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 
43,223 
100.0 
48,753 
Total cropland - Con. 
Land in farms 
.... acres 
8,902,654 
100.0 
9,033,537 
Other cropland - Con. 
Total cropland 
....farms 
26,707 
61.8 
31,773 
Cropland in cultivated 
acres 
2,758,521 
31.0 
3,142,958 
summer fallow 
farms 
864 
2.0 
977 
Flarvested cropland 
....farms 
21,283 
49.2 
23,336 
acres 
32,209 
0.4 
36,918 
acres 
2,158,026 
24.2 
1 ,994,743 
Farms by acres harvested: 
Total woodland 
farms 
25,493 
59.0 
27,892 
1 to 49 acres 
14,475 
33.5 
16,304 
acres 
3,333,046 
37.4 
3,375,438 
1 to 9 acres 
3,967 
9.2 
4,473 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
1 1 ,999 
27.8 
14,007 
1 0 to 19 acres 
3,886 
9.0 
4,468 
acres 
496,015 
5.6 
591,967 
20 to 29 acres 
3,201 
7.4 
3,525 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
17,860 
41.3 
19,050 
30 to 49 acres 
3,421 
7.9 
3,838 
acres 
2,837,031 
31.9 
2,783,471 
50 to 99 acres 
3,099 
7.2 
3,425 
Permanent pasture and rangeland. 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
1,717 
4.0 
1,734 
other than cropland and woodland 
200 to 499 acres 
1,126 
2.6 
1,140 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
28,422 
65.8 
29,142 
500 to 999 acres 
418 
1.0 
384 
acres 
2,269,315 
25.5 
2,017,079 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
301 
0.7 
243 
2,000 acres or more 
147 
0.3 
106 
Land in farmsteads, buildings. 
livestock facilities, ponds. 
Other pasture and grazing land that 
roads, wasteland, etc 
farms 
26,605 
61.6 
22,501 
could have been used for crops without 
acres 
541,772 
6.1 
498,062 
additional improvement (see text)... 
....farms 
2,792 
6.5 
10,126 
acres 
157,488 
1.8 
626,995 
CONSERVATION AND CROP 
INSURANCE 
Other cropland 
....farms 
7,569 
17.5 
8,140 
acres 
443,007 
5.0 
521,220 
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 
5,094 
(X) 
6,652 
but not harvested and not 
acres 
388,848 
(X) 
494,441 
pastured or grazed 
....farms 
6,137 
14.2 
5,652 
acres 
377,759 
4.2 
371,411 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
Cropland on which all crops failed 
programs 
farms 
2,719 
(X) 
2,470 
or were abandoned 
....farms 
1,172 
2.7 
2,568 
acres 
1,278,617 
(X) 
1,004,146 
acres 
33,039 
0.4 
112,891 
16 Alabama 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
