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 
2,109,303 
100.0 
2,204,792 
Total cropland - Con. 
Land in farms 
.... acres 
914,527,657 
100.0 
922,095,840 
Other cropland - Con. 
Total cropland 
....farms 
1,551,654 
73.6 
1 ,685,339 
Cropland in cultivated 
acres 
389,690,414 
42.6 
406,424,909 
summer fallow 
farms 
61,442 
2.9 
67,960 
Flarvested cropland 
....farms 
1 ,288,875 
61.1 
1,328,004 
acres 
14,145,567 
1.5 
15,671,507 
acres 
314,964,600 
34.4 
309,607,601 
Farms by acres harvested: 
Total woodland 
farms 
840,399 
39.8 
843,294 
1 to 49 acres 
683,338 
32.4 
700,266 
acres 
77,012,907 
8.4 
75,098,603 
1 to 9 acres 
239,546 
11.4 
233,119 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
350,761 
16.6 
370,297 
1 0 to 19 acres 
175,117 
8.3 
182,514 
acres 
27,999,006 
3.1 
28,609,690 
20 to 29 acres 
119,652 
5.7 
126,330 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
606,279 
28.7 
596,123 
30 to 49 acres 
149,023 
7.1 
158,303 
acres 
49,013,901 
5.4 
46,488,913 
50 to 99 acres 
172,123 
8.2 
179,055 
Permanent pasture and rangeland. 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
136,341 
6.5 
141,875 
other than cropland and woodland 
200 to 499 acres 
136,252 
6.5 
143,776 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
1,176,156 
55.8 
1,132,606 
500 to 999 acres 
78,343 
3.7 
82,211 
acres 
415,309,280 
45.4 
408,832,116 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
52,320 
2.5 
53,728 
2,000 acres or more 
30,158 
1.4 
27,093 
Land in farmsteads, buildings. 
livestock facilities, ponds. 
Other pasture and grazing land that 
roads, wasteland, etc 
farms 
1 ,338,485 
63.5 
1,126,272 
could have been used for crops without 
acres 
32,515,057 
3.6 
31,740,212 
additional improvement (see text)... 
....farms 
141,537 
6.7 
404,753 
acres 
12,802,847 
1.4 
35,771,154 
CONSERVATION AND CROP 
INSURANCE 
Other cropland 
....farms 
489,250 
23.2 
469,860 
acres 
61,922,967 
6.8 
61,046,154 
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 
291,706 
(X) 
346,231 
but not harvested and not 
acres 
27,485,000 
(X) 
38,547,450 
pastured or grazed 
....farms 
381,453 
18.1 
360,225 
acres 
36,382,032 
4.0 
37,968,749 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
Cropland on which all crops failed 
programs 
farms 
360,673 
(X) 
349,408 
or were abandoned 
....farms 
97,248 
4.6 
89,587 
acres 
245,501,827 
(X) 
222,267,817 
acres 
11,395,368 
1.2 
7,405,898 
16 United States 
2012 Census of Agriculture - UNITED STATES DATA 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
