Table 65. Summary by 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 
2,053 
2,531 
1,988 
1,747 
1,927 
8,243 
percent 
7.3 
9.0 
7.1 
6.2 
6.9 
29.4 
Land in farms 
acres 
1,961,227 
1,390,893 
560,988 
311,326 
1,118,277 
5,859,183 
Average size of farm 
acres 
955 
550 
282 
178 
580 
711 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
2,053 
2,531 
1,988 
1,747 
1,927 
8,243 
$1,000 
80,055 
45,972 
16,201 
7,034 
4,034 
35,285 
Average per farm 
dollars 
38,994 
18,164 
8,150 
4,026 
2,093 
4,281 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
5,891 
$1,000 to $2,499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,792 
409 
$2,500 to $4,999 
- 
- 
- 
1,632 
67 
413 
$5,000 to $9,999 
- 
- 
1,843 
88 
34 
492 
$10,000 to $24,999 
- 
2,288 
108 
18 
30 
594 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,869 
204 
24 
6 
4 
335 
$50,000 to $99,999 
180 
38 
13 
3 
- 
97 
$100,000 to $249,999 
3 
1 
- 
- 
- 
12 
$250,000 to $499,999 
1 
" 
- 
- 
- 
$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 
2,053 
2,531 
1,988 
1,747 
1,927 
8,243 
$1,000 
73,279 
40,432 
14,063 
6,220 
3,160 
575 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
472 
308 
153 
63 
32 
13 
$1,000 
14,033 
4,314 
919 
206 
47 
9 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn 
farms 
17 
11 
7 
4 
2 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
32 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wheat 
farms 
384 
203 
108 
36 
17 
13 
$1,000 
10,769 
2,739 
663 
115 
24 
9 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
112 
101 
35 
20 
10 
- 
$1,000 
2,179 
1,222 
160 
54 
15 
- 
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 
58 
31 
19 
7 
4 
. 
$1,000 
676 
236 
64 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
24 
46 
65 
50 
33 
10 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
314 
127 
51 
3 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
21 
76 
76 
65 
38 
12 
$1,000 
558 
803 
415 
210 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
18 
64 
70 
54 
27 
10 
$1,000 
554 
762 
409 
188 
46 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Berries 
farms 
4 
15 
13 
16 
11 
2 
$1,000 
5 
41 
6 
22 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
45 
89 
58 
41 
28 
12 
$1,000 
1,106 
1,056 
289 
121 
40 
4 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
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