
Total population (2000 census): 39,674
County seat: Jasper
CropSELECT
Cereals, Pseudocereals, Oilseeds
Industrial, Fiber
Forages
Vegetables
Fruits and Nuts
Herb, Aromatic, Medicinal, and Bioactive
Crop Statistics (US Census of Agriculture)
| 1997 | 1992 | |||||||
| Cereals | Farms | Acres | Yield | Farms | Acres | Yield | ||
| Maize=Corn | 440 | 59549 | 5451897 bu | 557 | 70219 | 9858911 bu | ||
| Sorghum for Grain or Seed | 4 | 136 | 6540 bu | NA | ||||
| Wheat | 202 | 9845 | 418040 bu | 255 | 9641 | 401670 bu | ||
| Barley | 16 | 332 | 18513 bu | 24 | 340 | 17477 bu | ||
| Oats | 7 | 104 | 1942 bu | 22 | 330 | 11390 bu | ||
| Forages | Farms | Acres | Yield | Farms | Acres | Yield | ||
| Total Hay* | 419 | 16215 | 40261 tons, dry | 447 | 15672 | 36960 tons, dry | ||
| Alfalfa Hay | 50 | 1359 | 3891 tons, dry | 110 | 2634 | 5923 tons, dry | ||
| Small Grain Hay | 34 | 780 | 1882 tons, dry | 43 | 849 | 2119 tons, dry | ||
| Tame Hay | 337 | 11716 | 29642 tons, dry | 326 | 10605 | 25262 tons, dry | ||
| Wild Hay | 46 | 1318 | 2421 tons, dry | 33 | 733 | 1623 tons, dry | ||
| Grass Silage | 33 | 1042 | 7273 tons, grn | 23 | 851 | 6095 tons, grn | ||
| Corn for Silage | 56 | 2896 | 42627 tons, grn | 67 | 2240 | 41016 tons, grn | ||
| Grain Legumes | Farms | Acres | Yield | Farms | Acres | Yield | ||
| Soybean | 325 | 38911 | 1531790 bu | 370 | 27087 | 1146093 bu | ||
| Vegetables | Farms | Acres | Yield | Farms | Acres | Yield | ||
| Sweet Corn | 3 | 11 | NA | |||||
| 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) | Farms | Sq. ft. under glass or other protection | Acres in the open | Sales ($1,000) |
| Nursery and Greenhouse Crops | 12 | 44676 | 73 | 342 | 9 | 69750 | 40 | 937 |
| Cut Christmas Trees Harvested | 8 | X | 39 | 106 | NA | |||
| Other Nursery and Greenhouse Crops | 3 | D | D | 11 | NA | |||
*Alfalfa, grass silage, green chops etc.
D=Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual farms.
NA=Not Available
X=Not applicable.