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 
6,501 
8,687 
7,901 
7,476 
7,911 
5,386 
percent 
7.3 
9.8 
8.9 
8.4 
8.9 
6.1 
Land in farms 
acres 
861,023 
852,603 
500,013 
337,927 
274,322 
225,874 
Average size of farm 
acres 
132 
98 
63 
45 
35 
42 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
6,501 
8,687 
7,901 
7,476 
7,911 
5,386 
$1,000 
236,252 
140,502 
56,259 
27,058 
13,232 
1,449 
Average per farm 
dollars 
36,341 
16,174 
7,120 
3,619 
1,673 
269 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
5,386 
$1,000 to $2,499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7,911 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
- 
- 
- 
7,476 
- 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
- 
- 
7,901 
- 
- 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
- 
8,687 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
6,501 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$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 
6,501 
8,687 
7,901 
7,476 
7,911 
5,386 
$1,000 
194,889 
90,803 
26,966 
11,074 
4,311 
830 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
4,394 
3,205 
1,541 
937 
511 
95 
$1,000 
124,278 
40,323 
8,924 
2,909 
816 
53 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn 
farms 
3,427 
2,083 
927 
492 
234 
58 
$1,000 
72,841 
22,109 
5,047 
1,407 
364 
29 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wheat 
farms 
27 
15 
23 
12 
8 
- 
$1,000 
175 
93 
73 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans 
farms 
2,740 
1,707 
692 
471 
265 
39 
$1,000 
50,632 
17,753 
3,661 
1,428 
427 
22 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum 
farms 
3 
3 
3 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 
14 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
6 
7 
2 
2 
1 
- 
$1,000 
15 
(D) 
(D) 
(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 
215 
144 
57 
24 
11 
6 
$1,000 
601 
340 
122 
35 
12 
2 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
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 
100 
186 
151 
102 
70 
19 
$1,000 
1,741 
1,680 
762 
284 
99 
8 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
46 
116 
104 
116 
67 
33 
$1,000 
687 
1,015 
476 
282 
74 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
27 
88 
86 
96 
49 
17 
$1,000 
524 
930 
437 
238 
61 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Berries 
farms 
20 
36 
30 
29 
21 
16 
$1,000 
164 
85 
39 
44 
13 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
97 
141 
57 
28 
15 
4 
$1,000 
2,256 
1,401 
245 
73 
19 
2 
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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