---Full Owners--- ----------Part Owners------------- ----Tenants----
Year Farms Acres Farms Total Owned Rented Farms Acres
Acres Acres 1/ Acres 1/
1900 2,365 NA 287 NA 933 NA
1910 2,778 399,561 NA NA 715 86,681
1920 2,174 297,464 384 69,485 692 100,846
1930 1,551 225,224 428 85,945 765 129,183
1935 1,473 203,584 508 101,940 1,010 158,377
1940 1,639 224,505 302 74,021 880 140,704
1945 1,686 262,932 298 85,230 539 95,029
1950 1,791 283,144 371 99,376 321 56,149
1954 1,597 250,992 392 126,186 243 52,312
1959 1,341 236,721 427 138,335 154 35,566
1964 1,282 239,825 321 125,135 100 24,259
1969 1,229 242,213 246 107,811 106 26,848
1974 1,067 213,449 262 118,799 90 23,232
1978 1,009 181,858 281 141,782 60,021 81,761 112 27,237
1982 1,001 168,546 293 138,499 63,019 75,480 87 17,991
1987 933 147,616 306 155,052 68,632 86,420 84 21,711
1992 900 159,631 316 159,131 69,673 89,458 84 20,610
1997 954 147,331 311 162,577 65,869 96,708 73 20,563
1/ Not available until 1978.
NA-Not available.
Source: U.S. Census of Agriculture