HDR1012000170150728951500FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS                                
HDR2012000170150728951500FRMS&LND N FRMS HIGHLIGHTS                             
Released July 28, 1995, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), 
Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture.  For information 
on "Farms and Land in Farms" call Eddie Oaks at (202) 720-3570, office hours    
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET.  For assistance with general agricultural statistics,
information about NASS, its products or services, contact the NASS Information  
Hotline at   1-800-727-9540 or E-mail: NASS@AG.GOV.  Estimates refer to June 1, 
1995.                                                                           
                                                                                
         Farm Numbers Up Slightly While Land in Farms Remains Unchanged         
                                                                                
The number of farms in the United States in 1995 is estimated at 2.07 million,  
up less than half a percent from 1994.  Total land in farms is 972 million      
acres, virtually unchanged from last year.  This is the first  time since 1981  
that farm numbers have increased from the previous year and is due to the       
increase in small farms.  The increase in small farms is partly due to a change 
in definition that includes places with 5 or more horses, except horses in      
boarding stables and racetracks.  This change in the definition was made to     
bring consistency with the Census Bureau.  The average farm size decreased from 
471 acres in 1994 to 469 in 1995.                                               
                                                                                
The West Region had the largest percentage increase from 1994, at nearly one    
percent or 2,200 farms.  The North Central Region showed the biggest increase in
number of farms at 5,000 or about a half percent.  The Northeast Region was the 
only region to show a decline in farm numbers from a year ago, with 1,400 or    
1.1 percent fewer farms.  Farm numbers in the South Region rose 2,800.          
                                                                                
Texas remains the State with the most farms at 202,000, 2,000 more than a year  
earlier.  Missouri is second with 106,000 farms, up 1,000 from last year,       
followed by Iowa with 100,000 farms, down 1,000 from 1994.                      
                                                                                
Seventeen States showed increases in farm numbers while 13 States showed        
decreases from a year ago.  Three States that showed increases of 2,000 farms   
from last year were Michigan, Minnesota, and Texas.  Seven States with decreases
of 1,000 farms included Iowa, Louisiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina,    
South Dakota, and Tennessee.                                                    
                                                                                
Texas continued to lead the nation in land in farms and ranches with            
129.0 million acres, unchanged from 1994. Three States with decreases of        
200,000 acres in agricultural land from a year ago include New Mexico, New York,
and South Dakota.  States with the largest increases in land in farms were      
California, Louisiana, Minnesota, and Mississippi.                              
                                                                                
The number of U.S. farms in the economic sales class between $1,000 and $9,999  
increased from 985,420 in 1994 to 1,012,220 in 1995.  Those with sales in the   
$10,000-$99,999 group decreased from 741,700 to 727,400.  The $100,000 and over 
sales group decreased from 337,600 to 333,700 farms.                            
                                                                                
Estimates for the number of farms and land in farms refer to June 1.  A farm is 
defined as "any establishment from which $1,000 or more of agricultural products
were sold or would normally be sold during the year."                           
                                                                                
                                                                                
Sp Sy 3 (7-95)                                                                  
                                                                                
HDR2012000170150728951500NO. FRMS,LND N FRMS&AVG FRM SZ,US,JUN 1,'85-95         
             Number of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average Farm Size:             
                        United States, June 1, 1985-95 1/                       
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             :        Number        :          Land           :     Average     
     Year    :       of Farms       :        in Farms         :    Farm Size    
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             :        1,000                 1,000 Acres              Acres      
             :                                                                  
1985         :         2,293                 1,012,073                441       
1986         :         2,250                 1,005,333                447       
1987         :         2,213                   998,923                451       
1988         :         2,201                   994,423                452       
1989         :         2,175                   990,723                456       
1990         :         2,146                   986,850                460       
1991         :         2,117                   981,736                464       
1992         :         2,108                   978,503                464       
1993         :         2,083                   976,463                469       
1994         :         2,065                   973,403                471       
1995         :         2,073                   972,253                469       
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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.               
                                                                                
