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Table 11. Farms with confined livestock types in the 1997 Census of Agriculture
Gross livestock sales Percent of farms in group that primarily produce crops* Percent of farms in group that primarily produce livestock** Non-white or Hispanic operated farms
Farm type Number of farms Percent of farms Million dollars Percent Per-farm average Number of farms Percent of farms
Commercial farms 74,646 31.4% 67,491 85.2% 904,152 7.4% 71.1% 1,166 29.6%
Total agricultural sales above $500,000 34,350 14.4% 57,482 72.6% 1,673,408 4.6% 80.7% 645 16.4%
Total agricultural sales of $250,000 to $500,000 35,973 15.1% 9,572 12.1% 266,083 9.9% 62.8% 445 11.3%
Total agricultural sales below $250,000 4,323 1.8% 438 0.6% 101,306 9.0% 64.2% 76 1.9%
Intermediate farms 127,725 53.7% 10,221 12.9% 80,021 6.8% 68.5% 1,741 44.2%
Total agricultural sales of $100,000 to $250,000 60,873 25.6% 7,443 9.4% 122,263 8.6% 64.6% 476 12.1%
Total agricultural sales of $10,000 to $100,000 62,268 26.2% 2,756 3.5% 44,262 5.0% 71.2% 886 22.5%
Total agricultural sales below $10,000 4,584 1.9% 22 0.0% 4,816 6.8% 83.2% 379 9.6%
Rural-residence farms 35,450 14.9% 1,515 1.9% 42,726 5.4% 75.7% 1,032 26.2%
Total agricultural sales of $100,000 to $250,000 5,956 2.5% 793 1.0% 133,189 6.5% 75.3% 83 2.1%
Total agricultural sales of $10,000 to $100,000 22,123 9.3% 688 0.9% 31,109 4.8% 72.3% 429 10.9%
Total agricultural sales below $10,000 7,371 3.1% 33 0.0% 4,497 6.4% 86.2% 520 13.2%
All farms with livestock 237,821 100.0% 79,227 100.0% 333,136 6.8% 70.4% 3,939 100.0%
* Percent of farms in group with livestock sales representing less than 25% of total sales.
** Percent of farms in group with livestock sales representing more than 75% of total sales.

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