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Size of Farm

Census Year: 1954

Within: Volume 2: General Report

Introduction

1. Introduction

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Charts

1. Average size of farm, for the United States: 1850 - 1954

2. Percent distribution of the number of farms, by size, by States: 1954

3. Percent of all land in farms represented by cropland harvested, by size of farm; for the United States: 1954 and 1950

4. Percent of all land in farms represented by land pastured, by size of farm; for the United States: 1954 and 1950

5. Number of farms, 1880 to 1954; and land in farms, 1900 to 1954, by size of farm, for the United States

Maps

1. Farms of less than 10 acres, number, 1954

2. Farms of 10 to 29 acres, number, 1954

3. Farms of 30 to 49 acres, number, 1954

4. Farms of 50 to 99 acres, number, 1954

5. Farms of 100 to 179 acres, number, 1954

6. Farms of 180 to 259 acres, number, 1954

7. Farms of 260 to 499 acres, number, 1954

8. Farms of 500 acres and over, number, 1954

9. Farms of less than 10 acres - increase and decrease in number, 1950 - 1954

10. Farms of 10 - 29 acres - increase and decrease in number, 1950 - 1954

11. Farms of 30 - 49 acres - increase and decrease in number, 1950 - 1954

12. Farms of 50 - 99 acres - increase and decrease in number, 1950 - 1954

13. Farms of 100 - 179 acres - increase and decrease in number, 1950 - 1954

14. Farms of 180 - 259 acres - increase and decrease in number, 1950 - 1954

15. Farms of 260 - 499 acres - increase and decrease in number, 1950 - 1954

16. Farms of 500 acres and over - increase and decrease in number, 1950 - 1954

17. Average size of farms, 1954

18. Farms of less than 50 acres as a percent of all farms, 1954

Tables for the United States

1. Farms classified by acres of improved land, for the United States: 1870 and 1860

2. Number of farms under 3 acres in size, percent of all farms, minimum value of products, and index numbers of prices received by farmers; for the United States: 1880 to 1954

3. Number of farms under 10 acres in size, with land in farms; for the United States: 1880 to 1954

4. Number of farms by size of farm, for the United States, the North, the South, and the West: 1880 to 1954

5. All land in farms by size of farm, for the United States, the North, the South, and the West: 1900 to 1954

6. Specified classes of land in farms, according to use, by size of farm; for the United States: Censuses of 1925 to 1954

7. Cropland used only for crops not harvested and not pastured and idle cropland, by size of farm; summary for 31 specified States: Census of 1954

8. Cultivated summer fallow and other cropland not harvested and not pastured, by size of farm; summary for 17 Western States: 1954 and 1949

9. Irrigated land in farms, 1954 and 1949, with the 1954 total classified according to use, by size of farm: Summary for 20 selected States: 1954 and 1949

10. Distribution of farms by acres of cropland harvested, by size of farm; for the United States: 1954 and 1949

Tables for Geographic Regions, Divisions, and States

11. Other pasture and improved other pasture, by size of farm; for the United States: Census of 1954

12. Number of farms by size of farm, by States: 1880 to 1954

13. All land in farms and cropland harvested, by size of farm, by States: Censuses of 1940 to 1954

14. Average acreage per farm based on all land in farms, by divisions and States: 1850 to 1954

15. All land in farms classified according to use and a distribution of farms by acres of cropland harvested, by size of farm; by divisions and States: 1954

16. Specified land-use practices and conservation, by size of farm; by divisions and States: 1954

17. Average acreage of cropland harvested per farm reporting and percent distribution of total land pastured, by size of farm; by divisions and States: Censuses of 1954 and 1950

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