NUMBER OF FARMS, 1900-1997 Year 1900 1910 1920 1925 1930 1935 1940 ADAMS 2,462 2,353 2,328 2,127 2,140 2,150 1,999 ALLEN 4,362 4,331 4,221 4,038 3,477 4,148 3,697 BARTHOLOMEW 2,431 2,127 2,043 2,005 1,938 2,084 1,815 BENTON 1,351 1,271 1,255 1,223 1,195 1,175 1,101 BLACKFORD 1,395 1,152 1,126 976 975 1,089 941 BOONE 3,531 3,320 3,011 2,482 2,623 2,723 2,643 BROWN 1,825 1,501 1,458 1,323 874 1,204 883 CARROLL 2,429 2,239 2,075 1,996 1,813 1,831 1,742 CASS 2,656 2,443 2,395 2,405 2,230 2,345 2,202 CLARK 2,067 2,186 2,002 2,155 2,104 1,880 1,687 CLAY 2,489 2,586 2,414 2,539 2,079 2,510 2,153 CLINTON 2,974 2,724 2,389 2,136 2,199 2,310 2,050 CRAWFORD 1,905 1,861 1,810 1,714 1,543 1,770 1,509 DAVIESS 3,003 2,759 2,602 2,550 2,421 2,661 2,434 DEARBORN 2,114 2,246 2,145 2,065 2,016 2,015 1,835 DECATUR 1,944 1,923 1,910 1,645 1,667 2,038 1,745 DE KALB 2,578 2,518 2,461 2,265 2,222 2,360 2,124 DELAWARE 2,871 2,918 2,803 2,786 2,639 2,874 2,462 DUBOIS 2,238 2,242 2,261 2,158 1,947 2,209 1,902 ELKHART 3,364 3,188 3,131 3,083 2,900 3,253 3,182 FAYETTE 1,068 1,126 1,081 989 1,017 1,076 986 FLOYD 1,213 1,216 1,252 1,311 1,134 1,266 1,375 FOUNTAIN 2,225 2,098 1,915 1,668 1,739 1,826 1,621 FRANKLIN 2,136 2,113 2,067 2,075 1,915 1,928 1,860 FULTON 2,464 2,343 2,241 2,228 2,010 2,099 1,967 GIBSON 2,973 2,882 2,563 2,394 2,140 2,422 2,290 GRANT 2,935 2,886 2,950 2,795 2,541 2,756 2,547 GREENE 3,549 3,516 3,441 3,266 3,022 3,251 3,060 HAMILTON 3,096 3,003 2,868 2,627 2,623 2,678 2,573 HANCOCK 2,215 2,154 2,038 1,855 1,895 1,988 1,837 HARRISON 3,237 3,100 3,048 2,900 2,603 2,883 2,586 HENDRICKS 2,867 2,786 2,526 2,648 2,306 2,680 2,396 HENRY 2,601 2,576 2,540 2,355 2,471 2,565 2,320 HOWARD 2,680 2,461 2,164 2,058 1,946 2,025 1,880 HUNTINGTON 2,579 2,616 2,637 2,610 2,353 2,461 2,400 JACKSON 2,813 2,780 2,617 2,451 2,070 2,261 2,286 JASPER 1,870 1,714 1,736 1,745 1,672 1,833 1,782 JAY 2,848 2,836 2,532 2,482 2,341 2,463 2,431 JEFFERSON 2,529 2,565 2,518 2,445 2,234 2,243 2,113 JENNINGS 2,135 2,020 2,023 1,947 1,566 1,765 1,748 JOHNSON 2,053 2,025 2,051 2,009 1,876 1,994 1,945 KNOX 2,683 2,767 2,458 2,367 2,359 2,436 2,224 KOSCIUSKO 3,532 3,365 3,355 3,225 3,143 3,370 3,192 LAGRANGE 2,145 2,120 2,044 1,845 1,857 1,934 1,821 LAKE 1,702 1,814 1,718 1,784 1,531 1,805 1,926 LA PORTE 2,613 2,536 2,431 2,300 2,135 2,565 2,476 LAWRENCE 2,251 2,342 2,332 2,231 2,261 2,337 2,126 MADISON 3,346 3,258 3,173 2,957 3,060 3,427 3,336 MARION 3,437 3,250 2,855 2,452 2,263 2,964 3,083 MARSHALL 2,869 2,813 2,720 2,569 2,451 2,808 2,560 MARTIN 1,985 1,742 1,661 1,569 1,150 1,464 1,165 MIAMI 2,397 2,360 2,205 2,223 2,095 2,225 2,069 MONROE 2,242 2,200 2,232 2,284 1,959 