Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
2,833 
6,092 
6,311 
5,696 
5,815 
9,956 
percent 
6.6 
14.1 
14.6 
13.2 
13.5 
23.0 
Land in farms 
acres 
943,121 
1,249,652 
879,760 
632,963 
543,418 
891,758 
Average size of farm 
acres 
333 
205 
139 
111 
93 
90 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
2,833 
6,092 
6,311 
5,696 
5,815 
9,956 
$1,000 
98,871 
96,046 
45,187 
20,413 
9,624 
2,025 
Average per farm 
dollars 
34,900 
15,766 
7,160 
3,584 
1,655 
203 
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 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$100,000 to $249,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$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 
2,833 
6,092 
6,311 
5,696 
5,815 
9,956 
$1,000 
91,206 
85,778 
38,694 
15,985 
6,742 
1,490 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
369 
397 
284 
208 
98 
134 
$1,000 
9,225 
3,775 
1,332 
560 
105 
53 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn 
farms 
221 
244 
173 
148 
85 
126 
$1,000 
3,532 
1,646 
674 
356 
91 
46 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wheat 
farms 
86 
38 
43 
9 
4 
2 
$1,000 
971 
270 
155 
14 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans 
farms 
187 
131 
89 
41 
6 
- 
$1,000 
4,100 
1,654 
469 
139 
8 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum 
farms 
23 
8 
8 
- 
1 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
112 
(D) 
- 
(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 
26 
39 
21 
18 
5 
6 
$1,000 
202 
93 
18 
51 
2 
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 
57 
27 
16 
10 
4 
3 
$1,000 
1,177 
329 
109 
33 
8 
2 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
165 
358 
296 
186 
123 
57 
$1,000 
4,355 
4,254 
1,793 
569 
176 
30 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
135 
329 
272 
155 
86 
51 
$1,000 
2,437 
3,902 
1,527 
495 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
115 
265 
220 
127 
60 
42 
$1,000 
2,069 
2,911 
1,229 
404 
88 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Berries 
farms 
29 
99 
59 
33 
29 
11 
$1,000 
368 
991 
298 
91 
(D) 
5 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
72 
120 
84 
29 
41 
13 
$1,000 
2,037 
1,579 
447 
98 
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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