Lincoln County 

Nebraska

 2007 2002 % change 

Number of Farms 1,053 959 + 10 

Land in Farms 1,601,185 acres 1,529,011 acres + 5 

Average Size of Farm 1,521 acres 1,594 acres - 5 

 

Market Value of Products Sold $431,868,000 $288,881,000 + 49 

Crop Sales $196,778,000 (46 percent) 

Livestock Sales $235,090,000 (54 percent) 

Average Per Farm $410,131 $301,231 + 36 

 

Government Payments $7,902,000 $6,709,000 + 18 

Average Per Farm Receiving Payments $14,289 $14,490 - 1 

 
 

 

Lincoln County – Nebraska

Ranked items among the 93 state counties and 3,079 U.S. counties, 2007 

Item Quantity State Rank Universe 1 U.S. Rank Universe 1

MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SOLD ($1,000)

Total value of agricultural products sold 

 Value of crops including nursery and greenhouse 

 Value of livestock, poultry, and their products 

VALUE OF SALES BY COMMODITY GROUP ($1,000)

Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and dry peas 

Tobacco 

Cotton and cottonseed 

Vegetables, melons, potatoes, and sweet potatoes 

Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 

Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod 

Cut Christmas trees and short rotation woody crops 

Other crops and hay 

Poultry and eggs 

Cattle and calves 

Milk and other dairy products from cows 

Hogs and pigs 

Sheep, goats, and their products 

Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and donkeys 

Aquaculture 

Other animals and other animal products 

TOP CROP ITEMS (acres)

Corn for grain 

Forage - land used for all hay and haylage, grass silage, and greenchop 

Wheat for grain, all 

Soybeans for beans 

Corn for silage 

TOP LIVESTOCK INVENTORY ITEMS (number)

Cattle and calves 

Hogs and pigs 

Horses and ponies 

Colonies of bees 

Goats, all 

431,868 

196,778 

235,090 

185,812 

- 

- 

(D) 

- 

(D) 

- 

(D) 

57 

231,307 

(D) 

1,766 

136 

513 

(D) 

(D) 

308,156 

93,013 

43,837 

31,342 

6,040 

248,876 

4,572 

2,851 

(D) 

2,116 

5 

1 

6 

2 

- 

- 

9 

- 

(D) 

- 

6 

31 

5 

(D) 

56 

21 

1 

3 

(D) 

2 

5 

17 

48 

3 

4 

59 

2 

7 

3 

93 

93 

93 

92 

- 

- 

70 

59 

65 

31 

93 

93 

93 

80 

92 

90 

93 

25 

79 

92 

93 

89 

81 

91 

93 

92 

93 

58 

91 

78 

80 

94 

22 

- 

- 

(D) 

- 

(D) 

- 

(D) 

1,622 

36 

(D) 

788 

870 

478 

(D) 

(D) 

9 

47 

308 

677 

256 

25 

883 

294 

(D) 

260 

3,076 

3,072 

3,069 

2,933 

437 

626 

2,796 

2,659 

2,703 

1,710 

3,054 

3,020 

3,054 

2,493 

2,922 

2,998 

3,024 

1,498 

2,875 

2,634 

3,060 

2,481 

2,039 

2,263 

3,060 

2,958 

3,066 

2,640 

3,023 

Other County Highlights 

Economic Characteristics Quantity

Farms by value of sales: 

 Less than $1,000 

 $1,000 to $2,499 

 $2,500 to $4,999 

 $5,000 to $9,999 

 $10,000 to $19,999 

 $20,000 to $24,999 

 $25,000 to $39,999 

 $40,000 to $49,999 

 $50,000 to $99,999 

 $100,000 to $249,999 

 $250,000 to $499,999 

 $500,000 or more 

Total farm production expenses ($1,000) 

 Average per farm ($) 

Net cash farm income of operation ($1,000) 

 Average per farm ($) 

229 

70 

43 

42 

73 

21 

58 

26 

93 

131 

108 

159 

355,287 

337,404 

97,762 

92,841 

Operator Characteristics Quantity

Principal operators by primary occupation: 

 Farming 

 Other 

Principal operators by sex: 

 Male 

 Female 

Average age of principal operator (years) 

All operators by race 2

: 

 American Indian or Alaska Native 

 Asian 

 Black or African American 

 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 

 White 

 More than one race 

All operators of Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino Origin 2

601 

452 

954 

99 

55.2 

2 

- 

- 

- 

1,665 

- 

10 

See "Census of Agriculture, Volume 1, Geographic Area Series" for complete footnotes, explanations, definitions, and methodology. 

(D) Cannot be disclosed. (Z) Less than half of the unit shown. 

1

 Universe is number of counties in state or U.S. with item. 2 Data were collected for a maximum of three operators per farm.