Farm size
	1 - 49 acres		50 - 499 acres		500 - 999 acres		1,000 + acres		Total
Year	Number of farms	Acres in farms	Number of farms	Acres in farms	Number of farms	Acres in farms	Number of farms	Acres in farms	Number of farms	Acres in farms
	millions
1900	1.93	49	3.37	520	0.1	68	0.05	200	5.74	837
1910	2.25	49	3.93	570	0.1	84	0.05	167	6.37	870
1920	2.31	59	3.93	580	0.2	100	0.07	221	6.45	960
1925	2.42	57	3.75	550	0.1	97	0.06	224	6.37	928
1930	2.36	56	3.69	550	0.2	109	0.08	277	6.30	992
1935	2.69	59	3.86	540	0.2	114	0.09	310	6.81	1,023
1940	2.29	50	3.55	540	0.2	112	0.10	366	6.10	1,068
1945	2.25	47	3.32	520	0.2	119	0.11	460	5.86	1,146
1950	1.97	39	3.12	500	0.2	126	0.12	495	5.39	1,160
1954	1.70	32	2.76	460	0.2	132	0.13	531	4.78	1,155
1959	1.06	22	2.32	410	0.2	137	0.14	555	3.71	1,124
1964	0.82	17	1.98	360	0.2	145	0.15	585	3.16	1,107
1969	0.64	14	1.73	320	0.2	148	0.15	578	2.73	1,060
1974	0.51	11	1.44	273	0.2	142	0.16	590	2.31	1,024
1978	0.54	12	1.34	256	0.2	147	0.16	600	2.26	1,015
1982	0.64	13	1.24	233	0.2	141	0.16	600	2.24	987
1987	0.60	12	1.12	212	0.2	139	0.17	602	2.09	965
1992	0.56	11	1.01	190	0.2	129	0.17	615	1.93	945
1997	0.56	12	0.99	182	0.2	122	0.18	616	1.91	932

Sources: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970 (GPO, Washington, DC, 1975).

U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistical Service, 1997 Census of Agriculture, Vol. I: Part 51, Chapter 1. United States Summary National-Level Data, National, State and County Tables (Internet accessible data tables as of February 22, 1999), and earlier census reports.

Last Updated on Thursday, September 23, 1999