This annual full-text file presents data on the number of farms in operation, land in farms, and average size (acreage) of farms for individual states and the U.S.; includes economic sales class estimates for number of farms, land in farms, and average of farms for U.S. and selected states. Note: Issues released between 2005 and 2013 included Livestock Operations in the title. Beginning in 2014, livestock operations data will be available in the Census of Agriculture.
This publication reports on number of farms and land in farms by state and division. These data were collected by the National Agricultural Statistics Service during the June and December Agricultural Surveys using sampling procedures to ensure every farm operator had a chance of being selected. The publication contains data from years 1959 to 2012.