HDR2012000170150728951500NO. FRMS: BY ST&US,JUN 1,'93-95                        
          Number of Farms:  By State and United States, June 1, 1993-95         
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   State   :        1993        :         1994          :         1995          
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           :                               Number                               
           :                                                                    
AL         :        46,000                 46,000                  47,000       
AK         :           530                    520                     520       
AZ         :         7,400                  7,400                   7,400       
AR         :        45,000                 44,000                  44,000       
CA         :        79,000                 79,000                  80,000       
CO         :        25,500                 25,300                  25,000       
CT         :         3,800                  3,800                   3,800       
DE         :         2,500                  2,500                   2,500       
FL         :        39,000                 39,000                  39,000       
GA         :        46,000                 45,000                  45,000       
HI         :         4,800                  4,800                   4,800       
ID         :        20,500                 20,500                  21,500       
IL         :        79,000                 77,000                  77,000       
IN         :        63,000                 63,000                  63,000       
IA         :       102,000                101,000                 100,000       
KS         :        65,000                 65,000                  66,000       
KY         :        91,000                 89,000                  89,000       
LA         :        29,000                 28,000                  27,000       
ME         :         7,300                  7,600                   7,600       
MD         :        15,000                 14,500                  14,300       
MA         :         6,200                  6,000                   5,800       
MI         :        52,000                 52,000                  54,000       
MN         :        87,000                 85,000                  87,000       
MS         :        39,000                 39,000                  40,000       
MO         :       106,000                105,000                 106,000       
MT         :        23,800                 22,500                  22,000       
NE         :        55,000                 55,000                  56,000       
NV         :         2,400                  2,400                   2,500       
NH         :         2,500                  2,400                   2,300       
NJ         :         8,900                  8,900                   9,000       
NM         :        13,500                 13,500                  13,500       
NY         :        37,500                 36,000                  36,000       
NC         :        59,000                 58,000                  58,000       
ND         :        32,500                 32,000                  32,000       
OH         :        76,000                 75,000                  74,000       
OK         :        70,500                 70,000                  71,000       
OR         :        37,500                 38,000                  38,500       
PA         :        51,000                 51,000                  50,000       
RI         :           700                    700                     700       
SC         :        24,000                 23,000                  22,000       
SD         :        34,500                 34,000                  33,000       
TN         :        84,000                 83,000                  82,000       
TX         :       200,000                200,000                 202,000       
UT         :        13,000                 13,000                  13,400       
VT         :         6,400                  6,200                   6,000       
VA         :        45,000                 46,000                  47,000       
WA         :        36,000                 36,000                  36,000       
WV         :        20,000                 20,000                  20,000       
WI         :        79,000                 79,000                  80,000       
WY         :         9,200                  9,200                   9,200       
           :                                                                    
US         :     2,083,430              2,064,720               2,073,320       
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HDR2012000170150728951500LND N FRMS: BY ST&US,JUN 1,'93-95                      
           Land in Farms:  By State and United States, June 1, 1993-95          
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   State   :        1993        :         1994          :         1995          
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           :                          1,000 Acres                               
           :                                                                    
AL         :       10,000                 10,200                  10,200        
AK         :          940                    930                     920        
AZ         :       35,500                 35,400                  35,400        
AR         :       15,300                 15,100                  15,000        
CA         :       30,000                 29,900                  30,000        
CO         :       32,800                 32,700                  32,700        
CT         :          400                    390                     380        
DE         :          570                    570                     570        
FL         :       10,300                 10,300                  10,300        
GA         :       12,100                 12,100                  12,000        
HI         :        1,590                  1,590                   1,590        
ID         :       13,500                 13,500                  13,500        
IL         :       28,100                 28,100                  28,100        
IN         :       16,000                 16,000                  15,900        
IA         :       33,300                 33,200                  33,200        
KS         :       47,800                 47,800                  47,800        
KY         :       14,100                 14,100                  14,000        
LA         :        8,600                  8,400                   8,500        
ME         :        1,400                  1,360                   1,350        
MD         :        2,200                  2,200                   2,200        
MA         :          610                    600                     570        
MI         :       10,700                 10,700                  10,700        
MN         :       29,700                 29,700                  29,800        
MS         :       12,800                 12,800                  12,900        
MO         :       30,200                 30,100                  30,000        
MT         :       59,800                 59,700                  59,700        
NE         :       47,100                 47,100                  47,100        
NV         :        8,900                  8,800                   8,800        
NH         :          440                    440                     440        
NJ         :          870                    860                     850        
NM         :       44,200                 44,200                  44,000        
NY         :        8,100                  7,900                   7,700        
NC         :        9,400                  9,300                   9,200        
ND         :       40,400                 40,400                  40,300        
OH         :       15,200                 15,200                  15,200        
OK         :       34,000                 34,000                  34,000        
OR         :       17,500                 17,500                  17,500        
PA         :        7,900                  7,800                   7,700        
RI         :           63                     63                      63        
SC         :        5,150                  5,100                   5,050        
SD         :       44,200                 44,200                  44,000        
TN         :       12,100                 12,000                  12,000        
TX         :      130,000                129,000                 129,000        
UT         :       11,200                 11,100                  11,100        
VT         :        1,430                  1,400                   1,370        
VA         :        8,600                  8,600                   8,600        
WA         :       16,000                 15,800                  15,800        
WV         :        3,700                  3,700                   3,700        
WI         :       17,100                 16,900                  16,900        
WY         :       34,600                 34,600                  34,600        
           :                                                                    
US         :      976,463                973,403                 972,253        
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HDR2012000170150728951500NO. OF FRMS:ECON SLS CL BY ST,REG&US JUN 1,'95         
                Number of Farms:  Economic Sales Class by State,                
                     Region, and United States, June 1, 1995                    
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                         :         Economic Sales Class         :               
          State          :--------------------------------------:               
           and           :  $1,000-   :  $10,000-  :  $100,000  :     Total     
          Region         :   $9,999   :  $99,999   :   & Over   :               
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                         :                        Number                        
                         :                                                      
Northeast                :                                                      
  NY                     :    16,800      11,400        7,800          36,000   
  PA                     :    24,000      17,700        8,300          50,000   
  Other States 1/        :    21,500       8,000        5,700          35,200   
  Total                  :    62,300      37,100       21,800         121,200   
                         :                                                      
North Central            :                                                      
  IL                     :    22,000      31,500       23,500          77,000   
  IN                     :    25,000      25,500       12,500          63,000   
  IA                     :    26,000      42,800       31,200         100,000   
  KS                     :    25,000      30,000       11,000          66,000   
  MI                     :    29,000      17,000        8,000          54,000   
  MN                     :    35,000      34,000       18,000          87,000   
  MO                     :    55,300      40,800        9,900         106,000   
  NE                     :    10,500      27,500       18,000          56,000   
  ND                     :     5,600      15,600       10,800          32,000   
  OH                     :    37,500      26,500       10,000          74,000   
  SD                     :     6,000      17,000       10,000          33,000   
  WI                     :    32,600      28,100       19,300          80,000   
  Total                  :   309,500     336,300      182,200         828,000   
                         :                                                      
South                    :                                                      
  AL 2/                  :    32,000                                   47,000   
  AR                     :    21,000      13,000       10,000          44,000   
  FL 2/                  :    24,000                                   39,000   
  GA                     :    25,400      12,500        7,100          45,000   
  KY 2/                  :    48,000                                   89,000   
  LA 2/                  :    15,500                                   27,000   
  MS 2/                  :    27,200                                   40,000   
  NC                     :    32,000      17,000        9,000          58,000   
  OK                     :    39,200      26,500        5,300          71,000   
  TN 2/                  :    57,000                                   82,000   
  TX                     :   123,000      61,000       18,000         202,000   
  VA 2/                  :    31,000                                   47,000   
  Other States 2/ 3/     :    38,500                                   58,800   
  Total                  :   513,800     254,000       82,000         849,800   
                         :                                                      
West                     :                                                      
  CA                     :    33,000      28,800       18,200          80,000   
  OR 2/                  :    27,500                                   38,500   
  WA                     :    20,300       8,000        7,700          36,000   
  Other States 2/ 4/     :    45,820                                  119,820   
  Total                  :   126,620     100,000       47,700         274,320   
                         :                                                      
US                       : 1,012,220     727,400      333,700       2,073,320   
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1/  CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, RI, AND VT.                                             
2/  Estimates not available for all sales classes.                              
3/  DE, MD, SC, and WV.                                                         
4/  AK, AZ, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, and WY.                                 
                                                                                
