---Full Owners--- ----------Part Owners------------- ----Tenants----
Year Farms Acres Farms Total Owned Rented Farms Acres
Acres Acres 1/ Acres 1/
1900 1,685 NA 407 NA 781 NA
1910 1,948 277,212 NA NA 769 106,342
1920 1,596 199,212 339 61,154 716 114,617
1930 1,254 171,458 392 75,246 690 114,280
1935 1,110 148,872 442 77,997 907 148,337
1940 1,186 172,333 300 74,418 604 111,232
1945 1,303 198,582 281 82,099 480 91,410
1950 1,163 194,041 305 93,472 274 61,018
1954 1,052 184,812 305 97,353 274 73,724
1959 863 167,626 329 123,586 223 65,568
1964 866 173,415 304 116,615 183 65,692
1969 976 203,519 257 119,140 149 39,546
1974 822 176,023 268 127,614 130 35,457
1978 769 163,132 276 152,414 79,824 72,590 135 35,920
1982 728 159,831 270 153,688 73,709 79,979 101 31,789
1987 684 151,859 265 158,154 73,737 84,417 88 26,963
1992 633 138,041 241 160,253 70,091 90,162 94 25,171
1997 628 129,423 231 162,772 76,797 85,975 85 24,548
1/ Not available until 1978.
NA-Not available.
Source: U.S. Census of Agriculture