Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
248,809 
3,338 
2,947 
4,070 
8,082 
9,959 
percent 
100.0 
1.3 
1.2 
1.6 
3.2 
4.0 
Land in farms 
acres 
130,153,438 
18,152,293 
13,978,337 
15,737,636 
19,223,177 
13,161,999 
Average size of farm 
acres 
523 
5,438 
4,743 
3,867 
2,379 
1,322 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
248,809 
3,338 
2,947 
4,070 
8,082 
9,959 
$1,000 
26,019,573 
19,005,797 
2,058,981 
1,444,461 
1,261,680 
691 ,260 
Average per farm 
dollars 
104,576 
5,693,768 
698,670 
354,904 
156,110 
69,411 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
67,571 
. 
. 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
34,393 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
32,204 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
35,110 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
34,383 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
16,752 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$50,000 to $99,999 
9,959 
- 
- 
- 
- 
9,959 
$100,000 to $249,999 
8,082 
- 
- 
- 
8,082 
- 
$250,000 to $499,999 
4,070 
- 
- 
4,070 
- 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
2,947 
_ 
2,947 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
3,338 
3,338 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
2,158 
2,158 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
664 
664 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
516 
516 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
248,809 
3,338 
2,947 
4,070 
8,082 
9,959 
$1,000 
25,375,581 
18,901,888 
1,971,125 
1 ,350,433 
1,151,716 
618,355 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
13,089 
1,569 
1,636 
1,865 
2,484 
1,754 
$1,000 
3,049,522 
1,741,930 
614,210 
354,721 
221 ,290 
70,832 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
6,839 
1,469 
1,485 
1,533 
1,718 
634 
$1,000 
2,942,226 
1,739,674 
610,888 
346,737 
203,010 
41,917 
Corn 
farms 
4,344 
997 
847 
739 
723 
400 
$1,000 
1,454,271 
986,610 
264,733 
119,730 
61,290 
15,059 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
3,017 
966 
813 
624 
494 
120 
$1,000 
1,429,600 
985,874 
264,043 
116,687 
54,785 
8,211 
Wheat 
farms 
7,385 
853 
866 
1,018 
1,440 
1,054 
$1,000 
618,799 
257,493 
124,627 
95,014 
82,265 
33,519 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2,788 
685 
597 
594 
682 
230 
$1,000 
535,369 
253,003 
117,804 
85,238 
64,951 
14,373 
Soybeans 
farms 
451 
91 
81 
78 
75 
34 
$1,000 
36,750 
(D) 
(D) 
5,408 
3,396 
926 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
177 
66 
43 
38 
26 
4 
$1,000 
31,505 
15,570 
8,918 
4,301 
2,462 
254 
Sorghum 
farms 
4,873 
839 
803 
910 
975 
575 
$1,000 
743,309 
392,729 
159,415 
101,680 
61,498 
17,544 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2,628 
727 
660 
616 
514 
111 
$1,000 
697,250 
389,847 
155,588 
94,038 
50,506 
7,272 
Barley 
farms 
58 
2 
2 
4 
12 
13 
$1,000 
951 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
146 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
5 
1 
3 
1 
$1,000 
439 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Rice 
farms 
361 
65 
85 
107 
63 
29 
$1,000 
136,187 
58,842 
(D) 
(D) 
7,986 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
329 
64 
83 
105 
55 
22 
$1,000 
135,397 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
7,717 
1,722 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
1,286 
184 
138 
138 
191 
153 
$1,000 
59,256 
29,907 
15,613 
5,122 
4,709 
1,649 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
254 
101 
74 
37 
40 
2 
$1,000 
50,266 
28,663 
14,562 
3,605 
(D) 
(D) 
Tobacco 
farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
7,025 
983 
1,235 
1,385 
1,677 
785 
$1,000 
1,618,671 
672,123 
437,117 
290,054 
166,151 
35,723 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
5,052 
942 
1,175 
1,284 
1,320 
331 
$1,000 
1 ,570,880 
670,926 
435,221 
286,986 
155,701 
22,045 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
2,276 
230 
108 
84 
168 
159 
$1,000 
474,949 
390,260 
31,745 
13,905 
16,847 
7,424 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
576 
218 
86 
61 
126 
85 
$1,000 
456,295 
390,091 
31,141 
13,362 
16,029 
5,672 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
5,108 
100 
109 
157 
374 
588 
$1,000 
251,647 
92,232 
33,023 
29,343 
31,011 
25,462 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
765 
74 
72 
110 
232 
277 
$1,000 
199,138 
91,666 
32,283 
28,633 
27,949 
18,607 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
4,906 
100 
103 
152 
358 
568 
$1,000 
244,041 
92,180 
31,603 
27,698 
28,946 
24,532 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
734 
74 
69 
106 
220 
265 
$1,000 
193,155 
91,638 
30,874 
26,993 
25,886 
17,765 
Berries 
farms 
307 
3 
8 
11 
31 
28 
$1,000 
7,606 
52 
1,421 
1,646 
2,065 
930 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
35 
- 
4 
6 
15 
10 
$1,000 
5,613 
- 
1,402 
1,566 
1,936 
709 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
1,828 
187 
106 
146 
253 
220 
$1,000 
1,011,669 
836,873 
67,083 
48,302 
35,347 
12,753 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
841 
185 
103 
143 
238 
172 
$1,000 
998,706 
(D) 
66,993 
48,231 
35,082 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
112 Texas 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
