Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and Market Value of Agricultural Products 
Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1 ,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
5,075 
7,776 
8,063 
8,108 
8,606 
6,402 
percent 
6.8 
10.4 
10.7 
10.8 
11.5 
8.5 
Land in farms 
acres 
708,730 
801,046 
528,257 
420,769 
339,422 
289,434 
Average size of farm 
acres 
140 
103 
66 
52 
39 
45 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
5,075 
7,776 
8,063 
8,108 
8,606 
6,402 
$1,000 
182,435 
124,965 
57,406 
29,373 
14,353 
1,827 
Average per farm 
dollars 
35,948 
16,071 
7,120 
3,623 
1,668 
285 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
6,402 
$1,000 to $2,499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
8,606 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
- 
- 
- 
8,108 
- 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
- 
- 
8,063 
- 
- 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
- 
7,776 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
5,075 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$50,000 to $99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$100,000 to $249,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$250,000 to $499,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
5,075 
7,776 
8,063 
8,108 
8,606 
6,402 
$1,000 
155,651 
90,687 
31,799 
13,215 
5,371 
1,029 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
3,850 
3,789 
2,305 
1,502 
905 
321 
$1,000 
114,397 
50,334 
13,155 
4,595 
1,291 
177 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn 
farms 
3,000 
2,462 
1,367 
772 
493 
188 
$1,000 
53,831 
22,521 
6,440 
2,141 
641 
92 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wheat 
farms 
532 
392 
182 
107 
60 
19 
$1,000 
4,966 
2,423 
655 
260 
100 
12 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans 
farms 
2,806 
2,380 
1,166 
736 
387 
126 
$1,000 
55,057 
25,030 
5,930 
2,151 
531 
71 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum 
farms 
28 
23 
22 
6 
1 
- 
$1,000 
272 
(D) 
67 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
5 
3 
4 
1 
1 
- 
$1,000 
62 
(D) 
6 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
68 
68 
34 
21 
19 
9 
$1,000 
210 
171 
57 
(D) 
(D) 
2 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
2 
1 
_ 
2 
2 
_ 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
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 
116 
240 
207 
109 
41 
8 
$1,000 
2,335 
2,296 
1,031 
283 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
113 
226 
190 
147 
87 
19 
$1,000 
2,073 
2,442 
933 
425 
120 
11 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
78 
171 
140 
112 
60 
10 
$1,000 
1,820 
1,997 
740 
(D) 
92 
6 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Berries 
farms 
41 
81 
76 
47 
27 
9 
$1,000 
253 
445 
193 
(D) 
28 
6 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
108 
187 
98 
51 
39 
10 
$1,000 
2,869 
2,043 
461 
125 
53 
7 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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