Table 7. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Colorado: 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 
36,180 
10,056 
13,421 
7,162 
1,598 
1,650 
696 
106 
1,491 
percent 
100.0 
27.8 
37.1 
19.8 
4.4 
4.6 
1.9 
0.3 
4.1 
Land in farms 
.... acres 
31,886,676 
3,542,197 
4,160,091 
4,242,941 
4,233,223 
7,164,985 
4,587,865 
507,565 
3,447,809 
Average size of farm 
.... acres 
881 
352 
310 
592 
2,649 
4,342 
6,592 
4,788 
2,312 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total farms 
36,180 
10,056 
13,421 
7,162 
1,598 
1,650 
696 
106 
1,491 
$1,000 
7,946,450 
158,251 
196,888 
224,319 
360,592 
1,000,281 
1,416,984 
1,585,884 
3,003,250 
Average per farm 
...dollars 
219,637 
15,737 
14,670 
31,321 
225,652 
606,231 
2,035,897 
14,961,174 
2,014,252 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
10,565 
3,587 
5,065 
1,568 
15 
3 
327 
$1,000 to $2,499 
3,583 
1,237 
1,720 
559 
4 
- 
- 
- 
63 
$2,500 to $4,999 
3,305 
1,091 
1,528 
560 
4 
1 
- 
- 
121 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,792 
1,311 
1,593 
770 
- 
- 
- 
- 
118 
$10,000 to $24,999 
4,136 
1,256 
1,693 
1,018 
15 
1 
- 
- 
153 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,707 
772 
830 
956 
15 
4 
1 
_ 
129 
$50,000 to $99,999 
2,211 
447 
567 
1,044 
43 
4 
1 
- 
105 
$100,000 to $249,999 
2,434 
300 
352 
678 
921 
25 
1 
- 
157 
$250,000 to $499,999 
1,563 
55 
67 
6 
574 
749 
- 
- 
112 
$500,000 to $999,999 
925 
- 
4 
3 
4 
801 
41 
- 
72 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
959 
- 
2 
- 
3 
62 
652 
106 
134 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
614 
- 
2 
- 
2 
54 
496 
- 
60 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
178 
- 
- 
- 
1 
4 
151 
1 
21 
$5,000,000 or more 
167 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
5 
105 
53 
Total sales 
.... farms 
36,180 
10,056 
13,421 
7,162 
1,598 
1,650 
696 
106 
1,491 
$1,000 
7,780,874 
133,189 
173,777 
204,801 
340,200 
960,916 
1,393,063 
1,582,851 
2,992,078 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
... farms 
5,424 
563 
807 
1,107 
936 
1,125 
525 
51 
310 
$1,000 
1,469,378 
28,190 
38,041 
51,968 
142,828 
417,486 
564,253 
86,970 
139,640 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
3,413 
178 
238 
420 
775 
1,033 
505 
47 
217 
$1,000 
1,430,472 
21,864 
28,062 
38,374 
139,036 
414,944 
563,769 
86,822 
137,601 
Corn 
... farms 
2,885 
205 
304 
426 
513 
793 
425 
40 
179 
$1,000 
851,640 
10,751 
12,892 
17,462 
56,350 
214,527 
382,615 
69,597 
87,447 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
1,882 
72 
86 
141 
356 
664 
402 
38 
123 
$1,000 
832,144 
8,591 
(D) 
12,433 
52,952 
211,262 
382,135 
(D) 
86,181 
Wheat 
... farms 
3,653 
388 
541 
709 
637 
803 
341 
25 
209 
$1,000 
477,391 
16,156 
22,015 
28,723 
72,877 
158,345 
130,545 
10,494 
38,237 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
1,948 
109 
140 
213 
434 
615 
284 
21 
132 
$1,000 
443,069 
11,289 
15,152 
18,845 
68,259 
153,361 
129,047 
10,371 
36,744 
Soybeans 
... farms 
84 
3 
7 
5 
8 
23 
32 
- 
6 
$1,000 
7,134 
74 
67 
95 
159 
1,880 
4,382 
- 
476 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
44 
- 
- 
- 
- 
15 
26 
- 
3 
$1,000 
6,301 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,698 
4,225 
- 
378 
Sorghum 
... farms 
428 
15 
27 
96 
88 
142 
45 
2 
13 
$1,000 
20,105 
(D) 
609 
1,967 
3,325 
9,669 
3,326 
(D) 
899 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
131 
7 
7 
21 
72 
17 
1 
6 
$1,000 
15,175 
- 
(D) 
374 
2,152 
8,436 
2,832 
(D) 
819 
Barley 
... farms 
240 
12 
14 
22 
30 
78 
64 
6 
14 
$1,000 
41,984 
(D) 
254 
763 
2,381 
10,782 
19,898 
(D) 
4,616 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
155 
3 
1 
6 
18 
56 
56 
4 
11 
$1,000 
40,394 
(D) 
(D) 
510 
2,128 
10,244 
19,769 
2,867 
4,510 
Rice 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
.... farms 
923 
57 
89 
146 
155 
259 
136 
17 
64 
$1,000 
71,123 
650 
2,204 
2,959 
7,736 
22,284 
23,487 
3,837 
7,966 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.... farms 
383 
3 
14 
14 
58 
145 
103 
12 
34 
$1,000 
61,369 
212 
1,258 
1,078 
5,835 
19,106 
22,805 
3,678 
7,397 
Tobacco 
... farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
.... farms 
780 
140 
169 
182 
49 
86 
91 
11 
52 
$1,000 
280,591 
1,131 
2,774 
2,607 
8,112 
24,335 
121,271 
52,081 
68,280 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.... farms 
250 
4 
7 
15 
30 
68 
86 
10 
30 
$1,000 
276,474 
(D) 
1,795 
1,145 
7,768 
24,115 
121,176 
(D) 
67,997 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
... farms 
696 
235 
236 
153 
22 
14 
8 
_ 
28 
$1,000 
23,956 
2,618 
3,019 
2,561 
3,642 
4,448 
6,629 
- 
1,040 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
72 
8 
9 
18 
16 
10 
5 
- 
6 
$1,000 
18,227 
614 
1,051 
1,265 
3,571 
4,417 
6,542 
- 
766 
Fruits and tree nuts 
... farms 
649 
221 
223 
138 
22 
12 
8 
- 
25 
$1,000 
23,818 
2,601 
2,991 
2,553 
3,642 
4,437 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
72 
8 
9 
18 
16 
10 
5 
- 
6 
$1,000 
18,226 
614 
1,051 
1,265 
3,571 
(D) 
6,542 
- 
(D) 
Berries 
... farms 
75 
21 
23 
18 
- 
3 
1 
- 
9 
$1,000 
138 
16 
28 
7 
- 
11 
(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 85 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
