Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Item 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
Beef cattle 
ranching 
and farming 
(112111) 
Cattle 
feed lots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Hog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
.. number 
10,323 
10,528 
268 
183 
343 
611 
1,212 
7,153 
percent 
- 
28.5 
29.1 
0.7 
0.5 
0.9 
1.7 
3.3 
19.8 
Land in farms 
acres 
- 
5,282,143 
14,521,367 
750,046 
101,997 
46,375 
55,309 
503,850 
2,286,938 
Average size of farm 
acres 
512 
1,379 
2,799 
557 
135 
91 
416 
320 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
10,323 
10,528 
268 
183 
343 
611 
1,212 
7,153 
$1,000 
- 
400,693 
990,765 
3,285,189 
640,560 
207,723 
101,613 
99,250 
74,427 
Average per farm 
....dollars 
- 
38,816 
94,108 
12,258,167 
3,500,328 
605,605 
166,306 
81,889 
10,405 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
3,061 
1,895 
51 
113 
413 
435 
4,390 
$1,000 to $2,499 
- 
1,491 
805 
- 
- 
116 
110 
279 
607 
$2,500 to $4,999 
- 
1,255 
1,074 
3 
- 
51 
29 
154 
501 
$5,000 to $9,999 
- 
1,306 
1,347 
- 
3 
18 
18 
135 
558 
$10,000 to $24,999 
- 
1,291 
1,519 
34 
4 
10 
16 
111 
569 
$25,000 to $49,999 
- 
787 
1,016 
39 
_ 
12 
7 
26 
307 
$50,000 to $99,999 
- 
435 
1,012 
11 
10 
6 
5 
21 
105 
$100,000 to $249,999 
- 
379 
976 
28 
5 
2 
3 
17 
75 
$250,000 to $499,999 
- 
172 
512 
18 
14 
- 
2 
13 
20 
$500,000 to $999,999 
- 
83 
241 
28 
8 
3 
1 
11 
11 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
- 
63 
131 
107 
88 
12 
7 
10 
10 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
- 
49 
92 
31 
26 
3 
1 
4 
8 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
- 
12 
26 
16 
23 
2 
- 
2 
2 
$5,000,000 or more 
- 
2 
13 
60 
39 
7 
6 
4 
" 
Total sales 
farms 
_ 
10,323 
10,528 
268 
183 
343 
611 
1,212 
7,153 
$1,000 
- 
355,197 
958,445 
3,282,322 
638,065 
207,344 
101,379 
98,229 
72,085 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
550 
615 
70 
36 
11 
3 
7 
26 
$1,000 
- 
59,502 
50,378 
38,683 
7,843 
755 
(D) 
994 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
213 
233 
56 
23 
3 
1 
4 
1 
$1,000 
- 
53,858 
43,059 
38,349 
7,508 
571 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Corn 
farms 
- 
305 
289 
62 
27 
5 
2 
6 
14 
$1,000 
- 
35,737 
24,481 
30,131 
6,764 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
128 
109 
51 
19 
1 
4 
$1,000 
- 
32,828 
21,188 
29,940 
6,537 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Wheat 
farms 
- 
264 
373 
28 
9 
5 
2 
1 
9 
$1,000 
- 
11,107 
23,153 
7,159 
(D) 
617 
(D) 
(D) 
180 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
64 
127 
21 
4 
3 
1 
$1,000 
- 
7,896 
18,375 
7,001 
491 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Soybeans 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum 
farms 
- 
42 
68 
4 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
1,614 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
5 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
296 
746 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
- 
46 
7 
1 
2 
1 
- 
- 
1 
$1,000 
- 
7,978 
333 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
35 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
7,703 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
. 
92 
55 
10 
6 
. 
. 
. 
4 
$1,000 
- 
3,913 
797 
1,343 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
26 
3 
5 
2 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
3,325 
187 
1,226 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
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 
68 
40 
2 
2 
4 
9 
39 
$1,000 
- 
10,736 
2,032 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
17 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
20 
5 
2 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 
10,247 
1,944 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
" 
" 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
- 
40 
25 
1 
2 
2 
5 
1 
16 
$1,000 
- 
330 
87 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
30 
(D) 
52 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
- 
39 
21 
1 
2 
2 
4 
1 
14 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
86 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Berries 
farms 
- 
1 
5 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
2 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
2 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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