Table 2.13.4. Population and selected economic indicators for agriculture in Suwannee County, host county for the Suwannee Valley
 State Farmers Market service area, 1974, 1978, 1982 and 1987.

 Census of Agriculture Year*
 Percent Percent Percent Percent
Population and Change Change Change Change
economic indicators 1974 1978 74-78b 1982 78-82b 1987 82-87b 74-87b


Population (000)


Total Agriculture
Total no. of farms
Acreage in farms
Average farm size (acres)
Value (1,000 1990 dollars)

Vegetable Farms
 Number
 Percent of all farms
 Acres
 Average farm size (acres)
 Percent of all farm acreage
 Value (1,000 1990 dollars)
 Percent of all ag. value

Orchards
 Number
 Percent of all farms
 Acres
 Average orchard size (acres)
 Percent of all farm acreage
 Value (1,000 1990 dollars)
 Percent of all ag. value

 Nurseries
 Number
 Percent of all farms
 Acres (including under glass)
 Average nursery size (acres)
 Percent of all farm acreage
 Value (1,000 1990 dollars)
 Percent of all ag. value

 Livestock and Poultry
 Number
 Percent of all farms
 Value (1,000 1990 dollars)
 Percent of all ag. value


 1,054
 228,804
 217.1
46,235.8


 44
 4.2
3,819
86.8
 1.7
 n.a.
 n.a.


 47
 4.5
 780
 16.6
 0.3
 n.a.
 n.a.


 n.a.
 n.a.
 n.a.
 n.a.
 n.a.
 125.1
 0.3


 21.0 12.3


 1,140 8.2
 233,963 2.3
 205.2 -5.5
55,359.6 19.7


 119 170.5
 10.4 6.3
 5,682 48.8
 47.7 -45.0
 2.4 0.8
 2,931.7 n.a.
 5.3 n.a.


 128 172.3
 11.2 6.8
 832 6.7
 6.5 -60.8
 0.4 0.0
 33.9 n.a.
 0.1 n.a.


 18 n.a.
 1.6 n.a.
 40.5 n.a.
 2.3 n.a.
 0.0 n.a.
 263.7 110.8
 0.5 0.2


914 12.3
80.2 2.9


 23.9 13.8


 1,030 -9.6
 200,607 -14.3
 194.8 -5.1
60,878.3 10.0


 62 -47.9
 6.0 -4.4
 2,509 -55.8
 40.5 -15.2
 1.3 -1.2
 1,694.7 -42.2
 2.8 -2.5


 109 -14.8
 10.6 -0.6
 819 -1.6
 7.5 15.6
 0.4 0.1
 98.8 191.4
 0.2 0.1


 16 -11.1
 1.6 0.0
 97.2 140.0
 6.1 170.0
 0.0 0.0
 781.7 196.4
 1.3 0.8


820 -10.3
79.6 -0.6


27,585.3 35,997.7 30.5 40,771.6 13.3
 59.7 65.0 5.4 67.0 1.9


 26.2 9.6 40.1


 985 -4.4 -6.5
 182,409 -9.1 -20.3
 185.2 -4.9 -14.7
75,815.4 24.5 64.0


 48 -22.6 9.1
 4.9 -1.1 0.7
 2,322 -7.5 -39.2
 48.4 19.5 -44.3
 1.3 0.0 -0.4
 2,106.5 24.3 n.a.
 2.8 0.0 n.a.


 86 -21.1 83.0
 8.7 -1.9 4.3
 756 -7.7 -3.1
 8.8 17.0 -47.0
 0.4 0.0 0.1
 137.3 39.0 n.a.
 0.2 0.0 n.a.


 25 56.3 n.a.
 2.5 1.0 n.a.
 191.1 96.6 n.a.
 7.6 25.8 n.a.
 0.1 0.1 n.a.
 2,589.3 231.2 1,969.8
 3.4 2.1 3.1


 635 -22.6 -22.0
 64.5 -15.1 -12.8
 55,790.5 36.8 102.2
 73.6 6.6 13.9


 aCensus of Agriculture 1974, 1978, 1982and 1987, Florida Edition, U.S. Departmentof Commerce, Bureau of Census provided
agricultural data. The notation "n.a." indicates data were not available or not reported due to Census disclosure rules. Market values are
deflated to 1990 dollars using the index of prices paid to producers from the Survey of Current Business, U.S. Department of Commerce.

 bPercentage changes and differences in percentages are both reported in the column. For example, the number of vegetable
farms increased by 170.5 percent between 1974 and 1978 while vegetable farms as a percent of all farms increased 6.3 percentage points.

 CBureau of Economics and Business Research, College of Business Administration, University of Florida, Florida Statistical
Abstract, 1975, 1979, 1983 and 1988 issues, county population tables.