Table 6. Income From Farm-Related Sources: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
United States 
Alabama 
Alaska 
Arizona 
Arkansas 
California 
Total income from farm-related sources, 
gross before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms, 2012 
810,955 
12,971 
176 
2,991 
15,139 
23,685 
2007 
693,187 
9,777 
117 
1,751 
9,792 
16,846 
$1,000, 2012 
18,522,606 
143,390 
3,150 
95,875 
206,982 
1,204,560 
2007 
10,489,874 
119,799 
3,224 
76,233 
130,397 
820,562 
Average per farm 
....dollars, 2012 
22,840 
1 1 ,055 
17,897 
32,054 
13,672 
50,857 
2007 
15,133 
12,253 
27,555 
43,537 
13,317 
48,710 
Customwork and other agricultural services 
farms, 2012 
121,756 
1,495 
27 
572 
1,543 
5,255 
2007 
121,874 
1,364 
24 
423 
1,589 
3,869 
$1,000, 2012 
2,301,667 
15,889 
214 
19,799 
27,088 
383,434 
2007 
1,875,665 
1 1 ,809 
799 
19,695 
26,985 
257,785 
Gross cash rent or share payments (see text) ... 
farms, 2012 
291,522 
3,877 
38 
483 
3,031 
6,000 
2007 
241,923 
3,136 
20 
304 
2,375 
4,652 
$1,000, 2012 
4,558,131 
22,442 
141 
13,367 
67,196 
256,997 
2007 
2,883,897 
14,020 
84 
16,336 
37,785 
170,043 
Sales of forest products, excluding Christmas 
trees, short rotation woody crops, and 
maple products 
farms, 2012 
51,931 
2,121 
16 
103 
1,445 
862 
2007 
47,603 
1,948 
15 
152 
1,268 
546 
$1,000, 2012 
687,084 
51,732 
(D) 
162 
15,899 
27,613 
2007 
594,944 
44,159 
37 
222 
16,952 
9,408 
Agri -tourism and recreational services 
farms, 2012 
33,161 
787 
42 
323 
389 
1,699 
2007 
23,350 
591 
28 
111 
268 
685 
$1,000, 2012 
704,038 
9,669 
2,119 
10,573 
3,653 
64,520 
2007 
566,834 
7,107 
1,476 
6,291 
4,124 
34,880 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms, 2012 
332,054 
4,784 
4 
574 
6,607 
7,469 
2007 
288,196 
2,787 
3 
269 
4,378 
5,381 
$1,000, 2012 
1,160,550 
7,362 
1 
16,973 
25,024 
171,066 
2007 
854,995 
4,610 
(D) 
12,703 
20,873 
113,546 
Crop and livestock insurance payments 
farms, 2012 
129,670 
792 
1 
162 
1,362 
1,568 
2007 
82,001 
880 
- 
42 
854 
1,511 
$1,000, 2012 
6,905,787 
18,606 
(D) 
10,363 
34,815 
62,457 
2007 
1,676,727 
27,607 
1,037 
10,318 
63,418 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms, 2012 
28,100 
262 
14 
131 
2,837 
343 
2007 
34,410 
749 
3 
254 
517 
223 
$1,000, 2012 
150,233 
1,245 
37 
876 
2,696 
4,218 
2007 
145,413 
1,459 
(D) 
1,071 
1,334 
2,460 
Average per farm 
....dollars, 2012 
5,346 
4,752 
2,620 
6,684 
950 
12,297 
2007 
4,226 
1,948 
(D) 
4,216 
2,580 
1 1 ,032 
Other farm-related income sources (see text) ... 
farms, 2012 
103,308 
1,309 
69 
1,107 
1,439 
5,192 
2007 
118,939 
827 
51 
503 
796 
3,875 
$1,000, 2012 
2,054,008 
16,445 
614 
23,762 
30,611 
234,255 
2007 
1,891,400 
9,029 
815 
18,879 
12,026 
169,021 
--continued 
292 United States 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
