---Full Owners--- ----------Part Owners------------- ----Tenants----
Year Farms Acres Farms Total Owned Rented Farms Acres
Acres Acres 1/ Acres 1/
1900 1,796 NA 603 NA 1,589 NA
1910 2,391 310,733 NA NA 1,346 167,144
1920 1,406 166,751 628 108,701 1,191 174,305
1930 1,294 149,432 635 105,990 1,258 190,922
1935 1,262 138,257 628 111,885 1,509 216,181
1940 1,302 142,657 443 90,254 1,436 229,791
1945 1,287 144,623 622 159,245 926 167,878
1950 1,577 197,124 62 58,830 598 115,957
1954 1,378 179,552 705 193,173 492 99,830
1959 1,129 169,465 610 204,294 305 74,385
1964 1,051 176,155 541 221,125 192 46,638
1969 1,109 194,016 474 237,413 128 34,715
1974 900 170,029 435 221,125 123 29,547
1978 801 144,601 463 243,407 116,814 126,593 138 35,202
1982 806 149,273 404 217,863 102,300 115,563 110 33,330
1987 746 40,591 385 212,465 102,745 109,720 120 43,582
1992 739 138,682 389 232,352 108,304 124,048 121 31,168
1997 796 152,350 363 209,460 91,998 117,462 106 26,739
1/ Not available until 1978.
NA-Not available.
Source: U.S. Census of Agriculture