2,444 2,119 MONTGOMERY 2,895 2,804 2,564 2,614 2,349 2,560 2,456 MORGAN 2,544 2,754 2,492 2,334 1,972 2,343 2,069 NEWTON 1,113 1,002 1,011 1,078 989 957 1,051 NOBLE 2,459 2,749 2,450 2,367 2,259 2,545 2,175 OHIO 551 652 584 555 584 549 498 ORANGE 2,392 2,374 2,315 1,875 1,685 2,105 2,030 OWEN 2,136 1,981 1,968 1,683 1,587 1,719 1,702 PARKE 2,303 2,448 2,228 2,129 1,858 2,261 1,971 PERRY 2,054 1,948 1,836 1,731 1,528 1,764 1,609 PIKE 2,685 2,440 2,159 2,029 1,794 2,073 1,557 PORTER 1,922 1,915 1,791 1,729 1,677 1,845 1,879 POSEY 2,167 2,133 2,071 2,041 1,733 1,795 1,679 PULASKI 1,945 1,898 1,763 1,578 1,499 1,720 1,650 PUTNAM 2,883 2,962 2,682 2,412 2,429 2,566 2,409 RANDOLPH 3,448 3,293 3,226 3,334 2,815 3,188 2,886 RIPLEY 2,935 3,001 2,836 2,956 2,570 2,743 2,634 RUSH 2,267 2,143 2,044 1,775 1,875 2,139 1,769 ST JOSEPH 2,598 2,460 2,678 2,392 2,039 3,059 2,783 SCOTT 1,279 1,306 1,104 1,040 1,034 1,088 965 SHELBY 2,807 2,702 2,660 2,478 2,324 2,483 2,273 SPENCER 3,004 2,841 2,562 2,267 2,211 2,221 2,024 STARKE 1,384 1,382 1,402 1,417 1,212 1,607 1,534 STEUBEN 1,956 1,899 1,787 1,661 1,688 1,703 1,507 SULLIVAN 3,239 2,913 2,837 2,905 2,671 3,212 2,641 SWITZERLAND 1,802 1,792 1,828 1,828 1,612 1,498 1,503 TIPPECANOE 2,517 2,456 2,401 2,349 2,145 2,381 2,039 TIPTON 2,290 2,067 1,857 1,825 1,696 1,676 1,441 UNION 832 817 796 752 718 731 684 VANDERBURGH 1,970 1,778 1,680 1,598 1,302 1,733 1,641 VERMILLION 1,353 1,355 1,058 994 972 1,289 1,100 VIGO 2,816 3,029 2,770 2,428 2,176 2,916 2,094 WABASH 2,663 2,525 2,529 2,350 2,229 2,427 2,210 WARREN 1,506 1,345 1,286 1,288 1,207 1,300 1,184 WARRICK 2,982 2,838 2,503 2,380 2,026 2,295 2,051 WASHINGTON 2,948 2,682 2,549 2,643 2,181 2,483 2,470 WAYNE 2,583 2,627 2,410 2,203 2,183 2,403 2,182 WELLS 2,884 2,655 2,545 2,386 2,257 2,487 2,256 WHITE 2,395 2,091 1,991 1,849 1,718 1,927 1,715 WHITLEY 2,113 2,157 2,041 2,198 2,026 2,173 2,022 INDIANA 221,897 215,485 205,126 195,786 181,570 200,835 184,549 NORTHWEST 16,295 15,623 15,098 14,703 13,628 15,434 15,114 NORTH CENTRAL 24,972 23,736 23,329 22,471 20,910 23,417 21,907 NORTHEAST 23,538 23,398 22,514 21,497 20,279 21,961 20,001 WEST CENTRAL 23,123 23,064 21,286 20,104 18,541 21,328 18,729 CENTRAL 43,417 41,583 39,031 36,081 34,804 38,308 35,402 EAST CENTRAL 17,646 17,345 16,514 15,877 15,159 16,389 14,892 SOUTHWEST 32,478 30,851 28,798 27,524 24,776 27,772 24,668 SOUTH CENTRAL 22,880 22,004 21,449 20,463 17,838 20,517 18,993 SOUTHEAST 17,548 17,881 17,107 17,066 15,635 15,709 14,843 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NUMBER OF FARMS, 1900-1997 Year 1945 1950 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974 ADAMS 