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 
137 
5,400 
5,123 
26 
91 
38 
229 
94 
1,097 
acres 
101,953 
991,935 
448,363 
(D) 
18,880 
364 
(D) 
2,160 
64,766 
Harvested cropland 
.. farms 
137 
3,084 
4,361 
26 
86 
20 
188 
45 
609 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
99,155 
645,460 
257,681 
3,752 
13,960 
274 
11,551 
880 
18,678 
1 to 49 acres 
21 
1,866 
2,919 
6 
14 
20 
129 
38 
534 
50 to 99 acres 
2 
529 
741 
6 
17 
- 
24 
7 
43 
100 to 199 acres 
19 
239 
429 
6 
26 
- 
17 
- 
17 
200 to 499 acres 
33 
165 
232 
8 
25 
- 
17 
- 
9 
500 to 999 acres 
26 
78 
31 
- 
4 
- 
1 
- 
6 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
26 
127 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
10 
80 
2 
improvements (see text) 
.. farms 
3 
318 
823 
1 
35 
11 
31 
38 
326 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
122,500 
(D) 
4,131 
39 
(D) 
(D) 
26,574 
were abandoned 
.. farms 
1 
195 
78 
- 
1 
- 
3 
- 
46 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
2,999 
(D) 
(D) 
6,792 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
.. farms 
20 
2,351 
588 
5 
7 
11 
46 
19 
256 
acres 
1,552 
218,008 
61,075 
(D) 
(D) 
43 
2,118 
887 
10,695 
In cultivated summer fallow 
..farms 
- 
351 
96 
1 
4 
- 
3 
30 
acres 
- 
90,277 
4,108 
- 
(D) 
8 
- 
(D) 
2,027 
Total woodland 
.. farms 
35 
3,119 
4,161 
6 
55 
61 
295 
220 
1,305 
acres 
10,741 
497,852 
344,281 
(D) 
4,995 
1,670 
(D) 
7,484 
190,493 
Woodland pastured 
.. farms 
3 
657 
2,537 
6 
25 
33 
123 
114 
592 
acres 
225 
37,344 
126,872 
(D) 
2,661 
388 
(D) 
1,996 
31,818 
Woodland not pastured 
..farms 
35 
2,666 
2,343 
37 
43 
199 
132 
851 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
acres 
10,516 
460,508 
217,409 
2,334 
1,282 
12,083 
5,488 
158,675 
pastured (see text) 
..farms 
18 
2,031 
9,781 
23 
92 
116 
473 
445 
2,935 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
acres 
5,078 
187,033 
1 ,243,228 
5,172 
16,688 
2,477 
22,591 
6,536 
135,676 
wasteland, etc 
.. farms 
69 
3,367 
6,173 
18 
83 
154 
513 
367 
2,612 
acres 
5,138 
161,450 
102,041 
194 
2,638 
773 
6,426 
2,168 
199,331 
Irrigated land 
.. farms 
50 
126 
282 
1 
7 
8 
7 
6 
85 
acres 
19,601 
19,629 
13,982 
(D) 
1,027 
(D) 
229 
10 
4,735 
Harvested cropland 
.. farms 
50 
102 
162 
1 
5 
4 
5 
2 
23 
acres 
19,601 
17,973 
6,696 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,628 
Pastureland and other land 
.. farms 
- 
37 
153 
3 
8 
4 
4 
64 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
acres 
1,656 
7,286 
(D) 
16 
(D) 
(D) 
3,107 
Programs 
.. farms 
30 
2,270 
219 
- 
1 
2 
7 
10 
95 
acres 
2,760 
228,963 
18,171 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
476 
540 
9,064 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) 
.. farms 
111 
434 
297 
5 
16 
- 
23 
- 
25 
acres 
89,318 
403,652 
96,562 
210 
6,767 
" 
4,359 
- 
2,173 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) 
.. farms 
- 
1 
- 
- 
2 
- 
2 
- 
2 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings 
.. farms 
137 
6,595 
11,218 
28 
111 
202 
717 
607 
4,116 
$1,000 
285,334 
4,649,554 
5,867,066 
19,444 
108,643 
24,684 
326,145 
90,245 
1,699,812 
Average per farm 
.dollars 
2,082,730 
705,012 
523,005 
694,444 
978,764 
122,200 
454,874 
148,674 
412,977 
Average per acre 
.dollars 
2,321 
2,529 
2,744 
2,038 
2,515 
4,672 
5,489 
4,919 
2,880 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
12 
702 
1,194 
- 
1 
72 
71 
182 
603 
$50,000 to $99,999 
- 
897 
1,440 
4 
2 
45 
103 
94 
519 
$100,000 to $199,999 
13 
1,356 
2,195 
2 
3 
38 
177 
148 
857 
$200,000 to $499,999 
16 
1,835 
3,619 
11 
20 
43 
171 
165 
1,369 
$500,000 to $999,999 
10 
942 
1,630 
4 
46 
4 
91 
15 
475 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
45 
404 
679 
6 
28 
_ 
77 
3 
180 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
24 
266 
344 
- 
11 
- 
27 
- 
89 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
14 
121 
83 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
12 
$10,000,000 or more 
3 
72 
34 
- 
" 
- 
- 
" 
12 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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