Table 9. Harvested Cropland by Size of Farm and Acres Harvested: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item United States Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California 
Farms number, 2012 1,288,875 21,283 495 5,587 25,535 53,372 
2007 1,328,004 23,336 424 4,993 29,050 53,000 
acres harvested, 2012 314,964,600 2,158,026 31,315 890,130 7,316,469 8,007,461 
2007 309,607,601 1,994,743 30,772 832,406 7,367,068 7,633,173 
HARVESTED CROPLAND BY SIZE OF FARM 
2012 size of farm: 
1 to 9 acres farms 91,899 861 143 2,458 439 16,772 
acres harvested 285,875 2,607 216 5,852 1,460 47,435 
10to49acres farms 293,340 4,879 108 1,562 4,390 17,517 
acres harvested 4,115,755 64,793 884 15,538 68,932 279,832 
50 to 69 acres farms 88,595 1,900 23 155 1,804 2,659 
acres harvested 2,457,020 45,288 461 4,564 46,363 106,190 
70 to 99 acres farms 113,352 2,313 27 146 2,547 2,576 
acres harvested 4,415,577 63,221 757 5,010 86,401 153,014 
100 to 139 acres farms 106,797 2,333 38 151 2,789 2,247 
acres harvested 5,737,126 83,054 1,718 7,525 125,440 179,277 
1 40 to 1 79 acres farms 83,564 1,688 20 144 1,940 1,714 
acres harvested 6,341,110 78,334 1,021 11,674 107,851 188,404 
180 to 21 9 acres farms 59,252 1,256 21 86 1,597 1,085 
acres harvested 5,610,170 74,796 1,911 9,461 107,905 153,270 
220 to 259 acres farms 46,477 881 11 56 1,180 867 
acres harvested 5,523,418 62,581 951 7,614 94,427 145,206 
260 to 499 acres farms 148,813 2,487 46 212 3,674 2,829 
acres harvested 28,780,760 261,975 4,329 43,215 445,553 748,857 
500 to 999 acres farms 114,733 1,565 31 244 2,149 2,255 
acres harvested 49,471,560 372,959 7,020 104,839 634,420 1,152,032 
1 .000 to 1 ,999 acres farms 76,535 671 12 183 1,601 1,389 
acres harvested 68,663,555 387,991 4,643 151,485 1,628,050 1,285,858 
2.000 acres or more farms 65,518 449 15 190 1,425 1,462 
acres harvested 133,562,674 660,427 7,404 523,353 3,969,667 3,568,086 
2007 size of farm: 
1to9 acres farms 91,191 921 80 2,834 633 15,948 
acres harvested 291,828 2,892 128 6,597 2,277 48,197 
10 to 49 acres farms 298,858 5,750 82 1,005 6,323 18,425 
acres harvested 4,296,973 75,529 688 12,335 102,189 309,862 
50 to 69 acres farms 88,505 2,120 25 98 2,274 2,647 
acres harvested 2,451,606 47,955 501 3,176 62,658 107,665 
70 to 99 acres farms 117,021 2,699 34 123 3,052 2,526 
acres harvested 4,500,846 75,619 1,151 4,222 105,985 148,849 
100 to 139 acres farms 109,554 2,679 38 92 2,829 1,991 
acres harvested 5,775,871 98,794 1,659 5,825 130,888 164,950 
140to 179acres farms 88,133 1,768 22 79 2,132 1,525 
acres harvested 6,590,706 82,232 986 6,139 124,590 171,762 
180 to 21 9 acres farms 60,334 1,221 16 41 1,434 1,078 
acres harvested 5,588,532 70,782 990 4,166 95,244 153,602 
220 to 259 acres farms 48,977 977 12 26 1,195 899 
acres harvested 5,730,418 65,216 1,044 3,570 97,337 156,291 
260 to 499 acres farms 159,319 2,571 56 145 3,716 2,899 
acres harvested 30,444,392 258,570 5,754 35,041 463,432 762,434 
500 to 999 acres farms 121,080 1,483 30 202 2,514 2,306 
acres harvested 51,556,447 324,058 6,215 100,305 842,258 1,187,402 
1 .000 to 1 ,999 acres farms 78,927 697 12 158 1,642 1,479 
acres harvested 69,844,694 356,335 4,441 153,835 1,648,887 1,391,250 
2.000 acres or more farms 66,105 450 17 190 1,306 1,277 
acres harvested 122,535,288 536,761 7,215 497,195 3,691,323 3,030,909 
HARVESTED CROPLAND BY ACRES HARVESTED 
2012 acres harvested: 
1 to 9 acres farms 239,546 3,967 267 3,566 2,150 23,534 
acres 1,007,870 16,865 568 10,200 9,931 77,271 
10to19acres farms 175,117 3,886 31 612 3,446 7,128 
acres 2,306,099 50,583 427 7,599 44,857 97,471 
20 to 29 acres farms 119,652 3,201 30 197 3,229 3,563 
acres 2,716,857 71,108 689 4,386 71,432 80,805 
30to49 acres farms 149,023 3,421 39 163 4,546 4,166 
acres 5,499,839 124,370 1,454 5,986 165,850 155,694 
50to99acres farms 172,123 3,099 48 211 4,667 4,412 
acres 11,736,862 203,118 3,263 13,771 308,020 306,254 
100 to 199 acres farms 136,341 1,717 36 189 2,816 3,567 
acres 18,639,589 220,608 4,560 25,890 358,037 492,973 
200 to 499 acres farms 136,252 1,126 30 257 1,687 3,538 
acres 42,573,794 324,717 8,241 81,324 487,686 1,106,824 
500 to 999 acres farms 78,343 418 9 164 749 1,780 
acres 54,930,688 282,652 5,698 108,295 528,521 1,239,268 
1 ,000 acres or more farms 82,478 448 5 228 2,245 1 ,684 
acres 175,553,002 864,005 6,415 632,679 5,342,135 4,450,901 
2007 acres harvested: 
1to9 acres farms 233,119 4,473 173 3,381 2,797 22,216 
acres 989,575 19,459 (D) 8,699 13,221 76,646 
10 to 19 acres farms 182,514 4,468 24 453 4,344 7,442 
acres 2,403,405 58,430 308 5,772 56,762 101,744 
20 to 29 acres farms 126,330 3,525 39 167 3,807 4,009 
acres 2,868,498 79,287 864 3,789 84,000 90,982 
30to49 acres farms 158,303 3,838 46 147 5,175 4,526 
acres 5,837,835 139,897 1,621 5,424 188,321 169,004 
50 to 99 acres farms 179,055 3,425 68 133 5,027 4,326 
acres 12,214,828 224,252 4,688 8,767 333,349 298,960 
100 to 199 acres farms 141,875 1,734 33 120 2,895 3,399 
acres 19,387,506 220,477 4,252 16,046 370,954 472,328 
200 to 499 acres farms 143,776 1,140 30 181 1,778 3,620 
acres 44,906,549 332,495 9,333 56,436 513,466 1,126,298 
500 to 999 acres farms 82,211 384 9 178 1,036 1,819 
acres 57,533,461 256,115 6,417 122,979 735,472 1,266,100 
1 ,000 acres or more farms 80,821 349 2 233 2,191 1,643 
acres 163,465,944 664,331 (D) 604,494 5,071,523 4,031,111 
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324 United States 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
