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Acreage of Fruits & Berries by County (Ohio Census of Agriculture, 1997)

(source http://govinfo.library.orst.edu/cgi-bin/ag-state?Ohio)

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Apples



Ohio Counties (1997 rank)

Acres
Number of Farms
1997 1992 1987 1997 1992 1987
1 Columbiana 775 845 974 32 35 39
2 Licking 652 760 544 29 28 24
3 Lorain 486 618 750 27 38 57
4 Ashtabula 485 485 661 47 52 56
5 Sandusky 479 515 499 13 20 20
6 Erie 453 486 580 13 14 24
7 Mahoning 290 394 396 24 25 31
8 Medina 285 309 357 41 49 50
9 Wayne 272 297 269 29 39 52
10 Fairfield 267 624 620 15 31 30
11 Stark 266 314 510 23 40 55
12 Knox 258 316 268 18 32 22
13 Geauga 254 277 245 22 36 36
14 Lucas 251 285 320 12 13 24
15 Ottawa 240 258 233 25 34 34
16 Warren 216 275 306 22 28 38
17 Muskingum 193 220 218 15 18 23
18 Trumbull 174 280 215 17 23 26
19 Jefferson 153 88 126 4 7 9
20 Fulton 150 136 97 15 12 18
21 Greene 138 155 121 17 34 28
22 Lake 129 172 282 18 20 21
23 Ashland 127 214 158 19 26 19
24 Logan 113 199 234 10 14 15
25 Scioto 113 126 104 11 12 18
26 Richland 111 131 389 11 19 32
27 Summit 104 125 222 23 27 35
28 Portage 97 152 378 15 27 38
29 Holmes 91 64 73 28 20 24
30 Clinton 89 105 114 12 9 12
31 Washington 83 168 91 14 17 16
32 Belmont 82 298 359 9 12 16
33 Meigs 77 78 43 7 13 12
34 Hamilton 75 144 93 15 24 22
35 Carroll 74 76 96 13 12 10
36 Clark 74 58 75 15 13 19
37 Darke 67 118 57 15 26 19
38 Guersney 66 160 228 24 21 26
39 Jackson 66 219 291 5 9 10
40 Clermont 65 67 104 19 23 29
41 Defiance 64 58 69 9 13 11
42 Tuscarawas 62 110 67 12 13 16
43 Henry 58 81 40 7 12 5
44 Monroe 58 7 16 10 8 10
45 Coshocton 55 27 79 12 10 14
46 Montgomery 52 86 159 16 26 25
47 Lawrence 48 28 81 11 16 13
48 Morgan 47 57 112 10 20 26
49 Delaware 44 153 101 10 13 15
50 Champaign 43 46 44 8 17 11
51 Highland 43 84 148 15 19 17
52 Marion 37 40 D 4 3 4
53 Adams 36 41 45 18 21 10
54 Wyandot 36 71 101 5 7 6
55 Van Wert 35 49 50 8 13 13
56 Union 34 22 37 10 11 9
57 Butler 30 52 114 11 18 27
58 Crawford 29 70 22 6 14 9
59 Morrow 29 57 59 8 9 10
60 Cuyahoga 27 36 40 5 8 9
61 Harrison 27 D D 9 5 3
62 Franklin 23 24 32 15 14 14
63 Allen 22 60 52 11 12 13
64 Miami 22 61 122 6 19 21
65 Huron 21 79 72 9 7 19
66 Athens 20 21 48 13 9 17
67 Brown 20 39 55 8 17 17
68 Seneca 19 3 19 5 4 6
69 Hocking 18 D 174 5 6 8
70 Pike 18 12 D 10 5 2
71 Hancock 17 49 28 10 12 13
72 Paulding 15 17 11 6 7 6
73 Auglaize 13 9 D 6 3 9
74 Wood 13 36 36 9 18 21
75 Hardin 11 67 71 4 6 11
76 Gallia 9 N 6 9 N 6
77 Mercer 6 11 D 3 6 3
78 Perry 5 14 11 5 9 9
79 Madison 4 6 7 4 8 6
80 Noble D D 9 4 5 5
81 Pickaway D D 36 7 3 5
82 Preble D 97 86 3 18 14
83 Putnam D 6 D 6 5 4
84 Ross D 85 147 8 8 10
85 Shelby D 14 33 4 7 6
86 Williams D 28 25 5 12 7
87 Fayette N N N N N N
88 Vinton N N N N N N
All other counties 23 10 N 4 6 N
Total (State) 9,858 12,669 14,386 1,126 1,454 1,614

D = acres withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual farms
N = not available
Z = less than ½ acre in county
Blank = not available

 

