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 
36,180 
959 
925 
1,563 
2,434 
2,211 
percent 
100.0 
2.7 
2.6 
4.3 
6.7 
6.1 
Land in farms 
acres 
31,886,676 
6,214,844 
4,604,534 
5,883,385 
5,250,734 
2,551,355 
Average size of farm 
acres 
881 
6,481 
4,978 
3,764 
2,157 
1,154 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
36,180 
959 
925 
1,563 
2,434 
2,211 
$1,000 
7,946,450 
5,992,919 
644,431 
552,341 
392,082 
157,049 
Average per farm 
dollars 
219,637 
6,249,133 
696,682 
353,385 
161,085 
71,031 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
10,565 
. 
_ 
. 
. 
$1,000 to $2,499 
3,583 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
3,305 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,792 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
4,136 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,707 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$50,000 to $99,999 
2,211 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,211 
$100,000 to $249,999 
2,434 
- 
- 
- 
2,434 
- 
$250,000 to $499,999 
1,563 
- 
- 
1,563 
- 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
925 
_ 
925 
- 
- 
- 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
959 
959 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
614 
614 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
178 
178 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
167 
167 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
36,180 
959 
925 
1,563 
2,434 
2,211 
$1,000 
7,780,874 
5,961,032 
621,773 
524,520 
364,166 
140,310 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
5,424 
665 
650 
995 
1,172 
694 
$1,000 
1,469,378 
768,184 
291,466 
233,324 
124,990 
32,875 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
3,413 
639 
611 
896 
929 
338 
$1,000 
1,430,472 
767,491 
290,498 
230,569 
118,791 
23,122 
Corn 
farms 
2,885 
538 
495 
608 
576 
269 
$1,000 
851,640 
533,391 
162,438 
93,001 
46,887 
10,598 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,882 
509 
451 
455 
367 
100 
$1,000 
832,144 
532,784 
161,160 
89,445 
42,069 
6,686 
Wheat 
farms 
3,653 
420 
455 
737 
787 
458 
$1,000 
477,391 
165,395 
98,893 
115,047 
67,502 
18,802 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,948 
348 
352 
556 
520 
172 
$1,000 
443,069 
163,416 
96,236 
110,776 
60,990 
11,650 
Soybeans 
farms 
84 
39 
16 
9 
11 
2 
$1,000 
7,134 
5,074 
1,263 
494 
247 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
44 
32 
9 
3 
- 
$1,000 
6,301 
4,840 
1,129 
332 
- 
- 
Sorghum 
farms 
428 
52 
79 
101 
91 
64 
$1,000 
20,105 
4,084 
4,125 
8,386 
1,835 
1,416 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
131 
20 
33 
71 
3 
4 
$1,000 
15,175 
3,487 
3,252 
8,061 
165 
209 
Barley 
farms 
240 
82 
48 
49 
29 
20 
$1,000 
41,984 
28,106 
6,525 
4,656 
2,038 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
155 
72 
32 
31 
14 
6 
$1,000 
40,394 
27,922 
6,178 
4,211 
1,698 
386 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
923 
177 
178 
186 
171 
72 
$1,000 
71,123 
32,134 
18,223 
11,739 
6,482 
1,447 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
383 
134 
116 
77 
47 
9 
$1,000 
61,369 
31,188 
16,479 
9,173 
3,948 
581 
Tobacco 
farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
780 
122 
62 
56 
53 
42 
$1,000 
280,591 
243,048 
22,391 
7,917 
3,191 
1,450 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
250 
115 
57 
39 
25 
14 
$1,000 
276,474 
242,912 
22,261 
7,628 
2,749 
923 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
696 
10 
4 
22 
32 
47 
$1,000 
23,956 
6,669 
2,105 
4,553 
3,424 
2,129 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
72 
5 
3 
15 
22 
27 
$1,000 
18,227 
6,542 
(D) 
4,481 
3,273 
(D) 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
649 
9 
3 
21 
30 
45 
$1,000 
23,818 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
72 
5 
3 
15 
22 
27 
$1,000 
18,226 
6,542 
(D) 
4,480 
3,273 
(D) 
Berries 
farms 
75 
2 
1 
2 
3 
3 
$1,000 
138 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
644 
58 
40 
57 
67 
51 
$1,000 
274,197 
217,530 
23,153 
18,591 
8,859 
2,548 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
229 
51 
35 
54 
52 
37 
$1,000 
270,060 
217,421 
23,133 
18,586 
8,544 
2,375 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
108 Colorado 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
