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Marion

Total population (1990 census): 194835
County seat: Ocala

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CropSELECT

Cereals, Pseudocereals, Oilseeds
Industrial, Fiber
Forages
Vegetables
Small Fruits
Tree Fruits and Nuts
Herb, Aromatic, Medicinal, and Bioactive

Crop Statistics (1997 US Census of Agriculture)

Cereals Farms Acres Yield
Maize=Corn 21 630 61038 bu
Wheat 4 562 17592 bu
Oats 9 358 13896 bu
Rye 3 D D
Grain Legumes Farms Acres Yield
Soybeans for Beans 4 150 4410 bu
Dry Cowpeas and Dry southern Peas 3 D D
Forages Farms Acres Yield
Field Seed and Grass Seed Crops 14 D X
Bahia Grass Seed 13 1820 198200 lbs
Total Hay* 303 20307 44014 tons, dry
Alfalfa Hay 6 420 454 tons, dry
Small Grain Hay 6 286 326 tons, dry
Tame Hay 241 17356 40676 tons, dry
Wild Hay 47 1707 1833 tons dry
Grass Silage 13 539 2176 tons, grn
Corn for Silage or Green Chop 3 215 2120 tons, green
Vegetables Farms Acres Yield
Green Lima Beans 3 15  
Snap Beans 6 D  
Cantaloups 5 29  
Green Cowpeas and Green Southern Peas 12 284  
Mustard Greens 3 3  
Okra 6 20  
Green Peas 7 62  
Potatoes 3 1 210 cwt
Squash 8 60  
Sweet Corn 6 84  
Watermelons 30 1514  
Other Vegetables 11 1732  
Fruits and Nuts Farms Acres Yield
Apples 5 9 483 trees
Grapes 11 15 2287 vines
Peaches 8 26 2608 trees
Pears 7 3 138 trees
Persimmons 12 16 1075
Other Noncitrus Fruit 3 D D
Grapefruit 33 68 6846 trees
Oranges 90 1002 111757 trees
Tangelos 8 D D
Other Tangerines 14 168 25352 trees
Other Citrus Fruits 3 D D
Peanuts for Nuts 28 3286 9364348 lbs
Pecans 20 125 2329 in shell
Other Nuts 5 10 765 in shell
Tame Blueberries 18 58 87757 lbs
Nursery and Greenhouse Crops, Cut Christmas Trees Harvested, Mushrooms, and Sod Grown for Sale Farms Sq. ft. under glass or other protection Acres in the open Sales ($1,000)
Nursery and Greenhouse Crops 113 621464 1577 11394
Nursery, Floriculture, Vegetable and Flower Seed Crops 53 X 490 X
Floriculture Crops 52 418602 D 1876
Bedding and Garden Plants 21 125047 18 607
Cut Flowers and Cut Florist Greens 8 D 20 296
Foliage Plants 15 134574 D 450
Potted Flowering Plants 21 D 3 522
Cut Christmas Trees Harvested 8 X 34 133
Nursery Crops 51 193862 360 6134
Sod Harvested 5 X 1076 3203
Greenhouse Vegetables 3 D X D
Other Nursery and Greenhouse Crops 9 D 63 18

*Alfalfa, grass silage, green chops etc.
D=Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual farms.
X=Not applicable.