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NATIONALAGRICULTURALSTATISTICSSERVICE
 
Kentucky Agricultural Statistics Service
 
P.O. Box 1120 Louisville, KY 40201502-582-5293 or 1-800-928-5277Fax: 502-582-5114E-mail: nass-ky@nass.usda.govhttp://www.nass.usda.gov/ky/ 
LETCHER COUNTY
KENTUCKY
Agricultural Statistics, 1909 – 2004Published: December 2004
The Kentucky Agricultural Statistics Service in cooperation with the Kentucky Department of Agriculture is pleased to present this edition of currentand historical agricultural information for Kentucky's leading industry. There are many changes taking place in today's agriculture across theCommonwealth and the statistical series in this pamphlet track these developments. Leland BrownDirector
 
U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTUREFARMS: NUMBER, ACRES, VALUE AND LAND USE, 1909-2002 1/ 
 
Land UseCropland WoodlandYear NumberofFarmsLandinFarms AvgSizeofFarm  Avg Valueof Land& Buildings per AcreHarvested Not Harvest Not PasturePasture2/OtherPasture2/Other Land Pasture Other(Acres) (Dollars) (Acres)19091,596154,166 978NA NANANANANANA 19191,601132,006 8330NA NANANANANANA 19241,707102,837 602614,751 8,64918,2381,6665,2122,87051,45119291,674109,812 662715,137 10,77415,9381,4824,2487,36754,86619342,518125,322 501419,282 10,89116,7795,3777,0968,59657,30119392,670116,051 442119,144 9,81116,378NANANANA 19442,625109,202 423016,357 7,24514,09911,7323,00412,81143,95419491,72289,631 52507,550 11,53811,7654,9325,5239,83538,48819541,57482,240 52526,000 8,9448,6512,9984,06912,86638,712195961042,495 70602,124 4,2874,5481,1551,0556,21823,108196434424,718 72721,056 1,4771,4791,5582,5942,65913,91519698310,317 124132402 3282,782NA1,4763/NA5,3294/1974504,525 91295255 421,230NA8443/NA2,1544/1978433,540 82554494 178321258152NA2,1374/1982494,173 851,029262 246803016048571,4451987363,200 89955268 NA535NANA6271,5531992303,383 113867157 NANA277242NANA 1997312,686 87804174 392783753362741,2105/ 1997383,022 80811189 393134503793141,3385/ 2002462,869 621,038146 1862992871784171,3561/Due to changes in the definition of a farm, Farm Numbers and Land in Farms are not always comparable from Censusto Census. 2/Due to changes in definition and wording of question, figures for Cropland Pasture and Other Pastureare not always comparable from Census to Census. 3/Includes Other Pasture. 4/Includes Woodland Pasture. (NA)Data Not Available. (-)Zero. 5/Shaded 1997-2002 data adjusted for coverage.
U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURENUMBER OF FARMS, BY SIZE, GROUP, 1909-2002
 
Size of Farm (Acres)Year1 - 9 10-4950-17950-174 1/180-499175-499 1/ 500-9991,000-1,9991,000-OVER 2/ 2000+ AllFarms1909160534660207 278NA1,5961919194586645151 223NA1,601192438269752484 164NA1,707192915979661097 75NA1,67419347481,04860588 236NA2,51819397691,19262965 96NA2,67019446141,25668365 7-NA2,625194926885253261 81NA1,722195427675946765 52NA1,57419592029924840 3-NA6101964916514326 -1-3441969331396 22-831974412304 ---501978214225 ---431982417235 ---491987410175 ---36199245156 ---30199727211 ---313/ 1997310241 ---383/ 2002619183 ---461/1909-1929. 2/1909-1959.(-)Zero.(NA)Data Not Available. 3/Shaded 1997-2002 data adjusted for coverage.
 
 All other includes machine rental, cash rent, property taxes, and other farm productionexpenditures.
 
U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTUREMARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SOLD, 1978-2002
 197819821987199219971997 3/2002 3/(Thousand Dollars) Value of sales 9357D625965181a. Crops, including nursery and greenhouse 1/ 3920D1677121Grains, oilseeds..........................17D3-DNA 
 
DTobacco...................................--DDDD-Hay and other crops.......................5D892NA 
 
