Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
45,071 
3,640 
1,536 
1,100 
1,403 
2,167 
percent 
100.0 
8.1 
3.4 
2.4 
3.1 
4.8 
Land in farms 
acres 
13,810,786 
5,782,740 
1,006,916 
670,338 
876,658 
926,448 
Average size of farm 
acres 
306 
1,589 
656 
609 
625 
428 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
45,071 
3,640 
1,536 
1,100 
1,403 
2,167 
$1,000 
10,038,726 
7,806,922 
1,132,961 
410,244 
223,276 
151,323 
Average per farm 
dollars 
222,731 
2,144,759 
737,605 
372,949 
159,142 
69,831 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
9,032 
. 
. 
. 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
4,352 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
5,006 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
5,888 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
7,223 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
3,724 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$50,000 to $99,999 
2,167 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,167 
$100,000 to $249,999 
1,403 
- 
- 
- 
1,403 
- 
$250,000 to $499,999 
1,100 
- 
- 
1,100 
- 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
1,536 
_ 
1,536 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
3,640 
3,640 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
2,922 
2,922 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
578 
578 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
140 
140 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
45,071 
3,640 
1,536 
1,100 
1,403 
2,167 
$1,000 
9,775,758 
7,642,060 
1,108,294 
395,960 
208,391 
139,242 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
4,629 
1,924 
610 
470 
562 
322 
$1,000 
4,214,355 
3,569,358 
388,925 
146,746 
76,772 
19,669 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
3,739 
1,905 
601 
462 
530 
241 
$1,000 
4,197,447 
3,569,065 
388,654 
146,653 
75,958 
17,117 
Corn 
farms 
1,741 
1,104 
226 
123 
152 
63 
$1,000 
802,551 
723,007 
49,229 
15,513 
1 1 ,344 
2,538 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,499 
1,074 
204 
101 
91 
29 
$1,000 
797,232 
722,108 
48,520 
15,037 
9,620 
1,946 
Wheat 
farms 
1,630 
769 
214 
157 
160 
102 
$1,000 
170,891 
133,777 
16,806 
8,976 
6,487 
2,444 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
853 
610 
120 
72 
43 
8 
$1,000 
154,162 
128,966 
14,293 
6,652 
3,741 
510 
Soybeans 
farms 
4,154 
1,870 
590 
430 
476 
243 
$1,000 
1,853,360 
1,532,627 
185,591 
73,637 
42,243 
11,113 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
3,258 
1,841 
566 
401 
350 
100 
$1,000 
1,835,309 
1,531,899 
184,909 
72,925 
38,652 
6,924 
Sorghum 
farms 
549 
320 
81 
60 
41 
21 
$1,000 
70,861 
54,776 
7,778 
(D) 
(D) 
433 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
349 
250 
49 
32 
15 
3 
$1,000 
66,570 
52,977 
7,109 
4,485 
1,837 
161 
Barley 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
2,345 
1,378 
420 
260 
181 
66 
$1,000 
1,314,526 
1,123,596 
129,417 
43,143 
14,292 
3,103 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2,149 
1,350 
409 
222 
139 
29 
$1,000 
1 ,308,474 
1,122,564 
129,092 
41,928 
13,012 
1,878 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
46 
17 
3 
3 
2 
5 
$1,000 
2,166 
1,575 
104 
(D) 
(D) 
37 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
14 
11 
1 
1 
1 
- 
$1,000 
1,784 
1,451 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
_ 
_ 
- 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
701 
469 
88 
56 
48 
16 
$1,000 
445,812 
399,662 
30,370 
10,060 
4,355 
792 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
638 
465 
83 
45 
38 
7 
$1,000 
443,955 
399,558 
30,201 
9,668 
4,026 
502 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
634 
34 
10 
10 
28 
35 
$1,000 
36,577 
24,626 
3,282 
1,523 
1,885 
1,273 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
62 
21 
7 
5 
15 
14 
$1,000 
31,630 
24,407 
(D) 
1,437 
1,649 
(D) 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
496 
25 
12 
16 
33 
38 
$1,000 
15,600 
2,652 
2,373 
2,791 
3,131 
1,597 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
57 
8 
4 
10 
18 
17 
$1,000 
1 1 ,364 
2,341 
2,270 
2,704 
2,792 
1,257 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
368 
23 
10 
15 
29 
33 
$1,000 
12,386 
(D) 
(D) 
2,644 
2,438 
1,435 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
52 
7 
4 
10 
16 
15 
$1,000 
9,203 
1,011 
2,270 
2,582 
2,193 
1,147 
Berries 
farms 
169 
3 
2 
3 
13 
6 
$1,000 
3,214 
(D) 
(D) 
146 
694 
161 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
10 
2 
2 
5 
1 
$1,000 
2,069 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
286 
13 
11 
12 
41 
27 
$1,000 
41,784 
22,681 
6,481 
3,551 
5,540 
1,513 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
91 
11 
10 
11 
39 
20 
$1,000 
39,540 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,385 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
106 Arkansas 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
