Farms--Number, Acreage, and Value, by State statistics


				ALL FARMS					ALL FARMS					ALL FARMS					FARMS WITH SALES OF $10,000				FARMS WITH SALES OF $10,000				FARMS WITH SALES OF $10,000
																			OR MORE, 1987				OR MORE, 1992				OR MORE, 1997

STATE	State	FIPS											Average
		code			Number of				Land in				size of				Total value ¹		Number of	Land in	Average	Total	Number of	Land in	Average	Total	Number of	Land in	Average
					farms				farms				farm				(mil. dol.)		farms	farms	size of	value ¹	farms	farms	size of	value ¹	farms	farms	size of
					(1,000)				(mil. acres)				(acres)						(1,000)	(mil. acres)	farm	(mil.	(1,000)	(mil. acres)	farm	(mil.	(1,000)	(mil. acres)	farm
																					(acres)	dol.)			(acres)	dol.)			(acres)
			1982	1987	1992	1997	1982	1987	1992	1997	1982	1987	1992	1997	1982	1987	1992	1997

United States	US	00000	2,241	2,088	1,925	1,912	986.8	964.5	945.5	931.8	440	462	491	487	774,158	604,168	687,432	859,839	1,060	829.0	782	481,983	1,019	822.0	807	555,056	949	802.3	846
Alabama	AL	01000	48	43	38	41	10.2	9.1	8.5	8.7	211	211	223	210	8,290	7,284	8,350	12,340	14	5.9	424	4,383	14	5.7	410	5,152	13	5.2	406
Alaska	AK	02000	(Z)	1	1	1	1.3	1.0	0.9	0.9	2,323	1,789	1,803	1,608	264	317	249	267	(Z)	0.6	3,411	146	(Z)	0.6	3,788	138	(Z)	0.7	3,088
Arizona	AZ	04000	7	8	7	6	37.8	36.3	35.0	26.9	5,148	4,732	5,173	4,379	10,972	10,111	10,984	10,360	4	33.7	9,411	9,125	3	32.7	10,260	9,837	3	25.5	8,681
Arkansas	AR	05000	51	48	44	45	14.7	14.4	14.1	14.4	291	298	322	318	14,460	10,884	12,407	16,255	21	11.2	522	8,285	21	11.3	536	9,668	20	11.4	556
California	CA	06000	82	83	78	74	32.2	30.6	29.0	27.7	390	368	373	374	61,532	48,567	63,689	69,768	43	27.7	647	40,689	40	25.8	639	52,685	42	25.2	605
Colorado	CO	08000	27	27	27	28	33.5	34.0	34.0	32.6	1,237	1,248	1,252	1,154	15,228	12,519	14,568	19,993	15	30.6	2,030	10,284	15	30.7	2,029	11,932	15	28.9	1,943
Connecticut	CT	09000	4	4	3	4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	118	111	105	97	1,188	1,674	2,138	2,104	1	0.3	179	1,037	1	0.2	173	1,299	1	0.2	159
Delaware	DE	10000	3	3	3	2	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	196	205	224	236	1,218	1,096	1,351	1,499	2	0.5	291	932	2	0.5	309	1,184	2	0.5	319
Florida	FL	12000	36	37	35	35	12.8	11.2	10.8	10.5	353	306	306	300	20,085	19,884	21,801	23,048	15	9.4	638	15,999	15	9.2	614	17,924	15	8.8	596
Georgia	GA	13000	50	44	41	40	12.3	10.7	10.0	10.7	248	247	246	265	11,166	9,852	11,437	15,842	18	7.9	439	6,591	17	7.5	431	7,547	16	7.5	468
Hawaii	HI	15000	5	5	5	5	2.0	1.7	1.6	1.4	426	353	298	263	3,575	2,938	3,854	3,460	2	1.6	798	2,246	2	1.5	729	3,044	2	1.3	572
Idaho	ID	16000	25	24	22	22	13.9	13.9	13.5	11.8	563	577	609	530	11,353	8,126	9,077	11,983	14	12.0	881	6,951	13	11.6	909	7,829	12	10.3	866
Illinois	IL	17000	98	89	78	73	28.7	28.5	27.3	27.2	292	321	351	372	53,061	35,779	41,844	56,475	63	27.0	431	33,708	56	26.0	464	39,607	50	25.6	515
Indiana	IN	18000	77	70	63	58	16.3	16.2	15.6	15.1	211	229	249	261	26,128	18,716	21,732	30,853	40	14.4	355	16,267	37	14.1	384	19,151	33	13.5	415
Iowa	IA	19000	115	105	97	91	32.6	31.6	31.3	31.2	283	301	325	343	54,349	29,830	38,063	51,438	83	30.2	365	28,285	77	29.9	388	36,345	67	29.2	435
Kansas	KS	20000	73	69	63	62	47.1	46.6	46.7	46.1	642	680	738	748	28,076	19,068	21,725	26,517	43	42.8	1,002	16,828	41	43.2	1,041	19,438	39	42.6	1,099
Kentucky	KY	21000	102	92	90	82	14.2	14.0	13.7	13.3	140	152	151	162	14,661	12,545	14,775	18,943	34	9.4	276	8,301	41	10.0	248	10,603	36	9.7	268
Louisiana	LA	22000	32	27	26	24	8.9	8.0	7.8	7.9	282	293	306	331	12,070	7,348	7,474	9,077	11	6.4	607	5,476	11	6.4	604	5,645	10	6.3	661
Maine	ME	23000	7	6	6	6	1.5	1.3	1.3	1.2	210	214	218	209	1,053	1,321	1,396	1,456	3	0.9	332	746	3	0.9	340	842	2	0.8	337
Maryland	MD	24000	16	15	13	12	2.6	2.4	2.2	2.2	158	162	171	178	5,378	5,419	6,570	6,825	7	1.9	278	3,923	7	1.8	282	4,862	6	1.8	295
Massachusetts	MA	25000	5	6	5	6	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.5	113	99	100	93	1,111	2,154	2,421	2,535	2	0.4	153	1,275	2	0.3	145

1103. Farms--Number, Acreage, and Value, by State