Location	ST	CO	Total Population	Rural Population	Number of Farms	Land in Farms (acres)	Avg Size of Farm (acres)	Avg Govt Payments per Farm 2002	Farms with Sales Less Than 100000	Median Household Income 1999	Median Household Income 2005	50% Median Household Income 2005
Location	ST	CO	LR011	LR012	LR021	LR024	LR026	LR031	LR041	LR051	LR052	LR053
Allegany County	24	001	74930	19390	278	39379	142	1438	276	30821	36333	18166.5
Anne Arundel County	24	003	489656	27564	432	35218	82	5372	409	61768	72816	36408.0
Baltimore city	24	510	651154	0	-	-	-	-	-	30078	35458	17729.0
Baltimore County	24	005	754292	46978	784	71227	91	7909	696	50667	59729	29864.5
Calvert County	24	009	74563	34134	321	30032	94	3172	319	65945	77740	38870.0
Caroline County	24	011	29772	23325	506	114843	227	9398	327	38832	45777	22888.5
Carroll County	24	013	150897	64842	1058	147252	139	9492	941	60021	70757	35378.5
Cecil County	24	015	85951	45045	468	77089	165	9682	407	50510	59544	29772.0
Charles County	24	017	120546	40672	418	52056	125	5987	401	62199	73324	36662.0
Dorchester County	24	019	30674	18124	351	125385	357	8186	223	34077	40172	20086.0
Frederick County	24	021	195277	55815	1273	195827	154	11696	1077	60276	71057	35528.5
Garrett County	24	023	29846	24798	634	101444	160	4998	574	32238	38004	19002.0
Harford County	24	025	218590	48726	683	81409	119	8910	621	57234	67471	33735.5
Howard County	24	027	247842	31291	346	37582	109	8628	317	74167	87433	43716.5
Kent County	24	029	19197	14195	318	117372	369	14083	242	39869	47000	23500.0
Montgomery County	24	031	873341	24589	577	75077	130	12032	522	71551	84349	42174.5
Prince George's County	24	033	801515	20652	452	45462	101	4142	434	55256	65139	32569.5
Queen Anne's County	24	035	40563	24428	443	155566	351	14764	324	57037	67239	33619.5
Somerset County	24	039	24747	12778	301	56650	188	7439	146	29903	35251	17625.5
St. Mary's County	24	037	86211	53614	577	68153	118	6482	549	54706	64491	32245.5
Talbot County	24	041	33812	21309	288	105729	367	10942	218	43532	51318	25659.0
Washington County	24	043	131923	41879	775	125159	161	9776	589	40617	47882	23941.0
Wicomico County	24	045	84644	26658	512	88470	173	8777	280	39035	46017	23008.5
Worcester County	24	047	46543	17012	403	131249	326	12348	207	40650	47921	23960.5

Data Sources

ST - State FIPS code

CO - County FIPS code

Total Population: Total number of people residing in the referenced location. (source: sf 1, SF10001, P001001)

Rural Population: Total number of people residing outside of densely settled, urbanized, areas in the referenced location. (source: sf 1, SF10001, P002005)

Number of Farms: Number of farms in the referenced location. (source: ag census 2002 (database available, queries LR02, LR03, or LR04)

Land (acres) in Farms: Agriculural land primarily used for crops, pasture or grazing. (source: ag census 2002)

Avg Size of Farm (acres): Average size of farm in referenced location. (source: ag census 2002)

Avg Govt Payments per Farm 2002: Direct cash payments received by farm operators. Includes disaster, conservation and commodity program payments. (source: ag census 2002)

Number of Farms With Value of Sales Less Than 100000: Total, or gross, farm sales regardless of who received the payment. (source: ag census 2002)

Median Household Income 1999: One half of household incomes were above this value and one half are below. (source: sf 3, SF30006, P053001)

Median Household Income 2005: The 1999 income is adjusted to a 2005 income by using the Consumer Price Index. (source: calculated using 1999 Annual cpi (CUUR0000SA0) of 166.6, 2005 Aug. 2005 of 196.4)

50% Median Household Income 2005: (source: multiply Median Household Income 2005 by .50)

Purpose of data: Further information is available at: Small, Limited Resource and Beginning Farmer and Rancher web site
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