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| Location
of emergent adaptive farm businesses* |
| State |
Farms |
Sales
($000) |
| Ten Largest States |
|
|
| California |
207 |
78,850 |
| Florida |
47 |
18,760 |
| Washington |
41 |
15,840 |
| Oregon |
38 |
12,880 |
| North Carolina |
23 |
5,550 |
| Tennessee |
15 |
5,320 |
| Iowa |
14 |
4,560 |
| Arizona |
6 |
4,550 |
| Michigan |
21 |
4,470 |
| Illinois |
11 |
4,180 |
| All others states |
221 |
70,040 |
| Total |
644 |
225,000 |
*Table traces farms that had less than $10,000 in
sales in 1982 that were still in operation in 1997
with more than $100,000 in sales and sales per acre
of $500 or more.
Farm number and sales information not included where
farm count was below six operations.
Source: Census of Agriculture Longitudinal File. |
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