6,700 6,700 7,000 26,900 IN : 1,500 3,000 3,100 3,200 4,100 14,900 IA : 1,600 6,900 8,100 7,300 7,000 30,900 KS : 3,250 14,800 11,800 8,200 9,400 47,450 MI : 1,850 2,400 1,600 1,600 2,650 10,100 MN : 2,800 6,400 5,800 5,300 6,700 27,000 MO : 6,600 10,500 5,000 3,700 3,500 29,300 NE : 1,400 7,900 10,200 10,000 16,200 45,700 ND : 2,400 7,500 8,000 7,800 13,700 39,400 OH : 2,350 4,300 3,050 2,400 2,000 14,100 SD : 2,800 10,000 13,000 8,900 9,000 43,700 WI : 2,800 3,600 3,300 2,700 2,900 15,300 Total : 30,950 82,200 79,650 67,800 84,150 344,750 : South : AL : 3,100 3,000 800 700 1,300 8,900 AR : 2,600 3,200 1,700 2,200 4,300 14,000 DE 2/ : 40 510 FL : 1,400 2,000 1,200 760 4,100 9,460 GA : 3,600 2,800 1,100 1,000 2,500 11,000 KY : 4,300 5,100 1,800 1,100 1,700 14,000 LA : 1,400 2,000 1,500 1,200 1,900 8,000 MD 2/ : 480 2,060 MS : 3,600 2,550 950 950 2,950 11,000 NC : 1,950 1,750 1,050 1,350 2,700 8,800 OK : 5,600 14,200 6,800 3,900 4,300 34,800 SC : 1,940 1,400 450 400 700 4,890 TN : 4,200 3,500 920 980 1,500 11,100 TX : 20,100 45,600 23,500 16,800 23,700 129,700 VA : 2,600 3,000 1,000 700 900 8,200 WV 2/ : 2,100 3,600 Other States 3/ : 1,640 520 540 850 Total : 59,010 91,740 43,290 32,580 53,400 280,020 : West : AK 2/ : 350 900 AZ 2/ : 500 26,100 CA : 1,700 5,500 3,800 3,300 11,400 25,700 CO : 2,800 10,100 7,000 4,900 6,500 31,300 HI 2/ : 70 1,160 ID : 1,000 3,000 2,200 1,900 3,500 11,600 MT : 3,900 17,700 18,200 11,900 9,100 60,800 NV 2/ : 120 6,000 NM : 2,200 11,500 9,700 7,600 12,100 43,100 OR : 1,400 4,200 3,500 3,300 4,200 16,600 UT : 850 2,250 1,500 1,900 4,800 11,300 WA : 1,000 2,600 3,200 2,500 5,700 15,000 WY 2/ : 3,000 31,600 Other States 4/ : 16,100 9,730 9,450 26,440 Total : 18,890 72,950 58,830 46,750 83,740 281,160 : US : 114,610 252,180 185,336 149,316 224,348 925,790 : PR : 130 210 80 60 90 570 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Number of Farms: Economic Sales Class by State, Region, United States, and Puerto Rico 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 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/ : 3,100 4,900 ME 2/ : 5,300 8,100 MA 2/ : 4,800 7,700 NH 2/ : 2,900 4,150 NJ 2/ : 6,700 10,300 NY : 18,800 10,700 3,300 1,800 1,800 36,400 PA : 37,000 15,500 5,600 2,800 2,300 63,200 RI 2/ : 750 1,220 VT 2/ : 4,000 7,000 Oth Sts 1/ : 11,010 2,220 1,230 1,360 Total : 83,350 37,210 11,120 5,830 5,460 142,970 : North Central : IL : 33,700 19,400 9,100 7,200 7,500 76,900 IN : 32,000 16,000 5,200 3,500 4,300 61,000 IA : 30,300 28,500 14,300 9,800 9,900 92,800 KS : 28,300 22,500 6,600 3,900 4,200 65,500 MI : 33,100 14,800 3,500 2,100 2,500 56,000 MN : 36,500 21,900 9,500 6,400 6,700 81,000 MO : 58,000 37,400 6,000 3,000 3,400 107,800 NE : 13,000 14,700 8,000 5,800 6,200 47,700 ND : 10,600 9,400 4,400 3,700 3,900 32,000 OH : 40,700 22,800 5,800 3,400 3,200 75,900 SD : 9,200 9,700 5,500 3,800 3,000 31,200 WI : 40,900 20,700 8,600 4,800 3,500 78,500 Total : 366,300 237,800 86,500 57,400 58,300 806,300 : South : AL : 32,100 11,800 1,100 1,400 2,400 48,800 AR : 27,700 13,400 1,600 1,900 4,700 49,300 DE 2/ : 1,000 2,550 FL : 29,500 12,700 2,100 1,100 2,100 47,500 GA : 30,400 10,500 2,100 1,400 3,500 47,900 KY : 54,000 25,200 3,000 1,450 1,650 85,300 LA : 18,700 7,900 1,100 800 1,500 30,000 MD 2/ : 7,100 12,850 MS : 27,400 9,900 1,050 900 2,750 42,000 NC : 32,900 11,500 2,000 2,500 4,000 52,900 OK : 51,000 28,000 3,900 1,800 1,900 86,600 SC : 18,500 5,500 550 350 1,000 25,900 TN : 55,800 19,800 1,650 950 1,300 79,500 TX : 163,800 65,100 7,600 4,500 6,500 247,500 VA : 30,200 13,400 1,450 950 1,400 47,400 WV 2/ : 18,400 23,400 Other States 3/ : 8,250 1,210 870 1,970 Total : 598,500 242,950 30,410 20,870 36,670 