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Table 3. Number of farms with livestock or livestock sales in the 1997 Census of Agriculture, categorized into 3 farm types, by state
State Commercial farms Intermediate farms Rural-residence farms All farms with livestock
Alabama 3,100 10,426 20,305 33,831
Alaska 22 180 150 352
Arizona 525 1,565 2,151 4,241
Arkansas 4,235 12,329 18,841 35,405
California 4,054 10,137 13,949 28,140
Colorado 2,099 9,190 9,815 21,104
Connecticut 195 853 1,034 2,082
Delaware 741 361 387 1,489
Florida 1,797 7,325 11,274 20,396
Georgia 3,746 9,178 15,287 28,211
Hawaii 123 588 736 1,447
Idaho 1,775 6,573 7,861 16,209
Illinois 5,152 14,978 14,733 34,863
Indiana 3,735 11,797 17,418 32,950
Iowa 10,718 26,507 18,063 55,288
Kansas 4,695 20,116 17,176 41,987
Kentucky 1,998 23,320 31,725 57,043
Louisiana 1,066 6,055 10,042 17,163
Maine 257 1,337 1,465 3,059
Maryland 1,244 3,099 3,456 7,799
Massachusetts 222 1,255 1,379 2,856
Michigan 2,054 9,736 12,525 24,315
Minnesota 5,480 21,742 15,763 42,985
Mississippi 2,105 7,392 13,606 23,103
Missouri 3,726 31,718 40,657 76,101
Montana 2,700 9,223 6,188 18,111
N. Carolina 5,039 10,621 15,718 31,378
N. Hampshire 133 689 982 1,804
Nebraska 6,705 18,405 9,824 34,934
Nevada 299 974 1,063 2,336
New Jersey 279 1,534 2,681 4,494
New Mexico 1,074 4,718 5,038 10,830
New York 2,056 11,395 8,171 21,622
North Dakota 1,247 11,486 4,029 16,762
Ohio 2,883 15,895 21,446 40,224
Oklahoma 3,114 26,333 35,506 64,953
Oregon 1,666 8,971 13,671 24,308
Pennsylvania 2,991 17,617 13,282 33,890
Rhode Island 29 157 214 400
S. Carolina 1,000 4,345 8,112 13,457
South Dakota 3,058 15,113 5,840 24,011
Tennessee 1,420 20,602 38,398 60,420
Texas 7,192 62,004 94,398 163,594
Utah 962 3,989 6,463 11,414
Vermont 540 2,185 1,503 4,228
Virginia 2,306 12,452 17,469 32,227
Washington 1,871 6,321 9,393 17,585
West Virginia 404 5,842 8,419 14,665
Wisconsin 4,839 27,033 14,960 46,832
Wyoming 1,192 3,825 3,136 8,153
All states 119,863 549,486 645,702 1,315,051

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