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) 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
.. farms 
- 
10,037 
5,143 
182 
97 
104 
265 
369 
2,253 
acres 
- 
2,096,141 
1,644,862 
182,077 
52,619 
12,290 
14,794 
32,627 
146,543 
Harvested cropland 
.. farms 
- 
6,007 
3,726 
146 
88 
54 
121 
217 
1,461 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
- 
661,570 
684,430 
96,173 
45,686 
3,370 
2,281 
13,905 
52,013 
1 to 49 acres 
- 
3,877 
1,712 
21 
16 
45 
115 
166 
1,261 
50 to 99 acres 
- 
753 
635 
28 
7 
4 
3 
20 
119 
100 to 199 acres 
- 
579 
547 
18 
11 
3 
1 
15 
47 
200 to 499 acres 
- 
508 
508 
48 
24 
- 
2 
6 
21 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
186 
195 
11 
17 
1 
- 
10 
9 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
- 
71 
98 
12 
10 
1 
- 
- 
2 
2,000 acres or more 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
33 
31 
8 
3 
2 
improvements (see text) 
.. farms 
- 
626 
896 
29 
16 
27 
39 
85 
531 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
72,523 
190,714 
18,504 
1,415 
571 
1,192 
8,406 
46,759 
were abandoned 
.. farms 
- 
1,853 
1,263 
37 
15 
14 
84 
66 
229 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
acres 
159,236 
216,723 
6,229 
1,294 
2,251 
2,832 
3,217 
11,787 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
.. farms 
- 
3,743 
1,088 
58 
17 
32 
61 
74 
322 
acres 
- 
1,107,889 
371,287 
34,830 
3,092 
4,258 
7,461 
6,720 
32,329 
In cultivated summer fallow 
..farms 
- 
639 
533 
32 
10 
11 
9 
12 
64 
acres 
- 
94,923 
181,708 
26,341 
1,132 
1,840 
1,028 
379 
3,655 
Total woodland 
.. farms 
_ 
1,299 
1,354 
16 
16 
31 
94 
163 
962 
acres 
- 
417,683 
589,385 
5,311 
859 
4,423 
3,156 
56,437 
239,610 
Woodland pastured 
.. farms 
- 
604 
1,052 
15 
10 
24 
51 
123 
639 
acres 
- 
89,467 
514,128 
4,986 
260 
3,921 
1,849 
25,798 
173,759 
Woodland not pastured 
.. farms 
- 
796 
432 
5 
6 
10 
53 
55 
441 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
acres 
328,216 
75,257 
325 
599 
502 
1,307 
30,639 
65,851 
pastured (see text) 
.. farms 
- 
4,164 
8,720 
199 
103 
193 
409 
896 
5,344 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
acres 
2,585,014 
12,096,221 
545,755 
37,892 
23,103 
31,939 
405,865 
1,831,815 
wasteland, etc 
.. farms 
- 
5,519 
5,773 
165 
140 
258 
414 
783 
4,606 
acres 
- 
183,305 
190,899 
16,903 
10,627 
6,559 
5,420 
8,921 
68,970 
Irrigated land 
.. farms 
_ 
5,099 
4,096 
127 
101 
70 
175 
376 
1,958 
acres 
- 
600,508 
639,008 
52,448 
45,421 
1,369 
3,956 
18,108 
78,564 
Harvested cropland 
.. farms 
- 
4,917 
2,931 
119 
81 
39 
105 
192 
1,146 
acres 
- 
518,861 
396,674 
48,828 
40,140 
669 
1,542 
11,911 
33,270 
Pastureland and other land 
.. farms 
- 
1,207 
2,298 
34 
35 
48 
97 
249 
1,226 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
acres 
81,647 
242,334 
3,620 
5,281 
700 
2,414 
6,197 
45,294 
Programs 
.. farms 
- 
2,504 
714 
40 
3 
13 
16 
17 
109 
acres 
- 
995,974 
320,532 
33,219 
1,470 
3,683 
4,764 
4,217 
25,608 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) 
.. farms 
- 
891 
1,008 
77 
39 
8 
6 
23 
67 
acres 
- 
375,820 
1,424,453 
120,185 
18,941 
4,566 
1,801 
5,420 
17,176 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) 
.. farms 
- 
25 
10 
- 
7 
- 
3 
8 
5 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
$1,000 
4,652 
4,752 
(D) 
1 
7 
(D) 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings 
.. farms 
- 
10,323 
10,528 
268 
183 
343 
611 
1,212 
7,153 
$1,000 
- 
8,517,341 
13,800,517 
810,679 
490,814 
142,883 
260,540 
663,833 
5,207,018 
Average per farm 
.dollars 
- 
825,084 
1,310,839 
3,024,921 
2,682,046 
416,569 
426,416 
547,717 
727,949 
Average per acre 
.dollars 
- 
1,612 
950 
1,081 
4,812 
3,081 
4,711 
1,318 
2,277 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
- 
705 
631 
7 
7 
39 
21 
138 
391 
$50,000 to $99,999 
- 
869 
477 
3 
4 
30 
38 
104 
396 
$100,000 to $199,999 
- 
1,451 
1,157 
14 
8 
57 
124 
246 
829 
$200,000 to $499,999 
- 
3,451 
3,314 
37 
48 
159 
308 
521 
2,966 
$500,000 to $999,999 
- 
1,926 
1,997 
42 
30 
38 
86 
132 
1,510 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
_ 
1,058 
1,257 
52 
31 
11 
20 
34 
609 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
- 
642 
1,112 
74 
30 
6 
12 
23 
322 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
- 
145 
355 
28 
13 
2 
- 
4 
88 
$10,000,000 or more 
- 
76 
228 
11 
12 
1 
2 
10 
42 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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