Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
LAND USE - Con. 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Total 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
22,186 
17,944 
acres 
19,223,470 
10,213,501 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
wasteland, etc 
farms 
20,820 
16,958 
acres 
658,340 
418,482 
Irrigated land 
farms 
15,547 
12,262 
acres 
2,516,785 
1,388,093 
Plarvested cropland 
farms 
13,054 
10,187 
acres 
2,110,131 
1,145,321 
Pastureland and other land 
farms 
5,575 
4,507 
acres 
406,654 
242,772 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Programs farms 
acres 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) 
farms 
acres 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
4,514 
1,949,006 
3,417 
1,332,616 
5,379 
5,755,640 
3,828 
3,305,543 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
..farms 
$1,000 
176 
68,188 
107 
12,998 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings farms 
$1,000 
Average per farm dollars 
Average per acre dollars 
36,180 
40,821,073 
1,128,277 
1,280 
29,367 
25,564,295 
870,511 
1,440 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
$50,000 to $99,999 ... 
$100,000 to $199,999 
$200,000 to $499,999 
$500,000 to $999,999 
2,158 
2,145 
4,290 
12,084 
6,814 
1,871 
1,898 
3,727 
10,558 
5,495 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
$10,000,000 or more 
3,901 
3,185 
1,050 
553 
2,961 
2,047 
587 
223 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
..farms 
$1,000 
35,893 
3,953,022 
29,160 
2,457,109 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
$5,000 to $9,999 
$10,000 to $19,999 ... 
$20,000 to $49,999 ... 
$50,000 to $99,999 ... 
$100,000 to $199,999 
$200,000 to $499,999 
$500,000 or more 
3,507 
3,222 
5,427 
9,341 
5,892 
3,750 
3,038 
1,716 
3,016 
2,792 
4,749 
7,944 
4,815 
2,812 
2,124 
908 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
....farms 
number 
27,914 
69,097 
22,685 
50,377 
Tractors, all farms 
number 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) farms 
number 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) farms 
number 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more farms 
number 
26,709 
59,252 
12,607 
16,910 
16,074 
23,882 
8,965 
18,460 
21,459 
44,211 
10,254 
13,495 
12,709 
18,198 
6,61 5 
12,518 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
....farms 
number 
3,317 
4,357 
2,371 
3,023 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
Flay balers 
....farms 
number 
....farms 
number 
....farms 
number 
2,563 
2,876 
9,067 
11,292 
1,974 
2,195 
7,105 
8,732 
Partnership 
2,016 
4,554,996 
1,817 
103,868 
1,572 
605,180 
1,374 
516,462 
498 
88,718 
565 
350,864 
796 
1,512,120 
24 
4,021 
3,228 
7,903,066 
2,448,286 
1,041 
163 
107 
270 
708 
594 
405 
571 
234 
176 
3,193 
710,866 
217 
196 
312 
636 
544 
441 
440 
407 
2,531 
9,069 
2,526 
7,345 
1,111 
1,556 
1,636 
2,799 
1,179 
2,990 
524 
779 
291 
331 
1,019 
1,330 
Registered 
under 
state law 
1,623 
3,992,087 
1,470 
84,706 
1,322 
540,998 
1,168 
459,386 
408 
81,612 
448 
283,293 
683 
1,322,763 
23 
(D) 
2,604 
7,026,212 
2,698,238 
1,060 
112 
84 
200 
522 
479 
330 
503 
212 
162 
2,582 
631,024 
164 
142 
231 
491 
436 
379 
377 
362 
2,064 
7,698 
2,083 
6,153 
900 
1,251 
1,378 
2,400 
990 
2,502 
429 
640 
251 
283 
841 
1,093 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
144 Colorado 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
