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Table 2. Number of farms with livestock or livestock sales in the 1997 Census of Agriculture, categorized into 4 farm groups, by state
State Farms with few livestock Farms with specialty livestock types Farms with pastured livestock types and few other livestock Farms with confined livestock types All farms with livestock
Alabama 8,142 236 21,415 4,038 33,831
Alaska 192 38 85 37 352
Arizona 1,603 67 2,338 233 4,241
Arkansas 7,209 314 21,391 6,491 35,405
California 10,881 817 12,964 3,478 28,140
Colorado 6,576 166 12,905 1,457 21,104
Connecticut 1,052 38 592 400 2,082
Delaware 314 8 186 981 1,489
Florida 6,670 673 11,812 1,241 20,396
Georgia 7,100 177 15,950 4,984 28,211
Hawaii 752 50 498 147 1,447
Idaho 5,936 169 8,460 1,644 16,209
Illinois 10,403 135 13,128 11,197 34,863
Indiana 11,573 164 11,207 10,006 32,950
Iowa 9,697 156 19,354 26,081 55,288
Kansas 8,465 100 28,483 4,939 41,987
Kentucky 16,044 45 36,138 4,816 57,043
Louisiana 4,327 305 11,277 1,254 17,163
Maine 1,474 58 818 709 3,059
Maryland 2,732 73 2,554 2,440 7,799
Massachusetts 1,555 71 689 541 2,856
Michigan 10,466 326 6,958 6,565 24,315
Minnesota 10,554 330 12,930 19,171 42,985
Mississippi 5,025 411 15,089 2,578 23,103
Missouri 16,608 139 49,727 9,627 76,101
Montana 4,120 141 13,078 772 18,111
N. Carolina 9,447 187 15,309 6,435 31,378
N. Hampshire 997 32 460 315 1,804
Nebraska 5,011 101 19,929 9,893 34,934
Nevada 764 13 1,418 141 2,336
New Jersey 2,862 65 1,193 374 4,494
New Mexico 3,674 41 6,661 454 10,830
New York 6,709 211 5,626 9,076 21,622
North Dakota 2,184 195 12,114 2,269 16,762
Ohio 15,088 203 13,937 10,996 40,224
Oklahoma 15,166 91 46,256 3,440 64,953
Oregon 11,570 278 11,367 1,093 24,308
Pennsylvania 10,122 247 9,306 14,215 33,890
Rhode Island 218 10 107 65 400
S. Carolina 4,561 71 7,410 1,415 13,457
South Dakota 2,782 147 15,293 5,789 24,011
Tennessee 18,530 107 38,217 3,566 60,420
Texas 42,210 495 114,373 6,516 163,594
Utah 4,117 193 5,907 1,197 11,414
Vermont 1,305 40 943 1,940 4,228
Virginia 8,599 91 20,178 3,359 32,227
Washington 8,262 249 7,577 1,497 17,585
West Virginia 5,304 34 8,368 959 14,665
Wisconsin 10,483 471 9,250 26,628 46,832
Wyoming 1,596 55 6,140 362 8,153
All states 361,031 8,834 707,365 237,821 1,315,051

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