1997 Agricultural Census - Lee County
From the AgCensus :
Table 1. County Summary Highlights
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1106 1287 1431 Farms (number)
127420 129296 132816 Land in farms (acres)
115 100 93 Land in farms - average size of farm (acres)
70 (N) (N) Land in farms - median size of farm (acres)
136609 95497 77810 Estimated market value of land and buildings@1: average per farm (dollars)
1184 1073 839 Estimated market value of land and buildings@1: average per acre (dollars)
28649 17208 14898 Estimated market value of all machinery/equipment@1:aver per farm (dollars)
106 192 213 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres
313 374 468 Farms by size: 10 to 49 acres
498 520 568 Farms by size: 50 to 179 acres
157 172 155 Farms by size: 180 to 499 acres
27 20 21 Farms by size: 500 to 999 acres
5 9 6 Farms by size: 1,000 acres or more
1055 1240 1398 Total cropland (farms)
62866 61161 59344 Total cropland (acres)
975 1159 1340 Total cropland, harvested cropland (farms)
21093 20275 21179 Total cropland, harvested cropland (acres)
11 18 21 Irrigated land (farms)
43 50 186 Irrigated land (acres)
13100 15365 10746 Market value of agricultural products sold ($1,000)
11844 11939 7509 Market value of agricultural products sold, average per farm (dollars)
6649 8484 5396 Market value of ag prod sold-crops,incl nursery and greenhouse crops ($1,000)
6450 6881 5350 Market value of ag products sold - livestock, poultry, and their products ($1,000)
271 265 534 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500
231 284 313 Farms by value of sales: $2,500 to $4,999
244 317 320 Farms by value of sales: $5,000 to $9,999
246 299 193 Farms by value of sales: $10,000 to $24,999
77 84 55 Farms by value of sales: $25,000 to $49,999
25 30 12 Farms by value of sales: $50,000 to $99,999
12 8 4 Farms by value of sales: $100,000 or more
9226 9174 8063 Total farm production expenses@1 ($1,000)
8334 7129 5634 Total farm production expenses@1, average per farm (dollars)
1107 1287 1431 Net cash return from agricultural sales for the farm unit (see text)@1 (farms)
3237 4963 2413 Net cash return from agricultural sales for the farm unit (see text)@1 ($1,000)
2924 3857 1686 Net cash return from ag sales for fm unit (see text)@1, average per farm (dollars)
485 572 614 Operators by principal occupation: Farming
621 715 817 Operators by principal occupation: Other
616 690 791 Operators by days worked off farm: Any
436 500 551 Operators by days worked off farm: 200 days or more
777 816 870 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory (farms)
29185 28782 25272 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory (number)
656 703 654 Beef cows (farms)
14427 14696 11533 Beef cows (number)
37 49 109 Milk cows (farms)
382 544 900 Milk cows (number)
753 765 809 Cattle and calves sold (farms)
15418 15691 13723 Cattle and calves sold (number)
17 26 70 Hogs and pigs inventory (farms)
156 226 379 Hogs and pigs inventory (number)
3 5 18 Hogs and pigs sold (farms)
(D) 126 207 Hogs and pigs sold (number)
10 9 6 Sheep and lambs inventory (farms)
336 144 137 Sheep and lambs inventory (number)
28 41 91 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory (see text) (farms)
(D) 1296 2028 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory (see text) (number)
0 0 0 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold (farms)
0 0 0 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold (number)
94 187 292 Corn for grain or seed (farms)
612 1209 1593 Corn for grain or seed (acres)
48616 107325 116112 Corn for grain or seed (bushels)
(N) (N) (N) Corn for silage or green chop (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Corn for silage or green chop (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Corn for silage or green chop (tons, green)
(N) (N) (N) Sorghum for grain or seed (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Sorghum for grain or seed (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Sorghum for grain or seed (bushels)
1 1 10 Wheat for grain (farms)
(D) (D) 48 Wheat for grain (acres)
(D) (D) 1744 Wheat for grain (bushels)
(N) (N) (N) Barley for grain (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Barley for grain (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Barley for grain (bushels)
(N) (N) (N) Oats for grain (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Oats for grain (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Oats for grain (bushels)
(N) (N) (N) Rice (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Rice (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Rice (hundredweight)
(N) (N) (N) Sunflower seed (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Sunflower seed (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Sunflower seed (pounds)
(N) (N) (N) Cotton (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Cotton (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Cotton (bales)
643 974 1119 Tobacco (farms)
2083 2624 2101 Tobacco (acres)
3487725 4968613 3516529 Tobacco (pounds)
0 0 1 Soybeans for beans (farms)
0 0 (D) Soybeans for beans (acres)
0 0 (D) Soybeans for beans (bushels)
(N) (N) (N) Dry edible beans, excluding dry limas (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Dry edible beans, excluding dry limas (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Dry edible beans, excluding dry limas (hundredweight)
(N) (N) (N) Potatoes, excluding sweetpotatoes (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Potatoes, excluding sweetpotatoes (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Potatoes, excluding sweetpotatoes (hundredweight)
(N) (N) (N) Sugar beets for sugar (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Sugar beets for sugar (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Sugar beets for sugar (tons)
(N) (N) (N) Sugarcane for sugar (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Sugarcane for sugar (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Sugarcane for sugar (tons)
(N) (N) (N) Pineapples harvested (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Pineapples harvested (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Pineapples harvested (tons)
0 0 0 Peanuts for nuts (farms)
0 0 0 Peanuts for nuts (acres)
0 0 0 Peanuts for nuts (pounds)
726 715 812 Hay-alfalfa,other tame,small grain,wild,grass silage,green chop,etc(see txt)(farms)
18432 17107 17310 Hay-alfalfa,other tame,small grain,wild,grass silage,green chop,etc(see txt)(acres)
35083 31306 26929 Hay-alfal,oth tame,small grain,wild,grass silage,green chop,etc(see txt)(tons,dry)
(N) (N) (N) Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) (acres)
17 15 11 Land in orchards (farms)
37 34 24 Land in orchards (acres)
(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual farms.
(B) Data not available due to brackets.
(X) Not applicable.
(Z) Less than half of the unit shown.
(N) Not available.
(H) Standard error or relative standard error of estimate
is greater than or equal to 99.95 percent.
(L) Standard error or relative standard error of estimate
is less than 0.05 percent.
(S) Withheld because estimate did not meet publication standards
on the basis of either the response rate or a consistency review.
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