929,400 : West : AK 2/ : 360 680 AZ 2/ : 12,000 15,600 CA : 35,300 26,300 6,700 4,000 8,700 81,000 CO : 21,000 10,600 2,500 1,300 1,500 36,900 HI 2/ : 4,600 7,500 ID : 14,100 6,800 1,700 1,100 1,700 25,400 MT : 13,100 9,600 3,600 2,000 1,200 29,500 NV 2/ : 1,650 3,100 NM : 14,100 5,100 800 400 600 21,000 OR : 24,600 9,200 2,000 1,100 1,700 38,600 UT : 10,300 4,700 840 410 450 16,700 WA : 24,100 9,000 2,000 1,700 2,500 39,300 WY 2/ : 5,200 11,000 Other States 4/ : 9,410 2,130 1,120 1,410 Total : 180,410 90,710 22,270 13,130 19,760 326,280 : US :1,228,560 608,670 150,300 97,230 120,190 2,204,950 : PR : 7,300 3,100 500 250 250 11,200 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Land in Farms: Economic Sales Class by State, Region, United States, and Puerto Rico 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 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/ : 140 410 ME 2/ : 480 1,350 MA 2/ : 210 520 NH 2/ : 230 470 NJ 2/ : 180 730 NY : 1,600 1,800 1,000 900 1,900 7,200 PA : 2,400 2,050 1,200 950 1,200 7,800 RI 2/ : 30 70 VT 2/ : 350 1,230 Oth Sts 1/ : 1,260 487 445 968 Total : 5,620 5,110 2,687 2,295 4,068 19,780 : North Central : IL : 1,500 2,900 3,800 5,600 13,000 26,800 IN : 1,300 2,100 1,900 2,500 7,000 14,800 IA : 1,700 4,700 5,400 6,900 12,100 30,800 KS : 3,300 9,900 8,300 8,400 16,400 46,300 MI : 1,850 2,100 1,350 1,400 3,300 10,000 MN : 3,200 4,800 4,200 4,800 9,900 26,900 MO : 5,100 10,200 4,200 3,500 6,000 29,000 NE : 1,400 6,400 8,600 10,200 19,000 45,600 ND : 2,000 6,300 7,000 8,200 16,100 39,600 OH : 2,100 3,200 2,200 2,400 4,100 14,000 SD : 1,600 7,500 10,100 10,100 14,400 43,700 WI : 3,100 3,300 2,600 2,300 3,900 15,200 Total : 28,150 63,400 59,650 66,300 125,200 342,700 : South : AL : 3,100 3,100 800 700 1,300 9,000 AR : 2,300 3,300 1,000 1,500 5,800 13,900 DE 2/ : 30 510 FL : 1,400 2,000 900 900 4,100 9,300 GA : 3,000 2,500 1,100 900 2,800 10,300 KY : 4,390 5,040 1,330 1,040 2,200 14,000 LA : 1,400 2,000 900 900 2,900 8,100 MD 2/ : 400 2,060 MS : 3,500 2,600 1,000 950 2,950 11,000 NC : 2,000 1,700 750 1,150 3,000 8,600 OK : 6,100 12,600 6,100 4,300 6,000 35,100 SC : 1,800 1,450 400 300 950 4,900 TN : 3,650 3,900 900 800 1,750 11,000 TX : 18,800 43,500 20,900 15,300 31,900 130,400 VA : 2,350 3,000 850 650 1,250 8,100 WV 2/ : 1,960 3,700 Other States 3/ : 2,390 1,810 510 440 1,120 Total : 56,180 88,500 37,440 29,830 68,020 279,970 : West : AK 2/ : 290 890 AZ 2/ : 750 26,100 CA : 1,800 5,000 3,700 2,900 12,000 25,400 CO : 2,900 8,600 6,000 6,100 7,800 31,400 HI 2/ : 80 1,120 ID : 950 2,500 1,950 1,400 4,700 11,500 MT : 2,500 12,400 15,400 14,100 16,500 60,900 NV 2/ : 200 5,900 NM : 3,100 11,300 8,300 7,800 12,700 43,200 OR : 1,700 3,400 3,100 2,600 5,600 16,400 UT : 850 2,250 1,500 1,200 5,300 11,100 WA : 1,300 3,200 1,800 2,800 5,800 14,900 WY 2/ : 1,500 30,200 Other States 4/ : 22,560 11,880 8,400 18,550 Total : 17,920 71,210 53,630 47,300 88,950 279,010 : US : 107,870 228,220 153,407 145,725 286,238 921,460 : PR : 130 170 70 40 80 490 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Percent of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average Size Farm: By Economic Sales Class, United States, 2003-2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Economic : Number of Farms Sales :----------------------------------------------------------- Class : Percent of Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 : $1,000 - $2,499 : 27.0 26.7 26.4 26.3 26.8 $2,500 - $4,999 : 15.2 15.2 15.2 15.2 15.4 $5,000 - $9,999 : 14.0 14.0 13.9 13.7 13.5 $10,000 - $24,999 : 11.4 11.5 11.5 11.9 12.5 $25,000 - $49,999 : 8.6 8.6 8.7 8.8 8.1 $50,000 - $99,999 : 8.3 8.3 8.2 7.9 7.0 $100,000 - $249,999 : 7.9 