1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE                                                PAGE 1
HANCOCK COUNTY, WV, WEST VIRGINIA      
Table 01 
 TABLE 1 COUNTY SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS       

--------------------------------------------------[1992]------[1987]------[1982]
    Farms (number)                                   75          86          88
    Land in farms (acres)                          7710        8382       10740
    Average size of farm (acres)                    103          97         122
    Est mkt val land & bldg@1 avg/farm ($)       132626      103756      117625
    Est mkt val land & bldg@1 avg/acre ($)         1290        1065         964
    Est mkt val all mach@1 avg/farm ($)           26313       19844       17830
    Farms by size - 1 to 9 acres                      4           6           4
    Farms by size - 10 to 49 acres                   25          21          30
    Farms by size - 50 to 179 acres                  38          49          46
    Farms by size - 180 to 499 acres                  5           9           7
    Farms by size - 500 to 999 acres                  3           1           0
    Farms by size - 1,000 acres or more               0           0           1
    Total cropland (farms)                           69          80          83
    Total cropland (acres)                         3976        4422        5065
    Harvested cropland (farms)                       66          73          74
    Harvested cropland (acres)                     2429        2800        3205
    Irrigated land (farms)                            6           3           2
    Irrigated land (acres)                           36         (D)         (D)
    Mkt val of ag products sold ($1,000)            879         862         861
    Mkt val of ag products sold avg/farm ($)      11716       10022        9780
    Mkt val crop, inc nurs&grnh crop($1,000)        752         710         678
    Mkt val lvestk, poultry, & prod ($1,000)        127         152         183
    Farms by value of sales Less than $2,500         39          51          55
    Farms by value of sales $2,500-$4,999            13          14          14
    Farms by value of sales $5,000-$9,999            10          11           9
    Farms by value of sales $10,000-$24,999           9           5           4
    Farms by value of sales $25,000-$49,999           1           2           3
    Farms by value of sales $50,000-$99,999           1           1           1
    Farms by value of sales $100,000 or more          2           2           2
    Total farm production expenses@1($1,000)        896         727        (NA)
    Total farm production exp@1 avg/farm ($)      11950        8456        (NA)
    Net cash ret ag sales farm unit@1 (f)            75          86        (NA)
    Net cash ret ag sls farm unit@1 ($1,000)        (D)         135        (NA)
    Net cash ret ag sales@1 avg per farm ($)        (D)        1566        (NA)
    Operators by prin occupation-Farming             27          27          26
    Operators by principal occupation-Other          48          59          62
    Operators by days worked off farm-Any            43          54          60
    Oper by days worked off farm >=200 days          36          51          46
    Cattle and calves inventory (farms)              46          59          67
    Cattle and calves inventory (number)            952         911        1125
    Beef cows (farms)                                36          50          59
    Beef cows (number)                              513         (D)         523
    Milk cows (farms)                                 3           2           9
    Milk cows (number)                                4         (D)          63
    Cattle and calves sold (farms)                   29          46          48
    Cattle and calves sold (number)                 263         327         402
    Hogs and pigs inventory (farms)                   5           5           7
1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE                                                PAGE 2
HANCOCK COUNTY, WV, WEST VIRGINIA      
Table 01 
 TABLE 1 COUNTY SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS       

--------------------------------------------------[1992]------[1987]------[1982]
    Hogs and pigs inventory (number)                 27          21          58
    Hogs and pigs sold (farms)                        4           2           3
    Hogs and pigs sold (number)                      26         (D)          67
    Sheep and lambs inventory (farms)                 4           4           3
    Sheep and lambs inventory (number)               54          84         (D)
    Chickens >=3 months old inventory (f)             6          10          15
    Chickens >=3 months old inventory (num)         (D)         237         518
    Broilers... chickens sold (farms)                 0           0           1
    Broilers... chickens sold (number)                0           0         (D)
    Corn for grain or seed (farms)                   21          32          31
    Corn for grain or seed (acres)                  197         320         (D)
    Corn for grain or seed (bushels)              15462       25076       54321
    Corn for silage or green chop (farms)             2           2           2
    Corn for silage or green chop (acres)           (D)         (D)         (D)
    Corn for silage/green chop (tons, grn)          (D)         (D)         (D)
    Sorghum for grain or seed (farms)               ...         ...         ...
    Sorghum for grain or seed (acres)               ...         ...         ...
    Sorghum for grain or seed (bushels)             ...         ...         ...
    Wheat for grain (farms)                           6           9           9
    Wheat for grain (acres)                          39          74         161
    Wheat for grain (bushels)                      1300        2195        5758
    Barley for grain (farms)                        ...         ...         ...
    Barley for grain (acres)                        ...         ...         ...
    Barley for grain (bushels)                      ...         ...         ...
    Oats for grain (farms)                           14          16          17
    Oats for grain (acres)                           99         103         190
    Oats for grain (bushels)                       5947        6330        9714
    Rice (farms)                                    ...         ...         ...
    Rice (acres)                                    ...         ...         ...
    Rice (cwt)                                      ...         ...         ...
    Sunflower seed (farms)                          ...         ...         ...
    Sunflower seed (acres)                          ...         ...         ...
    Sunflower seed (pounds)                         ...         ...         ...
    Cotton (farms)                                  ...         ...         ...
    Cotton (acres)                                  ...         ...         ...
    Cotton (bales)                                  ...         ...         ...
    Tobacco (farms)                                   0           0           0
    Tobacco (acres)                                   0           0           0
    Tobacco (pounds)                                  0           0           0
    Soybeans for beans (farms)                      ...         ...         ...
    Soybeans for beans (acres)                      ...         ...         ...
    Soybeans for beans (bushels)                    ...         ...         ...
    Dry edible beans, exc dry limas (farms)         ...         ...         ...
    Dry edible beans, exc dry limas (acres)         ...         ...         ...
    Dry edible beans, exc dry limas (cwt)           ...         ...         ...
    Irish potatoes (farms)                          ...         ...         ...
    Irish potatoes (acres)                          ...         ...         ...
1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE                                                PAGE 3
HANCOCK COUNTY, WV, WEST VIRGINIA      
Table 01 
 TABLE 1 COUNTY SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS       

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    Irish potatoes (cwt)                            ...         ...         ...
    Sugar beets for sugar (farms)                   ...         ...         ...
    Sugar beets for sugar (acres)                   ...         ...         ...
    Sugar beets for sugar (tons)                    ...         ...         ...
    Sugarcane for sugar (farms)                     ...         ...         ...
    Sugarcane for sugar (acres)                     ...         ...         ...
    Sugarcane for sugar (tons)                      ...         ...         ...
    Pineapples harvested (farms)                    ...         ...         ...
    Pineapples harvested (acres)                    ...         ...         ...
    Pineapples harvested (tons)                     ...         ...         ...
    Peanuts for nuts (farms)                        ...         ...         ...
    Peanuts for nuts (acres)                        ...         ...         ...
    Peanuts for nuts (pounds)                       ...         ...         ...
    Hay-all (see text) (farms)                       53          64          62
    Hay-all (see text) (acres)                     1977        2005        1505
    Hay-all (see text) (tons, dry)                 3343        4126        2740
    Veg hv for sale (see text) (farms)              ...         ...         ...
    Veg hv for sale (see text) (acres)              ...         ...         ...
    Land in orchards (farms)                          6           8           6
    Land in orchards (acres)                        (D)         (D)         (D)



        (D)  Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual farms
        (X)  Not applicable.
        (Z)  Less than half of the unit shown.
        (NA) Not available.
        ...  Unpublished data.
        [B]  Not available due to brackets.