Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
.. number 
2,451 
606 
61 
19 
73 
309 
_ 
percent 
100.0 
24.7 
2.5 
0.8 
3.0 
12.6 
- 
Land in farms 
acres 
508,652 
335,638 
31,963 
1,492 
2,257 
31,199 
- 
Average size of farm 
acres 
208 
554 
524 
79 
31 
101 
- 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
2,451 
606 
61 
19 
73 
309 
_ 
$1,000 
1,283,691 
337,982 
49,325 
(D) 
10,874 
18,434 
- 
Average per farm 
....dollars 
523,742 
557,726 
808,612 
(D) 
148,958 
59,656 
- 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
361 
- 
- 
5 
9 
46 
- 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
166 
6 
1 
1 
4 
67 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
161 
14 
3 
- 
4 
59 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
158 
29 
4 
3 
7 
47 
- 
$1 0,000 to $24,999 
244 
57 
12 
5 
16 
52 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
195 
97 
6 
1 
8 
21 
_ 
$50,000 to $99,999 
142 
84 
6 
2 
11 
4 
- 
$100,000 to $249,999 
157 
114 
11 
- 
5 
4 
- 
$250,000 to $499,999 
119 
60 
2 
1 
4 
- 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
374 
60 
5 
_ 
1 
3 
_ 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
374 
85 
11 
1 
4 
6 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
276 
45 
5 
1 
4 
3 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
80 
31 
2 
- 
- 
3 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
18 
9 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
2,451 
606 
61 
19 
73 
309 
_ 
$1,000 
1,274,014 
332,028 
48,987 
1,810 
10,838 
17,657 
- 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
929 
606 
25 
1 
3 
28 
- 
$1,000 
345,316 
281,777 
12,022 
(D) 
10 
5,664 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
567 
390 
20 
1 
- 
11 
- 
$1,000 
337,866 
276,769 
1 1 ,939 
(D) 
- 
5,523 
- 
Corn 
farms 
758 
502 
21 
1 
2 
19 
- 
$1,000 
185,554 
152,933 
6,246 
(D) 
(D) 
3,482 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
382 
278 
14 
1 
7 
- 
$1,000 
177,286 
147,735 
6,141 
(D) 
- 
3,395 
- 
Wheat 
farms 
510 
350 
17 
1 
- 
13 
- 
$1,000 
45,481 
37,354 
1,132 
(D) 
- 
668 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
191 
145 
10 
- 
6 
- 
$1,000 
39,257 
33,092 
(D) 
- 
- 
525 
- 
Soybeans 
farms 
734 
494 
22 
1 
1 
21 
- 
$1,000 
102,033 
81,407 
3,968 
(D) 
(D) 
1,386 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
366 
256 
15 
1 
8 
- 
$1,000 
94,743 
76,288 
3,848 
(D) 
- 
1,235 
- 
Sorghum 
farms 
17 
15 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
378 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
199 
135 
12 
- 
1 
4 
- 
$1,000 
11,738 
9,633 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
128 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
69 
58 
4 
- 
1 
- 
$1,000 
9,471 
8,210 
(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 
9 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 
132 
(D) 
(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 
63 
61 
5 
8 
21 
- 
$1,000 
60,953 
17,476 
35,032 
(D) 
45 
3,686 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
111 
48 
34 
1 
- 
8 
- 
$1,000 
59,547 
17,125 
34,634 
(D) 
- 
3,583 
- 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
58 
6 
10 
19 
1 
8 
_ 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
103 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
6 
- 
2 
4 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
1,915 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
14 
- 
1 
6 
- 
6 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
1,105 
- 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
5 
- 
1 
4 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Berries 
farms 
53 
6 
10 
14 
1 
8 
- 
$1,000 
370 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
156 Delaware 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
