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 
feedlots 
(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 
_ 
279 
59 
2 
32 
3 
341 
8 
175 
acres 
- 
18,993 
2,186 
(D) 
(D) 
6 
58,928 
297 
6,559 
Harvested cropland 
.. farms 
- 
215 
46 
2 
32 
- 
278 
3 
113 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
- 
13,624 
(D) 
(D) 
5,200 
- 
54,392 
(D) 
(D) 
1 to 49 acres 
- 
192 
39 
- 
16 
- 
109 
2 
111 
50 to 99 acres 
- 
6 
1 
1 
6 
- 
58 
- 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
- 
4 
6 
- 
2 
- 
23 
- 
- 
200 to 499 acres 
- 
5 
- 
1 
5 
- 
62 
1 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
4 
- 
- 
3 
- 
14 
- 
- 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10 
- 
1 
2,000 acres or more 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
2 
1 
improvements (see text) 
.. farms 
- 
29 
22 
- 
7 
3 
35 
3 
71 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
“ 
806 
688 
■ 
215 
6 
2,010 
(D) 
1,482 
were abandoned 
.. farms 
- 
5 
1 
- 
- 
- 
9 
- 
2 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
130 
(D) 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
.. farms 
- 
75 
12 
- 
4 
- 
73 
3 
16 
acres 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
2,243 
(D) 
175 
In cultivated summer fallow 
.. farms 
- 
1 
- 
- 
6 
- 
12 
1 
- 
acres 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
153 
(D) 
- 
Total woodland 
.. farms 
_ 
163 
66 
2 
27 
_ 
280 
11 
233 
acres 
- 
8,530 
1,183 
(D) 
673 
- 
10,263 
(D) 
3,512 
Woodland pastured 
.. farms 
- 
16 
34 
1 
- 
31 
6 
64 
acres 
- 
271 
412 
- 
(D) 
- 
436 
(D) 
559 
Woodland not pastured 
.. farms 
- 
154 
44 
2 
27 
- 
263 
8 
190 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
acres 
8,259 
771 
(D) 
(D) 
9,827 
(D) 
2,953 
pastured (see text) 
.. farms 
- 
112 
107 
2 
20 
8 
94 
21 
386 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads. 
acres 
998 
956 
(D) 
525 
40 
753 
(D) 
3,648 
wasteland, etc 
.. farms 
- 
228 
102 
2 
27 
13 
527 
20 
411 
acres 
- 
2,678 
379 
(D) 
545 
33 
6,637 
55 
2,396 
Irrigated land 
.. farms 
_ 
28 
11 
1 
7 
4 
121 
_ 
22 
acres 
- 
5,730 
327 
(D) 
555 
(D) 
15,109 
- 
839 
Harvested cropland 
.. farms 
- 
21 
11 
1 
7 
119 
- 
14 
acres 
- 
5,584 
327 
(D) 
555 
- 
(D) 
- 
751 
Pastureland and other land 
.. farms 
- 
8 
- 
- 
4 
2 
- 
10 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
acres 
146 
(D) 
(D) 
88 
Programs 
.. farms 
- 
102 
6 
- 
4 
- 
25 
2 
12 
acres 
- 
4,895 
235 
- 
91 
- 
817 
(D) 
152 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) 
.. farms 
- 
18 
7 
- 
6 
- 
122 
- 
4 
acres 
- 
3,437 
50 
- 
1,964 
- 
36,950 
- 
(D) 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) 
.. farms 
- 
- 
6 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
$1,000 
156 
13 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings 
.. farms 
- 
309 
137 
2 
32 
16 
645 
31 
520 
$1,000 
- 
256,793 
(D) 
(D) 
62,505 
2,422 
871,072 
13,419 
256,530 
Average per farm 
.dollars 
- 
831,044 
(D) 
(D) 
1 ,953,286 
151,375 
1,350,499 
432,870 
493,326 
Average per acre 
.dollars 
- 
8,231 
(D) 
(D) 
8,546 
30,658 
1 1 ,375 
17,633 
15,919 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
- 
9 
15 
- 
- 
4 
26 
8 
41 
$50,000 to $99,999 
- 
23 
17 
- 
- 
4 
13 
2 
21 
$100,000 to $199,999 
- 
31 
21 
- 
4 
3 
51 
3 
41 
$200,000 to $499,999 
- 
101 
52 
- 
2 
4 
121 
12 
271 
$500,000 to $999,999 
- 
84 
25 
- 
9 
1 
212 
4 
110 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
_ 
37 
7 
_ 
9 
_ 
127 
1 
28 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
- 
18 
- 
2 
5 
- 
74 
1 
5 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
- 
4 
- 
- 
2 
- 
13 
- 
1 
$10,000,000 or more 
- 
2 
- 
- 
1 
- 
8 
- 
2 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Delaware 167 
