3. U.S. Number of Farms & All Farm Workers (1910 – 2000)

The line graph shows the difference between farms and farms workers from 1910 to 2000 in the last century.
First, the biggest change was the dramatic drop in the total number of farms and farm workers. The number of farm worker fell from about 14 million persons in1910 to only around 3 million in 2000. The number of farms fell from about 6 million in 1910 to only around 2 million in 2000. After the third decade the farm workers decrease only one million whereas the farms were almost the same. In 1950, the number fell by almost 3.5 million for the farm workers and about half million for the farms. After two decades from 1950-1970 the line graph shows major changes in both farms and farm workers. The farm workers fell from ten million to around four million and the farms fell by nearly four million. By the end of this century the two lines stabilized somewhere near three million for farm workers and two million for farms in 2000.
In conclusion, the graph shows the social change in lifestyles from farms to other jobs.