Table 68. Summary by North American industry Ciassification System: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
.. number 
43,223 
1,836 
1,083 
1,282 
653 
10,375 
_ 
percent 
100.0 
4.2 
2.5 
3.0 
1.5 
24.0 
- 
Land in farms 
acres 
8,902,654 
958,438 
85,652 
169,716 
81,060 
3,185,841 
- 
Average size of farm 
acres 
206 
522 
79 
132 
124 
307 
- 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
43,223 
1,836 
1,083 
1,282 
653 
10,375 
_ 
$1,000 
5,659,318 
425,697 
46,842 
23,742 
251,867 
603,528 
- 
Average per farm 
....dollars 
130,933 
231,861 
43,252 
18,519 
385,708 
58,171 
- 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
9,956 
114 
54 
367 
40 
2,077 
- 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
5,815 
72 
104 
91 
47 
2,201 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
5,696 
163 
167 
144 
35 
1,870 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
6,311 
200 
252 
237 
84 
1,599 
- 
$1 0,000 to $24,999 
6,092 
233 
271 
266 
119 
1,163 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,833 
271 
130 
70 
60 
481 
_ 
$50,000 to $99,999 
1,589 
248 
61 
65 
78 
238 
- 
$100,000 to $249,999 
991 
210 
13 
35 
58 
239 
- 
$250,000 to $499,999 
698 
112 
8 
4 
35 
119 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
1,756 
100 
15 
1 
50 
244 
_ 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
1,486 
113 
8 
2 
47 
144 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
1,137 
88 
6 
2 
31 
118 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
272 
18 
1 
- 
8 
22 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
77 
7 
1 
- 
8 
4 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
43,223 
1,836 
1,083 
1,282 
653 
10,375 
_ 
$1,000 
5,571,173 
409,755 
45,839 
22,680 
251,403 
559,348 
- 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
3,095 
1,836 
119 
15 
18 
563 
- 
$1,000 
435,465 
336,630 
1,712 
(D) 
3,437 
66,084 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,147 
734 
8 
16 
274 
- 
$1,000 
410,996 
320,769 
1,564 
- 
(D) 
61,711 
- 
Corn 
farms 
2,052 
1,198 
90 
11 
6 
354 
- 
$1,000 
176,920 
130,955 
882 
(D) 
743 
29,758 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
603 
385 
5 
4 
140 
- 
$1,000 
161,843 
121,163 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
27,072 
- 
Wheat 
farms 
879 
598 
6 
8 
8 
178 
- 
$1,000 
67,538 
53,280 
(D) 
(D) 
274 
1 1 ,406 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
309 
232 
1 
67 
- 
$1,000 
56,981 
46,746 
- 
- 
(D) 
8,870 
- 
Soybeans 
farms 
1,502 
1,108 
9 
1 
14 
220 
- 
$1,000 
183,808 
149,660 
717 
(D) 
2,360 
21,769 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
734 
549 
6 
13 
122 
- 
$1,000 
168,178 
138,780 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
19,344 
- 
Sorghum 
farms 
129 
62 
2 
- 
2 
29 
- 
$1,000 
3,094 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
1,001 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
15 
1 
- 
8 
- 
$1,000 
1,181 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
633 
- 
Barley 
farms 
8 
7 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
73 
(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 
308 
88 
29 
- 
2 
122 
- 
$1,000 
4,032 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
2,150 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
14 
4 
- 
10 
- 
$1,000 
1,382 
813 
- 
- 
- 
570 
- 
Tobacco 
.... farms 
1 
_ 
_ 
1 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
925 
164 
9 
3 
1 
696 
- 
$1,000 
254,506 
50,846 
1,568 
(D) 
(D) 
192,653 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
684 
128 
4 
1 
520 
- 
$1,000 
249,496 
50,167 
1,455 
- 
(D) 
188,888 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes. 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
1,394 
21 
1,082 
43 
45 
80 
- 
$1,000 
50,332 
849 
39,691 
789 
1,061 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
120 
4 
90 
2 
2 
13 
- 
$1,000 
37,286 
733 
28,707 
(D) 
(D) 
5,191 
- 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
1,261 
23 
83 
931 
32 
78 
_ 
$1,000 
23,872 
206 
375 
19,990 
(D) 
1,317 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
102 
1 
- 
89 
3 
- 
$1,000 
13,129 
(D) 
- 
1 1 ,488 
- 
417 
- 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
1,021 
19 
56 
760 
17 
66 
- 
$1,000 
19,766 
175 
205 
16,411 
(D) 
1,124 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
86 
1 
- 
73 
3 
- 
$1,000 
11,109 
(D) 
- 
9,471 
- 
414 
- 
Berries 
farms 
321 
4 
37 
228 
19 
17 
- 
$1,000 
4,106 
31 
170 
3,579 
74 
193 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
158 Aiabama 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
