Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and Market Value of Agricultural Products 
Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1 ,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
161,939 
271,511 
248,616 
231,388 
236,501 
428,810 
percent 
7.7 
12.9 
11.8 
11.0 
11.2 
20.3 
Land in farms 
acres 
53,239,867 
55,519,859 
32,084,011 
21,351,550 
17,737,570 
63,043,184 
Average size of farm 
acres 
329 
204 
129 
92 
75 
147 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
161,939 
271,511 
248,616 
231,388 
236,501 
428,810 
$1,000 
5,735,840 
4,322,916 
1 ,768,743 
832,130 
392,644 
80,197 
Average per farm 
dollars 
35,420 
15,922 
7,114 
3,596 
1,660 
187 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
428,810 
$1,000 to $2,499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
236,501 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
- 
- 
- 
231,388 
- 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
- 
- 
248,616 
- 
- 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
- 
271,511 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
161,939 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$50,000 to $99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$100,000 to $249,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$250,000 to $499,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
161,939 
271,511 
248,616 
231,388 
236,501 
428,810 
$1,000 
5,225,346 
3,768,245 
1,459,171 
651,796 
291,208 
64,222 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
54,847 
49,435 
26,553 
14,962 
8,702 
3,751 
$1,000 
1,396,746 
576,229 
139,893 
41,757 
1 1 ,909 
1,819 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn 
farms 
34,343 
27,794 
14,084 
7,456 
4,335 
2,034 
$1,000 
597,287 
243,561 
62,605 
18,431 
5,639 
966 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wheat 
farms 
13,532 
9,586 
3,822 
1,654 
869 
252 
$1,000 
207,256 
83,657 
17,091 
4,307 
1,161 
125 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans 
farms 
29,081 
21,691 
10,065 
5,370 
2,625 
785 
$1,000 
528,888 
221,343 
52,647 
15,884 
3,816 
443 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum 
farms 
1,792 
1,145 
443 
181 
136 
35 
$1,000 
23,056 
8,525 
1,687 
464 
171 
13 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
1,286 
939 
404 
205 
117 
57 
$1,000 
12,358 
4,838 
1,220 
452 
127 
25 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
129 
63 
15 
6 
3 
3 
$1,000 
3,996 
747 
79 
13 
4 
2 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
5,303 
4,954 
2,697 
1,689 
1,143 
743 
$1,000 
23,906 
13,558 
4,565 
2,206 
991 
245 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
1,468 
1,051 
382 
118 
36 
16 
$1,000 
30,984 
11,963 
2,116 
354 
45 
5 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
985 
580 
198 
68 
25 
11 
$1,000 
23,604 
7,356 
1,174 
221 
35 
7 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
7,600 
13,100 
1 1 ,577 
8,515 
5,334 
2,389 
$1,000 
148,984 
128,948 
55,852 
22,447 
6,770 
1,016 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
13,120 
20,091 
15,479 
10,543 
6,468 
3,277 
$1,000 
348,322 
246,276 
85,396 
30,959 
9,160 
1,752 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
10,815 
16,380 
12,459 
8,425 
4,998 
2,120 
$1,000 
308,477 
212,776 
72,356 
26,084 
7,403 
1,147 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Berries 
farms 
2,986 
4,879 
3,908 
2,664 
1,697 
1,228 
$1,000 
39,844 
33,500 
13,040 
4,874 
1,757 
605 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
7,157 
10,809 
6,262 
3,947 
2,784 
960 
$1,000 
185,470 
130,995 
32,390 
10,651 
3,709 
399 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - UNITED STATES DATA 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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