Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
43,223 
1,462 
1,754 
689 
947 
1,510 
percent 
100.0 
3.4 
4.1 
1.6 
2.2 
3.5 
Land in farms 
acres 
8,902,654 
1,172,811 
751,429 
406,023 
578,116 
657,448 
Average size of farm 
acres 
206 
802 
428 
589 
610 
435 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
43,223 
1,462 
1,754 
689 
947 
1,510 
$1,000 
5,659,318 
3,517,705 
1,328,091 
261,624 
159,380 
110,823 
Average per farm 
dollars 
130,933 
2,406,091 
757,179 
379,716 
168,300 
73,393 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
9,956 
. 
. 
. 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
5,815 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
5,696 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
6,311 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
6,092 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,833 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$50,000 to $99,999 
1,589 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,442 
$100,000 to $249,999 
991 
- 
- 
- 
912 
68 
$250,000 to $499,999 
698 
- 
- 
663 
35 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
1,756 
_ 
1,730 
26 
_ 
_ 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
1,486 
1,462 
24 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
1,137 
1,113 
24 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
272 
272 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
77 
77 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
43,223 
1,462 
1,754 
689 
947 
1,510 
$1,000 
5,571,173 
3,496,379 
1,314,135 
255,456 
153,426 
105,945 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
3,095 
342 
365 
200 
337 
346 
$1,000 
435,465 
232,404 
96,090 
36,280 
37,439 
1 7,744 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,147 
264 
279 
146 
245 
213 
$1,000 
410,996 
231,017 
94,413 
35,019 
35,395 
15,152 
Corn 
farms 
2,052 
267 
236 
140 
209 
197 
$1,000 
176,920 
103,773 
36,994 
12,021 
12,196 
5,391 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
603 
199 
185 
84 
95 
40 
$1,000 
161,843 
102,632 
36,034 
10,785 
9,793 
2,600 
Wheat 
farms 
879 
164 
185 
88 
154 
106 
$1,000 
67,538 
37,160 
16,095 
5,388 
5,539 
1,943 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
309 
125 
107 
40 
31 
6 
$1,000 
56,981 
36,253 
13,982 
4,017 
2,339 
390 
Soybeans 
farms 
1,502 
209 
221 
134 
249 
227 
$1,000 
183,808 
88,673 
41,494 
17,967 
18,927 
10,133 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
734 
179 
171 
109 
173 
102 
$1,000 
168,178 
87,753 
40,101 
17,169 
16,630 
6,525 
Sorghum 
farms 
129 
24 
21 
13 
22 
8 
$1,000 
3,094 
(D) 
386 
388 
533 
168 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
15 
6 
1 
4 
4 
- 
$1,000 
1,181 
(D) 
(D) 
251 
253 
- 
Barley 
farms 
8 
1 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
73 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
308 
43 
55 
26 
36 
32 
$1,000 
4,032 
1,673 
1,121 
517 
243 
109 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
14 
6 
3 
5 
- 
- 
$1,000 
1,382 
953 
156 
273 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
1 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
1 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
925 
215 
230 
124 
156 
81 
$1,000 
254,506 
148,542 
65,056 
22,613 
13,376 
3,214 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
684 
209 
219 
120 
108 
28 
$1,000 
249,496 
148,429 
64,627 
22,510 
1 1 ,983 
1,948 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
1,394 
27 
36 
21 
35 
86 
$1,000 
50,332 
20,332 
8,146 
4,386 
2,220 
3,941 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
120 
21 
23 
15 
15 
46 
$1,000 
37,286 
20,257 
7,978 
4,253 
1,766 
3,032 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
1,261 
23 
29 
13 
53 
101 
$1,000 
23,872 
3,483 
1,395 
(D) 
4,873 
4,058 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
102 
7 
6 
7 
34 
48 
$1,000 
13,129 
3,231 
1,053 
1,152 
4,553 
3,140 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
1,021 
18 
26 
12 
39 
83 
$1,000 
19,766 
3,438 
1,348 
1,208 
3,115 
3,613 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
86 
7 
6 
7 
24 
42 
$1,000 
11,109 
3,203 
1,048 
1,152 
2,916 
2,790 
Berries 
farms 
321 
7 
7 
1 
20 
26 
$1,000 
4,106 
45 
47 
(D) 
1,758 
445 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
14 
- 
- 
10 
4 
$1,000 
1,810 
- 
- 
- 
1,586 
224 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
655 
52 
57 
39 
61 
86 
$1,000 
242,589 
178,262 
33,877 
12,854 
8,089 
5,268 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
271 
49 
56 
37 
58 
71 
$1,000 
237,849 
178,224 
(D) 
(D) 
8,023 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
80 Alabama 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
