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Table 6. Farms with specialty 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 1,924 21.8% 1,328 82.2% 690,062 9.7% 84.9% 65 23.7%
Total agricultural sales above $500,000 655 7.4% 1,108 68.6% 1,691,333 12.1% 83.4% 19 6.9%
Total agricultural sales of $250,000 to $500,000 563 6.4% 162 10.0% 287,854 14.0% 77.4% 18 6.6%
Total agricultural sales below $250,000 706 8.0% 58 3.6% 81,860 4.1% 92.2% 28 10.2%
Intermediate farms 3,639 41.2% 190 11.7% 52,155 4.1% 88.1% 122 44.5%
Total agricultural sales of $100,000 to $250,000 733 8.3% 100 6.2% 136,598 11.1% 79.1% 24 8.8%
Total agricultural sales of $10,000 to $100,000 2,306 26.1% 86 5.3% 37,113 2.9% 88.6% 71 25.9%
Total agricultural sales below $10,000 600 6.8% 4 0.3% 6,803 0.5% 97.2% 27 9.9%
Rural-residence farms 3,271 37.0% 98 6.1% 29,891 1.7% 92.8% 87 31.8%
Total agricultural sales of $100,000 to $250,000 219 2.5% 31 1.9% 143,133 5.5% 86.8% 6 2.2%
Total agricultural sales of $10,000 to $100,000 1,995 22.6% 59 3.7% 29,820 1.6% 91.0% 49 17.9%
Total agricultural sales below $10,000 1,057 12.0% 7 0.4% 6,562 1.0% 97.4% 32 11.7%
All farms with livestock 8,834 100.0% 1,615 100.0% 182,844 4.4% 89.1% 274 100.0%
* 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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