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Cornell Program on Applied Demographics
In cooperation with the Community and Regionale Development Institute (CaRDI)

New York State's Changing Farmland

New York minute, issue number 53, November 2012

Data Sources

FIPS Name # Farms in 2010 Land in Farms in 2010 (acres) Land in Farms in 2000 (acres) Change 2000 to 2010 Total Land Area (acres) Land in farms as a % of total land area
NY State 36,300 7,000,000 7,700,000 -9.1% 30,160,892 23.2%
001 Albany 495 59700 61100 -2.3% 334595 17.8%
003 Allegany 845 147200 156200 -5.8% 658757 22.3%
005 Bronx 26942
007 Broome 580 84500 94600 -10.7% 451690 18.7%
009 Cattaraugus 1120 179000 206200 -13.2% 837344 21.4%
011 Cayuga 935 243400 267000 -8.8% 442613 55.0%
013 Chautauqua 1655 230100 252800 -9.0% 678545 33.9%
015 Chemung 375 63600 65500 -2.9% 260705 24.4%
017 Chenango 905 172900 200100 -13.6% 571871 30.2%
019 Clinton 590 145500 165500 -12.1% 664226 21.9%
021 Columbia 550 103900 116700 -11.0% 406211 25.6%
023 Cortland 585 121900 129300 -5.7% 319206 38.2%
025 Delaware 750 161500 189700 -14.9% 923162 17.5%
027 Dutchess 655 99900 113300 -11.8% 509203 19.6%
029 Erie 1210 145700 151900 -4.1% 667324 21.8%
031 Essex 240 49000 48700 0.6% 1148306 4.3%
033 Franklin 605 127700 170500 -25.1% 1042636 12.2%
035 Fulton 220 33000 38700 -14.7% 317100 10.4%
037 Genesee 550 179000 181900 -1.6% 315479 56.7%
039 Greene 285 43300 49600 -12.7% 414183 10.5%
041 Hamilton 20 500 300 66.7% 1099119 0.0%
043 Herkimer 670 136600 154200 -11.4% 903341 15.1%
045 Jefferson 880 255900 311700 -17.9% 811897 31.5%
047 Kings 45322
049 Lewis 615 163200 186400 -12.4% 815795 20.0%
051 Livingston 795 217000 218000 -0.5% 404328 53.7%
053 Madison 745 183800 196200 -6.3% 419099 43.9%
055 Monroe 580 129800 95300 36.2% 420611 30.9%
057 Montgomery 605 121600 138400 -12.1% 257947 47.1%
059 Nassau 60 1300 1400 -7.1% 182218 0.7%
061 New York 14610
063 Niagara 865 139100 133200 4.4% 334310 41.6%
065 Oneida 1010 187500 240100 -21.9% 775954 24.2%
067 Onondaga 695 146800 161700 -9.2% 498169 29.5%
069 Ontario 860 194000 205500 -5.6% 412202 47.1%
071 Orange 645 79100 94900 -16.6% 519479 15.2%
073 Orleans 555 136400 159100 -14.3% 250406 54.5%
075 Oswego 640 97700 115000 -15.0% 609056 16.0%
077 Otsego 975 172200 220600 -21.9% 641088 26.9%
079 Putnam 70 5500 3600 52.8% 147399 3.7%
081 Queens 5 69461
083 Rensselaer 500 82900 104800 -20.9% 417556 19.9%
085 Richmond 15 37357
087 Rockland 20 111072
089 St. Lawrence 1330 338900 403000 -15.9% 1715441 19.8%
091 Saratoga 645 73700 78900 -6.6% 518390 14.2%
093 Schenectady 195 18600 19400 -4.1% 130890 14.2%
095 Schoharie 525 93200 114500 -18.6% 397964 23.4%
097 Schuyler 390 64600 70900 -8.9% 210133 30.7%
099 Seneca 510 124800 131600 -5.2% 207172 60.2%
101 Steuben 1580 362800 355800 2.0% 889958 40.8%
103 Suffolk 585 33500 34600 -3.2% 583713 5.7%
105 Sullivan 320 49200 64500 -23.7% 619604 7.9%
107 Tioga 565 104200 113900 -8.5% 331905 31.4%
109 Tompkins 590 106100 96700 9.7% 303775 34.9%
111 Ulster 500 73300 88800 -17.5% 719510 10.2%
113 Warren 85 8400 9900 -15.2% 554849 1.5%
115 Washington 840 198000 209200 -5.4% 531958 37.2%
117 Wayne 935 164500 179100 -8.2% 386449 42.6%
119 Westchester 105 8300 10200 -18.6% 275518 3.0%
121 Wyoming 765 212800 208000 2.3% 379358 56.1%
123 Yates 860 123000 110700 11.1% 216411 56.8%