1,971 2,030 1,928 1,798 1,690 1514 1,361 ALLEN 3,843 3,582 3,195 2,756 2,374 2310 1,878 BARTHOLOMEW 1,682 1,662 1,565 1,242 1,029 1027 886 BENTON 1,092 1,138 1,094 948 849 833 707 BLACKFORD 877 903 858 710 639 632 516 BOONE 2,546 2,374 2,182 1,735 1,453 1448 1,108 BROWN 923 681 612 436 346 251 188 CARROLL 1,682 1,737 1,645 1,393 1,217 1098 1,015 CASS 2,056 2,011 1,974 1,677 1,341 1272 1,124 CLARK 1,889 1,772 1,751 1,415 1,107 1043 928 CLAY 2,100 1,827 1,738 1,384 1,266 963 835 CLINTON 2,024 1,897 1,891 1,521 1,238 1207 990 CRAWFORD 1,465 1,345 1,177 913 775 543 569 DAVIESS 2,303 2,184 2,003 1,767 1,526 1375 1,333 DEARBORN 1,887 1,706 1,616 1,450 1,302 1069 891 DECATUR 1,756 1,676 1,609 1,406 1,223 1193 1,043 DE KALB 2,107 1,981 1,829 1,617 1,382 1313 1,240 DELAWARE 2,391 2,359 1,946 1,531 1,387 1372 1,059 DUBOIS 1,810 1,677 1,706 1,448 1,326 1180 1,128 ELKHART 3,046 2,953 2,853 2,166 2,095 1926 1,626 FAYETTE 975 873 798 730 660 598 578 FLOYD 1,223 1,187 1,016 847 700 520 483 FOUNTAIN 1,502 1,514 1,316 1,181 989 931 754 FRANKLIN 1,874 1,842 1,732 1,484 1,349 1153 1,080 FULTON 1,680 1,838 1,788 1,567 1,283 1235 1,048 GIBSON 1,966 1,997 1,916 1,627 1,292 1219 957 GRANT 2,396 2,291 1,998 1,568 1,290 1262 1,102 GREENE 2,996 2,482 2,099 1,713 1,305 1221 1,100 HAMILTON 2,324 2,256 2,001 1,587 1,180 1273 997 HANCOCK 1,669 1,610 1,510 1,330 1,121 1014 914 HARRISON 2,575 2,504 2,392 2,218 1,926 1677 1,523 HENDRICKS 2,328 2,224 2,142 1,753 1,496 1408 1,148 HENRY 2,253 2,236 2,203 1,771 1,479 1463 1,249 HOWARD 1,866 1,645 1,676 1,306 1,095 1020 930 HUNTINGTON 2,138 2,171 1,990 1,591 1,459 1301 1,115 JACKSON 2,238 2,109 1,966 1,587 1,359 1343 1,196 JASPER 1,829 1,707 1,617 1,483 1,234 1194 1,002 JAY 2,125 2,125 2,022 1,724 1,538 1482 1,304 JEFFERSON 1,878 1,914 1,813 1,382 1,287 1316 1,159 JENNINGS 1,536 1,645 1,554 1,254 1,141 976 855 JOHNSON 1,722 1,647 1,373 1,173 830 966 876 KNOX 2,049 1,970 1,888 1,572 1,302 1192 1,006 KOSCIUSKO 3,034 2,783 2,598 2,272 2,052 2038 1,686 LAGRANGE 1,910 1,766 1,710 1,550 1,412 1466 1,443 LAKE 1,886 1,858 1,706 1,183 932 878 685 LA PORTE 2,239 2,230 2,166 1,792 1,407 1371 1,095 LAWRENCE 2,023 1,811 1,741 1,477 1,234 1004 975 MADISON 2,942 2,749 2,297 2,059 1,631 1661 1,346 MARION 2,854 2,183 1,786 1,069 767 695 471 MARSHALL 2,572 2,545 2,357 2,086 1,819 1711 1,422 MARTIN 950 823 764 579 514 485 447 MIAMI 1,851 1,879 1,589 1,447 1,193 1260 1,065 MONROE 2,159 1,705 1,558 1,154 621 592 525 MONTGOMERY 2,196 2,104 2,031 1,664 1,402 1389 1,200 MORGAN 2,032 1,891 1,509 1,277 1,100 1010 814 NEWTON 1,022 1,018 907 845 706 647 556 NOBLE 2,126 2,054 1,989 1,734 1,518 1517 1,356 OHIO 413 425 416 367 319 330 288 ORANGE 