Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and Market Value of Agricultural Products 
Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
1,795 
3,862 
3,832 
3,632 
3,549 
6,894 
percent 
6.4 
13.7 
13.6 
12.9 
12.6 
24.5 
Land in farms 
acres 
538,727 
641,929 
403,453 
290,796 
230,800 
479,259 
Average size of farm 
acres 
300 
166 
105 
80 
65 
70 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
1,795 
3,862 
3,832 
3,632 
3,549 
6,894 
$1,000 
62,570 
60,840 
27,208 
12,964 
5,891 
1,120 
Average per farm 
dollars 
34,858 
15,753 
7,100 
3,569 
1,660 
162 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
6,894 
$1,000 to $2,499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3,549 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
- 
- 
- 
3,632 
- 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
- 
- 
3,832 
- 
- 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
- 
3,862 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,795 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$50,000 to $99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$100,000 to $249,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$250,000 to $499,999 
" 
- 
- 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
" 
- 
- 
- 
" 
Total sales 
farms 
1,795 
3,862 
3,832 
3,632 
3,549 
6,894 
$1,000 
54,900 
49,876 
21,444 
9,823 
3,924 
836 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
176 
158 
84 
31 
13 
3 
$1,000 
5,219 
2,119 
492 
97 
22 
1 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn 
farms 
23 
22 
21 
3 
5 
3 
$1,000 
369 
243 
119 
4 
8 
1 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wheat 
farms 
43 
44 
21 
11 
4 
- 
$1,000 
728 
453 
120 
34 
8 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans 
farms 
86 
85 
31 
14 
4 
- 
$1,000 
2,286 
1,104 
168 
48 
6 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum 
farms 
9 
- 
4 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 
192 
- 
29 
(D) 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
48 
20 
10 
4 
- 
- 
$1,000 
1,643 
281 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
3 
5 
1 
1 
. 
. 
$1,000 
2 
38 
(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 
15 
9 
4 
2 
- 
- 
$1,000 
404 
55 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
53 
156 
156 
115 
54 
27 
$1,000 
1,147 
1,841 
836 
320 
75 
15 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
123 
252 
183 
100 
78 
31 
$1,000 
3,238 
(D) 
1,049 
299 
112 
19 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
106 
209 
147 
90 
64 
24 
$1,000 
2,660 
(D) 
852 
264 
91 
15 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Berries 
farms 
28 
69 
44 
18 
14 
7 
$1,000 
578 
607 
197 
35 
21 
4 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
64 
136 
104 
38 
17 
8 
$1,000 
1,761 
1,834 
584 
125 
27 
4 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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