HDR2012000170150728951500LND N FRMS:ECON SLS CL BY ST,REG&US JUN 1,'95          
                 Land in Farms:  Economic Sales Class by State,                 
                     Region, and United States, June 1, 1995                    
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                         :         Economic Sales Class         :               
          State          :--------------------------------------:               
           and           :  $1,000-   :  $10,000-  :  $100,000  :     Total     
          Region         :   $9,999   :  $99,999   :   & Over   :               
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                         :                    1,000 Acres                       
                         :                                                      
Northeast                :                                                      
  NY                     :    1,500        2,200        4,000          7,700    
  PA                     :    1,900        3,000        2,800          7,700    
  Other States 1/        :    1,523        1,300        2,200          5,023    
  Total                  :    4,923        6,500        9,000         20,423    
                         :                                                      
North Central            :                                                      
  IL                     :      800        6,800       20,500         28,100    
  IN                     :    1,300        5,100        9,500         15,900    
  IA                     :    1,800       11,200       20,200         33,200    
  KS                     :    3,200       21,500       23,100         47,800    
  MI                     :    1,500        3,100        6,100         10,700    
  MN                     :    3,600        9,600       16,600         29,800    
  MO                     :    5,400       14,000       10,600         30,000    
  NE                     :      900       15,700       30,500         47,100    
  ND                     :    1,200       13,600       25,500         40,300    
  OH                     :    2,800        5,600        6,800         15,200    
  SD                     :    1,300       19,400       23,300         44,000    
  WI                     :    2,700        5,200        9,000         16,900    
  Total                  :   26,500      130,800      201,700        359,000    
                         :                                                      
South                    :                                                      
  AL 2/                  :    3,800                                   10,200    
  AR                     :    1,800        2,300       10,900         15,000    
  FL 2/                  :    1,800                                   10,300    
  GA                     :    2,400        3,500        6,100         12,000    
  KY 2/                  :    3,700                                   14,000    
  LA 2/                  :    1,600                                    8,500    
  MS 2/                  :    3,000                                   12,900    
  NC                     :    1,600        2,700        4,900          9,200    
  OK                     :    5,300       18,400       10,300         34,000    
  TN 2/                  :    4,300                                   12,000    
  TX                     :   14,000       55,000       60,000        129,000    
  VA 2/                  :    2,200                                    8,600    
  Other States 2/ 3/     :    3,800                                   11,520    
  Total                  :   49,300      119,000      118,920        287,220    
                         :                                                      
West                     :                                                      
  CA                     :    2,300        7,500       20,200         30,000    
  OR 2/                  :    1,700                                   17,500    
  WA                     :      950        3,700       11,150         15,800    
  Other States 2/ 4/     :    8,500                                  242,310    
  Total                  :   13,450       99,300      192,860        305,610    
                         :                                                      
US                       :   94,173      355,600      522,480        972,253    
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1/  CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, RI, AND VT.                                             
2/  Estimates not available for all sales classes.                              
3/  DE, MD, SC, and WV.                                                         
4/  AK, AZ, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, and WY.                                 
                                                                                
