United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service ISSN: 1995-2004 Farms and Land in Farms 2014 Summary February 2015 Contents 2014 Farms and Land in Farms Highlights 4 Number of Farms by Economic Sales Class - United States: 2013 and 2014 6 Average Farm Size by Economic Sales Class - United States: 2013 and 2014 6 Farms and Land in Farms by Economic Sales Class - United States: 2014 7 Number of Farms and Average Farm Size - United States: 2007-2014 7 Number of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average Farm Size - United States: 2007- 2014 8 Number of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average Farm Size by Economic Sales Class - United States: 2013-2014 8 Number of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average Farm Size - States and United States: 2013-2014 9 Number of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average Farm Size, $1,000-$9,999 - States and United States: 2013-2014 10 Number of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average Farm Size, $10,000-$99,999 - States and United States: 2013-2014 11 Number of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average Farm Size, $100,000-$249,999 - States and United States: 2013-2014 12 Number of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average Farm Size, $250,000-$499,999 - States and United States: 2013-2014 13 Number of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average Farm Size, $500,000-$999,999 - States and United States: 2013-2014 14 Number of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average Farm Size, $1,000,000 or more - States and United States: 2013-2014 15 Statistical Methodology 16 Terms and Definitions 17 Farm Definition History 18 Information Contacts 19 2014 Number of Farms and Land in Farms Highlights The number of farms in the United States for 2014 is estimated at 2.08 million, down 18 thousand farms from 2013. Total land in farms, at 913 million acres, decreased 1.03 million acres from 2013. The average farm size for 2014 is 438 acres, up 3 acres from the previous year. Farm numbers and land in farms are differentiated by six economic sales classes. Farms and ranches are classified into these six sales classes by summing the sales of agricultural products and government program payments. Sales class breaks occur at $10,000, $100,000, $250,000, $500,000, and $1,000,000. Producers were asked during the 2014 mid-year surveys to report the value of sales based on production during the 2013 calendar year. Production or commodity price changes in 2013 resulted in the total value for virtually all livestock and livestock products to increase while the value of most crops declined. The value of vegetable, fruit, and tobacco crops increased. Point Farms are farms that did not have the required minimum $1,000 sales for the year to qualify as a farm, but had sufficient crops and livestock to normally have sales of $1,000 or more. Point Farms are assigned a sales class based on the sum of the agricultural point (dollar) values assigned to the quantity of commodities produced, but not sold. The 2012 Census of Agriculture showed that 428,810 farms or 20.3 percent of the 2.11 million farms were Point Farms. These Point Farms operated 63.0 million acres or 6.9 percent of the 914.5 million acres of farmland. Farm numbers decreased by 18 thousand farms during 2014. The number of farms in Sales Class $1,000 - $9,999 declined while all other sales classes increased slightly. Fifty-one percent of all farms have sales less than $10,000. Eighty percent of all farms had sales less than $100,000. Eight percent of all farms had sales of $500,000 or more. Changes in the number of farms by sales class are: * Sales Class $1,000 - $9,999 at 1.05 million farms, declined by 27 thousand farms. * Sales Class $10,000 - $99,999 at 622 thousand farms, increased by 3 thousand farms. * Sales Class $100,000 - $249,999 at 145 thousand farms, increased by 2 thousand farms. * Sales Class $250,000 - $499,999 at 97 thousand farms, increased by 6 hundred farms. * Sales Class $500,000 - $999,999 at 83 thousand farms, increased by 3 thousand farms. * Sales Class $1,000,000 or more at 82 thousand farms, increased by 100 farms. The percent of all farms by sales class are: * Sales Class $1,000 - $9,999: 50.6% * Sales Class $10,000 - $99,999: 29.9% * Sales Class $100,000 - $249,999: 7.0% * Sales Class $250,000 - $499,999: 4.7% * Sales Class $500,000 - $999,999: 4.0% * Sales Class $1,000,000 or more: 3.9% Land in farms, at 913 million acres, is down one million acres from 2013. The biggest changes for 2014 are that producers with sales below $10,000 operated 4.3 million fewer acres while those in Sales Class $500,000-$999,999 operated 3.71 million more acres. The percentage of all farmland operated by farms in Sales Class $500,000-$999,999 is 17 percent, and for one million dollars or more is 24 percent. Farmland changes by sales class are: * Sales Class $1,000 - $9,999 at 90.8 million acres, decreased by 4.32 million acres. * Sales Class $10,000 - $99,999 at 193.8 million acres, decreased by 60 thousand acres. * Sales Class $100,000 - $249,999 at 128.9 million acres, decreased by 1.93 million acres. * Sales Class $250,000 - $499,999 at 125.3 million acres, decreased by 150 thousand acres. * Sales Class $500,000 - $999,999 at 156.1 million acres, increased by 3.71 million acres. * Sales Class $1,000,000 or more at 218 million acres, increased by 1.73 million acres. Percent of all farmland by sales class are: * Sales Class $1,000 - $9,999: 9.9% * Sales Class $10,000 - $99,999: 21.2% * Sales Class $100,000 - $249,999: 14.1% * Sales Class $250,000 - $499,999: 13.7% * Sales Class $500,000 - $999,999: 17.1% * Sales Class $1,000,000 or more: 23.9% The average farm size increased in 2014 by 3 acres to 438 acres per farm as the number of farms declined more than the land in farms. The average farm sizes declined in all but the largest sales class. Average sizes of farms by sales class are: * Sales Class $1,000 - $9,999: 86 acres * Sales Class $10,000 - $99,999: 312 acres * Sales Class $100,000 - $249,999: 889 acres * Sales Class $250,000 - $499,999: 1,290 acres * Sales Class $500,000 - $999,999: 1,887 acres * Sales Class $1,000,000 or more: 2,655 acres Number of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average Size Farm - United States: 2007-2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Year : Number of farms : Land in farms : Average farm size ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : number 1,000 acres acres : 2007 .................: 2,204,600 921,460 418 2008 .................: 2,184,500 918,600 421 2009 .................: 2,169,660 917,590 423 2010 .................: 2,149,520 915,660 426 2011 .................: 2,131,240 914,420 429 2012 .................: 2,109,810 914,600 433 2013 .................: 2,102,010 914,030 435 2014 .................: 2,084,000 913,000 438 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average Farm Size by Economic Sales Class - United States: 2013-2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent of total : : :-------------------------------------------------------: : Economic sales class : Farms : Land in farms : Average size farm :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2013 : 2014 : 2013 : 2014 : 2013 : 2014 :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : percent percent percent percent acres acres : $ 1,000 - $ 9,999 .: 51.5 50.6 10.4 9.9 88 86 $ 10,000 - $ 99,999 .: 29.5 29.9 21.2 21.2 313 312 $100,000 - $249,999 .: 6.8 7.0 14.4 14.1 918 889 $250,000 - $499,999 .: 4.6 4.7 13.7 13.7 1,300 1,290 $500,000 - $999,999 .: 3.8 4.0 16.7 17.1 1,913 1,887 $1,000,000 or more ..: 3.9 3.9 23.7 23.9 2,637 2,655 : Total ...............: 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 435 438 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average Farm Size - States and United States: 2013-2014 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of farms : Land in farms : Average farm size State :----------------------------------------------------------- : 2013 : 2014 : 2013 : 2014 : 2013 : 2014 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :------ number ----- -- 1,000 acres -- ---- acres ---- : Alabama ...........: 43,500 43,400 8,900 8,900 205 205 Alaska ............: 760 760 830 830 1,092 1,092 Arizona ...........: 19,600 19,600 26,200 26,000 1,337 1,327 Arkansas ..........: 44,600 44,000 13,800 13,800 309 314 California ........: 77,900 76,400 25,500 25,500 327 334 Colorado ..........: 35,600 35,000 31,700 31,800 890 909 Connecticut .......: 6,000 6,000 440 440 73 73 Delaware ..........: 2,450 2,500 500 500 204 200 Florida ...........: 47,700 47,600 9,550 9,500 200 200 Georgia ...........: 42,000 41,100 9,500 9,400 226 229 : Hawaii ............: 7,000 7,000 1,120 1,120 160 160 Idaho .............: 24,500 24,400 11,800 11,800 482 484 Illinois ..........: 75,100 74,500 26,900 26,900 358 361 Indiana ...........: 58,500 58,200 14,700 14,700 251 253 Iowa ..............: 88,500 88,000 30,600 30,500 346 347 Kansas ............: 61,800 61,000 46,100 46,000 746 754 Kentucky ..........: 76,500 76,400 13,000 13,000 170 170 Louisiana .........: 27,300 27,200 7,800 7,800 286 287 Maine .............: 8,200 8,200 1,450 1,450 177 177 Maryland ..........: 12,400 12,300 2,030 2,030 164 165 : Massachusetts .....: 7,800 7,800 520 520 67 67 Michigan ..........: 52,000 51,600 9,950 9,950 191 193 Minnesota .........: 74,400 74,000 25,900 25,900 348 350 Mississippi .......: 37,300 37,100 10,900 10,900 292 294 Missouri ..........: 99,000 97,700 28,400 28,300 287 290 Montana ...........: 28,100 27,800 59,700 59,700 2,125 2,147 Nebraska ..........: 49,600 49,100 45,300 45,200 913 921 Nevada ............: 4,150 4,200 5,950 5,950 1,434 1,417 New Hampshire .....: 4,400 4,400 470 470 107 107 New Jersey ........: 9,100 9,100 720 720 79 79 : New Mexico ........: 24,800 24,700 43,200 43,200 1,742 1,749 New York ..........: 35,500 35,500 7,180 7,180 202 202 North Carolina ....: 50,000 49,500 8,400 8,400 168 170 North Dakota ......: 30,800 30,300 39,300 39,300 1,276 1,297 Ohio ..............: 75,000 74,500 14,000 14,000 187 188 Oklahoma ..........: 80,100 79,600 34,400 34,300 429 431 Oregon ............: 35,000 34,600 16,500 16,400 471 474 Pennsylvania ......: 59,300 58,800 7,700 7,720 130 131 Rhode Island ......: 1,250 1,240 70 70 56 56 South Carolina ....: 24,800 24,400 5,000 5,000 202 205 : South Dakota ......: 32,000 31,700 43,300 43,300 1,353 1,366 Tennessee .........: 68,000 67,300 10,900 10,900 160 162 Texas .............: 248,500 245,500 130,100 130,000 524 530 Utah ..............: 18,200 18,100 11,000 11,000 604 608 Vermont ...........: 7,300 7,300 1,250 1,250 171 171 Virginia ..........: 46,000 45,900 8,300 8,200 180 179 Washington ........: 37,000 36,700 14,800 14,700 400 401 West Virginia .....: 21,400 21,300 3,600 3,600 168 169 Wisconsin .........: 69,800 69,000 14,600 14,500 209 210 Wyoming ...........: 11,500 11,700 30,200 30,400 2,626 2,598 : United States .....:2,102,010 2,084,000 914,030 913,000 435 438 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average Farm Size by Economic Sales Class - States and United States: 2013-2014 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Economic sales class: $1,000-$9,999 :----------------------------------------------------------- : Number of farms : Land in farms : Average farm size State :----------------------------------------------------------- : 2013 : 2014 : 2013 : 2014 : 2013 : 2014 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :------ number ----- 1,000 acres --- acres --- : Alabama ...........: 26,000 25,600 2,850 2,750 110 107 Alaska ............: 380 380 270 270 711 711 Arizona ...........: 14,800 14,900 800 800 54 54 Arkansas ..........: 22,600 22,000 1,900 1,650 84 75 California ........: 30,400 29,800 1,500 1,400 49 47 Colorado ..........: 19,500 19,100 2,500 2,400 128 126 Connecticut .......: 4,000 4,000 150 150 38 38 Delaware ..........: 830 870 20 20 24 23 Florida ...........: 28,800 27,400 1,410 1,260 49 46 Georgia ...........: 24,000 23,000 2,250 2,150 94 93 : Hawaii ............: 3,850 3,850 100 100 26 26 Idaho .............: 12,300 12,200 800 800 65 66 Illinois ..........: 30,500 30,000 1,500 1,400 49 47 Indiana ...........: 28,200 27,900 1,070 1,000 38 36 Iowa ..............: 27,500 27,100 1,200 1,200 44 44 Kansas ............: 23,700 23,000 2,600 2,500 110 109 Kentucky ..........: 43,700 42,700 3,100 3,000 71 70 Louisiana .........: 16,600 16,600 1,300 1,300 78 78 Maine .............: 5,000 5,000 480 480 96 96 Maryland ..........: 6,800 6,600 310 300 46 45 : Massachusetts .....: 5,000 5,000 210 210 42 42 Michigan ..........: 26,300 25,800 1,370 1,100 52 43 Minnesota .........: 27,000 26,600 2,100 2,100 78 79 Mississippi .......: 21,800 21,700 2,800 2,800 128 129 Missouri ..........: 47,300 45,500 4,200 3,900 89 86 Montana ...........: 12,200 11,900 3,100 2,900 254 244 Nebraska ..........: 13,400 13,000 1,000 900 75 69 Nevada ............: 2,300 2,300 150 150 65 65 New Hampshire .....: 3,100 3,100 240 240 77 77 New Jersey ........: 5,600 5,600 160 160 29 29 : New Mexico ........: 16,300 16,200 4,400 4,200 270 259 New York ..........: 16,700 16,700 1,400 1,400 84 84 North Carolina ....: 28,400 28,000 1,600 1,500 56 54 North Dakota ......: 9,800 9,300 1,700 1,600 173 172 Ohio ..............: 37,300 33,200 1,920 1,650 51 50 Oklahoma ..........: 43,200 42,500 5,250 5,150 122 121 Oregon ............: 21,300 21,000 1,500 1,500 70 71 Pennsylvania ......: 29,000 26,700 1,790 1,800 62 67 Rhode Island ......: 720 710 30 20 42 28 South Carolina ....: 17,100 16,700 1,800 1,700 105 102 : South Dakota .....: 8,900 8,300 1,300 1,200 146 145 Tennessee .........: 44,100 43,400 3,200 3,050 73 70 Texas .............: 160,500 156,000 19,000 18,200 118 117 Utah ..............: 10,700 10,600 650 650 61 61 Vermont ...........: 4,100 4,050 340 340 83 84 Virginia ..........: 26,500 26,300 2,000 1,850 75 70 Washington ........: 22,400 22,200 1,000 1,000 45 45 West Virginia .....: 15,200 15,100 1,600 1,600 105 106 Wisconsin .........: 31,000 30,500 2,100 2,000 68 66 Wyoming ...........: 5,200 4,900 1,100 1,000 212 204 : United States .....:1,081,880 1,054,860 95,120 90,800 88 86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average Farm Size by Economic Sales Class - States and United States: 2013-2014 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Economic sales class: $10,000-$99,999 :----------------------------------------------------------- : Number of farms : Land in farms : Average farm size State :----------------------------------------------------------- : 2013 : 2014 : 2013 : 2014 : 2013 : 2014 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----- number ---- -- 1,000 acres -- ---- acres ---- : Alabama ...........: 12,600 12,700 3,300 3,300 262 260 Alaska ............: (D) 290 (D) 450 (D) 1,552 Arizona ...........: (D) 3,200 (D) 8,200 (D) 2,563 Arkansas ..........: 14,200 14,000 3,300 3,600 232 257 California ........: 26,900 26,000 4,400 4,300 164 165 Colorado ..........: 10,000 10,200 6,800 7,200 680 706 Connecticut .......: (D) 1,550 (D) 110 (D) 71 Delaware ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Florida ...........: 13,600 14,700 1,800 1,900 132 129 Georgia ...........: 10,400 10,500 2,200 2,200 212 210 : Hawaii ............: (D) 2,600 (D) 260 (D) 100 Idaho .............: 7,000 7,000 2,100 2,050 300 293 Illinois ..........: 19,300 18,700 2,700 2,700 140 144 Indiana ...........: 15,700 15,300 1,720 1,800 110 118 Iowa ..............: 23,600 23,600 3,100 3,100 131 131 Kansas ............: 21,700 21,500 8,000 8,000 369 372 Kentucky ..........: 26,000 26,900 