Cherries



Ohio Counties (1997 rank)
Acres
Number of Farms
1997 1992 1987 1997 1992 1987
1 Washington 10 5 D 4 3 3
2 Licking 7 6 12 6 5 6
3 Ashtabula 6 4 D 5 9 4
4 Erie 6 D 7 5 3 3
5 Lorain 6 9 15 9 8 19
6 Knox 3 D D 3 3 4
7 Holmes 3 N 1 4 N 4
8 Ashland 2 1 N 4 4 N
9 Medina 2 N D 7 N 6
10 Warren 2 4 4 5 5 6
11 Athens 1 Z N 3 3 N
12 Belmont 1 N N 3 N N
13 Carroll 1 N N 3 N N
14 Clark 1 D N 3 4 N
15 Fulton 1 N N 3 N N
16 Gallia 1 N N 6 N N
17 Hancock 1 N N 3 N N
18 Muskingum 1 N N 4 N N
19 Summit 1 3 N 3 6 N
20 Lake D 22 N 4 4 N
21 Sandusky D D D 3 4 4
22 Pike Z N N 3 N N
All other counties 19 N N 48 N N
Total (State) 122 198 241 141 195 191

D = acres withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual farms
N = not available
Z = less than ½ acre in county
Blank = not available

 

Peaches



Ohio Counties (1997 rank)
Acres
Number of Farms
1997 1992 1987 1997 1992 1987
1 Columbiana 137 134 155 21 17 21
2 Sandusky 118 102 133 12 9 10
3 Licking 104 55 D 17 12 9
4 Huron 99 D 54 8 5 15
5 Ottawa 79 71 97 15 21 31
6 Erie 78 75 68 13 13 13
7 Lake 78 75 77 11 15 16
8 Lorain 63 96 57 18 21 23
9 Stark 54 59 48 10 22 21
10 Ashtabula 49 71 75 20 22 24
11 Wayne 49 45 37 18 29 28
12 Fulton 39 12 65 10 8 13
13 Mahoning 35 38 44 9 13 16
14 Knox 34 25 14 10 13 7
15 Hamilton 26 14 14 7 12 12
16 Fairfield 24 14 15 8 12 12
17 Lucas 24 D 22 5 5 9
18 Medina 19 11 8 19 13 10
19 Morgan 17 42 28 7 12 15
20 Green 16 10 12 6 16 12
21 Geauga 13 17 13 9 15 11
22 Meigs 13 12 15 5 6 6
23 Ashland 12 24 8 8 11 7
24 Holmes 12 13 15 18 13 15
25 Lawrence 11 30 D 7 12 4
26 Montgomery 10 6 15 5 12 6
27 Pike 10 8 N 8 4 N
28 Henry 9 12 N 3 11 N
29 Carroll 8 7 21 8 7 8
30 Gallia 8 N D 6 N 4
31 Muskingum 8 17 2 7 12 5
32 Portage 8 8 17 8 6 12
33 Guernsey 6 7 18 11 10 10
34 Hancock 4 13 D 7 5 3
35 Jefferson 4 2 1 3 4 5
36 Belmont 3 D 82 5 5 8
37 Clark 3 4 1 4 7 4
38 Clermont 3 3 D 10 9 3
39 Coshocton 3 D 18 7 5 10
40 Summit 3 8 2 6 10 5
41 Allen 2 2 N 3 3 N
42 Athens 2 D 18 6 4 13
43 Delaware 2 D 2 4 6 5
44 Tuscarawas 2 8 10 5 5 10
45 Van Wert 2 4 4 4 6 6
46 Adams 1 1 N 4 9 N
47 Clinton 1 D 3 4 4 3
48 Franklin 1 D 1 3 3 4
49 Highland 1 6 N 4 9 N
50 Paulding 1 3 3 3 4 5
51 Union 1 1 N 4 5 N
52 Butler D 4 4 4 10 11
53 Cuyahoga D 1 N 3 4 N
54 Darke D 15 1 4 11 4
55 Harrison D N N 3 N N
56 Monroe D 2 D 5 3 3
57 Perry D 3 N 3 6 N
58 Richland D 9 14 3 8 8
59 Ross D N 14 5 N 5
60 Scioto D 11 14 5 5 13
61 Seneca D N N 3 N N
62 Trumbull D D 40 3 5 6
63 Warren D 5 39 4 8 12
64 Washington D 76 46 9 6 8
65 Wood D 3 2 3 6 8
All other counties 52 51 N 30 20 N
Total (State) 1,459 1,597 1,626 520 650 630

 

Apricots



Acres
Number of Farms
1997 1992 1987 1997 1992 1987
Total (State) 11 5 11 31 24 38