HDR2012000170150728951500NO. OF FRMS:ECON SLS CL BY ST,REG&US JUN 1,'94         
                Number of Farms:  Economic Sales Class by State,                
                     Region, and United States, June 1, 1994                    
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                         :         Economic Sales Class         :               
          State          :--------------------------------------:               
           and           :  $1,000-   :  $10,000-  :  $100,000  :     Total     
          Region         :   $9,999   :  $99,999   :   & Over   :               
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                         :                        Number                        
                         :                                                      
Northeast                :                                                      
  NY                     :   16,600       11,200        8,200          36,000   
  PA                     :   24,300       18,300        8,400          51,000   
  Other States 1/        :   21,600        8,000        6,000          35,600   
  Total                  :   62,500       37,500       22,600         122,600   
                         :                                                      
North Central            :                                                      
  IL                     :   21,000       33,000       23,000          77,000   
  IN                     :   25,500       24,500       13,000          63,000   
  IA                     :   25,000       45,000       31,000         101,000   
  KS                     :   24,000       30,000       11,000          65,000   
  MI                     :   27,000       17,000        8,000          52,000   
  MN                     :   30,000       34,000       21,000          85,000   
  MO                     :   53,500       41,700        9,800         105,000   
  NE                     :    9,000       28,500       17,500          55,000   
  ND                     :    6,000       15,400       10,600          32,000   
  OH                     :   38,000       27,000       10,000          75,000   
  SD                     :    6,000       18,000       10,000          34,000   
  WI                     :   28,000       32,400       18,600          79,000   
  Total                  :  293,000      346,500      183,500         823,000   
                         :                                                      
South                    :                                                      
  AL 2/                  :   31,000                                    46,000   
  AR                     :   21,000       13,000       10,000          44,000   
  FL 2/                  :   24,000                                    39,000   
  GA                     :   25,300       12,800        6,900          45,000   
  KY 2/                  :   48,000                                    89,000   
  LA 2/                  :   17,000                                    28,000   
  MS 2/                  :   26,100                                    39,000   
  NC                     :   32,000       17,000        9,000          58,000   
  OK                     :   37,400       27,000        5,600          70,000   
  TN 2/                  :   58,000                                    83,000   
  TX                     :  119,000       61,000       20,000         200,000   
  VA 2/                  :   30,000                                    46,000   
  Other States 2/ 3/     :   38,500                                    60,000   
  Total                  :  507,300      256,700       83,000         847,000   
                         :                                                      
West                     :                                                      
  CA                     :   32,500       27,800       18,700          79,000   
  OR 2/                  :   27,000                                    38,000   
  WA                     :   20,100        8,300        7,600          36,000   
  Other States 2/ 4/     :   43,020                                   119,120   
  Total                  :  122,620      101,000       48,500         272,120   
                         :                                                      
US                       :  985,420      741,700      337,600       2,064,720   
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1/  CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, RI, AND VT.                                             
2/  Estimates not available for all sales classes.                              
3/  DE, MD, SC, and WV.                                                         
4/  AK, AZ, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, and WY.                                 
                                                                                
