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 
77,857 
6,367 
3,197 
4,132 
6,951 
6,698 
percent 
100.0 
8.2 
4.1 
5.3 
8.9 
8.6 
Land in farms 
acres 
25,569,001 
11,008,019 
2,329,769 
2,455,915 
3,080,089 
1,534,088 
Average size of farm 
acres 
328 
1,729 
729 
594 
443 
229 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
77,857 
6,367 
3,197 
4,132 
6,951 
6,698 
$1,000 
42,774,392 
36,984,412 
2,255,552 
1,453,434 
1,108,388 
471,323 
Average per farm 
dollars 
549,397 
5,808,766 
705,521 
351,751 
159,457 
70,368 
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 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6,698 
$100,000 to $249,999 
6,951 
- 
- 
- 
6,951 
- 
$250,000 to $499,999 
4,132 
- 
- 
4,132 
- 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
3,197 
_ 
3,197 
- 
- 
- 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
6,367 
6,367 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
3,015 
3,015 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$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 
6,367 
3,197 
4,132 
6,951 
6,698 
$1,000 
42,627,472 
36,904,710 
2,233,215 
1,437,184 
1,096,809 
465,802 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
4,757 
1,637 
652 
696 
575 
359 
$1,000 
1,727,708 
1,208,891 
261,740 
167,298 
62,473 
17,717 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
3,235 
1,418 
583 
601 
443 
190 
$1,000 
1,701,529 
1,203,362 
260,304 
165,066 
59,630 
13,168 
Corn 
farms 
1,796 
718 
215 
185 
193 
134 
$1,000 
419,544 
324,237 
46,138 
25,009 
14,743 
5,493 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,130 
620 
188 
142 
129 
51 
$1,000 
407,430 
321,619 
45,543 
24,008 
13,007 
3,253 
Wheat 
farms 
1,499 
818 
165 
120 
117 
74 
$1,000 
341,702 
300,843 
17,589 
9,808 
8,054 
3,129 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
914 
679 
95 
56 
56 
28 
$1,000 
329,286 
296,812 
15,845 
8,067 
6,528 
2,034 
Soybeans 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
$1,000 
(□) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Sorghum 
farms 
200 
96 
21 
18 
22 
12 
$1,000 
(D) 
12,287 
1,534 
(D) 
(D) 
284 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
76 
56 
12 
4 
4 
- 
$1,000 
13,369 
11,367 
1,410 
233 
359 
- 
Barley 
farms 
261 
104 
26 
19 
29 
20 
$1,000 
29,212 
20,973 
4,015 
1,269 
1,866 
708 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
105 
59 
16 
9 
16 
5 
$1,000 
27,084 
20,082 
3,872 
1,172 
1,554 
404 
Rice 
farms 
1,391 
329 
309 
378 
221 
96 
$1,000 
782,644 
441,979 
180,641 
119,416 
32,909 
6,337 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,306 
323 
309 
377 
213 
84 
$1,000 
780,488 
441,817 
180,641 
(D) 
32,712 
(D) 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
953 
383 
97 
109 
78 
59 
$1,000 
138,816 
108,573 
11,823 
11,208 
4,044 
1,766 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
438 
269 
60 
67 
29 
13 
$1,000 
132,134 
106,472 
11,219 
10,469 
3,228 
746 
Tobacco 
farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
630 
429 
82 
48 
32 
16 
$1,000 
655,094 
614,340 
27,088 
8,477 
3,789 
925 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
584 
417 
82 
46 
27 
12 
$1,000 
653,962 
613,980 
27,088 
(D) 
3,669 
(D) 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
6,155 
1,086 
217 
238 
362 
456 
$1,000 
6,327,838 
6,101,037 
94,014 
48,549 
34,979 
21,897 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,961 
1,058 
196 
191 
244 
272 
$1,000 
6,293,658 
6,100,656 
93,751 
47,754 
32,899 
18,598 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
36,574 
3,547 
2,114 
2,698 
4,882 
4,722 
$1,000 
17,638,972 
14,057,039 
1,368,750 
878,981 
734,897 
318,839 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
17,379 
3,492 
2,083 
2,633 
4,727 
4,444 
$1,000 
17,344,347 
14,055,849 
1,368,039 
877,720 
731,775 
310,964 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
35,526 
3,338 
2,054 
2,648 
4,781 
4,628 
$1,000 
15,655,703 
12,161,754 
1,328,034 
861,870 
719,515 
312,467 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
16,846 
3,279 
2,022 
2,578 
4,620 
4,347 
$1,000 
15,369,315 
12,160,531 
1,327,270 
860,635 
716,315 
304,564 
Berries 
farms 
1,701 
298 
79 
82 
157 
153 
$1,000 
1,983,269 
1,895,285 
40,716 
17,111 
15,382 
6,372 
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 
439 
196 
227 
426 
366 
$1,000 
2,547,307 
2,258,798 
118,630 
71,049 
53,997 
21,010 
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 
118 California 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
