LAND IN FARMS BY USE CLASSIFICATION

LAND IN FARMS BY USE CLASSIFICATION
Thousands of Acres
Nebraska - Selected Years
	Cropland					Other		Total
		Pasture	All	Total		Rangeland	All Other	Land in
Year	Harvested	Only	Other	Cropland	Woodland	Pasture	Land ¹	Farms
1920	18,936	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
1925	19,810	4,381	888	25,079	883	14,456	1,606	42,024
1930	21,399	4,160	944	26,504	941	15,840	1,424	44,709
1935	12,195	2,653	10,514	25,362	934	18,942	1,378	46,616
1940	17,305	3,736	4,374	25,415	NA	NA	NA	NA
1945	19,596	942	2,890	23,429	511	22,185	1,629	47,754
1950	19,407	1,400	2,970	23,776	820	21,415	1,456	47,467
1954	18,874	1,117	2,876	22,868	622	22,542	1,454	47,486
1959	18,057	1,309	3,461	22,828	522	22,847	1,560	47,757
1964	15,229	1,031	5,839	2,100	496	22,781	1,377	26,754
1969	14,023	2,461	5,739	22,223	466	21,115	1,368	45,172
1974	16,309	3,274	2,639	22,213	515	21,530	1,477	45,735
1978	16,372	2,329	3,573	22,274	433	22,115	1,292	46,114
1982	17,076	2,397	2,961	22,434	458	20,537	1,531	44,961
1987	15,276	2,565	5,479	23,320	441	20,443	1,100	45,305
1992	16,146	2,586	3,668	22,402	442	20,557	991	44,393
1997	17,898	1,882	2,854	22,633	437	21,622	1,162	45,854
2002	17,337	1,882	3,303	22,521	382	21,941	1,059	45,903
NA - not available
¹ Includes house lots, barn lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc.
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service,2002 Census of Agriculture, 2004.
Last Updated: 6/24/04
by Nebraska Databook
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