HDR2012000170150728951500LND N FRMS:ECON SLS CL BY ST,REG&US JUN 1,'94          
                 Land in Farms:  Economic Sales Class by State,                 
                     Region, and United States, June 1, 1994                    
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                         :         Economic Sales Class         :               
          State          :--------------------------------------:               
           and           :  $1,000-   :  $10,000-  :  $100,000  :     Total     
          Region         :   $9,999   :  $99,999   :   & Over   :               
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                         :                    1,000 Acres                       
                         :                                                      
Northeast                :                                                      
  NY                     :    1,400        2,300        4,200          7,900    
  PA                     :    1,800        3,200        2,800          7,800    
  Other States 1/        :    1,563        1,300        2,250          5,113    
  Total                  :    4,763        6,800        9,250         20,813    
                         :                                                      
North Central            :                                                      
  IL                     :      800        6,800       20,500         28,100    
  IN                     :    1,200        4,900        9,900         16,000    
  IA                     :    1,700       11,500       20,000         33,200    
  KS                     :    3,200       22,000       22,600         47,800    
  MI                     :    1,500        3,100        6,100         10,700    
  MN                     :    3,400        9,700       16,600         29,700    
  MO                     :    5,400       14,200       10,500         30,100    
  NE                     :      800       15,800       30,500         47,100    
  ND                     :    1,100       14,300       25,000         40,400    
  OH                     :    2,700        5,800        6,700         15,200    
  SD                     :    1,400       19,500       23,300         44,200    
  WI                     :    2,500        5,800        8,600         16,900    
  Total                  :   25,700      133,400      200,300        359,400    
                         :                                                      
South                    :                                                      
  AL 2/                  :    3,600                                   10,200    
  AR                     :    1,900        2,300       10,900         15,100    
  FL 2/                  :    1,800                                   10,300    
  GA                     :    2,600        3,500        6,000         12,100    
  KY 2/                  :    3,700                                   14,100    
  LA 2/                  :    1,800                                    8,400    
  MS 2/                  :    3,000                                   12,800    
  NC                     :    1,800        2,600        4,900          9,300    
  OK                     :    5,000       18,500       10,500         34,000    
  TN 2/                  :    4,300                                   12,000    
  TX                     :   14,000       54,000       61,000        129,000    
  VA 2/                  :    2,200                                    8,600    
  Other States 2/ 3/     :    3,800                                   11,570    
  Total                  :   49,500      119,000      118,970        287,470    
                         :                                                      
West                     :                                                      
  CA                     :    2,100        7,200       20,600         29,900    
  OR 2/                  :    1,700                                   17,500    
  WA                     :      900        3,900       11,000         15,800    
  Other States 2/ 4/     :    8,500                                  242,520    
  Total                  :   13,200       99,500      193,020        305,720    
                         :                                                      
US                       :   93,163      358,700      521,540        973,403    
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1/  CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, RI, AND VT.                                             
2/  Estimates not available for all sales classes.                              
3/  DE, MD, SC, and WV.                                                         
4/  AK, AZ, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, and WY.                                 
                                                                                
