
Total population (2000 census): 18,129
County seat: Rushville
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 | 516 | 95585 | 12282075 bu | 602 | 104058 | 15305284 bu | ||
| Sorghum | NA | 3 | 204 | 23920 bu | ||||
| Wheat | 204 | 7884 | 486735 bu | 263 | 8689 | 450473 bu | ||
| Oats | 18 | 245 | 13725 bu | 30 | 307 | 19393 bu | ||
| Forages | Farms | Acres | Yield | Farms | Acres | Yield | ||
| Total Hay* | 216 | 6007 | 17923 tons, dry | 233 | 6552 | 18951 tons, dry | ||
| Alfalfa Hay | 173 | 3952 | 13419 tons, dry | 202 | 4950 | 14822 tons, dry | ||
| Small Grain Hay | 26 | 506 | D | 16 | 272 | 847 tons, dry | ||
| Tame Hay | 58 | 1347 | 2841 tons, dry | 26 | 544 | 1870 tons, dry | ||
| Wild Hay | NA | 5 | 98 | 181 tons, dry | ||||
| Grass Silage | 10 | D | 1655 tons, grn | 14 | 688 | 3691 tons, grn | ||
| Corn for Silage | 42 | 1783 | 27635 tons, grn | 56 | 2044 | 39848 tons, grn | ||
| Grain Legumes | Farms | Acres | Yield | Farms | Acres | Yield | ||
| Soybean | 473 | 88600 | 4229922 bu | 574 | 78076 | 3520168 bu | ||
| Vegetables | Farms | Acres | Yield | Farms | Acres | Yield | ||
| Sweet Corn | NA | 3 | D | |||||
| Fruits | Farms | Acres | Yield | Farms | Acres | Yield | ||
| Apples | NA | 5 | 11 | D | ||||
| Nursery and Greenhouse Crops, Cut Christmas Trees Harvested, Mushrooms, and Sod Grown for Sale | Farms | Sq. ft. under glass or other protection | Acres in the open | Sales ($1,000) | Farms | Sq. ft. under glass or other protection | Acres in the open | Sales ($1,000) |
| Nursery and Greenhouse Crops | 6 | D | 30 | 48 | 3 | D | D | D |
| Cut Christmas Trees Harvested | 3 | X | 2 | 4 | NA | |||
| Nursery Crops | NA | 3 | D | D | D | |||
| Other Nursery and Greenhouse Crops | 4 | D | D | D | NA | |||
| Herb, Spice, Medicinal, Bioactive... | Farms | Acres | Yield | Farms | Acres | Yield | ||
| Tobacco | 6 | 16 | 28646 lbs | 7 | 21 | 28636 lbs | ||
*Alfalfa, grass silage, green chops etc.
D=Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual farms.
NA=Not Available
X=Not applicable.