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Table 4. Farms with few livestock 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 6,230 1.7% 43 5.6% 6,927 81.8% 15.1% 224 1.5%
Total agricultural sales above $500,000 1,077 0.3% 22 2.8% 20,230 98.5% 1.4% 40 0.3%
Total agricultural sales of $250,000 to $500,000 2,237 0.6% 11 1.4% 4,959 99.1% 0.8% 39 0.3%
Total agricultural sales below $250,000 2,916 0.8% 10 1.3% 3,523 62.3% 31.2% 145 1.0%
Intermediate farms 97,468 27.0% 257 33.1% 2,635 47.5% 41.9% 4,378 29.5%
Total agricultural sales of $100,000 to $250,000 4,754 1.3% 16 2.0% 3,302 99.2% 0.5% 67 0.5%
Total agricultural sales of $10,000 to $100,000 22,804 6.3% 123 15.8% 5,375 69.4% 15.1% 705 4.8%
Total agricultural sales below $10,000 69,910 19.4% 119 15.3% 1,695 36.9% 53.4% 3,606 24.3%
Rural-residence farms 257,333 71.3% 476 61.3% 1,849 41.0% 51.0% 10,228 69.0%
Total agricultural sales of $100,000 to $250,000 870 0.2% 8 1.0% 9,281 94.8% 4.6% 15 0.1%
Total agricultural sales of $10,000 to $100,000 23,772 6.6% 142 18.3% 5,977 60.7% 23.6% 517 3.5%
Total agricultural sales below $10,000 232,691 64.5% 326 42.0% 1,400 38.8% 53.9% 9,696 65.4%
All farms with livestock 361,031 100.0% 776 100.0% 2,149 43.5% 47.9% 14,830 100.0%
* 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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