United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

Farms—Corporate Farms 653
No. 1142. F a r m s — N u m b e r , 1 9 5 0 t o 1 9 7 8 , a n d A c r e a g e , 1 9 7 4 a n d 1 9 7 8 , b y S iz e o f F a r m
[See H is to ric a l S ta tis tic s , C o lo n ia l T im e s to 1 9 7 0 , series K 162-173]
N U M B E R O F F A R M S
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D IS T R IB U T IO N ,
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T o t a l .................................................... 5 , 3 8 6 3 , 7 1 1 2 , 7 3 0 2 , 3 1 4 2 , 4 7 9 1 , 0 1 7 . 0 1 , 0 2 9 . 7 3 0 3 . 0 3 2 0 . 7 100.0 100.0 100.0
U n d e r 1 0 a c r e s ........................................... 4 8 9 2 4 4 1 6 2 1 2 6 2 1 5 .5 .8 .2 .3 8 . 7 .1 .1
1 0 - 4 9 a c r e s .................................................... 1 , 4 8 0 8 1 3 4 7 3 3 8 0 4 7 5 10.8 1 3 .0 4 . 3 5 .1 1 9 . 2 1 .3 1.6
5 0 - 9 9 a c r e s .................................................... 1 , 0 4 8 6 5 8 4 6 0 3 8 5 3 8 7 2 8 .1 2 8 .1 1 0 .5 1 0 . 7 1 5 . 6 2 . 7 3 . 3
1 0 0 - 1 7 9 a c r e s .............................................. 1 , 1 0 3 7 7 3 5 4 2 4 4 3 4 2 8 6 0 . 5 5 8 .1 2 5 .1 2 4 . 0 1 7 . 3 5 . 6 7 . 5
4 8 7 4 1 4 3 0 7 2 5 3 2 4 2 5 4 . 8 5 2 . 3
2 6 0 - 4 9 9 a c r e s ............................................. 4 7 8 4 7 2 4 1 9 3 6 3 3 5 4 1 2 9 . 8 . 1 2 7 . 0 6 5 . 9 6 5 .1 1 4 . 3 1 2 .3 2 0 . 3
5 0 0 - 9 9 9 a c r e s ............................................ 1 8 2 200 2 1 6 2 0 7 2 1 5 1 4 2 . 3 1 4 7 . 9 7 0 ,1 7 5 . 5 8 . 7 1 4 .4 2 3 . 5
2,000 a c r e s a n d o v e r ..........................
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6 0 6 2 6 4 4 6 4 . 7 4 6 8 . 5 5 0 .1 5 7 . 4 2.6 4 5 . 5 1 7 . 9
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, C e n s u s o f A g ric u ltu re : 1 96 $, vol. II; and 1 9 7 4 and 1 978, vol. I.
No. 1143. F a r m s — N u m b e r , A c r e a g e , a n d V a lu e , b y T y p e o f O r g a n iz a t io n : 1 9 6 9 t o 1 9 7 8
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
ITEM Unit Total
Individual
or
family
Other
Total
Partnership
Corporation
Individual
or
family
Partnership
Corporation
Other
ALL FARMS, 1978'
1,000......... 2,476 2,175 241 51 8 100.0 87.8
Mil. acres.... 974 687 159 120 8 100.0 70.5 land in farms................
9.7
16.3
2.1
12.3
.3
.8
Value of land and
buildings.................... Mil. dol...... 641,698 480,508 100,115 57,379 3,696 100.0 74.9 15.6 8.9 .6
Value of farm products
sofd........................ Mil. dol...... 107,869 66,451 17,388 23,353 677 100.0 61.6 16.1 21.6 .6
FARMS WITH SALES OF
$2,500 AND OVER
Number of farms:
1969........................ 1,000......... 1,734 1,481 222 22 10 100.0 85.4 12.8 1.3 .6
1974.. 1,000......... 1,695 1,518 145 29 4 100.0 89.5 8.6 1.7 .2
1978.. 1,000......... 1,865 1,599 210 50 6 100.0 85.7 11.2 2.7 .3
Land in farms:
1969.. Mil. acres... 918 665 163 81 8 100.0 72.4 17.8 8.8 .9
1974........................ Mil. acres... 906 678 124 97 6 100.0 74.9 13.7 10.7 .7
1978........................ Mil. acres... 927 644 156 120 7 100.0 69.5 16.8 12.9 .8
Value of farm products
sold:a
I960........................
44,476' 30,179 7,748 6,295 254 100.0 67.8 17.4 14.1 .6
1974........................ Mil. dol..... 60,593 54,511 11,232 14,426 424 100.0 67.6 13.9 17.9 .5
'Excludes abnormal farms (see footnote 2, table 1147). 21978 total value of farm products sold, $107,164,000,000.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, C e n s u s o f A g ric u ltu re : 1 9 7 4 and 1 97 8, vol. I.
No. 1144. C h a r a c t e r is t ic s o f C o r p o r a t e F a r m s , b y T y p e : 1978
F A M IL Y H E L D
O T H E R
ITEM
Unit
All
corporat
io n s
Total
C O R P O R A T IO N S
1-10
stockh
o l d e r s
11 or
more
stockholders
Total
C O R P O R A T IO N S
1-10
stockh
o ld e r s
11 or
more
stockholders
100.0 88.6 86.1 2 . 5 1 1 . 4
9 . 2
Land in farms.................................................... Mil. acres.... 120.2 1 0 4 . 0 9 3 . 0 11.0 1 6 .1 10.8 5 . 5
A v e r a g e per farm............................................ Acres......... 2 , 3 4 5 2 , 2 9 2 2 , 1 0 7 8 , 6 8 1 2 , 7 5 5 2 , 2 4 8 4 , 8 3 7
Value of—
5 1 , 2 7 0
Bil. dol...... . 5 7 . 4
1,100
2 3 . 4
4 5 6
4 5 , 4 1 8
4 4 , 1 4 3
1 , 2 7 5
5 , 8 5 2
4 , 7 0 7
4 7 . 9 4 4 . 6 3 . 3 9 . 5 5 . 6
$ 1 , 0 0 0 ............ 1 , 0 3 8 9 9 3 2 , 6 9 5
A v e r a g e per farm ........... $ 1 , 0 0 0 ______ 3 5 9
1Based on a sample of farms.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, C e n s u s o f A g ric u ltu re : 1 97 8, vol. I.
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