In the United States, the industrial revolution of the early 20th century changed farming by making it more efficient. For example, in 1910 U.S. farms used 24.2 million horses and mules and only about 1,000 tractors. By 1960, 4.6 million tractors were used and only 3.2 million horses and mules. An outcome of making farming more efficient is the reduction of the number of farms from over 6 million in 1920 to about 2.048 million farms in 2017. Listed below is the number of farms, in thousands, for each of the 50 states. Summarize the data and write a paragraph that describes your findings.

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Rank State Farms (000) Rank State Farms (000) 1 Texas 240.00 26 Oregon 34.20 Missouri 97.30 27 Colorado 33.80 3 lowa 86.90 28 South Dakota 31.00 4 Oklahoma 77.20 29 North Dakota 29.90 California 77.10 30 Montana 27.10 6 Kentucky 75.80 31 Louisiana 26.50 7 Ohio 73.60 32 New Mexico 24.70 Minnesota 73.20 33 Idaho 24.30 llinois 71.00 34 South Carolina 24.30 10 Wisconsin 68.50 35 West Virginia 20.40 11 Tennessee 65.90 36 Arizona 19.60 12 Kansas 59.60 37 Utah 18.20 Pennsylvania Maryland Wyoming New Jersey 13 58.00 38 12.20 14 Indiana 56.80 39 11.40 15 Michigan 50.90 40 9.10 16 North Carolina 47.80 41 Maine 8.20 17 Nebraska 47.40 42 Massachusetts 7.80 18 Florida 47.00 43 Vermont 7.30 19 Virginia 44.30 44 Hawaii 7.00 20 Alabama 43.60 45 Connecticut 6.00 21 Arkansas 42.30 46 New Hampshire 4.40 22 Nevada Georgia Mississippi Washington 40.90 47 4.00 23 35.80 48 Delaware 2.50 24 35.70 49 Rhode Island 1.24