NUMBER OF FARMS BY COUNTY
Nebraska - Selected Years
County	1964	1969	1974	1978	1982	1987	1992	1997	2002	2007
Adams	1,025	950	872	796	747	780	657	661	561	485
Antelope	1,395	1,225	1,115	1,123	1,042	1,009	891	845	792	716
Arthur	92	74	67	78	81	90	93	84	76	68
Banner	215	225	205	213	200	212	200	238	226	218
Blaine	143	139	127	121	141	129	116	119	106	114
Boone	1,156	1,032	981	912	857	936	787	805	692	619
Box Butte	611	595	589	564	543	556	516	540	476	466
Boyd	591	511	498	476	442	443	395	373	314	259
Brown	407	397	362	361	353	344	332	368	311	292
Buffalo	1,582	1,407	1,349	1,208	1,191	1,175	1,097	1,153	969	949
Burt	1,047	909	843	847	733	729	588	614	621	549
Butler	1,405	1,275	1,107	1,068	976	961	805	851	840	809
Cass	1,275	1,086	1,011	977	915	913	721	748	679	682
Cedar	1,610	1,375	1,258	1,194	1,144	1,106	1,041	1,017	949	924
Chase	459	438	407	453	433	468	368	396	326	347
Cherry	686	759	695	673	708	745	676	690	557	560
Cheyenne	797	765	750	748	701	740	668	706	616	603
Clay	872	766	739	719	644	710	592	566	503	454
Colfax	1,088	1,001	948	873	779	778	694	642	589	519
Cuming	1,619	1,424	1,404	1,305	1,250	1,185	1,079	1,045	904	863
Custer	1,955	1,771	1,601	1,463	1,439	1,452	1,321	1,359	1,149	1,187
Dakota	540	454	435	411	378	345	295	314	296	278
Dawes	536	535	479	461	452	498	446	497	406	469
Dawson	1,391	1,222	1,096	1,049	959	974	876	903	718	728
Deuel	330	324	306	313	277	262	244	277	252	240
Dixon	1,049	954	878	804	731	704	609	625	660	568
Dodge	1,389	1,208	1,144	1,073	977	962	855	848	734	715
Douglas	729	645	589	518	482	475	388	410	361	362
Dundy	426	404	391	397	382	389	308	339	262	263
Fillmore	1,092	996	933	843	765	779	637	607	499	478
Franklin	745	641	575	569	530	523	444	449	378	312
Frontier	622	545	513	531	1,339	496	419	368	318	283
Furnas	790	691	594	565	520	539	459	452	412	365
Gage	1,849	1,672	1,555	1,411	1,339	1,374	1,140	1,232	1,272	1,280
Garden	438	365	351	343	330	335	297	328	253	297
Garfield	307	253	292	263	268	248	228	217	190	223
Gosper	432	385	338	336	324	345	282	260	242	218
Grant	64	79	89	81	80	92	82	91	73	84
Greeley	575	515	501	458	438	461	394	403	361	334
Hall	1,081	964	922	860	794	788	744	750	595	608
Hamilton	1,118	1,001	925	863	821	770	664	697	603	550
Harlan	606	527	504	451	453	465	385	392	346	384
Hayes	367	344	335	337	328	317	273	271	260	275
Hitchcock	561	518	470	461	443	426	379	357	299	272
Holt	1,492	1,377	1,326	1,335	1,269	1,393	1,265	1,341	1,166	1,171
Hooker	61	57	65	60	59	78	76	90	81	88
Howard	953	862	806	721	702	696	657	680	600	564
Jefferson	1,113	901	861	790	747	770	683	666	631	601
Johnson	850	739	687	603	566	559	488	522	571	541
Kearney	768	706	685	622	581	608	502	521	412	381
Keith	469	438	419	409	382	405	348	405	363	398
Keya Paha	290	277	259	279	269	259	206	222	185	206
Kimball	367	381	377	370	344	348	292	359	362	372
Knox	1,778	1,542	1,466	1,328	1,280	1,212	1,086	1,103	1,016	863
Lancaster	1,774	1,751	1,570	1,509	1,547	1,508	1,359	1,615	1,607	1,698
Lincoln	1,255	1,195	1,103	1,071	1,037	1,127	1,031	1,078	959	1,053
Logan	166	172	156	162	152	147	133	130	119	152
Loup	189	182	167	156	148	142	134	146	120	137
Madison	1,328	1,156	1,123	1,025	991	958	825	115	766	143
McPherson	151	134	116	131	138	146	121	837	128	699
Merrick	894	827	750	708	680	664	617	587	513	473
Morrill	699	608	560	562	550	535	458	497	443	495
Nance	698	599	566	519	478	508	440	441	392	362
Nemaha	896	755	724	705	614	591	511	511	483	449
Nuckolls	858	779	694	668	624	621	541	523	476	405
Otoe	1,404	1,289	1,169	1,082	957	1,005	805	875	797	804
Pawnee	810	698	678	585	531	520	463	472	531	489
Perkins	597	574	546	565	547	591	479	534	438	446
Phelps	802	706	637	623	588	616	578	580	470	420
Pierce	1,249	1,061	1,036	932	865	857	725	761	697	645
Platte	1,568	1,426	1,388	1,326	1,237	1,245	1,099	1,083	1,000	882
Polk	987	873	818	798	727	736	625	633	527	505
Red Willow	641	630	520	506	474	489	425	471	380	386
Richardson	1,194	1,027	1,020	876	813	826	712	767	732	707
Rock	270	284	280	326	309	313	310	328	271	237
Saline	1,347	1,245	1,074	994	905	881	742	773	728	702
Sarpy	587	525	476	459	460	437	362	401	355	360
Saunders	1,842	1,710	1,600	1,471	1,444	1,417	1,235	1,260	1,157	1,131
Scotts Bluff	1,371	1,210	1,112	1,078	987	898	821	846	780	730
Seward	1,399	1,239	1,174	1,038	988	974	879	895	862	893
Sheridan	792	777	739	723	704	721	658	686	613	574
Sherman	779	708	693	569	539	576	500	512	448	411
Sioux	426	398	380	388	365	353	327	352	318	366
Stanton	958	858	813	749	712	695	557	654	655	636
Thayer	1,026	920	822	759	707	744	623	599	558	483
Thomas	95	91	81	91	87	94	97	91	79	103
Thurston	756	662	628	584	535	462	386	407	438	372
Valley	754	643	629	562	502	541	488	464	419	391
Washington	1,093	980	930	851	812	826	726	749	780	762
Wayne	1,095	908	895	852	811	744	630	651	623	573
Webster	730	679	595	519	500	508	448	458	449	430
Wheeler	208	189	176	182	195	213	200	194	194	205
York	1,267	1,143	1,065	977	911	899	765	747	617	549
Nebraska	80,163	72,257	67,597	65,916	60,243	60,502	52,923	54,539	49,355	47,712
Note:  Starting with the 1974 Census, a farm is a place from which $1,000 or more of agricultural
products were produced and sold.
Source: U.S. Department of the Agriculture, 2007 Census of Agriculture, 2009
Last Updated:	2/6/2009
by Nebraska Databook
email:	mike.lundeen@nebraska.gov