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Number & Size of Farms
Los Angeles County
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| In
1916, Sunkist took out a full-page ad in the Saturday
Evening Post with the slogan, "Drink an
Orange." It was the first attempt to persuade
people to squeeze an orange and drink the juice. The ad
offered a Sunkist orange extracter for 10 cents. It was
this campaign that served as the earliest origins of
orange juice for breakfast. |
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| Year |
Number of Farms |
Farm Land (acres) |
Average Size of Farms (acres) |
Percent of Land in Farms |
Harvested Cropland (acres) |
| 2002 |
1,543 |
111,458 |
72 |
4.3 |
24,033 |
| 1997 |
1,226 |
130,838 |
107 |
5.1 |
23,805 |
| 1992 |
1,446 |
183,569 |
127 |
7.1 |
29,347 |
| 1987 |
2,035 |
280,156 |
138 |
10.8 |
37,102 |
| 1982 |
2,331 |
317,757 |
136 |
12.2 |
53,130 |
| 1978 |
1,952 |
369,061 |
189 |
14.2 |
54,362 |
| 1974 |
1,797 |
400,500 |
223 |
15.4 |
64,806 |
| 1969 |
2,804 |
557,770 |
199 |
21.4 |
84,319 |
| Year |
Number of Farms |
Farm Land (acres) |
Average Size of Farms (acres) |
Percent of Land in Farms |
Harvested Cropland (acres) |
| 1964 |
2,800 |
585,340 |
209 |
22.5 |
90,583 |
| 1959 |
4,811 |
479,011 |
100 |
18.4 |
126,952 |
| 1954 |
8,254 |
743,613 |
90 |
28.5 |
195,315 |
| 1950 |
11,973 |
855,563 |
72 |
32.8 |
229,047 |
| 1940 |
12,475 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
| 1930 |
12,653 |
527,124 |
42 |
20.0 |
230,068 |
| 1920 |
12,444 |
882,333 |
71 |
33.5 |
n/a |
| 1910 |
7,919 |
757,985 |
96 |
29.1 |
n/a |
| 1900 |
6,577 |
895,663 |
136 |
34.4 |
n/a |
n/a Data not available
Source: U.S. Census Bureau &
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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