HDR2012000170150728951500NO. OF FRMS:ECON SLS CL BY ST,REG&US JUN 1,'93         
                Number of Farms:  Economic Sales Class by State,                
                     Region, and United States, June 1, 1993                    
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                         :         Economic Sales Class         :               
          State          :--------------------------------------:               
           and           :  $1,000-   :  $10,000-  :  $100,000  :     Total     
          Region         :   $9,999   :  $99,999   :   & Over   :               
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                         :                        Number                        
                         :                                                      
Northeast                :                                                      
  NY                     :    17,600      11,900        8,000          37,500   
  PA                     :    24,400      18,500        8,100          51,000   
  Other States 1/        :    22,000       8,500        5,300          35,800   
  Total                  :    64,000      38,900       21,400         124,300   
                         :                                                      
North Central            :                                                      
  IL                     :    21,000      35,000       23,000          79,000   
  IN                     :    26,000      24,500       12,500          63,000   
  IA                     :    24,000      45,000       33,000         102,000   
  KS                     :    24,000      30,000       11,000          65,000   
  MI                     :    27,000      17,000        8,000          52,000   
  MN                     :    31,000      34,000       22,000          87,000   
  MO                     :    54,000      42,400        9,600         106,000   
  NE                     :     9,000      29,000       17,000          55,000   
  ND                     :     6,300      15,500       10,700          32,500   
  OH                     :    38,900      27,000       10,100          76,000   
  SD                     :     6,000      18,500       10,000          34,500   
  WI                     :    29,000      32,000       18,000          79,000   
  Total                  :   296,200     349,900      184,900         831,000   
                         :                                                      
South                    :                                                      
  AL 2/                  :    30,000                                   46,000   
  AR                     :    23,500      11,500       10,000          45,000   
  FL 2/                  :    24,000                                   39,000   
  GA                     :    25,500      13,500        7,000          46,000   
  KY 2/                  :    50,000                                   91,000   
  LA 2/                  :    18,000                                   29,000   
  MS 2/                  :    26,000                                   39,000   
  NC                     :    33,000      17,500        8,500          59,000   
  OK                     :    37,700      27,200        5,600          70,500   
  TN 2/                  :    59,000                                   84,000   
  TX                     :   122,000      61,000       17,000         200,000   
  VA 2/                  :    28,000                                   45,000   
  Other States 2/ 3/     :    38,300                                   61,500   
  Total                  :   515,000     257,000       83,000         855,000   
                         :                                                      
West                     :                                                      
  CA                     :    34,000      26,200       18,800          79,000   
  OR 2/                  :    27,000                                   37,500   
  WA                     :    20,200       8,300        7,500          36,000   
  Other States 2/ 4/     :    48,700                                  120,630   
  Total                  :   129,900      97,000       46,230         273,130   
                         :                                                      
US                       : 1,005,100     742,800      335,530       2,083,430   
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1/  CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, RI, AND VT.                                             
2/  Estimates not available for all sales classes.                              
3/  DE, MD, SC, and WV.                                                         
4/  AK, AZ, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, and WY.                                 
                                                                                
