Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
1,486 
1,756 
698 
991 
1,589 
percent 
100.0 
3.4 
4.1 
1.6 
2.3 
3.7 
Land in farms 
acres 
8,902,654 
1,215,672 
735,724 
414,552 
612,791 
783,243 
Average size of farm 
acres 
206 
818 
419 
594 
618 
493 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
43,223 
1,486 
1,756 
698 
991 
1,589 
$1,000 
5,659,318 
3,542,252 
1,317,025 
257,494 
158,732 
1 1 1 ,649 
Average per farm 
dollars 
130,933 
2,383,750 
750,014 
368,902 
160,174 
70,264 
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 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,589 
$100,000 to $249,999 
991 
- 
- 
- 
991 
- 
$250,000 to $499,999 
698 
- 
- 
698 
- 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
1,756 
_ 
1,756 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
1,486 
1,486 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
1,137 
1,137 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
272 
272 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
77 
77 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
43,223 
1,486 
1,756 
698 
991 
1,589 
$1,000 
5,571,173 
3,519,773 
1,303,060 
251 ,493 
151,279 
105,674 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
3,095 
360 
361 
210 
332 
342 
$1,000 
435,465 
240,875 
89,533 
38,418 
34,595 
16,993 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,147 
281 
270 
161 
236 
199 
$1,000 
410,996 
239,440 
87,832 
37,215 
32,534 
13,976 
Corn 
farms 
2,052 
282 
234 
132 
217 
190 
$1,000 
176,920 
106,827 
35,032 
1 1 ,436 
11,891 
5,388 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
603 
213 
177 
82 
92 
39 
$1,000 
161,843 
105,637 
34,053 
10,267 
9,348 
2,539 
Wheat 
farms 
879 
172 
183 
98 
146 
98 
$1,000 
67,538 
38,620 
14,809 
6,253 
4,700 
1,743 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
309 
130 
103 
47 
23 
6 
$1,000 
56,981 
37,617 
12,676 
4,736 
1,561 
390 
Soybeans 
farms 
1,502 
220 
216 
152 
237 
223 
$1,000 
183,808 
92,432 
38,363 
19,842 
17,175 
9,625 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
734 
190 
164 
127 
160 
93 
$1,000 
168,178 
91,512 
36,937 
19,055 
14,782 
5,892 
Sorghum 
farms 
129 
26 
20 
13 
22 
8 
$1,000 
3,094 
(D) 
350 
383 
575 
139 
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 
46 
57 
22 
36 
32 
$1,000 
4,032 
1,829 
979 
504 
254 
98 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
14 
9 
- 
5 
- 
- 
$1,000 
1,382 
1,109 
- 
273 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
1 
_ 
_ 
_ 
1 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
925 
228 
232 
125 
150 
73 
$1,000 
254,506 
154,340 
62,592 
20,736 
12,492 
2,689 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
684 
222 
221 
120 
99 
22 
$1,000 
249,496 
154,226 
62,163 
20,607 
1 1 ,042 
1,458 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
1,394 
27 
39 
18 
37 
88 
$1,000 
50,332 
20,332 
9,316 
3,216 
2,253 
4,038 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
120 
21 
26 
12 
15 
46 
$1,000 
37,286 
20,257 
9,149 
3,082 
1,766 
3,032 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
1,261 
23 
29 
16 
52 
113 
$1,000 
23,872 
3,483 
1,395 
(D) 
4,906 
4,290 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
102 
7 
6 
7 
35 
47 
$1,000 
13,129 
3,231 
1,053 
1,152 
4,636 
3,057 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
1,021 
18 
26 
13 
39 
96 
$1,000 
19,766 
3,438 
1,348 
(D) 
3,189 
3,849 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
86 
7 
6 
7 
25 
41 
$1,000 
11,109 
3,203 
1,048 
1,152 
2,999 
2,707 
Berries 
farms 
321 
7 
7 
3 
19 
25 
$1,000 
4,106 
45 
47 
(D) 
1,717 
441 
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 
58 
38 
61 
87 
$1,000 
242,589 
178,262 
34,013 
12,718 
8,089 
5,279 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
271 
49 
57 
36 
58 
71 
$1,000 
237,849 
178,224 
(D) 
(D) 
8,023 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
106 Alabama 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
