United States: arable crop production area 1866-1988| ��ƽ��

Area of land used for the production of selected arable crops in the United States from 1866 to 1988 (1,000s of hectares)

Characteristic	Maize	Wheat	Barley	Oats	Rice	Sugar beet	Potatoes	Sugar cane	Rye	Sweet potatoes	Buckwheat	Sorghum
1988	23,593	21,524	3,090	2,239	1,174	526	503	342	241	36	-	3,659
1987	23,960	22,646	4,070	2,802	944	507	578	333	272	38	-	4,291
1986	27,988	24,574	4,859	2,776	955	482	494	322	274	38	-	5,609
1985	30,445	26,197	4,696	3,309	1,009	446	551	312	290	43	-	6,792
1984	29,103	27,085	4,545	3,304	1,134	444	527	302	397	42	-	6,214
1983	20,834	24,843	3,938	3,671	878	427	503	311	363	41	-	4,047
1982	29,554	31,963	3,688	4,297	1,320	416	515	307	292	45	-	5,766
1981	30,230	32,784	3,706	3,810	1,535	497	501	306	286	44	-	5,551
1980	29,555	28,727	2,944	3,501	1,340	481	467	297	273	41	-	5,068
1979	29,300	25,275	3,044	3,917	1,161	453	514	297	352	46	-	5,221
1978	29,109	22,863	3,743	4,503	1,202	514	556	301	375	45	-	5,427
1977	28,680	26,895	3,871	5,442	910	492	550	307	285	46	-	5,703
1976	28,854	28,640	3,358	4,834	1,004	598	556	302	292	48	-	5,958
1975	27,318	28,081	3,453	5,298	1,140	614	512	313	295	47	-	6,214
1974	26,449	26,552	3,306	5,344	1,026	491	563	297	363	49	-	5,615
1973	25,047	21,800	4,231	5,692	878	493	528	300	418	46	-	6,415
1972	23,237	19,135	3,929	5,473	736	538	507	284	439	46	-	5,410
1971	25,919	19,293	4,109	6,383	736	543	563	262	710	46	-	6,597
1970	23,212	17,630	3,936	7,543	735	574	575	236	577	52	-	5,491
1969	25,641	19,079	3,857	7,256	861	624	572	217	522	55	-	-
1968	26,144	22,162	3,929	7,095	952	571	557	234	403	55	-	5,621
1967	28,319	23,614	3,714	6,482	797	454	590	241	430	56	-	6,065
1966	26,640	20,077	4,130	7,228	796	470	592	239	516	63	-	5,185
1965	26,129	20,056	3,700	7,478	726	505	560	236	596	68	-	5,273
1964	26,462	20,138	4,564	7,996	723	565	515	265	686	61	20	4,520
1963	27,647	18,415	4,547	8,623	717	500	535	220	643	69	18	5,393
1962	26,092	17,680	4,944	9,056	718	446	545	193	802	82	17	4,683
1961	26,469	20,870	5,183	9,666	643	436	599	179	624	74	19	4,445
1960	32,649	20,995	5,607	10,760	645	387	561	165	683	77	19	6,314
1959	33,145	20,929	6,017	11,233	642	367	539	165	590	104	24	5,893
1958	29,228	21,467	5,986	12,645	573	361	578	137	727	104	35	6,687
1957	29,082	17,707	6,018	13,786	542	355	550	148	695	111	40	7,965
1956	30,451	20,140	5,201	13,489	635	318	555	138	657	112	40	3,727
1955	32,119	19,138	5,877	15,974	739	299	569	151	829	138	43	5,217
1954	32,450	21,997	5,411	16,410	1,032	355	572	159	726	134	61	4,575
1953	32,561	27,454	3,513	15,190	874	301	622	175	579	139	72	2,547
1952	32,755	28,785	3,333	14,978	808	269	565	172	564	130	66	2,155
1951	32,670	25,039	3,814	14,258	808	280	546	164	697	126	81	3,458
1950	33,111	24,931	4,514	15,907	662	374	687	170	709	198	102	4,187
1949	34,639	30,720	3,995	15,295	752	278	710	172	629	191	109	2,560
1948	34,308	29,307	4,818	15,896	730	281	802	125	833	184	134	2,961
1947	33,544	30,157	4,450	15,332	691	356	810	119	806	221	204	2,218
