Selected Statistics for Jefferson County from the Census of Agriculture
						2002 *	1997	1992	1987	1982	1978	1974	1969	1964
	Number of Farms					418	342	297	296	314	308	283	363	531
	Farms with Sales of $20,000 or more					72	74	85	82	104	95	72	55	35
	Farms with Sales of Less than $20,000					346	268	212	214	210	214	211	308	496
	Operators with Principal Farm Employment					147	126	119	113	119	138	180	(na)	(na)
	Operators with Principal Non-Farm Employment					271	216	178	183	195	170	98	(na)	(na)
	Black Farm Operators					37	33	26	21	47	44	60	102	257
	Female Farm Operators					89	36	28	26	23	25	(na)	(na)	(na)
	Average Age of Farm Operator					57	57	57	52	51	51	56	56	54
	Land in Farms					132,727	126,590	118,352	130,376	137,431	155,833	142,747	162,298	169,645
	Average Farm Size					318	370	398	440	438	506	504	447	319
	Jefferson County Farms Producing:
		Corn				26	45	45	54	101	138	162	206	365
		Tobacco				2	3	5	9	15	19	36	73	115
		Soybeans				5	10	5	13	48	38	17	3	2
		Peanuts				11	17	11	14	15	23	25	30	56
		Cotton				5	5	1	4	(na)	(na)	1	15	139
		Hay & Forage				43	76	63	52	56	50	26	35	(na)
		Vegetables				29	23	24	30	30	43	21	34	59
		Watermelon				11	14	15	17	26	21	(na)	(na)	(na)
		Orchards (including Pecans)				81	81	95	77	74	70	53	78	156
		Nursery Products				33	37	33	28	27	25	(na)	(na)	(na)
		Cattle & Calves				110	148	133	153	177	149	160	189	265
		Dairy Products				4	5	4	8	7	9	(na)	(na)	(na)
		Swine				21	20	22	27	70	84	88	121	297
	Total Cropland Acres					29,884	33,477	37,031	45,665	55,712	50,326	46,117	62,217	76,976
	Value of Crops Sold ($1,000)					$9,317	$13,970	$10,202	$7,539	$11,219	$7,118	$6,389	$2,244	$2,668
	Value of Nursery Products Sold ($1,000)					$5,086	$8,644	$5,840	$3,296	$5,004	$3,221	$2,264	$417	$498
	Irrigated Acres					4,081	1,432	4,257	6,573	4,821	639	1,431	509	307
	Total Pasture Acres (incl woodland pastured)					31,352	38,628	35,808	50,186	37,366	41,375	45,102	43,422	12,180
	Total Woodland Acres (less pastured)					64,238	46,589	50,579	58,887	55,345	64,619	66,952	72,314	74,610
	Value Livestock/Livestock Pdts Sold ($1,000)					$11,837	$4,080	$10,844	$9,197	$10,493	$10,000	$4,535	$2,736	$1,757
	Cattle Inventory					12,525	11,320	18,750	16,835	23,322	24,760	17,839	15,004	13,294
	Hog and Pig Inventory					431	574	2,011	3,976	4,568	6,083	3,291	4,675	5,860
	Value of Land and Buildings per Farm					$584,211	$498,805	$575,501	$433,835	$427,564	$456,118	$194,099	$77,335	$34,949
	Value of Machinery and Equipment per Farm					$44,245	$24,207	$26,932	$23,459	$27,312	$22,855	$16,937	$7,459	(na)
	Value of Hired Farm Labor ($1,000)					$3,695	$3,110	$3,222	$3,692	$2,911	$2,305	$1,603	$976	$881
	Value of Purchased Livestock Feed ($1,000)					$3,939	$1,022	$3,863	$2,765	$3,795	$2,936	$1,996	$653	$360
	Value of Fertilizer Purchased ($1,000)					$1,298	$1,384	$1,351	$1,760	$1,810	$1,249	$1,220	$675	$552
	Value of Energy Consumed ($1,000)  **					$1,823	$710	$975	$1,242	$1,203	$803	(na)	(na)	(na)
	Value of Interest Expenses ($1,000)					$2,681	$997	$821	$1,387	$2,143	(na)	(na)	(na)	(na)
						2002	1997	1992	1987
	Net Cash Returns from Sales (per farm)					-$701	$7,005	$9,523	-$1,912
	Government Payments Received ($1,000)					$606	$351	$467	$825
	Total Farm Expenses ($1,000)					$26,189	$12,637	$18,451	$17,598
	Ag Chemicals Purchased ($1,000)					$895	$693	$1,063	$661
	Property Taxes Paid ($1,000)					$1,136	$808	$501	$426
	Acres in CRP or Wetland Reserve Programs					7,603	5,910	4,098	1,899
	*  New methods used in the US Census of Agriculture beginning in 2002 include a larger number of small, marginal farms
		for example, using the methods, 1997 total farms were reported as 422, an increase of 80 farms more than the 1997 reported 342 farms
		beginning with the 2002 Census, total operators include multiple - up to three - operators per farm
		16 farms are operated by Spanish, Hispanic or Latino operators and 3 by American Indian operators
	**  Through 1997, Energy Consumed was total of "Petroleum Products" and "Electricity"; in 2002, it is sum of "Gasoline, fuels and oils" plus "Utilities"