Table 48. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Washington: 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 
37,249 
11,197 
14,170 
5,930 
1,316 
1,708 
1,075 
224 
1,629 
percent 
100.0 
30.1 
38.0 
15.9 
3.5 
4.6 
2.9 
0.6 
4.4 
Land in farms 
....acres 
14,748,107 
1,364,141 
1,195,944 
976,420 
1,240,739 
2,829,736 
2,289,209 
861,186 
3,990,732 
Average size of farm 
....acres 
396 
122 
84 
165 
943 
1,657 
2,129 
3,845 
2,450 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total farms 
37,249 
11,197 
14,170 
5,930 
1,316 
1,708 
1,075 
224 
1,629 
$1,000 
9,280,019 
167,552 
187,964 
157,386 
318,811 
1,069,203 
2,189,254 
3,638,378 
1,551,470 
Average per farm 
.. dollars 
249,135 
14,964 
13,265 
26,541 
242,258 
625,997 
2,036,515 
16,242,759 
952,406 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
10,223 
3,785 
4,901 
1,307 
6 
8 
2 
214 
$1,000 to $2,499 
4,709 
1,598 
2,398 
619 
1 
1 
- 
- 
92 
$2,500 to $4,999 
4,417 
1,560 
2,072 
675 
2 
- 
- 
- 
108 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,985 
1,449 
1,749 
653 
9 
6 
- 
- 
119 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3,916 
1,396 
1,526 
846 
7 
5 
2 
- 
134 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,203 
669 
676 
713 
8 
6 
- 
_ 
131 
$50,000 to $99,999 
1,568 
353 
415 
661 
18 
5 
- 
- 
116 
$100,000 to $249,999 
2,110 
315 
356 
445 
787 
35 
- 
- 
172 
$250,000 to $499,999 
1,304 
65 
71 
8 
458 
560 
10 
" 
132 
$500,000 to $999,999 
1,194 
3 
2 
- 
12 
999 
31 
- 
147 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
1,620 
4 
4 
3 
8 
83 
1,030 
224 
264 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
994 
4 
4 
3 
6 
74 
760 
- 
143 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
341 
- 
- 
- 
2 
9 
265 
2 
63 
$5,000,000 or more 
285 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 
222 
58 
Total sales 
....farms 
37,249 
11,197 
14,170 
5,930 
1,316 
1,708 
1,075 
224 
1,629 
$1,000 
9,120,749 
145,397 
167,579 
146,298 
301,161 
1,029,526 
2,160,774 
3,634,743 
1,535,272 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
....farms 
3,722 
368 
494 
442 
562 
961 
532 
81 
282 
$1,000 
1,473,574 
21,404 
23,991 
21,982 
104,175 
454,706 
528,322 
182,181 
136,813 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
2,616 
129 
141 
171 
487 
901 
499 
72 
216 
$1,000 
1,455,780 
18,158 
19,477 
17,162 
102,553 
453,173 
527,536 
181,959 
135,762 
Corn 
....farms 
849 
66 
126 
73 
91 
215 
181 
51 
46 
$1,000 
200,366 
1,553 
3,411 
2,458 
5,473 
41,262 
70,994 
61,888 
13,327 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
470 
5 
25 
13 
34 
165 
148 
47 
33 
$1,000 
193,992 
675 
2,259 
1,307 
4,483 
40,227 
70,281 
61,769 
12,991 
Wheat 
....farms 
2,870 
250 
296 
292 
473 
826 
438 
59 
236 
$1,000 
1,056,341 
17,065 
17,348 
15,436 
82,538 
352,108 
368,402 
101,697 
101,747 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
2,182 
111 
109 
126 
425 
769 
397 
52 
193 
$1,000 
1,043,618 
14,940 
14,700 
12,123 
81,385 
350,530 
367,386 
101,556 
100,998 
Soybeans 
....farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(□) 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Sorghum 
....farms 
2 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
....farms 
813 
60 
71 
100 
140 
249 
115 
4 
74 
$1,000 
61,677 
(D) 
1,278 
2,860 
(D) 
23,501 
(D) 
403 
6,755 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
390 
12 
3 
17 
66 
159 
95 
3 
35 
$1,000 
54,098 
(D) 
360 
1,423 
5,968 
21,451 
17,102 
(D) 
6,205 
Rice 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
....farms 
979 
66 
95 
90 
126 
279 
213 
26 
84 
$1,000 
155,009 
1,081 
1,955 
1,229 
8,393 
37,835 
71,339 
18,194 
14,983 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
573 
8 
12 
4 
65 
215 
184 
23 
62 
$1,000 
148,644 
533 
1,167 
265 
6,991 
36,299 
70,631 
18,131 
14,627 
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 
2,928 
625 
900 
679 
88 
221 
214 
50 
151 
$1,000 
1,064,081 
5,340 
10,366 
10,959 
8,918 
70,187 
252,980 
546,593 
158,737 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
674 
17 
30 
57 
64 
197 
204 
48 
57 
$1,000 
1 ,049,399 
(D) 
6,031 
6,014 
8,510 
69,575 
252,812 
(D) 
157,708 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
....farms 
5,495 
1,190 
1,537 
997 
434 
458 
356 
99 
424 
$1,000 
2,931,370 
40,583 
52,640 
39,645 
88,998 
235,218 
587,414 
1,351,994 
534,879 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
2,459 
224 
295 
326 
407 
441 
348 
98 
320 
$1,000 
2,896,751 
31,043 
40,244 
(□) 
88,433 
234,806 
587,160 
(D) 
533,221 
Fruits and tree nuts 
....farms 
4,391 
932 
1,104 
743 
373 
417 
341 
95 
386 
$1,000 
2,779,675 
37,578 
47,132 
33,164 
78,904 
218,162 
566,810 
1,271,522 
526,403 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
2,249 
214 
268 
271 
357 
408 
335 
94 
302 
$1,000 
2,750,951 
29,360 
36,926 
(D) 
78,520 
217,946 
566,616 
(D) 
524,850 
Berries 
....farms 
1,480 
366 
554 
343 
68 
56 
20 
13 
60 
$1,000 
151,695 
3,005 
5,508 
6,481 
10,094 
17,056 
20,604 
80,472 
8,476 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
229 
10 
27 
55 
50 
41 
15 
12 
19 
$1,000 
145,161 
(D) 
3,212 
4,575 
9,824 
16,764 
20,532 
(D) 
8,226 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
656 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
