What percentage of Americans were farmers in Revolutionary War times and at the end of World War II?

July 14, 2020October 21, 2011 by Pamela Landy

During the Revolutionary War years, 90 percent of Americans were farmers.

By World War II, the number had shrunk to 15 percent.

Today fewer than 3 percent of the population are farmers.

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