                                                                                
HDR2012000170150728951500LND N FRMS:ECON SLS CL BY ST,REG&US JUN 1,'93          
                 Land in Farms:  Economic Sales Class by State,                 
                     Region, and United States, June 1, 1993                    
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                         :         Economic Sales Class         :               
          State          :--------------------------------------:               
           and           :  $1,000-   :  $10,000-  :  $100,000  :     Total     
          Region         :   $9,999   :  $99,999   :   & Over   :               
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                         :                    1,000 Acres                       
                         :                                                      
Northeast                :                                                      
  NY                     :    1,400        2,500        4,200          8,100    
  PA                     :    1,800        3,300        2,800          7,900    
  Other States 1/        :    1,458        1,455        2,300          5,213    
  Total                  :    4,658        7,255        9,300         21,213    
                         :                                                      
North Central            :                                                      
  IL                     :      800        7,200       20,100         28,100    
  IN                     :    1,200        5,100        9,700         16,000    
  IA                     :    1,500       11,000       20,800         33,300    
  KS                     :    3,300       22,200       22,300         47,800    
  MI                     :    1,500        3,100        6,100         10,700    
  MN                     :    3,200        9,700       16,800         29,700    
  MO                     :    5,500       14,300       10,400         30,200    
  NE                     :      800       16,300       30,000         47,100    
  ND                     :    1,100       14,600       24,700         40,400    
  OH                     :    2,700        5,800        6,700         15,200    
  SD                     :    1,400       19,500       23,300         44,200    
  WI                     :    2,600        6,500        8,000         17,100    
  Total                  :   25,600      135,300      198,900        359,800    
                         :                                                      
South                    :                                                      
  AL 2/                  :    3,600                                   10,000    
  AR                     :    2,000        2,400       10,900         15,300    
  FL 2/                  :    1,800                                   10,300    
  GA                     :    2,500        3,700        5,900         12,100    
  KY 2/                  :    3,800                                   14,100    
  LA 2/                  :    2,000                                    8,600    
  MS 2/                  :    3,000                                   12,800    
  NC                     :    1,850        2,700        4,850          9,400    
  OK                     :    4,900       18,500       10,600         34,000    
  TN 2/                  :    4,500            0                      12,100    
  TX                     :   15,000       54,000       61,000        130,000    
  VA 2/                  :    2,100                                    8,600    
  Other States 2/ 3/     :    3,920                                   11,620    
  Total                  :   50,970      119,000      118,950        288,920    
                         :                                                      
West                     :                                                      
  CA                     :    2,100        7,100       20,800         30,000    
  OR 2/                  :    1,700                                   17,500    
  WA                     :      900        4,000       11,100         16,000    
  Other States 2/ 4/     :    9,020                                  243,030    
  Total                  :   13,720       99,600      193,210        306,530    
                         :                                                      
US                       :   94,948      361,155      520,360        976,463    
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1/  CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, RI, AND VT.                                             
2/  Estimates not available for all sales classes.                              
3/  DE, MD, SC, and WV.                                                         
4/  AK, AZ, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, and WY.                                 
                                                                                
HDR2012000170150728951500PCT OF FRMS&LND N FRMS:ECON SLS CL US '93-95           
             Percent of Farms and Land in Farms:  By Economic Sales             
                      Class, United States, June 1, 1993-95                     
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                     :              Economic Sales Class Estimates              
                     :----------------------------------------------------------
       Economic      :       Percent of Total        :                          
        Sales        :-------------------------------:    Average Size Farm     
        Class        :     Farms     :     Land      :         (Acres)          
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                     :                           1993                           
                     :                                                          
$1,000 - $2,499      :      21.1             2.7                   60           
$2,500 - $4,999      :      14.3             3.0                   98           
$5,000 - $9,999      :      12.8             4.0                  146           
$10,000 - $19,999    :      11.5             6.6                  269           
$20,000 - $39,999    :      10.8             9.9                  430           
$40,000 - $99,999    :      13.4            20.5                  717           
$100,000 - $249,999  :      10.6            25.6                1,132           
$250,000 - $499,999  :       3.3            12.9                1,832           
$500,000 +           :       2.2            14.8                3,153           
                     :                                                          
Total                :     100.0           100.0                  469           
                     :                                                          
                     :                           1994                           
                     :                                                          
$1,000 - $2,499      :      20.4             2.6                   60           
$2,500 - $4,999      :      14.0             2.9                   98           
$5,000 - $9,999      :      13.3             4.0                  142           
$10,000 - $19,999    :      11.9             6.7                  265           
$20,000 - $39,999    :      10.7             9.7                  427           
$40,000 - $99,999    :      13.3            20.5                  726           
$100,000 - $249,999  :      10.7            25.7                1,132           
$250,000 - $499,999  :       3.4            13.1                1,816           
$500,000 +           :       2.3            14.8                3,032           
                     :                                                          
Total                :     100.0           100.0                  471           
                     :                                                          
                     :                           1995                           
                     :                                                          
$1,000 - $2,499      :      21.4             2.7                   59           
$2,500 - $4,999      :      14.4             2.9                   94           
$5,000 - $9,999      :      13.0             4.1                  148           
$10,000 - $19,999    :      11.7             6.6                  265           
$20,000 - $39,999    :      10.5             9.8                  438           
$40,000 - $99,999    :      12.9            20.2                  734           
$100,000 - $249,999  :      10.3            25.7                1,170           
$250,000 - $499,999  :       3.5            13.1                1,755           
$500,000 +           :       2.3            14.9                3,038           
                     :                                                          
Total                :     100.0           100.0                  469           
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HDR2012000170150728951500REL OF DATA IN THIS REPRT                              
                       Reliability of Data in this Report                       
                                                                                
