Nebraska Ag Demographics
Number of Farms by County

NUMBER OF FARMS BY COUNTY
Nebraska - Selected Years
County	1964	1969	1974	1978	1982	1987	1992	1997	2002
Adams	1,025	950	872	796	747	780	657	661	561
Antelope	1,395	1,225	1,115	1,123	1,042	1,009	891	845	792
Arthur	92	74	67	78	81	90	93	84	76
Banner	215	225	205	213	200	212	200	238	226
Blaine	143	139	127	121	141	129	116	119	106
Boone	1,156	1,032	981	912	857	936	787	805	692
Box Butte	611	595	589	564	543	556	516	540	476
Boyd	591	511	498	476	442	443	395	373	314
Brown	407	397	362	361	353	344	332	368	311
Buffalo	1,582	1,407	1,349	1,208	1,191	1,175	1,097	1,153	969
Burt	1,047	909	843	847	733	729	588	614	621
Butler	1,405	1,275	1,107	1,068	976	961	805	851	840
Cass	1,275	1,086	1,011	977	915	913	721	748	679
Cedar	1,610	1,375	1,258	1,194	1,144	1,106	1,041	1,017	949
Chase	459	438	407	453	433	468	368	396	326
Cherry	686	759	695	673	708	745	676	690	557
Cheyenne	797	765	750	748	701	740	668	706	616
Clay	872	766	739	719	644	710	592	566	503
Colfax	1,088	1,001	948	873	779	778	694	642	589
Cuming	1,619	1,424	1,404	1,305	1,250	1,185	1,079	1,045	904
Custer	1,955	1,771	1,601	1,463	1,439	1,452	1,321	1,359	1,149
Dakota	540	454	435	411	378	345	295	314	296
Dawes	536	535	479	461	452	498	446	497	406
Dawson	1,391	1,222	1,096	1,049	959	974	876	903	718
Deuel	330	324	306	313	277	262	244	277	252
Dixon	1,049	954	878	804	731	704	609	625	660
Dodge	1,389	1,208	1,144	1,073	977	962	855	848	734
Douglas	729	645	589	518	482	475	388	410	361
Dundy	426	404	391	397	382	389	308	339	262
Fillmore	1,092	996	933	843	765	779	637	607	499
Franklin	745	641	575	569	530	523	444	449	378
Frontier	622	545	513	531	1,339	496	419	368	318
Furnas	790	691	594	565	520	539	459	452	412
Gage	1,849	1,672	1,555	1,411	1,339	1,374	1,140	1,232	1,272
Garden	438	365	351	343	330	335	297	328	253
Garfield	307	253	292	263	268	248	228	217	190
Gosper	432	385	338	336	324	345	282	260	242
Grant	64	79	89	81	80	92	82	91	73
Greeley	575	515	501	458	438	461	394	403	361
Hall	1,081	964	922	860	794	788	744	750	595
Hamilton	1,118	1,001	925	863	821	770	664	697	603
Harlan	606	527	504	451	453	465	385	392	346
Hayes	367	344	335	337	328	317	273	271	260
Hitchcock	561	518	470	461	443	426	379	357	299
Holt	1,492	1,377	1,326	1,335	1,269	1,393	1,265	1,341	1,166
Hooker	61	57	65	60	59	78	76	90	81
Howard	953	862	806	721	702	696	657	680	600
Jefferson	1,113	901	861	790	747	770	683	666	631
Johnson	850	739	687	603	566	559	488	522	571
Kearney	768	706	685	622	581	608	502	521	412
Keith	469	438	419	409	382	405	348	405	363
Keya Paha	290	277	259	279	269	259	206	222	185
Kimball	367	381	377	370	344	348	292	359	362
Knox	1,778	1,542	1,466	1,328	1,280	1,212	1,086	1,103	1,016
Lancaster	1,774	1,751	1,570	1,509	1,547	1,508	1,359	1,615	1,607
Lincoln	1,255	1,195	1,103	1,071	1,037	1,127	1,031	1,078	959
Logan	166	172	156	162	152	147	133	130	119
Loup	189	182	167	156	148	142	134	146	120
Madison	1,328	1,156	1,123	1,025	991	958	825	115	766
McPherson	151	134	116	131	138	146	121	837	128
Merrick	894	827	750	708	680	664	617	587	513
Morrill	699	608	560	562	550	535	458	497	443
Nance	698	599	566	519	478	508	440	441	392
Nemaha	896	755	724	705	614	591	511	511	483
Nuckolls	858	779	694	668	624	621	541	523	476
Otoe	1,404	1,289	1,169	1,082	957	1,005	805	875	797
Pawnee	810	698	678	585	531	520	463	472	531
Perkins	597	574	546	565	547	591	479	534	438
Phelps	802	706	637	623	588	616	578	580	470
Pierce	1,249	1,061	1,036	932	865	857	725	761	697
Platte	1,568	1,426	1,388	1,326	1,237	1,245	1,099	1,083	1,000
Polk	987	873	818	798	727	736	625	633	527
Red Willow	641	630	520	506	474	489	425	471	380
Richardson	1,194	1,027	1,020	876	813	826	712	767	732
Rock	270	284	280	326	309	313	310	328	271
Saline	1,347	1,245	1,074	994	905	881	742	773	728
Sarpy	587	525	476	459	460	437	362	401	355
Saunders	1,842	1,710	1,600	1,471	1,444	1,417	1,235	1,260	1,157
Scotts Bluff	1,371	1,210	1,112	1,078	987	898	821	846	780
Seward	1,399	1,239	1,174	1,038	988	974	879	895	862
Sheridan	792	777	739	723	704	721	658	686	613
Sherman	779	708	693	569	539	576	500	512	448
Sioux	426	398	380	388	365	353	327	352	318
Stanton	958	858	813	749	712	695	557	654	655
Thayer	1,026	920	822	759	707	744	623	599	558
Thomas	95	91	81	91	87	94	97	91	79
Thurston	756	662	628	584	535	462	386	407	438
Valley	754	643	629	562	502	541	488	464	419
Washington	1,093	980	930	851	812	826	726	749	780
Wayne	1,095	908	895	852	811	744	630	651	623
Webster	730	679	595	519	500	508	448	458	449
Wheeler	208	189	176	182	195	213	200	194	194
York	1,267	1,143	1,065	977	911	899	765	747	617
Nebraska	80,163	72,257	67,597	65,916	60,243	60,502	52,923	54,539	49,355
Note: Starting with the 1974 Census, a farm is a place from which $1,000 or more of agricultural products were produced and sold.
Sources: 1964-1997 data: U.S. Department of the Agriculture, 2002 Census of Agriculture , 2004.
by Nebraska Databook

Nebraska Ag Demographics Number of Farms by County

Nebraska Ag Demographics
Number of Farms by County