7.9 8.0 8.0 6.8 $250,000 - $499,999 : 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.3 4.4 $500,000 - $999,999 : 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.2 3.3 $1,000,000 + : 1.4 1.5 1.7 1.7 2.2 : Total : 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Economic : Land in Farms Sales :----------------------------------------------------------- Class : Percent of Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 : $1,000 - $2,499 : 4.3 4.1 4.0 4.1 3.5 $2,500 - $4,999 : 4.1 4.0 3.8 3.8 3.2 $5,000 - $9,999 : 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.5 5.0 $10,000 - $24,999 : 7.5 7.5 7.2 7.1 6.9 $25,000 - $49,999 : 9.8 9.5 9.2 9.0 7.0 $50,000 - $99,999 : 11.4 11.4 11.4 11.2 10.9 $100,000 - $249,999 : 20.9 20.5 20.4 20.0 16.6 $250,000 - $499,999 : 15.8 15.9 16.0 16.1 15.8 $500,000 - $999,999 : 10.6 11.0 11.1 11.6 15.0 $1,000,000 + : 10.7 11.2 12.0 12.6 16.1 : Total : 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Economic : Average Size Farm Sales :----------------------------------------------------------- Class : Acres -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 : $1,000 - $2,499 : 70 68 67 69 55 $2,500 - $4,999 : 118 116 110 111 87 $5,000 - $9,999 : 153 154 156 145 155 $10,000 - $24,999 : 291 288 277 264 230 $25,000 - $49,999 : 503 488 468 453 361 $50,000 - $99,999 : 607 607 615 628 650 $100,000 - $249,999 : 1,175 1,143 1,132 1,106 1,022 $250,000 - $499,999 : 1,711 1,667 1,652 1,656 1,503 $500,000 - $999,999 : 2,242 2,307 2,347 2,332 1,903 $1,000,000 + : 3,394 3,288 3,134 3,278 3,064 : Total : 440 441 442 443 418 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Average Farm Size: By State, United States, and Puerto Rico 2003-2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : 2003 : 2004 : 2005 : 2006 : 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Acres : AL : 200 202 202 207 184 AK : 1,475 1,452 1,406 1,406 1,309 AZ : 2,575 2,588 2,599 2,610 1,673 AR : 301 299 302 301 282 CA : 343 343 339 338 314 CO : 990 1,006 1,020 1,020 851 CT : 88 90 93 95 84 DE : 230 230 226 222 200 FL : 228 228 228 231 196 GA : 219 220 218 224 215 HI : 236 218 218 211 149 ID : 472 468 468 464 453 IL : 375 374 372 372 349 IN : 252 251 253 253 243 IA : 351 350 351 349 332 KS : 729 726 731 741 707 KY : 160 164 167 167 164 LA : 290 296 299 299 270 ME : 190 190 192 190 167 MD : 170 170 170 172 160 MA : 85 85 85 85 68 MI : 189 190 191 191 179 MN : 345 344 342 340 332 MS : 260 262 262 262 262 MO : 282 280 281 279 269 MT : 2,154 2,157 2,164 2,164 2,064 NE : 946 948 952 960 956 NV : 2,067 2,033 2,033 2,000 1,903 NH : 132 132 135 135 113 NJ : 82 80 78 76 71 NM : 2,531 2,514 2,480 2,463 2,057 NY : 205 208 206 208 198 NC : 170 173 180 183 163 ND : 1,300 1,300 1,300 1,300 1,238 OH : 188 188 186 185 184 OK : 407 411 416 419 405 OR : 428 425 418 422 425 PA : 132 132 134 134 123 RI : 82 82 82 82 57 SC : 199 200 199 199 189 SD : 1,386 1,386 1,392 1,396 1,401 TN : 132 135 135 137 138 TX : 570 568 564 564 527 UT : 758 752 750 748 665 VT : 192 195 198 198 176 VA : 179 177 177 175 171 WA : 431 431 435 441 379 WV : 173 173 173 170 158 WI : 204 203 201 201 194 WY : 3,663 3,587 3,511 3,473 2,745 : US : 440 441 442 443 418 : PR : 45 44 42 42 43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Farm Definition Number of Farms and Land in Farms: Final Estimates by State and United States, 2003-2007, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Statistics Board, National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Statistical Bulletin No. 1018. Introduction: Number of farms and land in farms estimates are published annually. These data were collected by the National Agricultural Statistics Service during the