1997 Agricultural Census - Prince William County
From the AgCensus :
Table 1. County Summary Highlights
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261 259 272 Farms (number)
35936 32973 36926 Land in farms (acres)
138 127 136 Land in farms - average size of farm (acres)
51 (N) (N) Land in farms - median size of farm (acres)
567833 583398 419605 Estimated market value of land and buildings@1: average per farm (dollars)
4372 4065 3321 Estimated market value of land and buildings@1: average per acre (dollars)
42690 33475 34549 Estimated market value of all machinery/equipment@1:aver per farm (dollars)
30 30 20 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres
95 86 95 Farms by size: 10 to 49 acres
94 97 98 Farms by size: 50 to 179 acres
30 34 46 Farms by size: 180 to 499 acres
8 8 9 Farms by size: 500 to 999 acres
4 4 4 Farms by size: 1,000 acres or more
222 227 252 Total cropland (farms)
25758 21903 27448 Total cropland (acres)
165 182 197 Total cropland, harvested cropland (farms)
18226 12565 15341 Total cropland, harvested cropland (acres)
9 9 9 Irrigated land (farms)
555 56 286 Irrigated land (acres)
9733 5626 6139 Market value of agricultural products sold ($1,000)
37290 21723 22572 Market value of agricultural products sold, average per farm (dollars)
4890 1568 1182 Market value of ag prod sold-crops,incl nursery and greenhouse crops ($1,000)
4843 4058 4958 Market value of ag products sold - livestock, poultry, and their products ($1,000)
107 101 106 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500
40 45 46 Farms by value of sales: $2,500 to $4,999
49 47 45 Farms by value of sales: $5,000 to $9,999
28 42 41 Farms by value of sales: $10,000 to $24,999
10 8 12 Farms by value of sales: $25,000 to $49,999
11 5 10 Farms by value of sales: $50,000 to $99,999
16 11 12 Farms by value of sales: $100,000 or more
7774 5868 6911 Total farm production expenses@1 ($1,000)
29785 22656 25502 Total farm production expenses@1, average per farm (dollars)
261 259 271 Net cash return from agricultural sales for the farm unit (see text)@1 (farms)
1882 64 -579 Net cash return from agricultural sales for the farm unit (see text)@1 ($1,000)
7211 246 -2135 Net cash return from ag sales for fm unit (see text)@1, average per farm (dollars)
114 100 101 Operators by principal occupation: Farming
147 159 171 Operators by principal occupation: Other
150 161 183 Operators by days worked off farm: Any
103 119 134 Operators by days worked off farm: 200 days or more
138 149 150 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory (farms)
8164 7153 7625 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory (number)
110 111 120 Beef cows (farms)
3256 2615 2480 Beef cows (number)
11 14 20 Milk cows (farms)
1116 1125 1655 Milk cows (number)
139 146 152 Cattle and calves sold (farms)
4066 3149 4054 Cattle and calves sold (number)
10 8 19 Hogs and pigs inventory (farms)
99 55 428 Hogs and pigs inventory (number)
3 8 17 Hogs and pigs sold (farms)
(D) 92 530 Hogs and pigs sold (number)
15 15 4 Sheep and lambs inventory (farms)
355 360 61 Sheep and lambs inventory (number)
20 21 34 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory (see text) (farms)
648 530 965 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory (see text) (number)
1 2 2 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold (farms)
(D) (D) (D) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold (number)
21 24 37 Corn for grain or seed (farms)
2853 2030 2489 Corn for grain or seed (acres)
212759 222213 140118 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)
16 18 27 Wheat for grain (farms)
833 1242 1359 Wheat for grain (acres)
35477 62929 66160 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)
0 0 0 Tobacco (farms)
0 0 0 Tobacco (acres)
0 0 0 Tobacco (pounds)
15 8 7 Soybeans for beans (farms)
2426 817 989 Soybeans for beans (acres)
73924 24872 31441 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)
152 166 179 Hay-alfalfa,other tame,small grain,wild,grass silage,green chop,etc(see txt)(farms)
10295 8031 9807 Hay-alfalfa,other tame,small grain,wild,grass silage,green chop,etc(see txt)(acres)
15692 14822 13523 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)
6 6 5 Land in orchards (farms)
9 15 12 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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