Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
374 
374 
119 
157 
142 
percent 
100.0 
15.3 
15.3 
4.9 
6.4 
5.8 
Land in farms 
acres 
508,652 
270,373 
98,301 
36,346 
35,376 
16,529 
Average size of farm 
acres 
208 
723 
263 
305 
225 
116 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
2,451 
374 
374 
119 
157 
142 
$1,000 
1,283,691 
889,993 
301,349 
43,615 
25,986 
9,857 
Average per farm 
dollars 
523,742 
2,379,661 
805,745 
366,509 
165,517 
69,414 
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 
- 
- 
- 
- 
142 
$100,000 to $249,999 
157 
- 
- 
- 
157 
- 
$250,000 to $499,999 
119 
- 
- 
119 
- 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
374 
_ 
374 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
374 
374 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
276 
276 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
80 
80 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
18 
18 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
2,451 
374 
374 
119 
157 
142 
$1,000 
1,274,014 
885,854 
299,122 
42,497 
24,922 
9,602 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
929 
206 
195 
82 
130 
89 
$1,000 
345,316 
240,407 
55,984 
21,534 
17,091 
5,762 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
567 
165 
138 
75 
118 
71 
$1,000 
337,866 
239,409 
54,966 
21,470 
16,908 
5,114 
Corn 
farms 
758 
178 
168 
78 
119 
75 
$1,000 
185,554 
131,794 
29,570 
11,016 
8,538 
2,598 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
382 
141 
98 
64 
70 
9 
$1,000 
177,286 
130,886 
27,966 
10,636 
7,232 
566 
Wheat 
farms 
510 
157 
129 
60 
84 
35 
$1,000 
45,481 
33,284 
6,256 
2,421 
2,545 
608 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
191 
113 
46 
19 
12 
1 
$1,000 
39,257 
32,397 
4,609 
(D) 
854 
(D) 
Soybeans 
farms 
734 
186 
154 
78 
97 
75 
$1,000 
102,033 
66,022 
18,483 
7,436 
5,676 
2,428 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
366 
147 
104 
53 
56 
6 
$1,000 
94,743 
65,320 
17,558 
6,955 
4,551 
360 
Sorghum 
farms 
17 
3 
- 
4 
5 
- 
$1,000 
378 
123 
- 
(D) 
71 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
199 
86 
47 
23 
10 
17 
$1,000 
1 1 ,738 
9,107 
1,672 
(D) 
218 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
69 
50 
16 
1 
2 
$1,000 
9,471 
8,212 
1,063 
(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 
6 
4 
2 
$1,000 
132 
78 
3 
(D) 
43 
(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 
42 
16 
17 
15 
$1,000 
60,953 
49,976 
6,756 
1,418 
1,815 
486 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
111 
62 
22 
9 
13 
5 
$1,000 
59,547 
49,842 
6,442 
1,270 
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 
12 
$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 
104 Delaware 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
