Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
2,451 
373 
370 
115 
163 
135 
percent 
100.0 
15.2 
15.1 
4.7 
6.7 
5.5 
Land in farms 
acres 
508,652 
268,858 
95,706 
37,543 
37,670 
15,372 
Average size of farm 
acres 
208 
721 
259 
326 
231 
114 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
2,451 
373 
370 
115 
163 
135 
$1,000 
1,283,691 
888,991 
299,780 
43,707 
28,123 
9,671 
Average per farm 
dollars 
523,742 
2,383,353 
810,215 
380,061 
172,534 
71,639 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
361 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
166 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
161 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
158 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
244 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
195 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$50,000 to $99,999 
142 
- 
- 
- 
- 
132 
$100,000 to $249,999 
157 
- 
- 
- 
154 
3 
$250,000 to $499,999 
119 
- 
- 
110 
9 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
374 
_ 
369 
5 
_ 
_ 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
374 
373 
1 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
276 
275 
1 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
80 
80 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
18 
18 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
2,451 
373 
370 
115 
163 
135 
$1,000 
1,274,014 
884,907 
297,654 
42,958 
26,604 
9,496 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
929 
205 
191 
78 
136 
85 
$1,000 
345,316 
239,460 
54,745 
22,717 
17,847 
5,661 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
567 
164 
134 
71 
124 
74 
$1,000 
337,866 
238,461 
53,727 
22,653 
17,664 
5,361 
Corn 
farms 
758 
177 
164 
74 
125 
72 
$1,000 
185,554 
131,275 
29,074 
1 1 ,524 
8,976 
2,422 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
382 
140 
94 
66 
72 
10 
$1,000 
177,286 
130,368 
27,470 
1 1 ,383 
7,448 
616 
Wheat 
farms 
510 
156 
125 
62 
84 
37 
$1,000 
45,481 
33,216 
6,187 
2,403 
2,653 
645 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
191 
112 
47 
18 
13 
1 
$1,000 
39,257 
32,330 
4,677 
(D) 
953 
(D) 
Soybeans 
farms 
734 
185 
150 
74 
103 
75 
$1,000 
102,033 
65,798 
17,740 
8,121 
5,828 
2,482 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
366 
146 
100 
55 
57 
8 
$1,000 
94,743 
65,095 
16,814 
7,715 
4,651 
467 
Sorghum 
farms 
17 
2 
1 
4 
5 
- 
$1,000 
378 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2 
1 
1 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
199 
85 
47 
18 
16 
16 
$1,000 
1 1 ,738 
9,042 
(D) 
(D) 
272 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
69 
49 
16 
2 
2 
$1,000 
9,471 
8,146 
1,061 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
22 
6 
3 
. 
10 
2 
$1,000 
132 
(D) 
3 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
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 
221 
67 
41 
17 
16 
15 
$1,000 
60,953 
49,976 
6,576 
1,598 
1,801 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
111 
62 
21 
10 
13 
5 
$1,000 
59,547 
49,842 
6,262 
1,450 
1,691 
302 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
58 
7 
1 
2 
2 
9 
$1,000 
(D) 
1,554 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
6 
2 
1 
1 
2 
$1,000 
1,915 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
14 
3 
- 
1 
- 
2 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
5 
2 
- 
1 
- 
2 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Berries 
farms 
53 
6 
1 
1 
2 
7 
$1,000 
370 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
7 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
97 
16 
4 
5 
11 
11 
$1,000 
16,333 
10,718 
(D) 
1,782 
1,376 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
37 
10 
3 
5 
10 
9 
$1,000 
15,402 
10,598 
1,070 
1,782 
(D) 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
78 Delaware 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
