| NUMBER, LAND AREA, AVERAGE SIZE, AND VALUE OF FARMS | |||||
| Nebraska - Selected Years | |||||
| Number | Land in | Average | Value of | Average | |
| of | Farms | Farm Size | Farms | Farm Value | |
| Year | Farms |
(Acres) |
(Acres) |
($1,000) |
(Dollars) |
| 1860 | 3,000 | 631,000 | 226 | $3,878 | $1,391 |
| 1870 | 12,000 | 2,074,000 | 169 | 24,194 | 1,967 |
| 1880 | 63,387 | 9,945,000 | 157 | 105,933 | 1,671 |
| 1890 | 113,608 | 21,593,000 | 190 | 402,359 | 3,542 |
| 1900 | 121,525 | 29,912,000 | 246 | 577,660 | 4,753 |
| 1910 | 129,678 | 38,622,000 | 298 | 1,813,347 | 13,983 |
| 1920 | 124,417 | 42,255,000 | 339 | 3,712,108 | 29,836 |
| 1925 | 127,734 | 42,025,000 | 329 | 2,524,074 | 19,760 |
| 1930 | 129,458 | 44,709,000 | 345 | 2,495,203 | 19,274 |
| 1935 | 133,616 | 46,616,000 | 349 | 1,562,813 | 11,696 |
| 1940 | 121,062 | 47,344,000 | 391 | 1,137,808 | 9,399 |
| 1945 | 111,756 | 47,753,000 | 427 | 1,699,210 | 15,205 |
| 1950 | 107,183 | 47,467,000 | 443 | 2,735,039 | 25,517 |
| 1954 | 100,846 | 47,487,000 | 471 | 3,399,827 | 33,713 |
| 1959 | 90,475 | 47,756,000 | 528 | 4,233,856 | 46,796 |
| 1964 | 80,163 | 47,793,000 | 596 | 5,232,079 | 65,268 |
| 1969 | 72,257 | 45,834,000 | 634 | 7,076,220 | 97,931 |
| 1974 | 67,597 | 46,172,000 | 683 | 13,017,447 | 192,574 |
| 1978 | 63,768 | 46,114,000 | 723 | 24,416,516 | 382,902 |
| 1982 | 60,243 | 44,961,000 | 746 | 31,910,100 | 532,741 |
| 1987 | 60,502 | 45,305,411 | 749 | 20,828,347 | 344,253 |
| 1992 | 52,923 | 44,393,129 | 839 | 22,713,917 | 429,188 |
| 1997 | 54,539 | 45,853,656 | 841 | 29,198,498 | 567,468 |
| 2002 | 49,375 | 45,903,116 | 930 | 35,726,258 |
723,863 |
| Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Census of Agriculture, 2004. | |||||
| Last Updated: 6/23/04 | |||||
| by Nebraska Databook | |||||
| email: mlundeen@neded.org | |||||