1,838 1,811 1,558 1,186 1,102 867 743 OWEN 1,628 1,493 1,380 1,098 994 810 760 PARKE 1,734 1,645 1,469 1,161 873 867 756 PERRY 1,439 1,253 1,074 849 831 583 625 PIKE 1,766 1,247 1,056 949 798 669 526 PORTER 1,795 1,709 1,597 1,306 1,078 946 727 POSEY 1,766 1,509 1,383 1,203 955 911 806 PULASKI 1,538 1,604 1,493 1,333 1,074 971 892 PUTNAM 2,288 2,180 1,962 1,679 1,428 1361 1,135 RANDOLPH 2,700 2,530 2,271 2,040 1,713 1673 1,486 RIPLEY 2,346 2,257 2,278 1,880 1,751 1553 1,359 RUSH 1,828 1,694 1,582 1,366 1,144 1131 1,038 ST JOSEPH 3,075 2,408 1,938 1,676 1,442 1364 1,112 SCOTT 981 913 926 781 642 568 522 SHELBY 2,097 2,159 1,874 1,586 1,298 1364 1,161 SPENCER 1,738 1,731 1,615 1,431 1,212 1136 1,040 STARKE 1,409 1,393 1,275 1,034 755 754 602 STEUBEN 1,552 1,441 1,316 1,086 907 892 782 SULLIVAN 2,208 2,136 1,963 1,431 1,053 970 864 SWITZERLAND 1,247 1,283 1,234 1,104 996 785 736 TIPPECANOE 2,016 2,067 1,829 1,537 1,117 1187 998 TIPTON 1,424 1,359 1,284 1,070 817 817 711 UNION 618 616 634 537 457 412 388 VANDERBURGH 1,554 1,334 1,193 801 673 544 438 VERMILLION 876 908 808 622 534 472 442 VIGO 2,277 2,056 1,911 1,383 1,101 948 777 WABASH 2,097 2,165 1,881 1,678 1,412 1415 1,207 WARREN 1,030 1,094 987 875 716 695 615 WARRICK 1,748 1,653 1,312 1,087 813 766 616 WASHINGTON 2,272 2,184 2,156 1,860 1,556 1512 1,389 WAYNE 2,144 1,899 1,783 1,516 1,271 1193 1,107 WELLS 2,267 2,081 2,134 1,802 1,529 1439 1,241 WHITE 1,785 1,782 1,615 1,367 1,148 1166 920 WHITLEY 2,088 1,927 1,716 1,530 1,385 1351 1,219 INDIANA 175,970 166,627 153,593 128,160 108,082 101,479 87,915 NORTHWEST 14,595 14,439 13,470 11,291 9,183 8,760 7,186 NORTH CENTRAL 21,093 20,319 18,623 15,962 13,854 13,319 11,305 NORTHEAST 20,002 19,033 17,807 15,464 13,656 13,103 11,635 WEST CENTRAL 17,647 16,888 15,431 12,584 10,420 9,623 8,272 CENTRAL 33,490 31,317 28,279 23,048 18,712 18,496 15,535 EAST CENTRAL 14,083 13,541 12,515 10,559 9,144 8,825 7,687 SOUTHWEST 22,854 20,743 18,898 15,608 12,769 11,668 10,261 SOUTH CENTRAL 18,155 16,590 15,250 12,527 10,450 8,892 8,216 SOUTHEAST 14,051 13,757 13,320 11,117 9,894 8,793 7,818 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NUMBER OF FARMS, 1900-1997 Year 1978 1982 1987 1992 1997 ADAMS 1,320 1,230 1,195 1,102 1,093 ALLEN 1,858 1,776 1,649 1,463 1,440 BARTHOLOMEW 851 794 748 645 577 BENTON 711 628 614 500 433 BLACKFORD 486 412 364 273 303 BOONE 996 935 822 711 611 BROWN 229 232 200 168 173 CARROLL 935 868 770 659 563 CASS 1,005 946 920 804 700 CLARK 886 848 691 641 647 CLAY 771 719 646 568 520 CLINTON 902 828 801 675 585 CRAWFORD 485 481 418 382 410 DAVIESS 1,277 1,207 1,257 1,181 1,101 DEARBORN 936 905 796 738 679 DECATUR 922 