Table 68. Summary by North American industry Ciassification System: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
.. number 
45,071 
4,234 
441 
403 
252 
8,838 
_ 
percent 
100.0 
9.4 
1.0 
0.9 
0.6 
19.6 
- 
Land in farms 
acres 
13,810,786 
5,964,427 
51,463 
19,877 
1,948,697 
- 
Average size of farm 
acres 
306 
1,409 
74 
128 
79 
220 
- 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
45,071 
4,234 
441 
403 
252 
8,838 
_ 
$1,000 
10,038,726 
4,496,714 
36,103 
(D) 
42,725 
456,432 
- 
Average per farm 
....dollars 
222,731 
1,062,049 
81,867 
(D) 
169,544 
51,644 
- 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
9,032 
3 
16 
112 
16 
2,097 
- 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
4,352 
18 
55 
16 
12 
1,764 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
5,006 
70 
94 
58 
11 
1,527 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
5,888 
114 
81 
62 
39 
1,427 
- 
$1 0,000 to $24,999 
7,223 
210 
101 
76 
51 
1,216 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
3,724 
268 
46 
28 
35 
398 
_ 
$50,000 to $99,999 
2,167 
295 
20 
21 
21 
125 
- 
$100,000 to $249,999 
1,403 
513 
13 
18 
38 
55 
- 
$250,000 to $499,999 
1,100 
434 
3 
8 
11 
31 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
1,536 
568 
6 
3 
9 
39 
_ 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
3,640 
1,741 
6 
1 
9 
159 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
2,922 
1,344 
2 
1 
5 
131 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
578 
321 
2 
- 
3 
23 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
140 
76 
2 
- 
1 
5 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
45,071 
4,234 
441 
403 
252 
8,838 
_ 
$1,000 
9,775,758 
4,305,516 
35,657 
13,615 
42,556 
424,115 
- 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
4,629 
4,234 
16 
3 
4 
246 
- 
$1,000 
4,214,355 
4,103,327 
3,299 
(D) 
383 
98,101 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
3,739 
3,494 
8 
2 
191 
- 
$1,000 
4,197,447 
4,088,531 
3,164 
- 
(D) 
97,195 
- 
Corn 
farms 
1,741 
1,578 
6 
- 
105 
- 
$1,000 
802,551 
762,619 
(D) 
- 
- 
37,669 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,499 
1,398 
- 
- 
86 
- 
$1,000 
797,232 
758,073 
- 
- 
- 
37,355 
- 
Wheat 
farms 
1,630 
1,522 
4 
2 
3 
50 
- 
$1,000 
170,891 
165,498 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
3,554 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
853 
818 
1 
1 
23 
- 
$1,000 
154,162 
149,953 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
3,134 
- 
Soybeans 
farms 
4,154 
3,886 
12 
2 
3 
197 
- 
$1,000 
1 ,853,360 
1,797,860 
2,665 
(D) 
251 
47,992 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
3,258 
3,083 
5 
1 
147 
- 
$1,000 
1 ,835,309 
1,781,635 
2,517 
- 
(D) 
46,886 
- 
Sorghum 
farms 
549 
498 
4 
- 
27 
- 
$1,000 
70,861 
66,506 
(D) 
- 
- 
3,526 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
349 
330 
2 
- 
- 
14 
- 
$1,000 
66,570 
62,687 
(D) 
- 
- 
3,296 
- 
Barley 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
2,345 
2,315 
1 
- 
1 
22 
- 
$1,000 
1,314,526 
1,308,681 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
5,359 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2,149 
2,128 
- 
1 
17 
- 
$1,000 
1 ,308,474 
1,302,927 
- 
- 
(D) 
5,201 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds. 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
46 
38 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
$1,000 
2,166 
2,162 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
14 
14 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
1,784 
1,784 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
.... farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
701 
412 
- 
- 
- 
287 
- 
$1,000 
445,812 
165,503 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
638 
379 
- 
- 
- 
257 
- 
$1,000 
443,955 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
279,168 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes. 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
634 
24 
441 
15 
30 
42 
- 
$1,000 
36,577 
3,211 
31,576 
(D) 
219 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
62 
12 
42 
1 
2 
- 
$1,000 
31,630 
3,038 
27,744 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
496 
22 
44 
311 
18 
33 
_ 
$1,000 
15,600 
(D) 
255 
12,484 
457 
210 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
57 
4 
- 
47 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 
11,364 
709 
- 
9,729 
(D) 
- 
- 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
368 
21 
20 
239 
11 
23 
- 
$1,000 
12,386 
(D) 
96 
9,981 
87 
113 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
52 
4 
- 
43 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
9,203 
(D) 
- 
7,868 
- 
- 
- 
Berries 
farms 
169 
1 
30 
94 
8 
17 
- 
$1,000 
3,214 
(D) 
159 
2,503 
371 
97 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
158 Arkansas 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
