Table 6. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - California: 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 
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 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
77,857 
22,205 
23,439 
14,022 
3,307 
4,623 
3,688 
1,357 
percent 
100.0 
28.5 
30.1 
18.0 
4.2 
5.9 
4.7 
1.7 
Land in farms 
... acres 
25,569,001 
2,687,681 
2,628,563 
2,483,198 
2,163,381 
3,032,883 
4,533,703 
3,422,196 
Average size of farm 
... acres 
328 
121 
112 
177 
654 
656 
1,229 
2,522 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total farms 
77,857 
22,205 
23,439 
14,022 
3,307 
4,623 
3,688 
1,357 
$1,000 
42,774,392 
585,384 
663,119 
494,484 
747,152 
2,644,908 
8,015,155 
18,432,633 
Average per farm 
..dollars 
549,397 
26,363 
28,291 
35,265 
225,931 
572,119 
2,173,307 
13,583,370 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
14,629 
5,732 
5,839 
2,495 
22 
21 
1 
2 
$1,000 to $2,499 
4,718 
1,773 
2,042 
795 
1 
- 
- 
2 
$2,500 to $4,999 
5,904 
2,303 
2,415 
1,025 
7 
4 
2 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
7,846 
2,979 
3,022 
1,608 
11 
- 
2 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
10,265 
3,681 
3,795 
2,380 
18 
11 
2 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
7,150 
2,335 
2,357 
2,062 
13 
17 
1 
_ 
$50,000 to $99,999 
6,698 
1,777 
2,066 
2,329 
72 
18 
5 
- 
$100,000 to $249,999 
6,951 
1,360 
1,539 
1,277 
2,035 
78 
12 
- 
$250,000 to $499,999 
4,132 
260 
364 
11 
1,111 
1,863 
12 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
3,197 
5 
- 
26 
5 
2,553 
123 
- 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
6,367 
- 
- 
14 
12 
58 
3,528 
1,353 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
3,015 
- 
- 
13 
6 
49 
2,351 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
1,480 
- 
- 
1 
6 
9 
1,162 
23 
$5,000,000 or more 
1,872 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
15 
1,330 
Total sales 
... farms 
77,857 
22,205 
23,439 
14,022 
3,307 
4,623 
3,688 
1,357 
$1,000 
42,627,472 
578,870 
654,132 
488,178 
738,233 
2,615,723 
7,970,178 
18,411,530 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
... farms 
4,757 
373 
533 
535 
429 
949 
970 
335 
$1,000 
1,727,708 
19,099 
25,689 
18,865 
63,143 
330,043 
565,292 
338,926 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
3,235 
106 
152 
158 
338 
841 
822 
297 
$1,000 
1,701,529 
15,346 
20,221 
13,317 
61,285 
327,329 
561,583 
337,847 
Corn 
... farms 
1,796 
152 
216 
193 
140 
280 
430 
145 
$1,000 
419,544 
4,364 
5,849 
6,341 
12,533 
54,222 
147,723 
98,726 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
1,130 
32 
26 
57 
91 
232 
359 
133 
$1,000 
407,430 
2,794 
2,693 
4,401 
1 1 ,328 
53,033 
145,631 
98,452 
Wheat 
... farms 
1,499 
93 
96 
129 
86 
212 
429 
207 
$1,000 
341,702 
3,325 
2,185 
3,085 
6,142 
21,414 
98,580 
127,306 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
914 
20 
15 
14 
47 
118 
337 
185 
$1,000 
329,286 
2,387 
1,181 
1,171 
5,168 
18,798 
96,109 
126,585 
Soybeans 
... farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum 
... farms 
200 
13 
17 
20 
19 
28 
50 
27 
$1,000 
(D) 
167 
207 
413 
(D) 
2,007 
6,017 
4,084 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
76 
- 
- 
2 
1 
17 
28 
19 
$1,000 
