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 
36,180 
37,054 
Total cropland - Con. 
Land in farms 
.... acres 
31,886,676 
31,604,911 
Other cropland - Con. 
Total cropland 
....farms 
24,009 
66.4 
24,938 
Cropland in cultivated 
acres 
10,649,747 
33.4 
11,483,936 
summer fallow 
farms 
3,563 
9.8 
3,517 
Harvested cropland 
....farms 
17,379 
48.0 
17,899 
acres 
2,020,914 
6.3 
2,056,203 
acres 
5,182,628 
16.3 
5,888,926 
Farms by acres harvested: 
Total woodland 
farms 
4,315 
11.9 
3,883 
1 to 49 acres 
8,912 
24.6 
8,322 
acres 
1,355,119 
4.2 
1,381,543 
1 to 9 acres 
3,650 
10.1 
2,958 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
2,640 
7.3 
2,430 
1 0 to 1 9 acres 
2,107 
5.8 
2,112 
acres 
826,838 
2.6 
886,808 
20 to 29 acres 
1,399 
3.9 
1,316 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
2,080 
5.7 
1,837 
30 to 49 acres 
1,756 
4.9 
1,936 
acres 
528,281 
1.7 
494,735 
50 to 99 acres 
2,046 
5.7 
2,241 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
100 to 199 acres 
1,793 
5.0 
2,093 
other than cropland and woodland 
200 to 499 acres 
2,030 
5.6 
2,325 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
22,186 
61.3 
21,976 
500 to 999 acres 
1,174 
3.2 
1,300 
acres 
19,223,470 
60.3 
17,830,125 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
882 
2.4 
981 
2,000 acres or more 
542 
1.5 
637 
Land in farmsteads, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, 
Other pasture and grazing land that 
roads, wasteland, etc 
farms 
20,820 
57.5 
17,962 
could have been used for crops without 
acres 
658,340 
2.1 
909,307 
additional improvement (see text)... 
....farms 
2,546 
7.0 
5,970 
acres 
427,615 
1.3 
1,242,231 
CONSERVATION AND CROP 
INSURANCE 
Other cropland 
....farms 
12,211 
33.8 
9,876 
acres 
5,039,504 
15.8 
4,352,779 
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 
4,514 
(X) 
5,883 
but not harvested and not 
acres 
1,949,006 
(X) 
2,489,360 
pastured or grazed 
....farms 
7,117 
19.7 
6,283 
acres 
2,300,389 
7.2 
2,075,910 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
Cropland on which all crops failed 
programs 
farms 
5,379 
(X) 
5,603 
or were abandoned 
....farms 
4,527 
12.5 
1,799 
acres 
5,755,640 
(X) 
5,574,501 
acres 
718,201 
2.3 
220,666 
16 Colorado 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
