Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Item 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
Beef cattle 
ranching 
and farming 
(112111) 
Cattle 
feed lots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Hog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
.. farms 
- 
2,678 
1,058 
42 
396 
31 
509 
146 
657 
acres 
- 
136,926 
51,760 
4,534 
119,294 
1,274 
95,515 
2,004 
15,298 
Harvested cropland 
.. farms 
- 
1,533 
951 
39 
386 
17 
354 
76 
413 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
- 
83,260 
43,955 
3,870 
115,867 
1,119 
88,989 
917 
10,679 
1 to 49 acres 
- 
1,195 
665 
18 
30 
10 
141 
73 
379 
50 to 99 acres 
- 
186 
164 
5 
50 
2 
29 
3 
12 
100 to 199 acres 
- 
79 
103 
11 
113 
3 
46 
- 
14 
200 to 499 acres 
- 
53 
18 
5 
129 
2 
90 
- 
7 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
14 
- 
- 
52 
- 
31 
- 
- 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
- 
3 
- 
- 
10 
- 
14 
- 
1 
2,000 acres or more 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
3 
1 
2 
3 
improvements (see text) 
.. farms 
- 
160 
140 
11 
48 
9 
58 
51 
152 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
~ 
2,720 
3,565 
405 
1,789 
(D) 
725 
427 
2,339 
were abandoned 
.. farms 
- 
158 
18 
- 
15 
4 
31 
2 
21 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
acres 
(D) 
489 
584 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
214 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
.. farms 
- 
1,323 
142 
17 
35 
11 
184 
41 
138 
acres 
- 
46,780 
3,549 
259 
927 
76 
5,201 
637 
1,938 
In cultivated summer fallow 
.. farms 
- 
84 
21 
- 
12 
- 
6 
2 
14 
acres 
- 
(D) 
202 
" 
127 
(D) 
(D) 
128 
Total woodland 
.. farms 
- 
1,866 
1,033 
33 
242 
43 
488 
253 
1,015 
acres 
- 
110,012 
42,934 
1,661 
13,589 
612 
23,792 
3,356 
26,561 
Woodland pastured 
.. farms 
- 
253 
445 
9 
70 
21 
37 
95 
280 
acres 
- 
5,566 
10,830 
156 
1,107 
164 
208 
478 
2,847 
Woodland not pastured 
.. farms 
- 
1,747 
809 
30 
215 
27 
463 
204 
856 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
acres 
104,446 
32,104 
1,505 
12,482 
448 
23,584 
2,878 
23,714 
pastured (see text) 
..farms 
- 
1,044 
1,424 
30 
338 
51 
282 
401 
1,681 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
acres 
24,219 
46,129 
1,372 
16,025 
1,164 
4,594 
4,646 
33,200 
wasteland, etc 
.. farms 
- 
2,096 
1,219 
39 
334 
61 
805 
388 
1,593 
acres 
- 
31,098 
9,796 
435 
5,299 
292 
13,515 
1,985 
12,978 
Irrigated land 
.. farms 
_ 
116 
15 
1 
26 
_ 
118 
8 
29 
acres 
- 
5,501 
(D) 
(D) 
3,834 
- 
12,997 
(□) 
134 
Harvested cropland 
.. farms 
- 
116 
12 
1 
24 
- 
114 
6 
14 
acres 
- 
5,456 
(D) 
(D) 
3,747 
- 
12,880 
(D) 
105 
Pastureland and other land 
.. farms 
- 
3 
4 
3 
- 
10 
2 
15 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
acres 
45 
(D) 
87 
117 
(D) 
29 
Programs 
.. farms 
- 
1,335 
126 
15 
46 
5 
145 
31 
99 
acres 
- 
(D) 
2,563 
305 
811 
58 
2,732 
525 
1,145 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) 
.. farms 
- 
76 
28 
9 
127 
2 
179 
1 
9 
acres 
- 
19,780 
4,215 
777 
40,794 
(D) 
69,243 
(D) 
(D) 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) 
.. farms 
- 
10 
7 
1 
8 
- 
4 
- 
3 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
$1,000 
48 
73 
(D) 
5,859 
16 
(D) 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings 
.. farms 
- 
2,909 
1,649 
45 
417 
76 
922 
482 
1,995 
$1,000 
- 
2,049,612 
923,584 
44,448 
846,439 
38,234 
932,975 
163,569 
1,420,705 
Average per farm 
.dollars 
- 
704,576 
560,087 
987,730 
2,029,829 
503,082 
1,011,903 
339,355 
712,133 
Average per acre 
.dollars 
- 
6,781 
6,132 
5,555 
5,489 
11,441 
6,789 
13,641 
16,138 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
- 
137 
79 
3 
15 
4 
27 
30 
86 
$50,000 to $99,999 
- 
231 
103 
2 
3 
8 
32 
32 
70 
$100,000 to $199,999 
- 
339 
232 
2 
9 
12 
72 
85 
179 
$200,000 to $499,999 
- 
948 
607 
9 
46 
30 
311 
231 
732 
$500,000 to $999,999 
- 
770 
411 
9 
87 
10 
232 
97 
581 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
_ 
303 
143 
17 
107 
8 
153 
6 
247 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
- 
142 
65 
3 
118 
4 
66 
1 
82 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
- 
31 
7 
- 
23 
- 
21 
- 
12 
$10,000,000 or more 
- 
8 
2 
- 
9 
- 
8 
" 
6 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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