Table 8. Farms, Land in Farms, Value of Land and Buildings, and Land Use: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Grafton 
Hillsborough 
Merrimack 
Rockingham 
Strafford 
Sullivan 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number, 2012 
500 
688 
600 
658 
354 
298 
2007 
552 
615 
583 
594 
303 
294 
Land in farms 
acres, 2012 
82,372 
47,707 
64,950 
36,003 
30,680 
39,015 
2007 
99,964 
50,238 
64,642 
33,570 
25,744 
43,199 
Average size of farm 
acres, 2012 
165 
69 
108 
55 
87 
131 
2007 
181 
82 
111 
57 
85 
147 
Estimated market value of land and buildings 
farms, 2012 
500 
688 
600 
658 
354 
298 
2007 
552 
615 
583 
594 
303 
294 
$1,000, 2012 
244,955 
309,865 
258,143 
267,443 
150,464 
153,621 
2007 
391,949 
344,829 
307,804 
321,436 
159,474 
171,764 
Average per farm 
dollars, 2012 
489,909 
450,385 
430,238 
406,448 
425,038 
515,508 
2007 
710,052 
560,697 
527,966 
541,137 
526,318 
584,232 
Average per acre 
dollars, 2012 
2,974 
6,495 
3,974 
7,428 
4,904 
3,937 
2007 
3,921 
6,864 
4,762 
9,575 
6,195 
3,976 
2012 farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
19 
107 
91 
60 
39 
11 
$50,000 to $99,999 
35 
16 
21 
59 
15 
17 
$100,000 to $199,999 
67 
72 
96 
104 
48 
68 
$200,000 to $499,999 
223 
329 
251 
269 
155 
128 
$500,000 to $999,999 
114 
99 
85 
115 
75 
44 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
29 
41 
45 
32 
12 
16 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
11 
20 
8 
19 
10 
11 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
1 
4 
3 
- 
- 
3 
$10,000,000 or more 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Approximate land area 
acres, 2012 
1,093,670 
560,737 
597,846 
444,742 
236,085 
343,869 
Proportion in farms 
percent, 2012 
7.5 
8.5 
10.9 
8.1 
13.0 
11.3 
2012 size of farm: 
1 to 9 acres 
farms 
68 
182 
147 
201 
78 
43 
acres 
286 
(D) 
536 
(D) 
304 
239 
1 0 to 49 acres 
farms 
122 
258 
187 
257 
128 
110 
acres 
2,974 
6,433 
5,097 
6,095 
3,156 
2,282 
50 to 69 acres 
farms 
42 
39 
57 
45 
38 
18 
acres 
2,447 
2,236 
3,227 
2,611 
2,153 
1,129 
70 to 99 acres 
farms 
40 
58 
59 
46 
24 
33 
acres 
3,448 
4,881 
4,980 
3,818 
2,097 
2,582 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
farms 
49 
47 
33 
41 
35 
15 
acres 
5,583 
5,508 
3,887 
4,844 
4,219 
1,706 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
farms 
43 
42 
22 
30 
14 
19 
acres 
6,937 
6,810 
3,310 
4,968 
2,218 
2,939 
180 to 219 acres 
farms 
26 
18 
19 
10 
9 
15 
acres 
5,044 
3,610 
3,774 
2,005 
1,771 
2,944 
220 to 259 acres 
farms 
21 
11 
17 
7 
8 
4 
acres 
5,043 
2,652 
3,954 
1,618 
1,899 
930 
260 to 499 acres 
farms 
53 
23 
36 
16 
16 
24 
acres 
18,369 
7,835 
12,257 
5,439 
5,181 
7,407 
500 to 999 acres 
farms 
29 
9 
18 
4 
1 
13 
acres 
19,387 
5,150 
12,290 
2,450 
(D) 
8,664 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
farms 
4 
1 
- 
1 
1 
2 
acres 
5,034 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
2,000 acres or more 
farms 
3 
- 
5 
- 
2 
2 
acres 
7,820 
- 
1 1 ,638 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
2007 size of farm: 
1 to 9 acres 
farms 
59 
113 
107 
180 
60 
35 
acres 
280 
(D) 
485 
(D) 
244 
(D) 
1 0 to 49 acres 
farms 
167 
243 
201 
220 
110 
99 
acres 
4,161 
5,781 
5,281 
5,301 
2,866 
2,336 
50 to 69 acres 
farms 
33 
50 
43 
58 
27 
24 
acres 
1,876 
2,844 
2,525 
3,399 
1,584 
1,422 
70 to 99 acres 
farms 
48 
46 
67 
33 
27 
22 
acres 
4,106 
3,733 
5,608 
2,733 
2,264 
1,755 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
farms 
46 
45 
46 
42 
25 
28 
acres 
5,200 
5,252 
5,343 
4,663 
2,841 
3,041 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
farms 
37 
41 
29 
18 
17 
20 
acres 
5,815 
6,492 
4,595 
2,854 
2,717 
3,138 
180 to 219 acres 
farms 
35 
25 
16 
16 
15 
15 
acres 
6,841 
4,941 
3,120 
3,134 
2,967 
2,994 
220 to 259 acres 
farms 
25 
16 
9 
5 
6 
4 
acres 
5,997 
3,817 
2,146 
1,165 
1,393 
947 
260 to 499 acres 
farms 
67 
25 
41 
17 
13 
28 
acres 
23,829 
8,395 
13,739 
6,067 
4,345 
9,055 
500 to 999 acres 
farms 
26 
9 
20 
4 
2 
15 
acres 
16,304 
5,761 
12,761 
2,302 
(D) 
(D) 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
farms 
5 
2 
1 
1 
3 
acres 
6,343 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
2,000 acres or more 
farms 
4 
3 
- 
1 
1 
acres 
19,212 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO USE 
Total cropland 
farms, 2012 
318 
339 
394 
387 
225 
164 
2007 
409 
360 
404 
430 
244 
204 
acres, 2012 
17,195 
11,072 
13,743 
8,955 
7,692 
8,302 
2007 
24,887 
13,074 
16,344 
13,587 
8,980 
13,398 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
302 
308 
365 
366 
212 
154 
2007 
341 
301 
366 
365 
209 
172 
acres, 2012 
15,579 
9,282 
12,898 
7,719 
7,158 
7,965 
2007 
Other pasture and grazing land that could have been 
19,189 
10,850 
13,494 
10,166 
7,476 
9,260 
used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms, 2012 
30 
45 
27 
32 
21 
7 
2007 
119 
82 
89 
120 
55 
40 
acres, 2012 
449 
541 
339 
321 
97 
61 
2007 
3,662 
959 
2,056 
2,250 
767 
2,394 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data New Hampshire 241 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