12 b. Livestock, poultry and their products 2/ 54372845525860Poultry and eggs..........................DD22DD-Milk and Other Dairy products.............DDD-D--Cattle & Calves...........................462614222834DHogs & Pigs...............................64D202222D1/Includes a value of crops not listed.2/Includes values of other livestock and livestock products notlisted. (D) Data withheld to avoid disclosing information for individual farms. (NA) Data not available.3/Shaded 1997-2002 data adjusted for coverage. Z – Less than half of the unit shown.
U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURETOTAL & SPECIFIED FARM PRODUCTION EXPENDITURES, 1939-2002
 Year Total Feed PurchasedLivestock andPoultryPurchased Hired LaborPetroleum Products andUtilitiesSeed,Plants, Vines, andTreesFertilizer, Lime,Soil Conditionersand ChemicalsPurchased 1/(Dollars)1939NA56,283NA14,39311,773NA 5,4891944NA177,364NA29,360NANA NA 1949NA162,64027,78529,7658,60018,078 NA 1954NA191,281NA16,1856,315NA 21,8021959NA102,17013,7051,56511,8453,040 NA 1964NA56,5599,4915,0732,6664,931 7,3131969206,00096,39662,4027,6135,2011,996 4,886197468,00022,00017,0002,000NA2,000 6,0001978NA13,00010,0008,00013,0003,000 9,0001982NA23,00011,0005,00016,0002,000 8,000198784,00020,00011,0005,000D2,000 7,000199285,00017,00015,0003,0008,0001,000 5,0001997104,00024,0009,000NA11,0002,000 10,0002/ 1997120,00026,00011,000D10,0003/2,000 10,0004/2/ 2002259,00045,00017,00013,00032,00010,000 10,0001/1987 - 2002 includes cost of custom applications. (NA)Data Not Available. (D)Data withheld to avoiddisclosing information for individual farms. 2/Shaded 1997-2002 data adjusted for coverage. 3/ 1997 does notinclude utilities 4/ 1997 does not include lime nor manure.US CENSUS OF AGRICULTURESPECIFIED FARM PRODUCTION EXPENDITURES, 2002
U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTUREOCCUPATION AND AGE, 1987 - 2002
 Operators by 1987199219971997 1/2002 1/Principal occupationFarming............1613111228Other..............2017202618 Age groupUnder 25 Years.....--- - -25 to 34 Years.....3334235 to 44 Years.....6769945 to 54 Years.....6110121755 to 64 Years.....8844865 and over........13118910Average Age........57.256.753.251.753.01/Shaded 1997-2002 data adjusted for coverage.
 
 
U.S. CENSUS - POPULATIONTOTAL, URBAN & RURAL, 1900-2000
 URBAN RURAL 1/YearTotalPopulationPopulation% ofTotal% of PreviousCensusPopulation% ofTotal% of PreviousCensus1900 9,172---9,172100 -1910 10,623---10,623100 1161920 24,4674,70719-19,76081 1861930 35,7028,4652418027,23776 1381940 40,5929,4282311131,16477 1141950 39,5226,921187332,60182 1051960 30,1023,202114626,90089 831970 23,1652,552118020,61389 771980 30,6873,2711112827,41689 1331990 27,0002,751108424,24990 882000 25,27778-9425,199100 1041/ Rural population includes small cities of less than 2,500.
KENTUCKY AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS FACTS
LETCHER COUNTY'S RANK
CROPS - 2003 PRODUCTION RANK
 
Corn for Grain . . . . . . . . . . . . . *Soybean. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * Winter Wheat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *Sorghum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *Burley Tobacco . . . . . . . . . . . . . *Dark Fired Tobacco . . . . . . . . . . . *Dark Air Tobacco . . . . . . . . . . . . * Alfalfa Hay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * All Other Hay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . *Barley for Grain . . . . . . . . . . . . *LIVESTOCK INVENTORYCattle & Calves, Jan 1, 2004 . . . . . . *Beef Cows, Jan 1, 2004 . . . . . . . . . * Milk Production. . . . . . . . . . . . . ** - None or No Estimate Available
 
LETCHER COUNTY
CASH RECEIPTS 1980 - 2003
 Year
 
TotalCropReceipts
 
TotalLivestockReceipts
 
TotalCashReceipts
 
(Thousand Dollars)
 
1980 109871961985 63991621990 1592674261995 791562352000 291171462001 401081482002 97871842003 10498202 
LIVESTOCK ON FARMS 1930 - 2004
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Year All Cattle& Calves2/BeefCows2/ 3/Hogs &Pigs4/(Head)1930 3,197NA4,1871935 6,329NA7,7141940 4,476NA5,5671945 8,685NA7,8361950 2,745NA2,6181955 2,371NA2,0581960 1,050NA1,1001965 800NA4001970 400NA5001975 500NA3001980 NANANA 1985 NANANA 1990 NANANA 1995 NANANA 2000 NANANA 2001 NANANA 2002 NANANA 2003 NANANA 2004 NANANA 
 
MILK COWS & MILK PRODUCTION1930 - 2003
1/ 
 Year Avg. Numberof Milk Cowson Farms Annual Avg.Production per CowTotal MilkProduction(Head) (Pounds) (000 Pounds)1930 1,964 NANA 1935 3,209 NANA 1940 2,927 NANA 1945 4,279 NANA 1950 1,569 NANA 1955 1,331 NANA 1960 500 4,2002,1001965 200 4,7009401970 50 5,4002701975 NA NANA 1980 NA NANA 1985 NA NANA 1990 NA NANA 1995 NA NANA 2000 NA NANA 2001 NA NANA 2002 NA NANA 2003 NA NANA 1/1930-1955, U.S. Census of Agriculture; 1960-2004 KY Agricultural Statistics Service. 2/Inventory date as ofJan. 1, 1960-2004. 3/Estimates initiated in 1977. 4/Inventory date as of Jan. 1, 1960-65; Dec. 1, 1970-2003.(NA) Data Not Available.
 
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