June Agricultural Survey. In addition, the responsibility for the Census of Agriculture was transferred to NASS from the Census Bureau starting with the 1997 Agriculture Census. The farm definition for the Census of Agriculture and the Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) are now the same. That is, a farm is any establishment from which $1,000 or more of agricultural products were sold or would normally be sold during the year. The following changes were made to ensure comparability between the Census of Agriculture data and the annually published NASS estimates. Beginning in 1995 NASS survey interviewers counted operations having five or more horses or ponies and no other agricultural sales as farms. An operation with one or more horses with agricultural sales of at least $1,000 already qualified as a farm on both NASS survey and the Census. Beginning in 1997, the NASS Fall Agricultural Survey was added to estimate all operations qualifying as a farm during the year, the census reference period. Beginning with the 1997 Census of Agriculture, Christmas tree farms and farms that were wholly enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program were included in the census farm count. Two new industries, Maple Syrup and Short Rotation Woody Crop farms, were added to both counts beginning in 1997. Land in farms is all land operated by farms during the year. It includes crop and livestock acreage, wasteland, woodland, pasture, land in summer fallow, idle cropland, and land enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program and other set aside or commodity acreage programs. It excludes public, industrial, and grazing association land and nonagricultural land. It excludes all land operated by establishments not qualifying as farms. Economic sales classes are based on the gross value of sales, which include sales of agricultural products such as crops, livestock, horses, honey, furs, fish, nursery and greenhouse products, rabbits, etc. Government program payments from the previous year are also included. Procedures: Revisions were made after a thorough review of the original survey data and the 2007 Census of Agriculture. The 2003-2007 estimates shown here are considered final and will not be revised again. 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : Value of : Value of Sales : Required : Apiaries and Year : Acres in : Agricultural :of Agricultural : some : Fur Farms : Place : Products : Products : Agricultural: Enumerated : : (Produced) : : Operations : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : : : : : : : : 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 : -- : -- : -- : -- : -- : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Historic Estimates: Final estimates of Farms and Land in Farms in earlier years are available in Statistical Bulletins, No. 991 for 1998-2002, No. 955 for 1993-97, No. 895 for 1988-92, No. 792 for 1979-87, SpSy3 for 1975-80, No. 594 for 1969-75, No. 507 for 1959-70, No. 316 for number of farm estimates for 1910-59 and land in farms estimates for 1950-59. Agricultural Census Publications: The U. S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released several products from the 2007 Census of Agriculture on February 4, 2009. The Census is the leading source of statistics about the Nation's agricultural production and the only source of consistent, comparable data at the county, state, and national levels. The Census includes all places from which $1,000 or more of agricultural products, including government payments, were produced and sold, or normally would have been sold, during the census year. Census publications also include demographic items such