Table 8. Land: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
LAND USE 
LAND USE - Con. 
Farms 
.number 
77,857 
100.0 
81,033 
Total cropland - Con. 
Land in farms 
.... acres 
25,569,001 
100.0 
25,364,695 
Other cropland - Con. 
Total cropland 
....farms 
57,731 
74.2 
61,215 
Cropland in cultivated 
acres 
9,591,783 
37.5 
9,464,647 
summer fallow 
farms 
1,477 
1.9 
1,435 
Harvested cropland 
....farms 
53,372 
68.6 
53,000 
acres 
210,958 
0.8 
190,328 
acres 
8,007,461 
31.3 
7,633,173 
Farms by acres harvested: 
Total woodland 
farms 
7,345 
9.4 
6,913 
1 to 49 acres 
38,391 
49.3 
38,193 
acres 
1,575,520 
6.2 
1,270,720 
1 to 9 acres 
23,534 
30.2 
22,216 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
3,519 
4.5 
3,520 
1 0 to 1 9 acres 
7,128 
9.2 
7,442 
acres 
855,116 
3.3 
782,561 
20 to 29 acres 
3,563 
4.6 
4,009 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
4,610 
5.9 
4,083 
30 to 49 acres 
4,166 
5.4 
4,526 
acres 
720,404 
2.8 
488,159 
50 to 99 acres 
4,412 
5.7 
4,326 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
100 to 199 acres 
3,567 
4.6 
3,399 
other than cropland and woodland 
200 to 499 acres 
3,538 
4.5 
3,620 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
21,886 
28.1 
21,348 
500 to 999 acres 
1,780 
2.3 
1,819 
acres 
13,036,448 
51.0 
13,275,042 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
950 
1.2 
1,021 
2,000 acres or more 
734 
0.9 
622 
Land in farmsteads, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, 
Other pasture and grazing land that 
roads, wasteland, etc 
farms 
41,259 
53.0 
34,169 
could have been used for crops without 
acres 
1,365,250 
5.3 
1,354,286 
additional improvement (see text)... 
....farms 
2,879 
3.7 
10,890 
acres 
492,270 
1.9 
800,204 
CONSERVATION AND CROP 
INSURANCE 
Other cropland 
....farms 
9,329 
12.0 
9,372 
acres 
1,092,052 
4.3 
1,031,270 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands 
Cropland idle or used for 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
cover crops or soil-improvement 
Programs 
farms 
470 
(X) 
668 
but not harvested and not 
acres 
105,504 
(X) 
254,013 
pastured or grazed 
....farms 
6,204 
8.0 
6,118 
acres 
674,022 
2.6 
667,291 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
Cropland on which all crops failed 
programs 
farms 
13,813 
(X) 
14,236 
or were abandoned 
....farms 
2,425 
3.1 
2,631 
acres 
4,929,132 
(X) 
4,018,816 
acres 
207,072 
0.8 
173,651 
16 California 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
