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Farms--Number, Acreage and Value, by Tenure of Principal Operator and Type of Organization: 1997 and 2002 (Statistical Abstract 2008 Table 0801)

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The Statistical Abstract of the United States is the standard summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. It is also designed to serve as a guide to other statistical publications and sources. The latter function is served by the introductory text to each section, the source note appearing below each table, and Appendix I, which comprises the Guide to Sources of Statistics, the Guide to State Statistical Abstracts, and the Guide to Foreign Statistical Abstracts. This volume includes a selection of data from many statistical sources, both government and private. Publications cited as sources usually contain additional statistical detail and more comprehensive discussions of definitions and concepts. Data not available in publications issued by the contributing agency but obtained from the Internet or unpublished records are identified in the source notes. More information on the subjects covered in the tables so noted may generally be obtained from the source.

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US Census Bureau source http://www.census.gov/statab/www

U.S. Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2008 (127th Edition) Washington, DC, 2007; http://www.census.gov/statab/www/

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U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.

U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.

2002 Census of Agriculture, vol. 1.

referenced on dataset section data (#1)

U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service. http://www.nass.usda.gov/Census_of_Agriculture/index.asp

U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.

2002 Census of Agriculture, vol. 1.

For more information:

http://www.nass.usda.gov/Census_of_Agriculture/index.asp

referenced on dataset section notes (#2)

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  1. A few files had extraneous characters in the title. These were corrected to be consistent. A few files have a sheet of crufty gibberish in the first slot. The sheet order was shuffled but no data were changed.

    The tables that were changed:

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Footnotes

data (pg 1)

  1. Includes other types, not shown separately.
  2. Based on a sample of farms.

notes (pg 2)

  1. Includes other types, not shown separately.
  2. Based on a sample of farms.

Headnotes

[2,216 represents 2,216,000. Full owners own all the land they operate. Part owners own a part and rent from others the rest of the land they operate. A principal operator is the person primarily responsible for the on-site, day-to-day operation of the farm or ranch business. Data have been adjusted for coverage; see text, this section]

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ITEM AND YEAR Unit Total 1 Full owner Part owner Family or individual Total 1 Full owner Part owner Family or individual
Tenant Partnership Corporation Tenant Partnership Corporation
NUMBER OF FARMS
1997 1,000 2216 1385 616 215 1923 186 90 100 62.5 27.797833935 9.70216606498 86.8 8.4 4.1
2002 1,000 2129 1428 551 150 1910 130 74 100 67.0737435416 25.880695162 7.04556129638 89.7 6.1 3.5
Under 50 acres 1,000 743.118 638.574 63.875 40.669 696.654 23.636 18.278 100 85.9317093651 8.59553933561 5.47275129926 89.7134805073 6.10615312353 3.47581023955
50 to 179 acres 1,000 658.705 486.717 130.802 41.186 610.75 30.864 12.403 100 73.8899810993 19.8574475676 6.25257133315 93.7474263845 3.18065233247 2.45963628926
180 to 499 acres 1,000 388.617 202.83 152.922 32.865 344.102 29.174 12.124 100 52.1927759208 39.3503114892 8.45691259003 92.7198062866 4.68555726767 1.88293697482
500 to 999 acres 1,000 161.552 53.893 90.974 16.685 133.191 16.677 10.29 100 33.3595374864 56.3125185699 10.3279439437 88.5452772267 7.50713427359 3.11978117272
1,000 acres or more 1,000 176.99 46.122 112.431 18.437 124.904 29.242 20.657 100 26.0590993841 63.5239279055 10.4169727103 82.4446617807 10.3229919778 6.36946617807
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Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.
2002 Census of Agriculture, vol. 1.

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0801

Year

2008

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