1946	35,444	27,156	4,201	17,325	640	325	1,023	116	646	258	155	2,699
1945	35,461	26,372	4,231	16,891	607	289	1,078	107	749	261	162	2,559
1944	38,046	24,180	4,978	16,083	599	225	1,125	111	863	294	206	3,667
1943	37,255	20,783	6,030	15,748	596	223	1,311	115	1,073	347	204	2,788
1942	35,356	20,142	6,863	15,458	590	386	1,081	117	1,535	278	152	2,424
1941	34,543	22,636	5,777	15,443	491	306	1,090	103	1,446	296	136	2,434
1940	34,977	21,559	5,473	14,338	433	369	1,146	97	1,297	262	157	2,579
1939	35,725	21,314	5,155	13,541	423	372	1,138	103	1,547	295	150	1,899
1938	37,296	28,003	4,294	14,586	435	374	1,161	120	1,654	321	181	1,902
1937	38,012	25,968	4,034	14,383	445	305	1,236	115	1,548	311	170	1,989
1936	37,698	19,880	3,371	13,619	397	314	1,198	99	1,090	311	153	1,130
1935	38,839	20,762	5,033	16,232	331	309	1,404	102	1,646	382	204	1,860
1934	37,309	17,542	2,662	11,920	329	312	1,456	95	777	388	192	959
1933	42,864	20,001	3,902	14,782	323	398	1,385	86	973	367	186	1,762
1932	44,749	23,411	5,344	16,875	354	309	1,444	89	1,356	429	184	1,781
1931	43,247	23,352	4,525	16,266	391	289	1,412	74	1,278	346	205	1,798
1930	41,061	25,348	5,111	16,126	391	314	1,270	76	1,475	271	232	1,407
1929	39,580	25,654	5,489	15,440	348	278	1,226	78	1,270	262	255	1,426
1928	40,605	23,968	5,154	16,239	393	261	1,416	53	1,344	257	275	1,665
1927	39,804	24,131	3,830	16,329	416	292	1,288	30	1,403	293	309	1,724
1926	40,247	22,912	3,204	17,342	411	274	1,138	52	1,387	261	275	1,704
1925	41,007	21,223	3,313	17,903	345	262	1,137	77	1,541	257	300	1,585
1924	40,639	21,231	2,848	16,939	339	330	1,257	66	1,596	228	298	1,427
1923	40,923	23,035	2,894	16,287	354	266	1,367	88	2,002	273	279	1,701
1922	40,608	24,847	2,671	16,319	426	214	1,579	98	2,740	331	295	1,363
1921	41,745	26,129	2,863	18,429	401	330	1,456	93	1,969	331	259	1,497
1920	41,019	25,235	3,010	17,293	526	353	1,336	77	1,960	310	295	1,630
1919	39,718	29,825	2,662	16,026	438	280	1,335	73	2,908	320	297	1,465
1918	41,357	24,713	3,722	17,185	446	240	1,456	95	2,715	299	412	-
1917	44,877	18,934	3,421	16,837	386	269	1,538	100	2,049	293	375	-
1916	40,696	21,655	3,085	15,822	341	269	1,325	92	1,428	266	318	-
1915	40,721	24,404	2,946	15,703	299	247	1,389	74	1,383	254	305	-
1914	39,577	22,506	3,097	15,060	261	195	1,383	88	1,272	231	304	-
1913	40,552	21,049	3,105	15,073	292	235	1,407	103	1,250	241	313	-
1912	41,056	19,592	3,052	15,072	260	225	1,418	83	1,102	237	315	-
1911	41,032	19,823	3,081	15,034	257	192	1,429	128	992	244	326	-
1910	41,386	18,532	3,054	14,910	270	161	1,475	126	915	257	340	-
1909	40,550	17,912	3,115	14,189	268	170	1,487	118	895	259	352	-
1908	38,561	18,252	2,998	13,885	241	-	1,383	-	862	251	341	-
1907	38,888	17,862	2,774	13,937	228	-	1,349	-	839	241	337	-
1906	38,698	18,709	2,726	13,633	204	-	1,317	-	872	237	332	-
1905	38,747	18,739	2,694	13,527	185	-	1,320	-	930	232	334	-
1904	38,537	17,464	2,662	13,253	232	-	1,298	-	892	231	336	-
1903	37,860	19,609	2,522	13,026	221	-	1,246	-	915	229	333	-
1902	39,326	18,714	2,215	12,690	221	-	1,245	-	989	226	328	-
