Table 1. Historical Highlights: 2012 and Earlier Census Years (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
2002 
1997 
Not adjusted for coverage 
1997 
1992 
1987 
1982 
Livestock and poultry: - Con. 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
6,760 
5,235 
4,085 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
number 
3,121,799 
3,323,802 
4,200,104 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Broilers and other meat- 
type chickens sold 
farms 
606 
636 
871 
751 
632 
529 
556 
462 
number 
211,214,930 
242,228,335 
231,877,714 
197,077,480 
169,292,948 
138,607,293 
89,704,380 
49,399,727 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
877 
913 
740 
714 
706 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
294,133 
270,838 
182,777 
151,007 
150,404 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
30,391,761 
38,603,555 
23,642,448 
20,964,252 
20,917,282 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
149 
185 
189 
216 
211 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
27,493 
30,163 
29,204 
23,519 
23,361 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons 
393,609 
567,496 
548,478 
393,674 
391,670 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
9,946 
8,744 
9,611 
14,881 
13,935 
16,716 
18,644 
22,999 
acres 
4,291,939 
3,421,098 
3,592,828 
5,298,901 
4,825,074 
5,197,545 
4,276,344 
5,972,135 
bushels 
139,417,085 
89,968,524 
102,044,001 
155,472,171 
141,302,977 
138,121,986 
113,464,955 
171,665,099 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
9,946 
8,744 
9,611 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
4,291,939 
3,421,098 
3,592,828 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
139,417,085 
89,968,524 
102,044,001 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Oats for grain 
farms 
237 
172 
334 
693 
676 
1,006 
1,114 
2,264 
acres 
10,139 
14,816 
16,326 
30,377 
30,391 
37,838 
40,105 
82,169 
bushels 
414,730 
462,865 
608,263 
1,160,755 
1,159,885 
1,278,578 
1,277,283 
3,111,780 
Barley for grain 
farms 
22 
42 
58 
53 
52 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
3,963 
5,038 
2,343 
2,817 
2,809 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
167,923 
207,751 
98,417 
113,448 
113,200 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
954 
966 
1,264 
2,650 
2,557 
2,076 
2,961 
3,337 
acres 
200,532 
219,883 
262,032 
427,925 
417,872 
281,244 
339,368 
468,269 
bushels 
5,132,364 
11,682,402 
11,166,761 
19,346,930 
18,863,920 
13,933,273 
15,114,650 
18,714,432 
Sorghum for silage or greenchop 
farms 
99 
164 
190 
275 
277 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
8,940 
13,661 
13,345 
19,829 
20,060 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons 
60,950 
68,537 
135,882 
225,499 
227,000 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
1,039 
813 
1,167 
1,975 
1,921 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
259,921 
180,878 
246,962 
325,539 
323,082 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
3,639,154 
4,559,245 
6,218,396 
9,544,400 
9,498,068 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
1 
7 
3 
5 
5 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
(D) 
150 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
cwt 
(□) 
2,792 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Cotton, all 
farms 
451 
420 
581 
823 
849 
1,726 
2,913 
2,848 
acres 
139,740 
164,273 
172,228 
172,340 
176,962 
296,484 
360,299 
414,312 
bales 
153,250 
279,871 
210,027 
185,799 
190,186 
212,041 
306,388 
235,262 
Forage-land used for all hay and 
haylage, grass silage, and greenchop 
(see text) 
farms 
32,781 
39,449 
36,898 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
2,705,150 
3,231,691 
3,084,888 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons, dry 
3,761,205 
6,718,879 
5,802,990 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Rice 
farms 
- 
3 
2 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
cwt 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
11 
20 
23 
8 
7 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
2,074 
3,626 
4,711 
(D) 
348 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
pounds 
2,310,603 
6,574,767 
8,000,456 
(D) 
297,467 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Peanuts for nuts 
farms 
166 
148 
418 
667 
662 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
21,926 
16,319 
53,390 
67,620 
68,340 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
pounds 
76,491,464 
55,039,635 
144,450,348 
161,610,559 
163,572,035 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Vegetables harvested for sale 
(see text) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
farms 
492 
834 
582 
684 
629 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
10,255 
18,013 
18,565 
19,646 
19,240 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Potatoes 
farms 
185 
215 
67 
38 
35 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
489 
307 
434 
(D) 
(D) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sweet potatoes 
farms 
13 
29 
12 
9 
7 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
(D) 
13 
21 
11 
10 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Land in orchards 
farms 
2,736 
4,036 
3,279 
3,072 
2,733 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
105,728 
143,892 
88,088 
88,735 
86,272 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 Data for 2002 and prior years are based on a sample of farms. 
2 Data for 1982 exclude abnormal farms. 
3 Data for 1997 and prior years do not include imputation for item nonresponse. 
4 Data for 1982 exclude cost of custom applications. 
5 Data for 1997 and prior years exclude cost of lime and manure. 
6 Data for 1982 do not include imputation for item nonresponse. 
7 Data for 2002 and prior years exclude potatoes, sweet potatoes, and ginseng. 
8 Oklahoma 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