4,600 4,700 177 175 Louisiana .........: 7,400 7,300 1,800 1,800 243 247 Maine .............: (D) 2,400 (D) 400 (D) 167 Maryland ..........: (D) 3,500 (D) 400 (D) 114 : Massachusetts .....: (D) 2,000 (D) 140 (D) 70 Michigan ..........: 15,300 14,800 1,680 1,700 110 115 Minnesota .........: 22,000 21,900 3,650 3,700 166 169 Mississippi .......: 10,700 10,600 2,950 2,950 276 278 Missouri ..........: 38,800 38,200 9,300 9,000 240 236 Montana ...........: 8,300 8,000 9,100 9,100 1,096 1,138 Nebraska ..........: 14,300 13,900 5,200 5,000 364 360 Nevada ............: (D) 900 (D) 330 (D) 367 New Hampshire .....: (D) 1,050 (D) 150 (D) 143 New Jersey ........: (D) 2,350 (D) 160 (D) 68 : New Mexico ........: 6,400 6,200 11,900 11,500 1,859 1,855 New York ..........: 11,600 11,600 1,780 1,780 153 153 North Carolina ....: 13,000 12,800 1,500 1,500 115 117 North Dakota ......: 7,200 6,600 3,300 3,000 458 455 Ohio ..............: 22,100 25,300 2,470 2,650 112 105 Oklahoma ..........: 28,200 28,300 11,600 11,500 411 406 Oregon ............: 9,100 9,100 2,900 2,860 319 314 Pennsylvania ......: 18,200 19,900 2,280 2,300 125 116 Rhode Island ......: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) South Carolina ....: 5,600 5,600 1,300 1,350 232 241 : South Dakota ......: 9,500 9,700 5,200 5,100 547 526 Tennessee .........: 19,700 19,500 3,700 3,700 188 190 Texas .............: 69,500 70,000 41,600 41,700 599 596 Utah ..............: 5,400 5,500 1,850 1,900 343 345 Vermont ...........: (D) 2,100 (D) 320 (D) 152 Virginia ..........: 14,700 14,700 2,900 2,900 197 197 Washington ........: 8,400 8,400 2,000 1,900 238 226 West Virginia .....: (D) 5,300 (D) 1,400 (D) 264 Wisconsin .........: 21,200 21,000 2,900 2,900 137 138 Wyoming ...........: (D) 3,900 (D) 4,800 (D) 1,231 : Other States 1/ ...: 31,790 1,010 17,000 60 (NA) (NA) : United States .....: 619,390 622,150 193,880 193,820 313 312 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. (NA) Not available. 1/ Includes data withheld above. Number of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average Farm Size by Economic Sales Class - States and United States: 2013-2014 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Economic sales class: $100,000-$249,999 :----------------------------------------------------------- : Number of farms : Land in farms : Average farm size State :----------------------------------------------------------- : 2013 : 2014 : 2013 : 2014 : 2013 : 2014 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----- number ---- -- 1,000 acres -- ---- acres ---- : Alabama ...........: 1,000 1,050 650 700 650 667 Alaska ............: (D) 50 (D) 70 (D) 1,400 Arizona ...........: (D) 610 (D) 11,200 (D) 18,361 Arkansas ..........: 1,350 1,700 1,000 1,050 741 618 California ........: 6,800 6,300 3,700 3,800 544 603 Colorado ..........: 2,550 2,500 5,400 5,100 2,118 2,040 Connecticut .......: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Delaware ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Florida ...........: 2,100 2,200 930 940 443 427 Georgia ...........: 1,300 1,400 630 630 485 450 : Hawaii ............: (D) 280 (D) 160 (D) 571 Idaho .............: 1,900 1,900 1,600 1,650 842 868 Illinois ..........: 8,700 8,700 3,000 3,000 345 345 Indiana ...........: 5,300 5,400 1,560 1,560 294 289 Iowa ..............: 10,300 10,400 3,000 3,000 291 288 Kansas ............: 6,500 6,600 7,300 7,300 1,123 1,106 Kentucky ..........: 3,200 3,100 1,300 1,200 406 387 Louisiana .........: 710 710 450 450 634 634 Maine .............: (D) 340 (D) 100 (D) 294 Maryland ..........: (D) 600 (D) 230 (D) 383 : Massachusetts .....: (D) 380 (D) 50 (D) 132 Michigan ..........: 3,900 4,200 1,000 1,050 256 250 Minnesota .........: 8,400 8,600 2,550 2,500 304 291 Mississippi .......: 900 900 550 550 611 611 Missouri ..........: 5,900 6,700 4,000 4,100 678 612 Montana ...........: 2,950 3,100 10,000 9,800 3,390 3,161 Nebraska ..........: 7,300 7,400 6,100 5,900 836 797 Nevada ............: (D) 270 (D) 610 (D) 2,259 New Hampshire .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) New Jersey ........: (D) 450 (D) 80 (D) 178 : New Mexico ........: 980 1,100 7,100 7,400 7,245 6,727 New York ..........: 3,300 3,500 900 900 273 257 North Carolina ....: 1,900 2,000 550 600 289 300 North Dakota ......: 3,700 3,500 4,300 3,900 1,162 1,114 Ohio ..............: 7,100 7,200 1,900 1,900 268 264 Oklahoma ..........: 4,300 4,400 5,700 5,700 1,326 1,295 Oregon ............: 1,750 1,700 2,900 2,900 1,657 1,706 Pennsylvania ......: 5,600 5,500 1,070 1,050 191 191 Rhode Island ......: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) South Carolina ....: 600 600 270 270 450 450 : South Dakota ......: 4,500 4,400 6,200 5,500 1,378 1,250 Tennessee .........: 1,600 1,750 700 750 438 429 Texas .............: 8,000 8,400 20,600 20,200 2,575 2,405 Utah ..............: 1,000 900 1,200 1,400 1,200 1,556 Vermont ...........: (D) 490 (D) 140 (D) 286 Virginia ..........: 1,750 1,850 900 950 514 514 Washington ........: 2,150 2,200 1,560 1,600 726 727 West Virginia .....: (D) 400 (D) 240 (D) 600 Wisconsin .........: 7,500 7,400 2,000 1,950 267 264 Wyoming ...........: (D) 1,300 (D) 4,700 (D) 3,615 : Other States 1/ ...: 5,730 530 18,290 100 (NA) (NA) : United States .....: 142,520 144,960 130,860 128,930 918 889 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. (NA) Not available. 