1901	38,211	20,577	2,008	12,501	171	-	1,194	-	975	226	327	-
1900	38,385	19,912	1,903	12,565	146	-	1,213	-	861	219	320	-
1899	38,280	21,182	1,810	11,839	137	-	1,189	-	833	215	325	-
1898	35,525	20,439	1,665	11,868	127	-	1,164	-	892	221	321	-
1897	36,408	17,569	1,667	11,667	117	-	1,137	-	940	215	335	-
1896	36,047	16,523	1,672	12,241	109	-	1,201	-	1,052	225	346	-
1895	36,616	15,782	1,694	12,507	118	-	1,250	-	971	221	324	-
1894	32,403	16,255	1,473	11,961	-	-	1,161	-	877	222	326	-
1893	32,307	16,507	1,493	11,844	-	-	1,058	-	875	221	326	-
1892	31,126	17,393	1,561	11,399	-	-	1,019	-	906	220	340	-
1891	31,912	16,629	1,453	11,232	-	-	1,066	-	882	217	335	-
1890	30,264	14,846	1,315	11,442	-	-	1,035	-	856	215	332	-
1889	31,426	14,608	1,357	11,613	-	-	1,053	-	910	211	327	-
1888	31,353	14,151	1,329	11,253	-	-	1,054	-	883	208	329	-
1887	29,662	14,922	1,319	10,632	-	-	998	-	803	200	323	-
1886	29,911	14,695	1,225	9,885	-	-	968	-	788	195	325	-
1885	29,078	14,202	1,158	9,450	-	-	945	-	768	192	334	-
1884	27,856	15,574	1,090	8,893	-	-	934	-	850	193	316	-
1883	27,587	14,402	1,001	8,345	-	-	960	-	859	190	325	-
1882	26,773	14,769	985	7,719	-	-	897	-	842	190	324	-
1881	25,506	14,890	891	6,846	-	-	824	-	708	178	324	-
1880	25,311	15,471	805	6,643	-	-	796	-	709	190	331	-
1879	25,183	14,304	779	6,457	-	-	794	-	739	183	341	-
1878	24,143	13,508	748	6,406	-	-	760	-	771	194	339	-
1877	23,795	11,316	794	5,996	-	-	760	-	746	184	340	-
1876	22,370	11,446	798	5,904	-	-	722	-	716	186	330	-
1875	21,224	11,486	689	5,510	-	-	724	-	626	172	321	-
1874	19,279	11,052	659	5,170	-	-	669	-	635	164	302	-
1873	17,840	10,063	596	4,860	-	-	624	-	628	159	304	-
1872	17,638	9,292	575	4,771	-	-	631	-	633	153	311	-
1871	16,998	8,996	546	4,476	-	-	605	-	643	152	293	-
1870	15,535	8,476	539	4,188	-	-	584	-	631	142	299	-
1869	14,501	8,577	501	3,867	-	-	599	-	660	142	308	-
1868	14,211	7,746	431	3,601	-	-	567	-	656	132	316	-
1867	12,997	6,774	428	3,309	-	-	522	-	667	-	328	-
1866	12,147	6,235	305	3,211	-	-	496	-	611	-	312	-

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1866 to 1988

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The amount of land used for arable crop production increased greatly between the Civil War and the 1920s, however it then fluctuated throughout most of the 20^th century. Looking at the land use of individual crops, maize production required the largest amount of land throughout the given period (in all years except the late-1970s), followed by wheat. Oats generally required the third-highest quantity of land for production, although there was a significant drop off from the 1950s onward. For the remaining crops, land use was much lower, and land use generally increased (rice, sugars, sorghum) or decreased (potatoes, sweet potatoes, buckwheat) around the middle of the 1900s. Interestingly, land use for rye, commonly used in the production of whiskeys and beers, was at its highest in the years surrounding Prohibition.