Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
2,662 
5,573 
5,591 
4,782 
4,246 
14,007 
percent 
6.2 
12.9 
12.9 
11.1 
9.8 
32.4 
Land in farms 
acres 
793,027 
1,001,545 
609,416 
399,405 
285,534 
2,247,900 
Average size of farm 
acres 
298 
180 
109 
84 
67 
160 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
2,662 
5,573 
5,591 
4,782 
4,246 
14,007 
$1,000 
96,869 
92,859 
42,943 
18,910 
8,151 
21,962 
Average per farm 
dollars 
36,390 
16,662 
7,681 
3,954 
1,920 
1,568 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
9,956 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4,002 
1,813 
$2,500 to $4,999 
- 
- 
- 
4,424 
144 
1,128 
$5,000 to $9,999 
- 
- 
5,275 
273 
71 
692 
$10,000 to $24,999 
- 
5,341 
301 
78 
26 
346 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,530 
225 
10 
7 
3 
58 
$50,000 to $99,999 
132 
3 
2 
- 
- 
10 
$100,000 to $249,999 
- 
4 
3 
- 
- 
4 
$250,000 to $499,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
2,662 
5,573 
5,591 
4,782 
4,246 
14,007 
$1,000 
92,399 
87,680 
39,907 
17,105 
7,132 
1,611 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
352 
397 
290 
211 
111 
144 
$1,000 
9,163 
4,127 
1,453 
576 
132 
56 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn 
farms 
205 
245 
180 
147 
90 
136 
$1,000 
3,440 
1,859 
734 
360 
101 
49 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wheat 
farms 
79 
45 
39 
13 
4 
2 
$1,000 
934 
307 
149 
19 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans 
farms 
178 
139 
94 
42 
9 
- 
$1,000 
4,152 
1,772 
527 
147 
15 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum 
farms 
24 
8 
4 
4 
1 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
112 
(D) 
7 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
2 
- 
1 
- 
- 
4 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(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 
27 
32 
24 
17 
10 
6 
$1,000 
202 
77 
32 
42 
12 
2 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
51 
29 
21 
10 
5 
3 
$1,000 
1,090 
422 
150 
33 
8 
2 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
165 
349 
296 
188 
132 
59 
$1,000 
4,428 
4,252 
1,806 
594 
196 
31 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
135 
329 
255 
174 
92 
57 
$1,000 
2,589 
3,989 
1,522 
564 
(D) 
35 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
117 
263 
207 
143 
67 
46 
$1,000 
2,243 
2,976 
1,230 
467 
99 
29 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Berries 
farms 
27 
101 
55 
36 
28 
13 
$1,000 
346 
1,013 
292 
96 
(D) 
6 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
71 
120 
85 
30 
41 
13 
$1,000 
2,033 
1,582 
456 
101 
62 
4 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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