Nebraska Ag Demographics
Value of Farms 1860-2002

Number, Land Area, Average Size and Value of Farms. The chart begins in 1860 and continues through 2002.

NUMBER, LAND AREA, AVERAGE SIZE, AND VALUE OF FARMS
Nebraska - Selected Years
Year	Number of Farms	Land in Farms (Acres)	Average Farm Size (Acres)	Value of Farms ($1,000)	Average Farm Value (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.
by Nebraska Databook