Tables. Land: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
LAND USE 
LAND USE - Con. 
Farms 
.number 
248,809 
100.0 
247,437 
Total cropland - Con. 
Land in farms 
.... acres 
130,153,438 
100.0 
130,398,753 
Other cropland - Con. 
Total cropland 
....farms 
138,929 
55.8 
153,276 
Cropland in cultivated 
acres 
29,147,537 
22.4 
33,667,177 
summer fallow 
farms 
6,097 
2.5 
6,269 
Flarvested cropland 
....farms 
104,998 
42.2 
111,671 
acres 
948,329 
0.7 
1,125,030 
acres 
16,458,332 
12.6 
19,174,301 
Farms by acres harvested: 
Total woodland 
farms 
66,928 
26.9 
61,601 
1 to 49 acres 
65,643 
26.4 
69,357 
acres 
7,951,154 
6.1 
7,099,790 
1 to 9 acres 
14,844 
6.0 
16,585 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
47,781 
19.2 
45,466 
1 0 to 19 acres 
20,055 
8.1 
20,820 
acres 
5,759,183 
4.4 
5,278,964 
20 to 29 acres 
14,405 
5.8 
15,015 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
25,209 
10.1 
21,754 
30 to 49 acres 
16,339 
6.6 
16,937 
acres 
2,191,971 
1.7 
1,820,826 
50 to 99 acres 
15,920 
6.4 
16,623 
Permanent pasture and rangeland. 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
9,111 
3.7 
9,755 
other than cropland and woodland 
200 to 499 acres 
7,190 
2.9 
6,893 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
177,868 
71.5 
165,484 
500 to 999 acres 
3,376 
1.4 
3,802 
acres 
90,287,767 
69.4 
87,217,416 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
2,239 
0.9 
3,336 
2,000 acres or more 
1,519 
0.6 
1,905 
Land in farmsteads, buildings. 
livestock facilities, ponds. 
Other pasture and grazing land that 
roads, wasteland, etc 
farms 
134,352 
54.0 
89,874 
could have been used for crops without 
acres 
2,766,980 
2.1 
2,414,370 
additional improvement (see text)... 
....farms 
19,124 
7.7 
49,894 
acres 
2,845,326 
2.2 
7,832,896 
CONSERVATION AND CROP 
INSURANCE 
Other cropland 
....farms 
43,211 
17.4 
34,510 
acres 
9,843,879 
7.6 
6,659,980 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands 
Cropland idle or used for 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
cover crops or soil-improvement 
Programs 
farms 
13,390 
(X) 
15,665 
but not harvested and not 
acres 
3,203,342 
(X) 
4,170,044 
pastured or grazed 
....farms 
25,894 
10.4 
23,145 
acres 
4,694,923 
3.6 
4,602,973 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
Cropland on which all crops failed 
programs 
farms 
20,730 
(X) 
17,756 
or were abandoned 
....farms 
17,621 
7.1 
8,836 
acres 
20,783,561 
(X) 
16,361,113 
acres 
4,200,627 
3.2 
931,977 
16 Texas 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
