Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Net cash farm income of operators - Con. 
Operators reporting net gains 2 - Con. 
Gain of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,605 
1,449 
$1,000 to $4,999 
4,774 
4,223 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,610 
3,091 
$10,000 to $24,999 
5,758 
4,694 
$25,000 to $49,999 
4,811 
3,717 
$50,000 or more 
15,494 
8,455 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
41,805 
34,103 
Average net loss 
dollars 
70,779 
35,397 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,006 
1,797 
$1,000 to $4,999 
8,944 
8,019 
$5,000 to $9,999 
7,798 
6,897 
$10,000 to $24,999 
10,315 
8,877 
$25,000 to $49,999 
5,518 
4,403 
$50,000 or more 
7,224 
4,110 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
521 
261 
$1,000 
122,036 
37,573 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
23,685 
16,521 
$1,000 
1,204,560 
450,419 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
5,255 
3,500 
$1,000 
383,434 
132,417 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
6,000 
3,907 
$1,000 
256,997 
90,979 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
862 
689 
$1,000 
27,613 
7,758 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
1,699 
1,157 
$1,000 
64,520 
23,935 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
7,469 
4,812 
$1,000 
171,066 
66,299 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
1,568 
994 
$1,000 
62,457 
23,733 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
343 
225 
$1,000 
4,218 
1,897 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
5,192 
3,890 
$1,000 
234,255 
103,400 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
57,731 
42,488 
acres 
9,591,783 
3,407,181 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
53,372 
39,028 
acres 
8,007,461 
2,697,483 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
38,391 
31,498 
50 to 99 acres 
4,412 
2,818 
100 to 199 acres 
3,567 
2,012 
200 to 499 acres 
3,538 
1,628 
500 to 999 acres 
1,780 
631 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
950 
274 
2,000 acres or more 
734 
167 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
2,879 
2,276 
acres 
492,270 
260,251 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
2,425 
1,852 
acres 
207,072 
86,254 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
6,204 
4,291 
acres 
674,022 
260,883 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
1,477 
1,020 
acres 
210,958 
102,310 
Total woodland 
farms 
7,345 
5,748 
acres 
1,575,520 
917,756 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
3,519 
2,877 
acres 
855,116 
545,369 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
4,610 
3,492 
acres 
720,404 
372,387 
Partnership 
86 
277 
263 
528 
582 
3,671 
3,577 
216,538 
108 
418 
436 
719 
524 
1,372 
183 
65,201 
3,717 
322,639 
954 
92,541 
979 
69,690 
89 
17,506 
211 
7,185 
1,526 
60,582 
327 
27,274 
67 
1,284 
632 
46,577 
7,669 
3,110,938 
7,236 
2,643,790 
3,223 
898 
800 
1,002 
653 
384 
276 
275 
91,405 
270 
85,091 
846 
227,452 
217 
63,200 
728 
281,648 
294 
125,890 
500 
155,758 
Registered 
under 
state law 
64 
198 
211 
372 
464 
3,179 
2,795 
244,280 
72 
298 
297 
542 
395 
1,191 
165 
58,599 
3,060 
290,482 
806 
87,156 
836 
65,384 
74 
(D) 
159 
5,714 
1,275 
55,573 
281 
25,171 
57 
(D) 
499 
33,543 
6,353 
2,795,063 
6,027 
2,390,033 
2,551 
710 
689 
906 
570 
347 
254 
219 
77,496 
221 
76,754 
719 
206,311 
174 
44,469 
590 
249,547 
219 
108,091 
426 
141,456 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
152 California 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