1/ Includes data withheld above. Number of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average Farm Size by Economic Sales Class - States and United States: 2013-2014 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Economic sales class: $250,000-$499,999 :----------------------------------------------------------- : Number of farms : Land in farms : Average farm size State :----------------------------------------------------------- : 2013 : 2014 : 2013 : 2014 : 2013 : 2014 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- number ---- -- 1,000 acres -- ----- acres ---- : Alabama ...........: 900 950 450 500 500 526 Alaska ............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Arizona ...........: (D) 240 (D) 2,500 (D) 10,417 Arkansas ..........: 1,450 1,100 700 600 483 545 California ........: 4,100 4,500 2,300 2,500 561 556 Colorado ..........: 1,650 1,400 6,000 5,500 3,636 3,929 Connecticut .......: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Delaware ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Florida ...........: 1,150 1,250 910 950 791 760 Georgia ...........: 1,000 900 470 470 470 522 : Hawaii ............: (D) 120 (D) 60 (D) 500 Idaho .............: 1,300 1,300 1,400 1,400 1,077 1,077 Illinois ..........: 6,800 7,100 4,300 4,400 632 620 Indiana ...........: 3,900 4,000 2,000 2,100 513 525 Iowa ..............: 9,700 9,600 5,000 5,000 515 521 Kansas ............: 4,300 4,300 7,600 7,600 1,767 1,767 Kentucky ..........: 1,500 1,500 1,000 1,000 667 667 Louisiana .........: 540 540 450 450 833 833 Maine .............: (D) 220 (D) 110 (D) 500 Maryland ..........: (D) 650 (D) 250 (D) 385 : Massachusetts .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Michigan ..........: 2,600 2,700 1,100 1,200 423 444 Minnesota .........: 6,400 6,400 3,300 3,300 516 516 Mississippi .......: 800 800 500 500 625 625 Missouri ..........: 3,050 3,200 3,400 3,500 1,115 1,094 Montana ...........: 2,300 2,400 12,300 12,200 5,348 5,083 Nebraska ..........: 5,300 5,100 7,600 7,300 1,434 1,431 Nevada ............: (D) 420 (D) 960 (D) 2,286 New Hampshire .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) New Jersey ........: (D) 270 (D) 90 (D) 333 : New Mexico ........: 480 550 6,200 6,300 12,917 11,455 New York ..........: 1,900 1,700 800 800 421 471 North Carolina ....: 1,500 1,500 650 700 433 467 North Dakota ......: 2,900 2,900 5,100 5,000 1,759 1,724 Ohio ..............: 3,700 3,850 1,870 1,900 505 494 Oklahoma ..........: 2,050 2,050 4,550 4,550 2,220 2,220 Oregon ............: 1,050 1,000 2,300 2,290 2,190 2,290 Pennsylvania ......: 3,350 3,550 910 950 272 268 Rhode Island ......: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) South Carolina ....: 300 300 230 230 767 767 : South Dakota ......: 3,800 3,500 8,000 7,200 2,105 2,057 Tennessee .........: 950 950 700 700 737 737 Texas .............: 4,200 4,500 16,300 16,700 3,881 3,711 Utah ..............: 550 600 1,400 1,550 2,545 2,583 Vermont ...........: (D) 350 (D) 150 (D) 429 Virginia ..........: 1,200 1,200 700 700 583 583 Washington ........: 1,250 1,250 2,250 2,250 1,800 1,800 West Virginia .....: (D) 150 (D) 110 (D) 733 Wisconsin .........: 5,000 4,900 2,100 2,050 420 418 Wyoming ...........: (D) 850 (D) 6,600 (D) 7,765 : Other States 1/ ...: 3,620 560 10,630 150 (NA) (NA) : United States .....: 96,540 97,170 125,470 125,320 1,300 1,290 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. (NA) Not available. 1/ Includes data withheld above. Number of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average Farm Size by Economic Sales Class - States and United States: 2013-2014 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Economic sales class: $500,000-$999,999 :----------------------------------------------------------- : Number of farms : Land in farms : Average farm size State :----------------------------------------------------------- : 2013 : 2014 : 2013 : 2014 : 2013 : 2014 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- number ---- -- 1,000 acres -- ----- acres ---- : Alabama ...........: 1,500 1,650 650 500 433 303 Alaska ............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Arizona ...........: 250 300 500 400 2,000 1,333 Arkansas ..........: 1,300 1,500 1,200 1,200 923 800 California ........: 3,300 3,300 2,500 2,600 758 788 Colorado ..........: 950 850 5,000 5,600 5,263 6,588 Connecticut .......: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Delaware ..........: 370 370 100 100 270 270 Florida ...........: 820 820 700 650 854 793 Georgia ...........: 2,900 2,900 1,630 1,630 562 562 : Hawaii ............: 70 70 240 240 3,429 3,429 Idaho .............: 800 800 1,800 1,900 2,250 2,375 Illinois ..........: 5,300 5,500 6,300 6,300 1,189 1,145 Indiana ...........: 2,800 3,000 2,950 2,840 1,054 947 Iowa ..............: 10,000 10,000 8,800 8,700 880 870 Kansas ............: 3,000 2,900 9,600 9,600 3,200 3,310 Kentucky ..........: 1,000 1,100 1,140 1,240 1,140 1,127 Louisiana .........: 850 950 1,000 1,000 1,176 1,053 Maine .............: 120 110 90 90 750 818 Maryland ..........: 370 400 270 270 730 675 : Massachusetts .