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 
7,150 
10,265 
7,846 
5,904 
4,718 
14,629 
percent 
9.2 
13.2 
10.1 
7.6 
6.1 
18.8 
Land in farms 
acres 
1,077,158 
1,202,868 
443,967 
348,965 
248,043 
1,840,120 
Average size of farm 
acres 
151 
117 
57 
59 
53 
126 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
7,150 
10,265 
7,846 
5,904 
4,718 
14,629 
$1,000 
251,973 
164,131 
54,638 
21,010 
7,802 
1,729 
Average per farm 
dollars 
35,241 
15,989 
6,964 
3,559 
1,654 
118 
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 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$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 
7,150 
10,265 
7,846 
5,904 
4,718 
14,629 
$1,000 
247,254 
160,031 
53,168 
20,156 
7,491 
1,652 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
288 
206 
142 
86 
71 
45 
$1,000 
6,734 
2,055 
529 
179 
72 
21 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn 
farms 
124 
80 
46 
47 
32 
22 
$1,000 
2,800 
844 
184 
56 
24 
14 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wheat 
farms 
88 
50 
30 
24 
10 
3 
$1,000 
1,567 
505 
134 
57 
15 
1 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum 
farms 
20 
3 
5 
3 
- 
- 
$1,000 
209 
10 
14 
9 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
19 
8 
10 
3 
15 
8 
$1,000 
271 
21 
67 
9 
13 
2 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
34 
21 
3 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
1,108 
232 
22 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
56 
62 
53 
28 
16 
12 
$1,000 
779 
443 
108 
48 
21 
3 
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 
9 
8 
6 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
311 
130 
33 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
493 
880 
1,036 
647 
507 
233 
$1,000 
10,722 
9,172 
4,959 
1,703 
701 
105 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
4,657 
5,836 
4,085 
2,393 
1,201 
439 
$1,000 
156,178 
88,046 
26,112 
7,984 
1,909 
236 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
4,512 
5,688 
3,939 
2,346 
1,175 
417 
$1,000 
151,611 
85,408 
25,106 
7,834 
1,873 
231 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Berries 
farms 
222 
284 
260 
91 
41 
34 
$1,000 
4,567 
2,638 
1,007 
150 
36 
5 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
429 
715 
514 
279 
216 
83 
$1,000 
11,374 
8,770 
2,585 
771 
286 
36 
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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