Tables. Land: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
LAND USE 
LAND USE - Con. 
Farms 
.number 
2,451 
100.0 
2,546 
Total cropland - Con. 
Land in farms 
.... acres 
508,652 
100.0 
510,253 
Other cropland - Con. 
Total cropland 
....farms 
1,658 
67.6 
1,989 
Cropland in cultivated 
acres 
439,157 
86.3 
432,773 
summer fallow 
farms 
34 
1.4 
32 
Flarvested cropland 
....farms 
1,448 
59.1 
1,615 
acres 
621 
0.1 
450 
acres 
421,321 
82.8 
409,468 
Farms by acres harvested: 
Total woodland 
farms 
1,073 
43.8 
848 
1 to 49 acres 
719 
29.3 
804 
acres 
42,184 
8.3 
46,126 
1 to 9 acres 
287 
11.7 
397 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
169 
6.9 
116 
1 0 to 19 acres 
170 
6.9 
163 
acres 
2,219 
0.4 
2,069 
20 to 29 acres 
119 
4.9 
114 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
969 
39.5 
777 
30 to 49 acres 
143 
5.8 
130 
acres 
39,965 
7.9 
44,057 
50 to 99 acres 
156 
6.4 
209 
Permanent pasture and rangeland. 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
165 
6.7 
182 
other than cropland and woodland 
200 to 499 acres 
188 
7.7 
204 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
853 
34.8 
553 
500 to 999 acres 
85 
3.5 
89 
acres 
8,154 
1.6 
6,773 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
78 
3.2 
88 
2,000 acres or more 
57 
2.3 
39 
Land in farmsteads, buildings. 
livestock facilities, ponds. 
Other pasture and grazing land that 
roads, wasteland, etc 
farms 
1,720 
70.2 
1,231 
could have been used for crops without 
acres 
19,157 
3.8 
24,581 
additional improvement (see text)... 
....farms 
193 
7.9 
432 
acres 
6,658 
1.3 
8,842 
CONSERVATION AND CROP 
INSURANCE 
Other cropland 
....farms 
321 
13.1 
308 
acres 
11,178 
2.2 
14,463 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands 
Cropland idle or used for 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
cover crops or soil-improvement 
Programs 
farms 
201 
(X) 
226 
but not harvested and not 
acres 
7,808 
(X) 
9,221 
pastured or grazed 
....farms 
268 
10.9 
213 
acres 
9,981 
2.0 
10,663 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
Cropland on which all crops failed 
programs 
farms 
512 
(X) 
521 
or were abandoned 
....farms 
30 
1.2 
83 
acres 
296,896 
(X) 
260,565 
acres 
576 
0.1 
3,350 
16 Delaware 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
