U.S. Number of Farms & All Farm Worker

Overall, the graph shows the number of the U.S farms and all farm workers between 1910 and 2000. We can see the trend steadily declining over the period.

Starting with farm workers in 1910 there were 13.5 million and the number of farms was 6.3 million. Then farm numbers slightly increased between the period from 1910 to 1935, but farm workers slightly decreased until 1930 it reached 12.5 million and slightly increased to 13 million in 1935. From 1935 to 1945 the farm workers number sharply decreased to 10 million also the farm numbers declined but less to 6 million. From 1945 to 1950 the number of farm workers remained steady and the number of farms was still decreasing. There was a sharp fall in the number of farm workers from 1950 to 1990 which slightly increased in the last ten years.

In conclusion, the overall trend shows a sharp decline in both farms and farm workers in U.S over one century.