Tables. Land: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
LAND USE 
LAND USE - Con. 
Farms 
.number 
45,071 
100.0 
49,346 
Total cropland - Con. 
Land in farms 
.... acres 
13,810,786 
100.0 
13,872,862 
Other cropland - Con. 
Total cropland 
....farms 
29,380 
65.2 
35,154 
Cropland in cultivated 
acres 
7,931,111 
57.4 
8,432,221 
summer fallow 
farms 
537 
1.2 
500 
Flarvested cropland 
....farms 
25,535 
56.7 
29,050 
acres 
32,935 
0.2 
34,021 
acres 
7,316,469 
53.0 
7,367,068 
Farms by acres harvested: 
Total woodland 
farms 
25,132 
55.8 
24,437 
1 to 49 acres 
13,371 
29.7 
16,123 
acres 
2,258,259 
16.4 
2,239,119 
1 to 9 acres 
2,150 
4.8 
2,797 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
13,537 
30.0 
13,462 
1 0 to 19 acres 
3,446 
7.6 
4,344 
acres 
742,185 
5.4 
742,648 
20 to 29 acres 
3,229 
7.2 
3,807 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
15,474 
34.3 
14,587 
30 to 49 acres 
4,546 
10.1 
5,175 
acres 
1,516,074 
11.0 
1,496,471 
50 to 99 acres 
4,667 
10.4 
5,027 
Permanent pasture and rangeland. 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
2,816 
6.2 
2,895 
other than cropland and woodland 
200 to 499 acres 
1,687 
3.7 
1,778 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
30,490 
67.6 
28,251 
500 to 999 acres 
749 
1.7 
1,036 
acres 
3,123,642 
22.6 
2,637,556 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,117 
2.5 
1,172 
2,000 acres or more 
1,128 
2.5 
1,019 
Land in farmsteads, buildings. 
livestock facilities, ponds. 
Other pasture and grazing land that 
roads, wasteland, etc 
farms 
24,209 
53.7 
19,272 
could have been used for crops without 
acres 
497,774 
3.6 
563,966 
additional improvement (see text)... 
....farms 
2,049 
4.5 
8,790 
acres 
180,875 
1.3 
724,044 
CONSERVATION AND CROP 
INSURANCE 
Other cropland 
....farms 
5,804 
12.9 
4,819 
acres 
433,767 
3.1 
341,109 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands 
Cropland idle or used for 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
cover crops or soil-improvement 
Programs 
farms 
2,643 
(X) 
2,948 
but not harvested and not 
acres 
238,619 
(X) 
441,655 
pastured or grazed 
....farms 
4,121 
9.1 
3,683 
acres 
312,068 
2.3 
259,318 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
Cropland on which all crops failed 
programs 
farms 
5,128 
(X) 
4,176 
or were abandoned 
....farms 
1,631 
3.6 
959 
acres 
4,758,509 
(X) 
3,901,756 
acres 
88,764 
0.6 
47,770 
16 Arkansas 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
