Total population (2000 census): 21,751
County seat: Sullivan
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 | 299 | 69759 | 7114423 bu | 349 | 70096 | 11018017 bu | ||
| Sorghum for Grain or Seed | 4 | 161 | 13960 bu | - | - | - | ||
| Wheat | 103 | 9049 | 419649 bu | 129 | 8894 | 370119 bu | ||
| Popcorn | NA | 8 | 738 | lbs, shelled | ||||
| Rye | NA | 3 | 14 | 360 bu | ||||
| Forages | Farms | Acres | Yield | Farms | Acres | Yield | ||
| Other Seeds | 2 | D | D | NA | ||||
| Total Hay* | 139 | 4533 | 11632 tons, dry | 152 | 4557 | 9662 tons, dry | ||
| Alfalfa Hay | 52 | 1266 | 4543 tons, dry | 70 | 1387 | 3508 tons, dry | ||
| Small Grain Hay | 7 | 106 | 162 tons, dry | 8 | 115 | 287 tons, dry | ||
| Tame Hay | 90 | 2703 | 6254 tons, dry | 86 | 2380 | 4465 tons, dry | ||
| Wild Hay | 7 | 187 | 433 tons, dry | 8 | 131 | 139 tons, dry | ||
| Grass Silage | 10 | 271 | 720 tons, grn | 6 | 544 | 3789 tons, grn | ||
| Corn for Silage | 13 | 377 | 4319 tons, grn | 16 | 442 | 7208 tons, grn | ||
| Grain Legumes | Farms | Acres | Yield | Farms | Acres | Yield | ||
| Soybean | 279 | 65830 | 2438033 bu | 338 | 61209 | 2470922 bu | ||
| Vegetables | Farms | Acres | Yield | Farms | Acres | Yield | ||
| Snap Bean | 4 | 255 | 4 | 398 | ||||
| Cantaloupes | 12 | 361 | 8 | 232 | ||||
| Pumpkins | NA | 5 | 43 | |||||
| Sweet Corn | 3 | D | 8 | 45 | ||||
| Tomatoes | NA | 3 | 13 | |||||
| Watermelons | 23 | 1153 | 26 | 864 | ||||
*Alfalfa, grass silage, green chops etc.
D=Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual farms.
NA=Not Available