818 816 731 654 DE KALB 1,076 974 824 671 785 DELAWARE 992 965 834 688 635 DUBOIS 1,080 1,019 982 923 812 ELKHART 1,611 1,678 1,556 1,447 1,335 FAYETTE 505 495 514 456 420 FLOYD 474 475 394 336 310 FOUNTAIN 748 707 693 633 550 FRANKLIN 1,032 1,043 921 849 776 FULTON 937 817 773 690 622 GIBSON 1,011 895 846 720 579 GRANT 966 876 744 630 575 GREENE 1,114 1,071 987 958 878 HAMILTON 938 843 772 648 591 HANCOCK 837 773 698 625 549 HARRISON 1,500 1,438 1,297 1,167 1,108 HENDRICKS 1,063 997 926 792 631 HENRY 1,147 1,054 938 848 770 HOWARD 814 784 677 566 486 HUNTINGTON 991 927 818 704 651 JACKSON 1,099 1,026 963 851 809 JASPER 934 877 780 716 618 JAY 1,161 1,062 922 852 839 JEFFERSON 1,046 1,055 962 914 796 JENNINGS 733 751 671 658 605 JOHNSON 812 737 650 586 526 KNOX 930 882 833 688 584 KOSCIUSKO 1,527 1,442 1,327 1,123 1,130 LAGRANGE 1,378 1,415 1,437 1,391 1,392 LAKE 654 622 551 482 442 LA PORTE 1,063 982 914 826 749 LAWRENCE 930 962 865 849 875 MADISON 1,206 1,126 956 848 738 MARION 430 400 361 276 225 MARSHALL 1,318 1,182 1,090 956 865 MARTIN 422 390 361 375 335 MIAMI 988 924 818 771 678 MONROE 574 619 583 508 473 MONTGOMERY 1,112 976 942 762 681 MORGAN 824 803 713 647 601 NEWTON 571 504 480 390 381 NOBLE 1,189 1,146 1,057 993 942 OHIO 318 316 283 267 252 ORANGE 725 655 566 524 531 OWEN 784 748 665 622 569 PARKE 699 640 587 491 471 PERRY 583 570 526 486 484 PIKE 500 413 382 309 288 PORTER 749 677 597 496 476 POSEY 705 616 551 491 437 PULASKI 847 775 718 630 531 PUTNAM 1,082 985 891 826 794 RANDOLPH 1,322 1,208 1,074 936 851 RIPLEY 1,268 1,165 1,071 963 821 RUSH 948 883 834 761 663 ST JOSEPH 1,093 1,006 897 768 666 SCOTT 477 464 390 357 348 SHELBY 1,048 962 876 749 641 SPENCER 930 831 808 730 638 STARKE 565 493 449 387 410 STEUBEN 765 651 573 500 581 SULLIVAN 729 660 599 544 473 SWITZERLAND 764 715 660 654 541 TIPPECANOE 1,018 945 881 790 665 TIPTON 665 586 551 449 415 UNION 360 339 300 268 268 VANDERBURGH 434 408 378 305 271 VERMILLION 408 375 393 307 249 VIGO 752 678 623 536 455 WABASH 1,067 939 865 810 762 WARREN 565 530 486 435 378 WARRICK 568 517 432 392 356 WASHINGTON 1,282 1,222 1,034 937 914 WAYNE 1,037 1,000 888 828 814 WELLS 1,107 970 875 722 660 WHITE 902 883 786 695 620 WHITLEY 1,110 1,014 880 759 787 INDIANA 82,483 77,180 70,506 62,778 57,916 NORTHWEST 6,996 6,441 5,889 5,122 4,660 NORTH CENTRAL 10,481 9,802 9,016 8,028 7,321 NORTHEAST 10,794 10,103 9,308 8,305 8,331 WEST CENTRAL 7,939 7,303 6,807 5,970 5,332 CENTRAL 14,222 13,145 11,945 10,339 9,068 EAST CENTRAL 7,010 6,535 5,834 5,149 4,900 SOUTHWEST 9,700 8,909 8,416 7,616 6,752 SOUTH CENTRAL 7,881 7,680 6,846 6,208 6,087 SOUTHEAST 7,460 7,262 6,445 6,041 5,465