Table 36. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Ohio: 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 
75,462 
20,160 
32,295 
11,510 
3,533 
4,166 
1,460 
96 
2,242 
percent 
100.0 
26.7 
42.8 
15.3 
4.7 
5.5 
1.9 
0.1 
3.0 
Land in farms 
.... acres 
13,960,604 
1,973,034 
2,518,566 
1,247,706 
1,218,868 
3,203,247 
2,653,491 
364,570 
781,122 
Average size of farm 
.... acres 
185 
98 
78 
108 
345 
769 
1,817 
3,798 
348 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total farms 
75,462 
20,160 
32,295 
11,510 
3,533 
4,166 
1,460 
96 
2,242 
$1,000 
10,292,942 
517,493 
950,348 
568,342 
972,766 
2,649,278 
2,632,121 
1,198,458 
804,136 
Average per farm 
...dollars 
136,399 
25,669 
29,427 
49,378 
275,337 
635,929 
1,802,822 
12,483,935 
358,669 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
12,229 
4,069 
6,443 
1,461 
9 
3 
244 
$1,000 to $2,499 
9,253 
2,920 
5,163 
968 
6 
1 
2 
- 
193 
$2,500 to $4,999 
8,923 
2,858 
4,812 
1,046 
5 
- 
1 
- 
201 
$5,000 to $9,999 
8,337 
2,821 
4,252 
1,070 
2 
- 
- 
- 
192 
$10,000 to $24,999 
9,012 
2,911 
4,311 
1,496 
15 
- 
1 
- 
278 
$25,000 to $49,999 
6,270 
1,815 
2,624 
1,613 
8 
4 
- 
- 
206 
$50,000 to $99,999 
5,884 
1,359 
2,102 
2,203 
13 
4 
- 
- 
203 
$100,000 to $249,999 
7,061 
1,176 
2,040 
1,462 
2,131 
25 
- 
- 
227 
$250,000 to $499,999 
3,734 
206 
423 
92 
1,192 
1,691 
- 
- 
130 
$500,000 to $999,999 
2,648 
13 
76 
69 
75 
2,199 
52 
- 
164 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
2,111 
12 
49 
30 
77 
239 
1,404 
96 
204 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
1,682 
10 
46 
29 
63 
215 
1,178 
- 
141 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
299 
2 
2 
1 
14 
22 
217 
1 
40 
$5,000,000 or more 
130 
- 
1 
- 
- 
2 
9 
95 
23 
Total sales 
.... farms 
75,462 
20,160 
32,295 
11,510 
3,533 
4,166 
1,460 
96 
2,242 
$1,000 
10,064,085 
487,344 
916,105 
553,194 
951,836 
2,586,092 
2,584,438 
1,193,489 
791,587 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
... farms 
31,740 
6,169 
10,532 
5,403 
3,117 
3,943 
1,354 
56 
1,166 
$1,000 
5,834,600 
323,896 
566,927 
228,339 
539,544 
1,845,814 
1,721,468 
251,845 
356,767 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
15,884 
2,074 
3,586 
1,834 
2,594 
3,746 
1,315 
55 
680 
$1,000 
5,569,871 
253,389 
455,648 
(D) 
529,751 
1,841,058 
1,720,568 
(D) 
347,744 
Corn 
... farms 
24,930 
4,294 
7,427 
4,171 
2,872 
3,821 
1,325 
56 
964 
$1,000 
2,872,061 
135,294 
252,312 
100,399 
246,882 
904,844 
905,187 
145,402 
181,740 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
10,541 
891 
1,728 
616 
2,019 
3,462 
1,277 
54 
494 
$1,000 
2,628,641 
80,233 
159,122 
(D) 
227,313 
896,111 
904,000 
(D) 
172,978 
Wheat 
... farms 
8,596 
1,404 
1,970 
1,141 
1,182 
1,827 
696 
28 
348 
$1,000 
223,663 
17,595 
24,802 
10,690 
25,419 
71,551 
55,785 
5,126 
12,694 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
1,099 
27 
37 
12 
91 
466 
371 
22 
73 
$1,000 
110,636 
1,807 
2,398 
735 
6,137 
39,443 
47,194 
4,923 
7,999 
Soybeans 
... farms 
24,586 
4,609 
7,839 
3,410 
2,711 
3,739 
1,284 
54 
940 
$1,000 
2,703,658 
168,703 
286,802 
114,292 
264,357 
862,279 
748,957 
101,310 
156,957 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
11,349 
1,137 
1,986 
777 
2,167 
3,479 
1,248 
52 
503 
$1,000 
2,447,744 
103,648 
182,525 
(D) 
250,313 
855,516 
748,036 
(D) 
148,493 
Sorghum 
... farms 
109 
20 
27 
21 
10 
10 
10 
11 
$1,000 
651 
72 
79 
69 
106 
57 
169 
- 
100 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Barley 
... farms 
273 
40 
48 
101 
47 
15 
10 
1 
11 
$1,000 
1,054 
(D) 
253 
225 
111 
110 
189 
(D) 
32 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
.... farms 
3,279 
579 
770 
1,168 
318 
261 
63 
2 
118 
$1,000 
33,513 
(□) 
2,678 
2,665 
2,669 
6,972 
11,180 
(D) 
5,243 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.... farms 
91 
7 
12 
2 
9 
28 
24 
9 
$1,000 
23,520 
(D) 
810 
(D) 
1,253 
5,264 
10,710 
- 
4,761 
Tobacco 
... farms 
224 
46 
66 
63 
25 
14 
5 
_ 
5 
$1,000 
7,420 
1,463 
1,077 
1,404 
1,508 
(D) 
875 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.... farms 
33 
7 
2 
5 
9 
5 
3 
- 
2 
$1,000 
4,154 
681 
(D) 
305 
1,186 
639 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Cotton and cottonseed 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
.... farms 
2,395 
487 
883 
693 
107 
103 
60 
5 
57 
$1,000 
133,796 
4,914 
(D) 
11,876 
5,810 
14,402 
31,452 
(D) 
19,021 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.... farms 
269 
20 
16 
68 
37 
57 
49 
4 
18 
$1,000 
117,953 
2,135 
(D) 
5,122 
4,778 
13,814 
31,331 
(D) 
18,622 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
... farms 
1,528 
411 
583 
383 
55 
46 
11 
_ 
39 
$1,000 
27,215 
3,579 
3,886 
4,619 
4,859 
6,770 
2,884 
- 
617 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
114 
11 
12 
31 
29 
21 
6 
- 
4 
$1,000 
18,367 
828 
949 
2,412 
4,517 
6,466 
2,773 
- 
424 
Fruits and tree nuts 
... farms 
774 
238 
278 
172 
39 
24 
5 
- 
18 
$1,000 
20,677 
2,509 
2,360 
3,199 
4,237 
5,697 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
84 
9 
7 
22 
26 
16 
2 
- 
2 
$1,000 
15,026 
637 
570 
1,723 
4,095 
5,601 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Berries 
... farms 
929 
203 
363 
266 
32 
33 
8 
- 
24 
$1,000 
6,537 
1,070 
1,526 
1,420 
623 
1,072 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
25 
1 
3 
6 
2 
7 
4 
- 
2 
$1,000 
2,489 
(D) 
253 
410 
(D) 
763 
614 
- 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 489 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