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Michigan ..........: 2,100 2,250 1,700 1,800 810 800 Minnesota .........: 5,300 5,300 4,770 4,800 900 906 Mississippi .......: 1,200 1,200 1,000 1,000 833 833 Missouri ..........: 1,950 2,200 3,500 3,700 1,795 1,682 Montana ...........: 1,450 1,450 13,000 13,500 8,966 9,310 Nebraska ..........: 4,700 4,900 9,700 9,800 2,064 2,000 Nevada ............: 150 170 1,300 1,000 8,667 5,882 New Hampshire .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) New Jersey ........: 210 210 80 80 381 381 : New Mexico ........: 310 320 7,900 8,100 25,484 25,313 New York ..........: 1,000 1,000 650 650 650 650 North Carolina ....: 1,600 1,600 950 950 594 594 North Dakota ......: 3,800 4,600 9,800 10,600 2,579 2,304 Ohio ..............: 2,700 2,850 2,300 2,400 852 842 Oklahoma ..........: 1,350 1,350 3,920 4,000 2,904 2,963 Oregon ............: 850 850 2,710 2,650 3,188 3,118 Pennsylvania ......: 1,900 1,900 750 770 395 405 Rhode Island ......: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) South Carolina ....: 400 400 390 450 975 1,125 : South Dakota ......: 2,900 3,300 10,000 11,200 3,448 3,394 Tennessee .........: 800 800 780 850 975 1,063 Texas .............: 2,950 3,250 15,100 15,500 5,119 4,769 Utah ..............: 270 220 4,900 4,500 18,148 20,455 Vermont ...........: 160 150 100 90 625 600 Virginia ..........: 1,000 1,050 830 830 830 790 Washington ........: 1,200 1,050 2,990 2,950 2,492 2,810 West Virginia .....: 170 170 100 110 588 647 Wisconsin .........: 2,800 2,900 2,000 2,050 714 707 Wyoming ...........: 460 500 6,600 6,800 14,348 13,600 : Other States 1/ ...: 260 260 75 80 (NA) (NA) : United States .....: 79,640 82,720 152,365 156,070 1,913 1,887 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. (NA) Not available. 1/ Includes data withheld above. Number of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average Farm Size by Economic Sales Class - States and United States: 2013-2014 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Economic sales class: $1,000,000 or more :----------------------------------------------------------- : Number of farms : Land in farms : Average farm size State :----------------------------------------------------------- : 2013 : 2014 : 2013 : 2014 : 2013 : 2014 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- number ---- -- 1,000 acres -- ----- acres ---- : Alabama ...........: 1,500 1,450 1,000 1,150 667 793 Alaska ............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Arizona ...........: 430 350 2,900 2,900 6,744 8,286 Arkansas ..........: 3,700 3,700 5,700 5,700 1,541 1,541 California ........: 6,400 6,500 11,100 10,900 1,734 1,677 Colorado ..........: 950 950 6,000 6,000 6,316 6,316 Connecticut .......: 90 90 100 100 1,111 1,111 Delaware ..........: 380 380 270 270 711 711 Florida ...........: 1,230 1,230 3,800 3,800 3,089 3,089 Georgia ...........: 2,400 2,400 2,320 2,320 967 967 : Hawaii ............: 80 80 300 300 3,750 3,750 Idaho .............: 1,200 1,200 4,100 4,000 3,417 3,333 Illinois ..........: 4,500 4,500 9,100 9,100 2,022 2,022 Indiana ...........: 2,600 2,600 5,400 5,400 2,077 2,077 Iowa ..............: 7,400 7,300 9,500 9,500 1,284 1,301 Kansas ............: 2,600 2,700 11,000 11,000 4,231 4,074 Kentucky ..........: 1,100 1,100 1,860 1,860 1,691 1,691 Louisiana .........: 1,200 1,100 2,800 2,800 2,333 2,545 Maine .............: 120 130 270 270 2,250 2,077 Maryland ..........: 530 550 580 580 1,094 1,055 : Massachusetts .....: 80 80 50 50 625 625 Michigan ..........: 1,800 1,850 3,100 3,100 1,722 1,676 Minnesota .........: 5,300 5,200 9,530 9,500 1,798 1,827 Mississippi .......: 1,900 1,900 3,100 3,100 1,632 1,632 Missouri ..........: 2,000 1,900 4,000 4,100 2,000 2,158 Montana ...........: 900 950 12,200 12,200 13,556 12,842 Nebraska ..........: 4,600 4,800 15,700 16,300 3,413 3,396 Nevada ............: 140 140 2,600 2,900 18,571 20,714 New Hampshire .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) New Jersey ........: 220 220 150 150 682 682 : New Mexico ........: 330 330 5,700 5,700 17,273 17,273 New York ..........: 1,000 1,000 1,650 1,650 1,650 1,650 North Carolina ....: 3,600 3,600 3,150 3,150 875 875 North Dakota ......: 3,400 3,400 15,100 15,200 4,441 4,471 Ohio ..............: 2,100 2,100 3,540 3,500 1,686 1,667 Oklahoma ..........: 1,000 1,000 3,380 3,400 3,380 3,400 Oregon ............: 950 950 4,190 4,200 4,411 4,421 Pennsylvania ......: 1,250 1,250 900 850 720 680 Rhode Island ......: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) South Carolina ....: 800 800 1,010 1,000 1,263 1,250 : South Dakota ......: 2,400 2,500 12,600 13,100 5,250 5,240 Tennessee .........: 850 900 1,820 1,850 2,141 2,056 Texas .............: 3,350 3,350 17,500 17,700 5,224 5,284 Utah ..............: 280 280 1,000 1,000 3,571 3,571 Vermont ...........: 160 160 210 210 1,313 1,313 Virginia ..........: 850 800 970 970 1,141 1,213 Washington ........: 1,600 1,600 5,000 5,000 3,125 3,125 West Virginia .....: 180 180 150 140 833 778 Wisconsin .........: 2,300 2,300 3,500 3,550 1,522 1,543 Wyoming ...........: 250 250 6,400 6,500 25,600 26,000 : Other States 1/ ...: 40 40 35 40 (NA) (NA) : United States .....: 82,040 82,140 216,335 218,060 2,637 2,655 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. (NA) Not available. 