Table 4. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Arizona: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Mid-size 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Item 
All farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
Low 
sales - GCFI 
less than 
$150,000 
Moderate 
sales - GCFI 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
Non-family 
farms 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
.number 
20,005 
6,444 
4,987 
6,894 
261 
372 
219 
111 
717 
percent 
100.0 
32.2 
24.9 
34.5 
1.3 
1.9 
1.1 
0.6 
3.6 
Land in farms 
.... acres 
26,249,195 
1,314,403 
2,196,436 
1,850,166 
732,085 
852,735 
1,047,339 
247,495 
18,008,536 
Average size of farm 
.... acres 
1,312 
204 
440 
268 
2,805 
2,292 
4,782 
2,230 
25,117 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total farms 
20,005 
6,444 
4,987 
6,894 
261 
372 
219 
111 
717 
$1,000 
3,763,442 
52,401 
39,383 
51,033 
51,441 
197,712 
504,244 
1,961,178 
906,051 
Average per farm 
...dollars 
188,125 
8,132 
7,897 
7,403 
197,094 
531,483 
2,302,486 
17,668,266 
1,263,669 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
10,134 
3,347 
2,590 
3,974 
1 
1 
221 
$1,000 to $2,499 
2,297 
810 
669 
773 
2 
- 
- 
- 
43 
$2,500 to $4,999 
1,895 
756 
545 
554 
- 
2 
- 
- 
38 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,522 
561 
428 
476 
1 
6 
- 
- 
50 
$10,000 to $24,999 
1,507 
507 
392 
544 
1 
1 
- 
- 
62 
$25,000 to $49,999 
700 
203 
174 
274 
4 
2 
_ 
_ 
43 
$50,000 to $99,999 
482 
134 
93 
181 
17 
4 
- 
- 
53 
$100,000 to $249,999 
555 
115 
85 
118 
167 
9 
- 
- 
61 
$250,000 to $499,999 
266 
11 
11 
- 
68 
134 
- 
- 
42 
$500,000 to $999,999 
237 
- 
- 
- 
- 
213 
5 
- 
19 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
410 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
214 
Ill 
85 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
166 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
134 
- 
32 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
104 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
80 
3 
21 
$5,000,000 or more 
140 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
108 
32 
Total sales 
.... farms 
20,005 
6,444 
4,987 
6,894 
261 
372 
219 
111 
717 
$1,000 
3,732,113 
50,010 
37,870 
48,841 
49,736 
192,524 
495,630 
1,957,330 
900,172 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
... farms 
2,015 
564 
257 
766 
55 
100 
126 
45 
102 
$1,000 
(D) 
1,684 
1,910 
(D) 
(D) 
20,945 
72,960 
75,135 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
379 
10 
16 
7 
43 
83 
117 
44 
59 
$1,000 
225,124 
824 
1,461 
(D) 
(D) 
20,338 
72,723 
(D) 
(D) 
Corn 
... farms 
196 
20 
18 
15 
17 
27 
52 
12 
35 
$1,000 
74,434 
548 
915 
396 
1,526 
6,015 
30,663 
20,959 
13,411 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
137 
4 
6 
4 
12 
27 
49 
12 
23 
$1,000 
73,627 
360 
840 
256 
1,445 
6,015 
30,596 
20,959 
13,155 
Wheat 
... farms 
225 
8 
8 
11 
18 
51 
59 
36 
34 
$1,000 
95,014 
403 
331 
42 
3,163 
8,613 
17,993 
48,404 
16,065 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
175 
2 
3 
- 
12 
42 
55 
36 
25 
$1,000 
93,877 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
2,928 
8,275 
17,854 
48,404 
15,955 
Soybeans 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum 
... farms 
100 
6 
7 
7 
7 
12 
33 
8 
20 
$1,000 
17,610 
103 
310 
126 
574 
1,442 
6,288 
2,491 
6,275 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
74 
- 
6 
1 
4 
10 
29 
7 
17 
$1,000 
17,123 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
559 
(D) 
6,148 
(D) 
6,169 
Barley 
... farms 
177 
11 
6 
4 
26 
32 
54 
10 
34 
$1,000 
26,968 
101 
108 
218 
(D) 
2,859 
9,207 
2,145 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
115 
- 
- 
2 
15 
19 
49 
9 
21 
$1,000 
25,668 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
2,426 
9,081 
(D) 
(D) 
Rice 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
.... farms 
1,556 
529 
223 
731 
5 
17 
19 
5 
27 
$1,000 
(D) 
528 
246 
(D) 
170 
2,017 
8,808 
1,136 
1,468 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.... farms 
40 
- 
- 
1 
11 
19 
5 
4 
$1,000 
13,308 
- 
- 
(D) 
1,915 
8,808 
1,136 
(D) 
Tobacco 
... farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
.... farms 
388 
9 
15 
24 
45 
113 
96 
30 
56 
$1,000 
224,486 
657 
1,819 
1,095 
6,873 
30,619 
91,405 
36,724 
55,294 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.... farms 
350 
3 
11 
6 
43 
112 
95 
30 
50 
$1,000 
223,549 
564 
1,737 
562 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
36,724 
55,184 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
.... farms 
1,750 
572 
259 
778 
8 
22 
17 
34 
60 
$1,000 
764,062 
7,271 
2,133 
8,501 
634 
8,233 
25,526 
627,515 
84,250 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.... farms 
152 
30 
1 
33 
2 
19 
15 
34 
18 
$1,000 
750,746 
2,643 
(D) 
2,495 
(D) 
8,188 
(D) 
627,515 
83,825 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
... farms 
966 
370 
296 
180 
23 
35 
13 
9 
40 
$1,000 
(D) 
5,740 
4,823 
3,318 
(D) 
13,801 
18,206 
(D) 
52,855 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
161 
31 
18 
22 
17 
31 
12 
7 
23 
$1,000 
109,880 
(D) 
2,027 
1,482 
(D) 
13,698 
(D) 
(D) 
52,658 
Fruits and tree nuts 
... farms 
957 
365 
294 
179 
23 
34 
13 
9 
40 
$1,000 
(D) 
5,738 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
18,206 
(D) 
52,855 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
161 
31 
18 
22 
17 
31 
12 
7 
23 
$1,000 
109,880 
2,500 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
13,698 
(D) 
(D) 
52,658 
Berries 
... farms 
15 
8 
2 
4 
1 
- 
$1,000 
68 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 43 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