Survey Procedures:  These data were collected by the National Agricultural      
                    Statistics Service during the first two weeks of June using 
sampling procedures to ensure every farm operator had a chance of being         
selected.  Two samples of farm operators are selected.  First, NASS maintains a 
list of farms which are classified and sampled by size and type.  Larger farms  
are selected with greater frequency but all farms are represented.  A second    
sample consists of segments of land scientifically selected from aerial         
photography.  Each June, highly trained interviewers locate each selected land  
segment and identify every farm operating land within the sample segment's      
boundaries.  The names of farms found in these area segments are matched against
the list of farms; those not found on the list represent all farms not on the   
NASS list.  This methodology is known as multiple frame sampling, with an area  
sample used to measure incompleteness of the list.  The area segments also      
provide independent indications of number of farms and land in farms.           
                                                                                
Beginning in 1995, interviewers counted operations having 5 or more horses or   
ponies and no sales as horse farms.  Horses in boarding stables and racetracks  
and maple syrup only operations are excluded.  This is a continuing effort to   
have NASS and Census publish comparable data.                                   
                                                                                
Estimation Procedures:  National, Regional, and State data were reviewed for    
                        reasonableness and consistency.  Each State Statistical 
Office submits its analysis to the Agricultural Statistics Board (ASB) which    
prepares the June 1 based estimates for publication.  Farm numbers and land in  
farm estimates are based on survey results and the historical relationship of   
official estimates to the survey results.                                       
                                                                                
Revision Policy:  Farm numbers information is subject to revision the following 
                  year and following review of the Department of Commerce's     
five-year Census of Agriculture.  The basis for revision must be supported by   
additional data that directly affect the level of the estimate.  A historical   
publication with revisions for 1988-92 will be published July 28, 1995.         
                                                                                
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 was less than 1 percent and just above 1 percent for   
land in farms.  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 to 4 percent for number of farms and 2 to   
8 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 obtain correct information from each person 
sampled, 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.                                          
HDR2012000170150728951500TERMS & DEFINITIONS                                    
                              Terms and Definitions                             
                                                                                
A farm is defined as "any establishment from which $1,000 or more of agricul-   
tural products were sold or would normally be sold during the year".  Government
payments are included in sales.  Institutional farms, experimental and research 
farms, and Indian Reservations are included as farms.  To be considered a farm, 
the place must be operating on June 1.  Places with all their acreage enrolled  
in set aside or other government programs are considered operating farms.  All  
places classified using the Standard Industrial code Classification System coded
as 01, crops or 02, livestock are considered to be farms if agricultural        
production is equal to $1,000 or more.  According to the Standard Industrial    
Classification (SIC) Manual,                                                    
                                                                                
      "agricultural production covers  establishments (e.g., farms,             
      ranches, dairies, greenhouses, nurseries, orchards, hatcheries)           
      primarily engaged in the production of crops, plants, vines, or           
      trees (excluding forestry operations); and the keeping, grazing, or       
      feeding of livestock for the sale of livestock or livestock products      
      (including serums), for livestock increase, or for value increase.        
      Livestock as used here includes cattle, sheep, goats, hogs, and           
      poultry.  Also included are animal specialties, such as horses,           
      rabbits, bees, pets, fur-bearing animals in captivity, and fish in        
      captivity.  Agricultural production also includes establishments          
      primarily engaged in the operation of sod farms, cranberry bogs, and      
      poultry hatcheries; in the production of mushrooms, bulbs, flower         
      seeds, and vegetable seeds; and in the growing of hydroponic crops."      
                                                                                
This standard classification of agricultural production is generally followed by
NASS and the Census Bureau in the classification of farms with the exception of 
"pets."  Both NASS and the Census Bureau do not classify as farms places that   
raise household pets, such as dogs or cats, for sale.                           
                                                                                
Land in farms is all land operated by farms as of June 1.  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 includes    
sales of agricultural products such as crops, livestock, horses (excluding      
pleasure horses), honey, furs, fish, nursery and greenhouse products, rabbits,  
etc.  Government program payments from the previous year are also included.     
HDR2012000170150728951500NXT RLSE DATE,EEO STMNT& SUBSCRP. INFO                 
The next "Farms and Land in Farms" report will be released in July 1996.        
                                                                                
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