Total population (2000 census): 23,556
County seat: Knox
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 | 233 | 59664 | 7059966 bu | 261 | 61360 | 6716741 bu | ||
| Wheat | 17 | 616 | 25943 bu | 11 | 278 | 8008 bu | ||
| Oats | 3 | 25 | 2105 bu | 12 | 159 | 9611 bu | ||
| Popcorn | NA | 3 | D | D | ||||
| Rye | 10 | 208 | 5660 bu | 20 | 365 | 8460 bu | ||
| Forages | Farms | Acres | Yield | Farms | Acres | Yield | ||
| Total Hay* | 93 | 2448 | 6649 tons, dry | 80 | 2229 | 4008 tons, dry | ||
| Alfalfa Hay | 74 | 1792 | 5165 tons, dry | 74 | 1995 | 3683 tons, dry | ||
| Small Grain Hay | 6 | 90 | D | 6 | D | 54 | ||
| Tame Hay | 24 | 436 | 1083 tons, dry | 8 | 159 | 230 tons, dry | ||
| Wild Hay | 5 | D | 182 tons, dry | 3 | 33 | D | ||
| Grass Silage | NA | 1 | D | D | ||||
| Corn for Silage | 11 | 183 | 3342 tons, grn | 18 | 750 | 12308 tons, grn | ||
| Grain Legumes | Farms | Acres | Yield | Farms | Acres | Yield | ||
| Soybean | 185 | 25900 | 970785 bu | 185 | 21122 | 657109 bu | ||
| Vegetables | Farms | Acres | Yield | Farms | Acres | Yield | ||
| Asparagus | 3 | D | NA | |||||
| Head Cabbage | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| Cantaloupes | 3 | D | NA | |||||
| Sweet Peppers | 3 | Z | NA | |||||
| Pumpkins | NA | 3 | D | |||||
| Squash | NA | 3 | 9 | |||||
| Sweet Corn | 3 | D | 8 | 22 | ||||
| Tomatoes | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Watermelons | NA | 3 | D | |||||
| Other Vegetables | 5 | 194 | NA | |||||
| Fruits | Farms | Acres | Yield | Farms | Acres | Yield | ||
| Tame Blueberries | NA | 4 | 66 | 43640 lbs | ||||
| Strawberries | NA | 3 | 4 | 8800 lbs | ||||
| 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 | 16 | D | 525 | 608 | 4 | D | D | D |
| Floriculture Crops | 4 | D | D | D | NA | |||
| Potted Flowering Plants | 4 | D | D | D | NA | |||
| Cut Christmas Trees Harvested | 10 | X | D | D | NA | |||
| Nursery Crops | 3 | D | D | D | NA | |||
| Other Nursery and Greenhouse Crops | 4 | D | 43 | 3 | NA | |||
| Herb, Spice, Medicinal, Bioactive... | Farms | Acres | Yield | Farms | Acres | Yield | ||
| Mint for oil | 43 | 14990 | 602089 lbs | 80 | 19628 | 730495 lbs | ||
*Alfalfa, grass silage, green chops etc.
D=Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual farms.
NA=Not Available
X=Not applicable.
Z=Less than half of the unit shown.