13,369 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
1,706 
5,488 
3,836 
Barley 
... farms 
261 
30 
19 
36 
26 
37 
54 
22 
$1,000 
29,212 
253 
113 
770 
1,936 
4,210 
6,289 
2,526 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
105 
- 
1 
4 
16 
21 
31 
12 
$1,000 
27,084 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
1,734 
3,934 
5,889 
2,317 
Rice 
... farms 
1,391 
66 
125 
93 
177 
482 
233 
29 
$1,000 
782,644 
9,603 
15,914 
6,494 
36,762 
231,379 
267,178 
68,124 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
1,306 
52 
102 
62 
172 
480 
227 
29 
$1,000 
780,488 
9,199 
(D) 
5,707 
36,641 
(D) 
267,016 
68,124 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
... farms 
953 
69 
113 
131 
67 
145 
203 
82 
$1,000 
138,816 
1,386 
1,421 
1,763 
5,090 
16,811 
39,505 
38,161 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
438 
7 
7 
11 
35 
89 
132 
67 
$1,000 
132,134 
666 
497 
695 
4,592 
15,658 
38,276 
37,877 
Tobacco 
.. farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
... farms 
630 
9 
27 
20 
29 
91 
266 
81 
$1,000 
655,094 
643 
2,223 
1,132 
4,053 
24,640 
204,299 
176,871 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
584 
4 
13 
12 
27 
90 
258 
79 
$1,000 
653,962 
(D) 
1,921 
862 
(D) 
(D) 
204,083 
(D) 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
... farms 
6,155 
1,057 
1,323 
1,900 
199 
270 
485 
308 
$1,000 
6,327,838 
12,217 
17,100 
36,072 
27,643 
95,104 
677,337 
3,263,045 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
1,961 
42 
87 
255 
158 
233 
464 
307 
$1,000 
6,293,658 
(D) 
10,407 
19,507 
26,998 
94,485 
677,035 
(D) 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
... farms 
36,574 
9,808 
10,258 
5,846 
2,081 
2,962 
2,092 
650 
$1,000 
17,638,972 
413,999 
454,732 
253,151 
429,905 
1,547,324 
3,492,106 
6,070,225 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
17,379 
2,566 
2,878 
2,123 
1,997 
2,899 
2,054 
642 
$1,000 
17,344,347 
308,739 
346,118 
189,117 
428,353 
1,545,819 
3,491,287 
6,070,095 
Fruits and tree nuts 
... farms 
35,526 
9,674 
10,035 
5,550 
2,027 
2,887 
2,021 
576 
$1,000 
15,655,703 
409,795 
446,917 
242,713 
420,176 
1,504,592 
3,307,668 
4,946,118 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
16,846 
2,542 
2,831 
2,042 
1,944 
2,816 
1,983 
565 
$1,000 
15,369,315 
306,224 
340,875 
182,398 
418,757 
1,502,935 
3,306,886 
4,945,933 
Berries 
... farms 
1,701 
295 
395 
442 
88 
104 
110 
95 
$1,000 
1,983,269 
4,205 
7,815 
10,439 
9,730 
42,732 
184,438 
1,124,107 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
610 
22 
43 
77 
59 
87 
105 
95 
$1,000 
1,972,002 
2,077 
4,600 
5,967 
9,201 
42,464 
184,325 
1,124,107 
Non-family 
farms 
5,216 
6.7 
4,617,396 
885 
5,216 
11,191,556 
2,145,620 
105 
148 
224 
378 
365 
431 
650 
511 
485 
1,402 
596 
279 
527 
5,216 
11,170,629 
633 
366,651 
521 
364,603 
240 
89,784 
200 
89,096 
247 
79,666 
178 
77,887 
1 
(D) 
26 
(D) 
9 
2,043 
37 
13,115 
20 
12,866 
186 
147,190 
182 
147,086 
143 
34,680 
90 
33,874 
107 
241,232 
101 
241,082 
613 
2,199,321 
415 
2,197,143 
2,877 
4,977,529 
2,220 
4,964,819 
2,756 
4,377,725 
2,123 
4,365,308 
172 
599,805 
122 
599,261 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 71 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