 

Nectarines

Acres
Number of Farms
1997 1992 1987 1997 1992 1987
Total (State) 11 20 30 27 31 34

D = acres withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual farms
N = not available
Z = less than ½ acre in county
Blank = not available

 

Pears



Ohio Counties

(1997 rank)
Acres
Number of Farms
1997 1992 1987 1997 1992 1987
1 Geauga 20 23 24 8 12 11
2 Meigs 11 N N 3 N N
3 Lorain 8 14 17 8 13 21
4 Ashland 6 9 6 8 6 6
5 Licking 5 2 4 6 9 7
6 Butler 3 3 D 6 6 3
7 Pike 3 N N 5 N N
8 Delaware 2 4 3 5 4 5
9 Gallia 2 N N 4 N N
10 Lake 2 N 2 3 N 6
11 Ottawa 2 1 15 3 6 7
12 Summit 2 1 D 7 4 3
13 Warren 2 2 N 4 5 N
14 Athens 1 1 N 6 3 N
15 Clark 1 D N 4 3 N
16 Clermont 1 D Z 6 3 3
17 Clinton 1 1 N 3 4 N
18 Coshocton 1 N N 4 N N
19 Fulton 1 D 4 3 3 6
20 Greene 1 Z 2 3 4 5
21 Guernsey 1 N 1 3 N 1
22 Knox 1 N 2 3 N 3
23 Medina 1 2 6 8 8 10
24 Washington 1 D D 3 3 4
25 Ashtabula D 7 26 5 12 9
26 Columbiana D 7 D 4 7 3
27 Erie D 5 6 3 4 3
29 Fairfield D N N 3 N N
30 Montgomery D D D 2 4 5
31 Morgan D D 3 3 4 5
32 Muskingum D N N 3 N N
33 Ross D N N 3 N N
34 Sandusky D 10 9 4 7 7
35 Stark D 6 10 4 9 16
36 Trumbull D D 20 3 3 8
37 Highland Z D N 3 4 N
All other counties 29 20 N 47 39 N
Total (State) 140 203 278 201 266 281

Z = less than ½ acre in county
D = acres withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual farms
N = Not available

 

Plums



Ohio Counties (1997 rank)
Acres
Number of Farms
1997 1992 1987 1997 1992 1987
1 Sandusky 7 14 16 5 7 7
2 Carroll 3 N N 5 N N
3 Geauga 3 5 4 5 7 7
4 Lorain 3 D D 5 6 17
5 Medina 3 3 2 9 8 8
6 Wayne 3 6 D 6 9 5
7 Ashtabula 2 4 2 4 8 8
8 Columbiana 2 7 2 5 7 4
9 Erie 2 7 10 5 6 3
10 Ashland 1 D 5 5 8 7
11 Clermont 1 N N 3 N N
12 Fulton 1 D D 3 3 3
13 Lake 1 D Z 3 3 3
14 Pike 1 N N 4 N N
15 Summit 1 N N 5 N N
16 Morgan D 1 2 4 4 6
17 Ottawa D 1 N 3 6 N
18 Washington D 3 3 3 4 5
19 Lawrence Z D N 3 4 N
20 Ross Z N N 3 N N
All other counties 28 22 N 45 51 N
Total (State) 71 102 136 133 183 189

D = acres withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual farms
N = not available
Z = less than ½ acre in county
Blank = not available

 