as sex of operator, residence on or off the farm, days worked off farm, years present on farm, age group categories, race, and number of persons living in each household. A Special Note Regarding the 2007 Estimates Census: The Farms and Land in Farms Final Estimates publication is produced every five years following the release of the Census of Agriculture. The purpose of this publication is to provide any revisions to annual estimates of Farms and Land in Farms based on updated Census data. The Census of Agriculture provides a base from which the annual surveys measure the change from that base. At the end of the next five year cycle, the annual estimates are revised based on inter-Census trends. The 2007 Census of Agriculture showed a significant increase in the number of farms, and reversed the downward trend that was shown in the annual estimates of Farm Numbers since the 2002 Census of Agriculture. NASS believes that some of the increase is due to methodological changes that allowed NASS to more accurately count small farms in the 2007 Census. This is discussed in more detail below. NASS has concluded that the most appropriate action is not to revise the Farm Number data series between 2002 and 2006. The 2007 Census of Agriculture will form a new base for farm numbers that will be used to anchor the annual estimates for 2008 and beyond. Methodological Discussion: Each year NASS conducts the June Area Frame Survey (AFS) to provide an estimate of the number of farms and the land in farms. The exception is Alaska, which does not have an area frame and uses a list survey instead. The area frame is stratified by land use. A sample of approximately 11,000 segments of land (each approximately one square mile in size) is selected each year, and field enumerators visit each sampled segment to identify agricultural activity within the segment. The AFS is assumed to provide complete coverage of the universe of farm and ranch operations because the area-based frame covers all land in the U.S. In preparation for the census of agriculture NASS builds the Census Mail List (CML) consisting of all known farms and potential farms. In addition, NASS uses the area frame sample to measure and account for the incompleteness of the CML in a dual-frame estimation procedure. This dual-frame estimation procedure assumes complete coverage of the universe of farm and ranch operations because the undercoverage of the CML is accounted for through the area frame sample. Results from the 2002 Census of Agriculture indicated undercoverage of farms in the lowest value of sales categories. This category includes a high concentration of disadvantaged and minority farm operators. In preparation for the 2007 Census, NASS exerted more extensive efforts than in previous censuses to build a comprehensive list. Additionally, NASS worked with several community based organizations and producer groups to enhance awareness, to increase response, and to improve coverage of these types of farms. This resulted in a 2007 CML with 3,194,373 records as compared with 2,841,788 in 2002. Additionally, NASS augmented the area frame sample with segments that were located in areas where small and minority operated farms were likely to be located. The 2007 Census of Agriculture produced a greater number of farms in the lowest value of sales categories. The extensive list building efforts and the augmentation of the area frame sample allowed NASS to capture more of the small farms with less than $10,000 in value of agricultural sales. Additionally, 2007 was a year of relatively high commodity prices. As the value of farm commodities increased, more very small operations are able to meet the $1,000 value of sales threshold to qualify as a farm in the census. After the 2007 Census of Agriculture NASS conducted a classification error research study for the census in five states. The study used data from the 2007 AFS and the 2007 Census of Agriculture to examine whether there were farms incorrectly classified as nonfarms, and whether there were any nonfarms incorrectly classified as farms. Records in the 2007 AFS were matched to the 2007 census using probabilistic record linkage. Records whose farm status differed in the two data collections were interviewed to determine which data source was correct. Results of the study showed that where there were discrepancies in farm status between the two reports, the census data was more often correct than the AFS data. Some AFS farms had not been correctly classified by the enumeration and processing procedures. These results challenged the NASS assumption made for its annual estimates that all farms are captured using the AFS estimation procedures. This assumption had been made on the basis of the completeness of the frame, the high quality of the personal enumeration mode utilized for the data collection, and the extensive training of field enumerators collecting the data. However, the more extensive census procedures using dual-frame estimation produced a larger farm count than the AFS estimation. This result and the results of the research study provided evidence that the AFS procedure is underestimating the number of farms. Because the AFS estimate is the major indicator for producing annual farm number estimates, it is likely these farms were also underestimated in the non census years. The 2008 and the revised 2007 farm number estimates reflect adjustments in the number of farms based on estimates produced by the 2007 Census of Agriculture. NASS has launched a research initiative to address the methodological issues discussed above. Statistical Bulletin Publication Schedule Statistical Bulletins: The National Agricultural Statistics Service will issue a series of twenty-one bulletins containing final estimates for agricultural data series based on the review of the 2007 Census of Agriculture and other information. The product number, bulletin title, and tentative release dates are as follows. SB1009 Citrus Fruits - Final Estimates 2003-2007 12/31/08 SB1010 Field Crops - Final Estimates 2003-2007 12/31/08 SB1011 Noncitrus Fruits and Nuts - Final Estimates 2003-2007 12/31/08 SB1012 Rice Stocks - Final Estimates 2003-2008 12/31/08 SB1013 Stocks of Grains, Oilseeds, and Hay - Final Estimates 2003-2008 12/31/08 SB1014 Vegetables - Final Estimates 2003-2007 12/31/08 SB1015 Potatoes and Sweet Potatoes - Final Estimates 2003-2007 01/30/09 SB1016 Crop Values - Final Estimates 2002-2007 02/10/09 SB1017 Agricultural Land Values and Cash Rents - Final Estimates 2004-2008 02/27/09 SB1018 Farms and Land in Farms - Final Estimates 2003-2007 02/27/09 SB1019 Cattle - Final Estimates 2004-2008 03/05/09 SB1020 Hogs and Pigs - Final Estimates 2003-2007 03/05/09 SB1021 Livestock Operations - Final Estimates 2003-2007 03/05/09 SB1022 Milk Cows and Production - Final Estimates 2003-2007 03/05/09 SB1023 Sheep and Goats - Final Estimates 2004-2008 03/05/09 SB1024 Chickens and Eggs - Final Estimates 2003-2007 03/13/09 SB1025 Honey - Final Estimates 2003-2007 03/13/09 SB1026 Meat Animals, PDI - Final Estimates 2003-2007 05/29/09 SB1027 Milk Disposition and Income - Final Estimates 2003-2007 05/29/09 SB1028 Poultry Production and Value - Final Estimates 2003-2007 05/29/09 SB1029 Mink - Final Estimates 2002-2006 07/17/09 Agricultural Census Publications: The U. 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