1/ Includes data withheld above. Statistical Methodology Survey Procedures: Data are collected by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) during the June Agricultural Survey using sampling procedures to ensure every farm and ranch has a chance of being selected. NASS uses a multiple sampling frame approach to count farms and measure land in farms. An Area Sampling Frame that divides all land into segments is built for every State. A sample of segments is selected in each State and enumerated in early June. Highly trained interviewers locate each sampled segment and identify every farm and ranch operating land in the segment and the number of acres in each operation. These data are used to compute summary indications of farm numbers and acres of land in farms. Additionally, all farms found in the segments are checked against a list of farms and ranches maintained by NASS to determine if the farm is on the list. Operations found in the Area Frame sample that are not on the list provide a measure of incompleteness of the list. The summarized totals for these non-overlap (or not-on-list) operations are combined with summarized totals collected from a sample selected from the list to calculate additional indications of farms and land in farms. Estimation Procedures: Data are checked for reasonableness and consistency and summarized for each state. State estimates are aggregated to regional and national totals for Headquarters review. Field Offices perform a thorough review of their survey results and historical data relationships and recommend official estimates. Headquarters establishes regional and national estimates and ensures that state estimates are in balance with the regional and national numbers. Revision Policy: Estimates are subject to revision the following year and following review of the five-year Census of Agriculture. The basis for revision must be supported by additional data which directly affects the level of the estimate. Reliability: Two types of errors, sampling and non-sampling, are possible in an estimate based on a sample survey. Both types can affect the quality 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. In 2014, the relative sampling error for the United States number of farms and land in farms is 1.6 percent. 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 1.2 to 3.9 percent for number of farms and 1.6 to 9.3 percent for land in farms at the United States level. Non-sampling errors can occur in complete censuses as well as sample surveys. They are caused by the inability to obtain correct information from each person surveyed, 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 non-sampling errors. Terms and Definitions A farm is "any place from which $1,000 or more of agricultural products were produced and sold, or normally would have been sold, during the year." Government payments are included in sales. Ranches, institutional farms, experimental and research farms, and Indian Reservations are included as farms. Places with the entire acreage enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP), and other government conservation programs are counted as farms. The definition of a farm was first established in 1850 and has changed nine times since. The current definition was first used for the 1974 Census. Land in farms consists of agricultural land used for crops, pasture, or grazing. Also included is woodland and wasteland not actually under cultivation or used for pasture or grazing, provided it was part of the farm operator's total operation. Land in farms includes acres in CRP, WRP, and other government conservation programs. Land in farms includes land owned and operated as well as land rented from others. Land used rent-free is included as land rented from others. All grazing land, except land used under government permits on a per-head basis, is included as land in farms provided it was part of a farm or ranch. Land under the exclusive use of a grazing association is reported by the grazing association and included as land in farms. All land in American Indian reservations used for growing crops or grazing livestock is included as land in farms. Land in reservations not reported by individual American Indians or non-Native Americans is reported in the name of the cooperative group that used the land. In many instances, the entire American Indian reservation is reported as one farm. Economic sales classes are based on the gross value of agricultural products sold. Government program payments are also included. Point Farms are places that did not have $1,000 of reported sales for the year, but had sufficient crops and livestock to normally have sales of $1,000 or more. Farm Definition History The definition of a farm has remained the same since 1974. Activities included as agriculture, however, have undergone modification in recent years. Beginning in 1995, operations having 5 or more horses or ponies and no other agricultural sales were counted as horse farms. An operation with 1 or more horses with agricultural sales of at least $1,000, qualified as a farm. Two