Data Center

County Data

Agriculture

Farms and Farm Acres
St. Louis Region

Jurisdiction

FARMS

1997

2002

# of Farms

Acreage

# of Farms

Acreage

St. Louis

350

51,912

328

39,395

St. Charles

782

200,940

739

184,753

Jefferson

784

119,885

764

124,905

Franklin

1808

308,852

1833

300,212

Missouri Subtotal

3,724

681,589

3,664

649,265

Madison

1,327

290,225

1,152

295,677

St. Clair

918

267,777

811

269,820

Monroe

611

190,242

531

177,430

Illinois Subtotal

2,856

748,244

2,494

742,927

REGIONAL TOTAL

6,580

1,429,833

6,158

1,392,192

Source: U.S. Census of Agriculture

 

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U.S. Totals

Number and Acreage of Farms by Size in U.S.
1997 and 2002

Size of Farm In Acres

# of Farms

Land in Farms

Cropland Harvested

% Distribution

1997

2002

1997

2002

1997

2002

# of
Farms

All Land in Farms

Cropland Harvested

Total

2,216,000

2,129,000

954.8

938.3

316.9

302.7

100

100

100

Under 10 Acres

205

179

.9

.8

.3

.2

8.4

.1

.1

10-49

531

564

14.0

14.7

4.3

4.1

26.5

1.6

1.4

50-100

354

343

25.5

24.5

7.9

7.2

16.1

2.6

2.3

101-179

340

317

45.8

42.5

15.4

13.4

14.9

4.6

4.4

180-259

179

163

38.6

35.1

14.7

12.7

7.7

3.7

4.2

260-499

249

226

89.2

80.6

40.1

34.1

10.6

8.6

11.3

500-999

179

162

124.6

112.4

66.5

56.7

7.6

12.0

18.7

1000-1999

103

99

140.7

135.7

75.9

72.8

4.7

14.5

24.0

2000+

74

78

475.6

491.9

94.1

101.6

3.7

52.4

33.8


Source: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture

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