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 
528 
9,304 
8,403 
5 
230 
851 
1,983 
614 
1,972 
acres 
305,462 
935,327 
289,194 
1,145 
69,329 
199,255 
276,728 
7,028 
73,838 
Harvested cropland 
.. farms 
528 
6,939 
7,609 
5 
221 
776 
1,622 
365 
1,380 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
300,967 
782,979 
245,928 
1,145 
65,571 
182,474 
256,724 
3,591 
60,418 
1 to 49 acres 
88 
6,232 
- 
43 
344 
932 
361 
1,281 
50 to 99 acres 
54 
932 
2 
31 
134 
198 
4 
66 
100 to 199 acres 
72 
264 
329 
- 
41 
110 
195 
- 
7 
200 to 499 acres 
105 
147 
106 
3 
68 
94 
148 
- 
6 
500 to 999 acres 
111 
123 
6 
- 
23 
45 
103 
- 
8 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
67 
127 
4 
- 
14 
31 
35 
- 
8 
2,000 acres or more 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
31 
90 
1 
18 
11 
4 
improvements (see text) 
.. farms 
13 
619 
1,013 
- 
19 
82 
237 
147 
468 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
589 
22,622 
24,706 
“ 
1,010 
10,046 
8,829 
1,627 
9,489 
were abandoned 
.. farms 
11 
482 
171 
- 
6 
25 
96 
18 
49 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
acres 
128 
10,340 
1,851 
157 
643 
1,519 
104 
299 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
.. farms 
53 
2,875 
761 
- 
23 
101 
345 
137 
315 
acres 
2,948 
106,139 
13,631 
- 
1,546 
4,569 
7,460 
1,605 
3,337 
In cultivated summer fallow 
.. farms 
20 
416 
225 
- 
10 
25 
70 
18 
45 
acres 
830 
13,247 
3,078 
1,045 
1,523 
2,196 
101 
295 
Total woodland 
.. farms 
279 
7,151 
9,468 
5 
189 
717 
2,016 
1,257 
2,872 
acres 
65,292 
644,591 
426,458 
957 
17,856 
96,473 
128,287 
27,610 
94,825 
Woodland pastured 
.. farms 
25 
1,962 
6,349 
3 
127 
161 
704 
719 
1,170 
acres 
1,501 
47,997 
127,874 
(D) 
(D) 
5,411 
16,635 
6,058 
17,877 
Woodland not pastured 
..farms 
270 
6,237 
6,111 
2 
128 
656 
1,698 
867 
2,168 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
acres 
63,791 
596,594 
298,584 
(D) 
(D) 
91,062 
111,652 
21,552 
76,948 
pastured (see text) 
.. farms 
47 
4,021 
12,634 
8 
226 
524 
1,750 
1,621 
4,036 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
acres 
1,313 
138,580 
554,431 
1,404 
21,528 
32,464 
85,880 
22,017 
77,998 
wasteland, etc 
.. farms 
245 
6,642 
9,317 
8 
211 
866 
2,724 
1,392 
3,634 
acres 
15,703 
102,941 
77,377 
37 
4,370 
31,073 
48,274 
6,366 
29,835 
Irrigated land 
.. farms 
31 
364 
181 
20 
477 
144 
26 
96 
acres 
5,758 
28,595 
5,042 
- 
1,265 
29,076 
5,737 
141 
1,156 
Harvested cropland 
.. farms 
31 
350 
143 
- 
19 
419 
127 
14 
69 
acres 
5,758 
(D) 
3,403 
- 
1,215 
22,704 
5,022 
45 
915 
Pastureland and other land 
.. farms 
- 
18 
46 
- 
3 
122 
27 
14 
35 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
acres 
(D) 
1,639 
50 
6,372 
715 
96 
241 
Programs 
.. farms 
77 
2,260 
206 
- 
5 
38 
71 
25 
68 
acres 
3,270 
80,977 
4,624 
~ 
165 
631 
1,329 
449 
2,209 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) 
.. farms 
392 
614 
213 
- 
95 
197 
374 
4 
38 
acres 
250,392 
484,963 
29,753 
34,433 
107,237 
154,892 
16 
22,387 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) 
.. farms 
- 
18 
2 
- 
3 
3 
7 
- 
13 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
$1,000 
1,717 
(D) 
(D) 
1 
519 
17 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings 
.. farms 
528 
10,465 
13,909 
10 
263 
1,170 
3,404 
1,922 
5,190 
$1,000 
1,132,408 
6,743,015 
6,783,024 
14,744 
484,344 
1,591,980 
2,891,669 
485,361 
2,189,572 
Average per farm 
.dollars 
2,144,713 
644,340 
487,672 
1 ,474,440 
1,841,611 
1,360,667 
849,491 
252,529 
421,883 
Average per acre 
.dollars 
2,920 
3,702 
5,034 
4,162 
4,283 
4,431 
5,363 
7,702 
7,919 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
28 
829 
1,048 
- 
17 
60 
179 
221 
459 
$50,000 to $99,999 
19 
945 
1,143 
- 
5 
57 
159 
255 
512 
$100,000 to $199,999 
33 
1,977 
2,507 
2 
14 
122 
374 
460 
1,069 
$200,000 to $499,999 
92 
3,713 
5,152 
- 
30 
265 
987 
747 
2,021 
$500,000 to $999,999 
101 
1,722 
2,565 
3 
42 
266 
926 
221 
734 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
90 
703 
1,017 
2 
69 
189 
484 
15 
260 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
97 
397 
424 
3 
70 
151 
239 
3 
114 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
55 
117 
47 
- 
13 
39 
44 
- 
17 
$10,000,000 or more 
13 
62 
6 
- 
3 
21 
12 
- 
4 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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