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 
1,320 
1,169 
$1,000 to $4,999 
2,706 
2,318 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,749 
1,438 
$10,000 to $24,999 
2,473 
1,929 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,980 
1,483 
$50,000 or more 
4,402 
2,761 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
21,550 
18,269 
Average net loss 
dollars 
26,447 
18,628 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,698 
1,541 
$1,000 to $4,999 
5,795 
5,224 
$5,000 to $9,999 
4,304 
3,710 
$10,000 to $24,999 
5,452 
4,690 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,461 
1,947 
$50,000 or more 
1,840 
1,157 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
85 
54 
$1,000 
8,015 
4,263 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
13,710 
10,321 
$1,000 
312,533 
168,981 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
2,081 
1,539 
$1,000 
44,097 
25,568 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
5,533 
4,151 
$1,000 
66,117 
41,489 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
351 
261 
$1,000 
1,788 
1,109 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
864 
508 
$1,000 
28,240 
7,440 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
4,887 
3,654 
$1,000 
14,344 
7,767 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
2,214 
1,559 
$1,000 
118,611 
64,812 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
270 
192 
$1,000 
2,031 
1,346 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
2,396 
1,793 
$1,000 
37,306 
19,451 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
24,009 
19,150 
acres 
10,649,747 
6,468,449 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
17,379 
13,720 
acres 
5,182,628 
2,995,017 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
8,912 
7,721 
50 to 99 acres 
2,046 
1,625 
100 to 199 acres 
1,793 
1,372 
200 to 499 acres 
2,030 
1,427 
500 to 999 acres 
1,174 
777 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
882 
523 
2,000 acres or more 
542 
275 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
2,546 
2,024 
acres 
427,615 
265,828 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
4,527 
3,586 
acres 
718,201 
466,863 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
7,117 
5,441 
acres 
2,300,389 
1,545,030 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
3,563 
2,643 
acres 
2,020,914 
1,195,711 
Total woodland 
farms 
4,315 
3,388 
acres 
1,355,119 
646,677 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
2,640 
2,033 
acres 
826,838 
366,728 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
2,080 
1,661 
acres 
528,281 
279,949 
Partnership 
84 
179 
140 
261 
218 
818 
1,528 
55,694 
87 
280 
265 
323 
259 
314 
19 
2,874 
1 ,656 
70,664 
284 
6,104 
656 
11,007 
47 
379 
169 
9,229 
631 
3,418 
345 
34,158 
34 
419 
267 
5,949 
2,377 
2,539,479 
1,809 
1,314,628 
543 
219 
218 
279 
191 
186 
173 
243 
92,994 
474 
163,601 
816 
433,008 
504 
535,248 
418 
396,511 
277 
342,933 
188 
53,578 
Registered 
under 
state law 
58 
127 
111 
204 
185 
715 
1,204 
63,668 
56 
223 
191 
246 
208 
280 
15 
2,715 
1,360 
65,170 
250 
5,790 
529 
9,476 
42 
(D) 
151 
8,513 
523 
3,206 
289 
31,989 
32 
(D) 
225 
5,430 
1,952 
2,199,990 
1,517 
1,142,626 
433 
184 
192 
239 
165 
162 
142 
202 
89,117 
405 
147,294 
652 
346,091 
436 
474,862 
337 
351,413 
229 
304,168 
148 
47,245 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
142 Colorado 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
