Table 65. Summary by 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 
77,857 
6,333 
3,186 
4,117 
6,922 
6,679 
percent 
100.0 
8.1 
4.1 
5.3 
8.9 
8.6 
Land in farms 
acres 
25,569,001 
10,951,478 
2,362,704 
2,418,361 
2,993,005 
1,576,035 
Average size of farm 
acres 
328 
1,729 
742 
587 
432 
236 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
77,857 
6,333 
3,186 
4,117 
6,922 
6,679 
$1,000 
42,774,392 
36,949,363 
2,267,167 
1,461,081 
1,114,029 
474,588 
Average per farm 
dollars 
549,397 
5,834,417 
711,603 
354,890 
160,940 
71,057 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
14,629 
_ 
_ 
. 
. 
. 
$1,000 to $2,499 
4,718 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
5,904 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
7,846 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
10,265 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
7,150 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$50,000 to $99,999 
6,698 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6,595 
$100,000 to $249,999 
6,951 
- 
- 
- 
6,862 
84 
$250,000 to $499,999 
4,132 
" 
- 
4,072 
60 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
3,197 
- 
3,152 
45 
- 
- 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
6,367 
6,333 
34 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
3,015 
2,981 
34 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
1,480 
1,480 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
1,872 
1,872 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
77,857 
6,333 
3,186 
4,117 
6,922 
6,679 
$1,000 
42,627,472 
36,871,564 
2,245,124 
1,444,378 
1,103,202 
469,861 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
4,757 
1,615 
632 
691 
597 
361 
$1,000 
1,727,708 
1,191,071 
261,520 
175,762 
70,139 
18,860 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
3,235 
1,396 
564 
595 
468 
212 
$1,000 
1,701,529 
1,185,542 
260,105 
173,508 
67,343 
15,031 
Corn 
farms 
1,796 
714 
213 
182 
195 
134 
$1,000 
419,544 
322,503 
46,463 
25,134 
15,711 
5,572 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,130 
616 
186 
140 
133 
55 
$1,000 
407,430 
319,885 
45,868 
24,158 
14,043 
3,475 
Wheat 
farms 
1,499 
818 
162 
117 
113 
78 
$1,000 
341,702 
300,843 
17,502 
9,504 
8,002 
3,428 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
914 
679 
95 
53 
56 
31 
$1,000 
329,286 
296,812 
15,845 
7,790 
6,571 
2,268 
Soybeans 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Sorghum 
farms 
200 
96 
21 
16 
21 
12 
$1,000 
(D) 
12,287 
1,534 
(D) 
(D) 
261 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
76 
56 
12 
2 
6 
- 
$1,000 
13,369 
11,367 
1,410 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Barley 
farms 
261 
104 
25 
19 
30 
19 
$1,000 
29,212 
20,973 
3,685 
1,544 
1,920 
685 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
105 
59 
15 
9 
17 
5 
$1,000 
27,084 
20,082 
3,543 
1,447 
1,609 
404 
Rice 
farms 
1,391 
311 
290 
379 
247 
102 
$1,000 
782,644 
425,892 
180,555 
127,867 
39,742 
7,038 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,306 
305 
290 
378 
239 
94 
$1,000 
780,488 
425,730 
180,555 
(D) 
(D) 
6,808 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
953 
383 
93 
113 
74 
58 
$1,000 
138,816 
108,573 
11,780 
11,251 
3,832 
1,876 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
438 
269 
60 
67 
26 
16 
$1,000 
132,134 
106,472 
11,219 
10,469 
3,018 
956 
Tobacco 
farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
._ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
630 
429 
80 
49 
33 
16 
$1,000 
655,094 
614,340 
26,617 
8,709 
4,029 
925 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
584 
417 
80 
47 
28 
12 
$1,000 
653,962 
613,980 
26,617 
(D) 
3,909 
(D) 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
6,155 
1,086 
215 
239 
359 
454 
$1,000 
6,327,838 
6,101,037 
93,634 
48,834 
34,869 
21,926 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,961 
1,058 
194 
192 
243 
274 
$1,000 
6,293,658 
6,100,656 
93,371 
48,038 
32,819 
18,774 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
36,574 
3,541 
2,115 
2,690 
4,851 
4,726 
$1,000 
17,638,972 
14,052,558 
1,372,360 
877,895 
733,564 
320,536 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
17,379 
3,486 
2,084 
2,627 
4,701 
4,481 
$1,000 
17,344,347 
14,051,369 
1,371,649 
876,679 
730,504 
314,145 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
35,526 
3,332 
2,055 
2,640 
4,752 
4,631 
$1,000 
15,655,703 
12,157,273 
1,331,645 
860,784 
718,196 
314,151 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
16,846 
3,273 
2,023 
2,572 
4,594 
4,384 
$1,000 
15,369,315 
12,156,051 
1,330,880 
859,594 
715,044 
307,745 
Berries 
farms 
1,701 
298 
79 
82 
155 
154 
$1,000 
1,983,269 
1,895,285 
40,716 
17,111 
15,368 
6,385 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
610 
291 
67 
59 
113 
80 
$1,000 
1,972,002 
1,895,150 
40,542 
16,788 
14,518 
5,004 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
3,890 
438 
197 
227 
425 
366 
$1,000 
2,547,307 
2,258,787 
118,641 
71,049 
53,985 
21,006 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,465 
413 
186 
215 
374 
277 
$1,000 
2,520,294 
2,258,369 
118,433 
70,945 
53,262 
19,285 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
92 California 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
