Table 8. Land: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
LAND USE 
LAND USE - Con. 
Farms 
.number 
12,256 
100.0 
12,834 
Total cropland - Con. 
Land in farms 
.... acres 
2,030,745 
100.0 
2,051,756 
Other cropland - Con. 
Total cropland 
....farms 
9,278 
75.7 
10,235 
Cropland in cultivated 
acres 
1,396,144 
68.8 
1,405,442 
summer fallow 
farms 
275 
2.2 
287 
Harvested cropland 
....farms 
7,530 
61.4 
8,278 
acres 
5,622 
0.3 
(D) 
acres 
1,280,965 
63.1 
1,246,603 
Farms by acres harvested: 
Total woodland 
farms 
6,946 
56.7 
7,210 
1 to 49 acres 
4,292 
35.0 
4,876 
acres 
348,482 
17.2 
373,002 
1 to 9 acres 
1,644 
13.4 
1,898 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
1,459 
11.9 
1 ,665 
1 0 to 1 9 acres 
1,121 
9.1 
1,240 
acres 
24,830 
1.2 
(D) 
20 to 29 acres 
681 
5.6 
805 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
6,229 
50.8 
6,332 
30 to 49 acres 
846 
6.9 
933 
acres 
323,652 
15.9 
(D) 
50 to 99 acres 
968 
7.9 
1,126 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
100 to 199 acres 
855 
7.0 
886 
other than cropland and woodland 
200 to 499 acres 
743 
6.1 
753 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
6,315 
51.5 
6,051 
500 to 999 acres 
390 
3.2 
357 
acres 
161,243 
7.9 
156,375 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
198 
1.6 
202 
2,000 acres or more 
84 
0.7 
78 
Land in farmsteads, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, 
Other pasture and grazing land that 
roads, wasteland, etc 
farms 
8,967 
73.2 
7,980 
could have been used for crops without 
acres 
124,876 
6.1 
116,937 
additional improvement (see text)... 
....farms 
766 
6.3 
2,371 
acres 
15,176 
0.7 
(D) 
CONSERVATION AND CROP 
INSURANCE 
Other cropland 
....farms 
3,118 
25.4 
2,881 
acres 
100,003 
4.9 
(D) 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands 
Cropland idle or used for 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
cover crops or soil-improvement 
Programs 
farms 
2,506 
(X) 
2,525 
but not harvested and not 
acres 
73,858 
(X) 
85,046 
pastured or grazed 
....farms 
2,672 
21.8 
2,264 
acres 
85,770 
4.2 
70,506 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
Cropland on which all crops failed 
programs 
farms 
1,612 
(X) 
1,522 
or were abandoned 
....farms 
457 
3.7 
633 
acres 
776,497 
(X) 
665,929 
acres 
8,611 
0.4 
15,521 
16 Maryland 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