industries, maple syrup and short rotation woody crop farms, were added beginning in 1997 as a result of the new North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). These changes were made to achieve comparability with the Census of Agriculture farm definition. All the changes in the farm definition beginning in 1995 were carried back to 1993 and included in the 1993-1998 estimates. These changes bring comparability between the Census of Agriculture data and the annually published NASS estimates. Because of these changes in the farm definition, the official estimates show a level difference in the number of farms between 1992 and 1993 in some states. To further align the counting of farms with the Census of Agriculture, places with 100 acres or more of pasture only in 2002 were included in farm and land in farm numbers. The handling of Indian reservation land was changed in 2002 to provide some accounting for individual farms. Minimum Criteria for "FARM" Definition, 1840 - Present and Enumeration of Apiaries and Fur Farms Year Acres in Place Value of Agricultura l Products (Produced) Value of Sales of Agricultural Products Required some Agricultura l Operations Apiaries and Fur Farms Enumerated 1974 - Present - - - - $1,000 or more - - - - 1959 Less than 10 10 or more - - - - $250 or more $50 or more - - - - - - - - 1954 Less than 3 3 or more - - $150 or more $150 or more - - - - - - - - - - 1950 Less than 3 3 or more - - $150 or more $150 or more - - - - - - Apiaries Fur Farms 1935 - 1945 Less than 3 3 or more $250 or more - - - - - - - - X Apiaries Fur Farms 1930 Less than 3 3 or more $250 or more - - - - - - - - X Apiaries - - 1925 Less than 3 3 or more $250 or more - - - - - - - - X - - - - 1910 - 1925 Less than 3 3 or more $250 or more - - - - - - - - X Apiaries - - 1900 Less than 3 3 or more - - - - - - - - - - X Apiaries - - 1870 - 1890 Less than 3 3 or more - - - - $500 or more - - - - X Apiaries - - 1860 - - - - - - - - - - 1850 - - $100 or more - - - - Apiaries 1840 - - - - - - - - - - Historic Estimates: Final estimates of Farms and Land in Farms in earlier years are available in Statistical Bulletins, No.1030 for 2008-2012, No. 1018 for 2003-2007, No. 991 for 1998-2002, No. 955 for 1993-97, No. 895 for 1988- 92, No. 792 for 1979-87, SpSy3 for 1975-80, No. 594 for 1969-75, No. 507 for 1959-70, No. 316 for number of farm estimates for 1910-59 and land in farms estimates for 1950-59. Information Contacts Listed below are the commodity statisticians in the Environmental, Economics, and Demographics Branch of the National Agricultural Statistics Service to contact for additional information. E-mail inquiries may be sent to nass@nass.usda.gov. Troy Joshua, Chief, Environmental, Economics, and Demographics Branch............................. (202) 720-6146 Tony Dorn, Head, Economics Section................................................................ (202) 690-3223 Rachel Antzak - Cash Receipts, Land Values..................................................... (202) 720-5446 Tynesha Boomer - Production Expenditures....................................................... (202) 720-9168 Daryl Brinkman - Prices Received, Prices Received Indexes, Parity Prices (202) 720-8844 Kuan Chen - Prices, Prices Research............................................................ (202) 690-3347 Liana Cuffman - Tenure, Ownership and Transition of Agricultural Land (TOTAL).................. (202) 720-2250 Greg Gholson - Prices, Prices Research, Prices Received Indexes, Parity Prices................. (202) 690-1348 Joe Hagedorn - Cash Rents, Grazing Fees, TOTAL................................................. (202) 690-3231 Michael Mathison - Farm Expenditures........................................................... (202) 720-3243 Judy McDermott - Prices Paid, Prices Paid Indexes.............................................. (202) 690-3229 Scott Shimmin, Head, Environmental and Demographics Section....................................... (202) 720-0684 Stephanie Brennan - Field Crops Chemical Use .................................................. (202) 690-0392 David Colwell - Current Agricultural Industrial Reports........................................ (202) 690-3233 Doug Farmer - Vegetable Chemical Use........................................................... (202) 720-7492 Ginger Harris - Census of Agriculture.......................................................... (502) 582-5293 Steve Peterson - Farms, Land in Farms, Census.................................................. (202) 720-5581 Jackie Ross - Census of Agriculture............................................................ (202) 720-7644 Miste Salmon - Current Agricultural Industrial Reports...................................... (202) 690-3226 Theresa Varner - Farm Labor, Chemical Use...................................................... (202) 690-2284 Access to NASS Reports For your convenience, you may access NASS reports and products the following ways: All reports are available electronically, at no cost, on the NASS web site: http://www.nass.usda.gov Both national and state specific reports are available via a free e- mail subscription. 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