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 
2,985 
5,840 
6,687 
6,606 
6,743 
10,924 
percent 
5.9 
11.6 
13.3 
13.2 
13.4 
21.8 
Land in farms 
acres 
448,918 
596,548 
508,148 
438,802 
365,794 
512,668 
Average size of farm 
acres 
150 
102 
76 
66 
54 
47 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
2,985 
5,840 
6,687 
6,606 
6,743 
10,924 
$1,000 
104,421 
90,706 
47,242 
23,729 
11,084 
2,291 
Average per farm 
dollars 
34,982 
15,532 
7,065 
3,592 
1,644 
210 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
10,924 
$1,000 to $2,499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6,743 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
- 
- 
- 
6,606 
- 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
- 
- 
6,687 
- 
- 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
- 
5,840 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,985 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$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 
2,985 
5,840 
6,687 
6,606 
6,743 
10,924 
$1,000 
98,672 
84,903 
43,224 
20,580 
8,648 
1,957 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
1,005 
1,257 
967 
563 
329 
213 
$1,000 
25,900 
14,103 
4,950 
1,514 
430 
104 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn 
farms 
528 
585 
473 
287 
172 
132 
$1,000 
8,323 
3,929 
1,641 
575 
210 
62 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wheat 
farms 
330 
342 
137 
70 
31 
14 
$1,000 
3,209 
1,828 
461 
141 
38 
7 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans 
farms 
738 
800 
503 
249 
118 
52 
$1,000 
13,608 
7,972 
2,641 
718 
161 
30 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum 
farms 
39 
37 
26 
11 
- 
- 
$1,000 
546 
177 
117 
38 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
16 
24 
9 
6 
- 
- 
$1,000 
29 
54 
28 
10 
- 
- 
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 
46 
80 
70 
38 
32 
21 
$1,000 
185 
143 
62 
31 
22 
6 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
86 
70 
20 
10 
2 
2 
$1,000 
2,192 
865 
(D) 
27 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
59 
43 
20 
11 
2 
- 
$1,000 
1,496 
565 
128 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
353 
642 
662 
430 
221 
87 
$1,000 
7,847 
6,764 
3,119 
1,157 
287 
34 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
221 
463 
421 
268 
213 
121 
$1,000 
4,266 
4,602 
1,924 
637 
257 
53 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
137 
269 
256 
178 
105 
53 
$1,000 
2,874 
2,669 
1,250 
450 
141 
16 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Berries 
farms 
118 
273 
197 
115 
119 
70 
$1,000 
1,392 
1,933 
675 
187 
117 
37 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
343 
487 
332 
198 
150 
71 
$1,000 
9,362 
5,703 
1,757 
549 
215 
33 
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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