Table 1. Historical Highlights: 2012 and Earlier Census Years (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
2002 
1997 
Not adjusted for coverage 
1997 
1992 
1987 
1982 
Livestock and poultry: - Con. 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
3,469 
2,417 
1,662 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
number 
9,435,605 
9,624,254 
9,656,322 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Broilers and other meat- 
type chickens sold 
farms 
2,356 
2,428 
2,600 
2,615 
2,477 
2,460 
2,557 
2,659 
number 
1,001,776,907 
1,016,230,625 
1,050,885,771 
905,530,341 
871,123,702 
737,608,903 
564,583,477 
426,623,399 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
1,983 
1,872 
2,301 
4,233 
3,687 
5,305 
7,413 
10,390 
acres 
285,328 
276,661 
176,122 
242,714 
230,484 
281,053 
234,669 
310,680 
bushels 
25,998,347 
21,008,771 
15,241,418 
20,608,991 
19,735,218 
24,941,228 
15,623,257 
20,144,774 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
129 
126 
202 
319 
293 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
8,371 
11,016 
17,041 
17,403 
17,181 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons 
103,506 
86,493 
159,297 
196,841 
194,480 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
879 
520 
507 
793 
732 
870 
1,914 
4,090 
acres 
189,390 
76,202 
57,650 
85,490 
82,440 
86,071 
156,466 
474,467 
bushels 
10,434,299 
3,123,596 
2,278,237 
3,435,906 
3,326,421 
3,461,454 
4,903,608 
14,072,021 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
879 
520 
507 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
189,390 
76,202 
57,650 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
10,434,299 
3,123,596 
2,278,237 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Oats for grain 
farms 
233 
238 
285 
363 
347 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
15,069 
16,111 
13,531 
15,733 
15,609 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
750,562 
905,087 
591,232 
732,107 
721,962 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Barley for grain 
farms 
8 
- 
12 
4 
3 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
653 
- 
665 
29 
19 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
12,304 
- 
(D) 
465 
365 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
101 
78 
110 
110 
99 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
7,044 
5,827 
6,531 
5,685 
5,294 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
331,159 
215,276 
252,654 
275,278 
254,902 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sorghum for silage or greenchop 
farms 
38 
30 
27 
13 
12 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
2,568 
1,701 
1,407 
675 
674 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons 
56,889 
17,075 
13,988 
5,476 
5,474 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
1,502 
875 
980 
2,140 
1,889 
2,065 
4,124 
9,897 
acres 
334,831 
179,673 
164,771 
336,779 
316,019 
305,713 
575,370 
1,589,247 
bushels 
13,786,374 
3,660,854 
3,980,484 
8,357,997 
7,867,880 
8,871,365 
11,633,904 
36,402,694 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
1 
- 
5 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
(D) 
- 
5 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
cwt 
(D) 
- 
78 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Cotton, all 
farms 
925 
917 
1,320 
1,600 
1,470 
1,469 
1,820 
1,458 
acres 
376,464 
382,566 
523,123 
445,064 
433,160 
431,665 
346,013 
294,792 
bales 
710,958 
407,598 
567,569 
535,773 
523,864 
601,506 
380,936 
421,367 
Tobacco 
farms 
1 
- 
8 
18 
17 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
(D) 
- 
199 
277 
290 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
pounds 
(D) 
- 
431,600 
522,373 
541,112 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Forage-land used for all hay and 
haylage, grass silage, and greenchop 
(see text) 
farms 
16,039 
18,735 
18,060 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
807,058 
883,196 
823,039 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons, dry 
1,856,452 
1,641,373 
1,900,762 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
9 
7 
27 
6 
5 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
604 
19 
158 
(D) 
9 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
pounds 
95,694 
13,720 
59,912 
(D) 
8,200 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Peanuts for nuts 
farms 
772 
704 
1,134 
1,671 
1,510 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
217,940 
158,424 
176,395 
188,243 
181,393 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
pounds 
834,701,569 
396,914,610 
373,313,101 
368,324,564 
356,492,286 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Vegetables harvested for sale 
(see text) ' 
farms 
1,388 
1,603 
1,374 
1,416 
996 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
16,522 
18,868 
20,332 
25,776 
20,809 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Potatoes 
farms 
368 
267 
126 
183 
147 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
808 
1,082 
2,742 
6,221 
5,968 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sweet potatoes 
farms 
67 
83 
115 
140 
112 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
1,768 
2,297 
2,524 
3,870 
3,489 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Land in orchards 
farms 
1,522 
1,897 
1,852 
2,301 
1,874 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
19,675 
22,122 
28,009 
32,631 
29,109 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
' Data for 2002 and prior years are based on a sample of farms. 
^ Data for 1982 exclude abnormal farms. 
® Data for 1997 and prior years do not include imputation for item nonresponse. 
Data for 1982 exclude cost of custom applications. 
® Data for 1997 and prior years exclude cost of lime and manure. 
® Data for 1 982 do not include imputation for item nonresponse. 
^ Data for 2002 and prior years exclude potatoes, sweet potatoes, and ginseng. 
8 Alabama 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