All Berries



Ohio Counties (1997 rank)
Acres
Number of Farms
1997 1992 1987 1997 1992 1987
1 Lorain 127 145 116 29 40 40
2 Portage 112* D 98 15 13 11
3 Columbiana 66* D 179 20 30 28
4 Richland 60 66 48 11 12 16
5 Lake 58 51 107 11 19 19
6 Mahoning 58* 101 128 15 24 28
7 Wayne 39 98 88 29 34 27
8 Franklin 36 53 78 6 10 14
9 Washington 34* 59 43 15 12 14
10 Sandusky 31 32 64 7 12 15
11 Ashtabula 27* 37 40 17 19 15
12 Fulton 26* D 17 9 7 7
13 Huron 25 D 29 9 11 7
14 Stark 22 D 33 14 18 15
15 Champaign 20* D D 4 6 6
16 Cuyahoga 19 D 32 3 3 7
17 Erie 19 24 49 9 12 19
18 Geauga 14* 26 64 20 24 21
19 Muskingum 14* 17 29 10 9 10
20 Trumbull 14* 29 29 7 9 12
21 Warren 14* 33 80 8 10 15
22 Wyandot 13* N 24 4 N 4
23 Montgomery 12 D 65 8 5 15
24 Allen 11* 19 D 4 8 4
25 Holmes 10* D 8 36 30 19
26 Medina 10* 35 20 22 26 22
27 Licking 9 36 45 10 12 11
28 Ashland 8* 17 15 17 26 11
29 Fairfield 8 D 29 5 15 24
30 Lawrence 8* D 9 11 9 8
31 Athens 7* 2 6 8 8 4
32 Gallia 7 D 6 5 3 5
33 Hancock 7* D D 4 3 4
34 Ross 7 D 8 4 4 4
35 Belmont 6 D 8 4 4 9
36 Clermont 6 9 13 7 7 8
37 Darke 6 D 3 7 8 7
38 Perry 6 D 3 4 3 6
39 Henry 5 N 12 3 N 3
40 Clark 4* D D 5 3 3
41 Hardin 4* Z 1 9 4 5
42 Monroe 4 8 4 3 5 5
43 Madison 3* 6* 14 4 4 7
44 Ottawa 3 46* 8 4 6 5
45 Preble 3* 10 D 4 4 3
46 Guernsey 2 N N 4 N N
47 Adams 1 D D 5 5 4
48 Hamilton 1 2 32 3 8 9
49 Morrow 1 1 1 4 3 4
50 Shelby 1* 1* 14 4 3 4
51 Butler D 13 37 3 7 15
52 Carroll D 2 1 3 3 3
53 Clinton D D 16* 3 3 3
54 Coshocton D 34* D 4 4 9
55 Crawford D D N 4 5 N
56 Delaware D D 16 5 5 3
57 Knox D 49 49 12 10 8
58 Logan D 8 10 3 5 3
59 Lucas D D 18 5 9 6
60 Miami D 66 D 4 11 6
61 Pickaway D N 7 3 N 4
62 Summit D 14 15 4 7 8
63 Tuscarawas D 64* 138 9 6 6
64 Wood D D 28 4 6 8
All other counties 63 N N 27 N N
Total (State)
 1308 2010* 2493 573 713 721

* Calculated from acreages for listed berries
D = acres withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual farms
N = not available
Z = less than ½ acre in county

 

Blackberries



Ohio Counties (1997 rank)
Acres
Number of Farms
1997 1992 1987 1997 1992 1987
1

Washington

 18 D D 15 12 14
2 Mahoning 8 D D 3 4 5
3 Lorain 6* 7 4* 6 5 3
4 Lawrence 4 N N 5 N N
5 Athens 3 Z N 5 3 N
6 Preble 3 N N 3 N N
7 Lake 2 1 Z 4 3 3
8 Medina 2 N D 6 N 3
9 Adams 1 N N 3 N N
10 Ashland 1 1 D 3 3 3
11 Clermont 1 3 D 5 3 4
12 Columbiana 1 N N 3 N N
13 Erie 1 N N 3 N N
14 Warren 1 N N 5 N N
15 Muskingum Z N N 3 N N
16 Tuscarawas Z N N 9 6 6
All other counties D N N 37 N N
Total (State) 54 85 53 100 91 68

D = acres withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual farms
N = not available
Z = less than ½ acre in county
*Calculated from listed berries

 

Blueberries



Ohio Counties (1997 rank)
Acres
Number of Farms
1997 1992 1987 1997 1992 1987
1 Lorain 46 52 32 15 16 7
2 Richland 38 D D 7 4 5
3 Portage 17 16 N 4 3 N
4 Washington 7 13 12 5 6 6
5 Lake 5 6 14 3 4 8
6 Ashtabula 4 5 D 5 6 6
7 Geauga 4 3 7 7 4 8
8 Belmont 1 N N 3 N N
9 Carroll 1 N N 3 N N
10 Stark D N N 3 N N
11 Trumbull D D D 3 4 3
All other counties 52 N N 41 N N
Total (State) 202 281 191 99 101 92

D = acres withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual farms
N = not available

 

Raspberries



Ohio Counties (1997 rank)
Acres
Number of Farms
1997 1992 1987 1997 1992 1987
1 Lake 25 26 52 7 7 11
2 Champaign 20 35 D 3 5 4
3 Columbiana 17 18 D 7 12 10
4 Portage 16 20 D 6 5 4
5 Lorain 14 11 23 11 10 12
6 Mahoning 13 18 D 6 12 7
7 Ashtabula 7 6 4 8 9 6
8 Jefferson 7 D N 4 3 N
9 Muskingum 7 N D 4 N 5
10 Montgomery 5 N 7 6 N 4
11 Richland 5 7 10 4 7 8
12 Holmes 4 N 1 9 N 3
13 Stark 4 5 N